diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/builtin.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/builtin.ts
index 60e3ad5282..1427d06880 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/builtin.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/builtin.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,100 @@ import { TemplaterBuilder, TemplaterValues } from '../stages/templater';
 import { TemplateAction } from './types';
 import { InputError, UrlReader } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
+import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/config';
+
+async function fetchContents({
+  urlReader,
+  integrations,
+  baseUrl,
+  fetchUrl = '.',
+  outputPath,
+}: {
+  urlReader: UrlReader;
+  integrations: ScmIntegrations;
+  baseUrl?: string;
+  fetchUrl?: JsonValue;
+  outputPath: string;
+}) {
+  if (typeof fetchUrl !== 'string') {
+    throw new InputError(
+      `Invalid url parameter, expected string, got ${typeof fetchUrl}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // We handle both file locations and url ones
+  if (baseUrl?.startsWith('file://')) {
+    const basePath = baseUrl.slice('file://'.length);
+    if (isAbsolute(fetchUrl)) {
+      throw new InputError(
+        `Fetch URL may not be absolute for file locations, ${fetchUrl}`,
+      );
+    }
+    const srcDir = resolvePath(basePath, '..', fetchUrl);
+    await fs.copy(srcDir, outputPath);
+  } else {
+    let readUrl;
+
+    if (baseUrl) {
+      const integration = integrations.byUrl(baseUrl);
+      if (!integration) {
+        throw new InputError(`No integration found for location ${baseUrl}`);
+      }
+      readUrl = integration.resolveUrl({
+        url: fetchUrl,
+        base: baseUrl,
+      });
+    } else {
+      // If we don't have a baseUrl, check if our provided fetch url is absolute
+      try {
+        readUrl = new URL(fetchUrl).toString();
+      } catch {
+        throw new InputError(
+          `Failed to fetch, template location could not be determined and the fetch URL is relative, ${fetchUrl}`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      const res = await urlReader.readTree(readUrl);
+      await res.dir({ targetDir: outputPath });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function createFetchPlainAction(options: {
+  urlReader: UrlReader;
+  integrations: ScmIntegrations;
+}): TemplateAction {
+  const { urlReader, integrations } = options;
+
+  return {
+    id: 'fetch:plain',
+    async handler(ctx) {
+      ctx.logger.info('Fetching plain content from remote URL');
+
+      // Finally move the template result into the task workspace
+      const targetPath = ctx.parameters.targetPath ?? './';
+      if (typeof targetPath !== 'string') {
+        throw new InputError(
+          `Fetch action targetPath is not a string, got ${targetPath}`,
+        );
+      }
+      const outputPath = resolvePath(ctx.workspacePath, targetPath);
+      if (!outputPath.startsWith(ctx.workspacePath)) {
+        throw new InputError(
+          `Fetch action targetPath may not specify a path outside the working directory`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      await fetchContents({
+        urlReader,
+        integrations,
+        baseUrl: ctx.baseUrl,
+        fetchUrl: ctx.parameters.url,
+        outputPath,
+      });
+    },
+  };
+}
 
 export function createFetchCookiecutterAction(options: {
   dockerClient: Docker;
@@ -42,51 +136,13 @@ export function createFetchCookiecutterAction(options: {
       );
       const resultDir = resolvePath(workDir, 'result');
 
-      const fetchUrl = ctx.parameters.url ?? '.';
-      if (typeof fetchUrl !== 'string') {
-        throw new InputError(
-          `Invalid url parameter, expected string, got ${typeof fetchUrl}`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      // We handle both file locations and url ones
-      if (ctx.baseUrl?.startsWith('file://')) {
-        const basePath = ctx.baseUrl.slice('file://'.length);
-        if (isAbsolute(fetchUrl)) {
-          throw new InputError(
-            `Fetch URL may not be absolute for file locations, ${fetchUrl}`,
-          );
-        }
-        const srcDir = resolvePath(basePath, '..', fetchUrl);
-        await fs.copy(srcDir, templateContentsDir);
-      } else {
-        let readUrl;
-
-        if (ctx.baseUrl) {
-          const integration = integrations.byUrl(ctx.baseUrl);
-          if (!integration) {
-            throw new InputError(
-              `No integration found for location ${ctx.baseUrl}`,
-            );
-          }
-          readUrl = integration.resolveUrl({
-            url: fetchUrl,
-            base: ctx.baseUrl,
-          });
-        } else {
-          // If we don't have a baseUrl, check if our provided fetch url is absolute
-          try {
-            readUrl = new URL(fetchUrl).toString();
-          } catch {
-            throw new InputError(
-              `Failed to fetch, template location could not be determined and the fetch URL is relative, ${fetchUrl}`,
-            );
-          }
-
-          const res = await urlReader.readTree(readUrl);
-          await res.dir({ targetDir: templateContentsDir });
-        }
-      }
+      await fetchContents({
+        urlReader,
+        integrations,
+        baseUrl: ctx.baseUrl,
+        fetchUrl: ctx.parameters.url,
+        outputPath: templateContentsDir,
+      });
 
       const cookiecutter = templaters.get('cookiecutter');
       if (!cookiecutter) {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index 3787d916b5..370924024b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ import {
   TemplateEntityV1beta2,
   Entity,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
-import { createFetchCookiecutterAction } from '../scaffolder/tasks/builtin';
+import {
+  createFetchPlainAction,
+  createFetchCookiecutterAction,
+} from '../scaffolder/tasks/builtin';
 import { ScmIntegrations } from '@backstage/integration';
 
 export interface RouterOptions {
@@ -128,6 +131,12 @@ export async function createRouter(
     templaters,
     catalogClient,
   });
+  actionRegistry.register(
+    createFetchPlainAction({
+      urlReader,
+      integrations,
+    }),
+  );
   actionRegistry.register(
     createFetchCookiecutterAction({
       urlReader,