diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
index 444d6efe9b..d97bf10543 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/NunjucksWorkflowRunner.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import { scaffolderActionRules } from '../../service/rules';
 import { createCounterMetric, createHistogramMetric } from '../../util/metrics';
 import { BackstageLoggerTransport, WinstonLogger } from './logger';
 import { convertFiltersToRecord } from '../../util/templating';
-import { CheckpointState } from './StorageTaskBroker';
+import { CheckpointState } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 
 type NunjucksWorkflowRunnerOptions = {
   workingDirectory: string;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
index a92d4134f5..9a872e7b3f 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/StorageTaskBroker.ts
@@ -33,36 +33,17 @@ import {
   TaskStatus,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 import { WorkspaceProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node/alpha';
-import {
-  JsonObject,
-  JsonValue,
-  Observable,
-  createDeferred,
-} from '@backstage/types';
+import { JsonObject, Observable, createDeferred } from '@backstage/types';
 import ObservableImpl from 'zen-observable';
 import { DefaultWorkspaceService, WorkspaceService } from './WorkspaceService';
 import { readDuration } from './helper';
 import { InternalTaskSecrets, TaskStore } from './types';
-
-type CheckpointStatus = 'failed' | 'success';
-
-export type CheckpointSuccessState = {
-  status: Extract<CheckpointStatus, 'success'>;
-  value: JsonValue;
-};
-
-export type CheckpointFailedState = {
-  status: Extract<CheckpointStatus, 'failed'>;
-  reason: string;
-};
-
-export type CheckpointState = {
-  [key: string]: CheckpointSuccessState | CheckpointFailedState;
-};
-
-export type UpdateCheckpointOptions = {
-  key: string;
-} & CheckpointState[keyof CheckpointState];
+import {
+  CheckpointState,
+  CheckpointSuccessState,
+  CheckpointFailedState,
+  UpdateCheckpointOptions,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
 
 type TaskState = {
   checkpoints: CheckpointState;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
index f13d256332..e7e678450d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/actions/types.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import {
   BackstageCredentials,
   LoggerService,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
+import { CheckpointOptions } from '../checkpoints';
+
 /**
  * ActionContext is passed into scaffolder actions.
  * @public
@@ -36,10 +38,9 @@ export type ActionContext<
   secrets?: TaskSecrets;
   workspacePath: string;
   input: TActionInput;
-  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(opts: {
-    key: string;
-    fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
-  }): Promise<T>;
+  checkpoint<T extends JsonValue | void>(
+    opts: CheckpointOptions<T>,
+  ): Promise<T>;
   output(
     name: keyof TActionOutput,
     value: TActionOutput[keyof TActionOutput],
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/checkpoints/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/checkpoints/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d542de408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/checkpoints/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/checkpoints/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/checkpoints/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eac3213075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/checkpoints/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
+
+/**
+ * The status of a checkpoint, indicating whether it succeeded or failed.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CheckpointStatus = 'failed' | 'success';
+
+/**
+ * Represents a successful checkpoint state with a value.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CheckpointSuccessState = {
+  status: Extract<CheckpointStatus, 'success'>;
+  value: JsonValue;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Represents a failed checkpoint state with a reason for failure.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CheckpointFailedState = {
+  status: Extract<CheckpointStatus, 'failed'>;
+  reason: string;
+};
+
+/**
+ * A map of checkpoint keys to their states.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CheckpointState = {
+  [key: string]: CheckpointSuccessState | CheckpointFailedState;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Options for updating a checkpoint in a task.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type UpdateCheckpointOptions = {
+  key: string;
+} & CheckpointState[keyof CheckpointState];
+
+/**
+ * Options for checkpoint function invocation.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export type CheckpointOptions<T extends JsonValue | void = JsonValue> = {
+  /**
+   * Unique key for the checkpoint
+   */
+  key: string;
+  /**
+   * Function to execute for the checkpoint
+   */
+  fn: () => Promise<T> | T;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/index.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/index.ts
index 5d49ee874c..d44f0e9c50 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/index.ts
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ export * from './actions';
 export * from './tasks';
 export * from './files';
 export * from './types';
+export * from './checkpoints';
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts
index d8cfd24530..cc9023db8b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-node/src/tasks/types.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 import { BackstageCredentials } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { TaskSpec } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-common';
-import { JsonObject, JsonValue, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { JsonObject, Observable } from '@backstage/types';
+import { UpdateCheckpointOptions } from '../checkpoints';
 
 /**
  * TaskSecrets
@@ -129,19 +130,7 @@ export interface TaskContext {
     | undefined
   >;
 
-  updateCheckpoint?(
-    options:
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'success';
-          value: JsonValue;
-        }
-      | {
-          key: string;
-          status: 'failed';
-          reason: string;
-        },
-  ): Promise<void>;
+  updateCheckpoint?(options: UpdateCheckpointOptions): Promise<void>;
 
   serializeWorkspace?(options: { path: string }): Promise<void>;