diff --git a/.changeset/orange-women-fry.md b/.changeset/orange-women-fry.md
index 681d75c875..493a1aed57 100644
--- a/.changeset/orange-women-fry.md
+++ b/.changeset/orange-women-fry.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
 ---
 
 A new `filter` parameter has been added to `EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint` to make it easier to configure which entities a menu item should appear for. The `filter` parameter is a function which accepts an entity and returns a boolean.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
index f69bbe476d..595741ab67 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ import { ResourcePermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
 import { TranslationRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api/alpha';
 
+// @alpha
+export function buildFilterFn(
+  filterFunction?: (entity: Entity) => boolean,
+  filterExpression?: string,
+): (entity: Entity) => boolean;
+
 // @alpha
 export const CatalogFilterBlueprint: ExtensionBlueprint<{
   kind: 'catalog-filter';
@@ -334,8 +340,12 @@ export const EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint: ExtensionBlueprint<{
   params: EntityContextMenuItemParams;
   output: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<JSX_2.Element, 'core.reactElement', {}>;
   inputs: {};
-  config: {};
-  configInput: {};
+  config: {
+    filter: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+  };
+  configInput: {
+    filter?: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+  };
   dataRefs: never;
 }>;
 
@@ -343,7 +353,7 @@ export const EntityContextMenuItemBlueprint: ExtensionBlueprint<{
 export type EntityContextMenuItemParams = {
   useProps: UseProps;
   icon: JSX_2.Element;
-  filter?: (entity: Entity) => boolean;
+  filter?: string | EntityPredicate | ((entity: Entity) => boolean);
 };
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/catalog/report-alpha.api.md
index 54d4187536..246c7929f0 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -863,8 +863,12 @@ const _default: FrontendPlugin<
     'entity-context-menu-item:catalog/copy-entity-url': ExtensionDefinition<{
       kind: 'entity-context-menu-item';
       name: 'copy-entity-url';
-      config: {};
-      configInput: {};
+      config: {
+        filter: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+      };
+      configInput: {
+        filter?: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+      };
       output: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
         JSX_2.Element,
         'core.reactElement',
@@ -876,8 +880,12 @@ const _default: FrontendPlugin<
     'entity-context-menu-item:catalog/inspect-entity': ExtensionDefinition<{
       kind: 'entity-context-menu-item';
       name: 'inspect-entity';
-      config: {};
-      configInput: {};
+      config: {
+        filter: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+      };
+      configInput: {
+        filter?: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+      };
       output: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
         JSX_2.Element,
         'core.reactElement',
@@ -889,8 +897,12 @@ const _default: FrontendPlugin<
     'entity-context-menu-item:catalog/unregister-entity': ExtensionDefinition<{
       kind: 'entity-context-menu-item';
       name: 'unregister-entity';
-      config: {};
-      configInput: {};
+      config: {
+        filter: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+      };
+      configInput: {
+        filter?: EntityPredicate | undefined;
+      };
       output: ConfigurableExtensionDataRef<
         JSX_2.Element,
         'core.reactElement',