diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/lib/annotations/create_annotations_client.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/lib/annotations/create_annotations_client.ts
index 76890cbd587e98..3ab645be28c60e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/lib/annotations/create_annotations_client.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/lib/annotations/create_annotations_client.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ interface IndexDocumentResponse {
   result: string;
 }
 
-interface GetResponse {
+export interface GetResponse {
   _id: string;
   _index: string;
   _source: Annotation;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/utils/unwrap_es_response.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/utils/unwrap_es_response.ts
index 418ceeb64cc879..f9be40e49553c7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/utils/unwrap_es_response.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/server/utils/unwrap_es_response.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import { PromiseValueType } from '../../../apm/typings/common';
+import type { UnwrapPromise } from '@kbn/utility-types';
 
 export function unwrapEsResponse<T extends Promise<{ body: any }>>(
   responsePromise: T
-): Promise<PromiseValueType<T>['body']> {
+): Promise<UnwrapPromise<T>['body']> {
   return responsePromise.then((res) => res.body);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/observability/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..62aecc1e0899f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": ["common/**/*", "public/**/*", "server/**/*", "typings/**/*"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/data/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/home/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_react/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../alerts/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../licensing/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../translations/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
index a1c0c272deb04e..6039cd330c1493 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
     { "path": "../plugins/cloud/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../plugins/observability/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/ingest_pipelines/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../plugins/snapshot_restore/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index c0eed6e89b60ef..56420b503dd5cb 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "plugins/maps/**/*",
     "plugins/maps_file_upload/**/*",
     "plugins/maps_legacy_licensing/**/*",
+    "plugins/observability/**/*",
     "plugins/reporting/**/*",
     "plugins/searchprofiler/**/*",
     "plugins/security_solution/cypress/**/*",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/es_ui_shared/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/expressions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/home/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../src/plugins/index_pattern_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/inspector/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_legacy/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/kibana_overview/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -89,9 +91,8 @@
     { "path": "../src/plugins/ui_actions/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/url_forwarding/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "../src/plugins/index_pattern_management/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/actions/tsconfig.json"},
-    { "path": "./plugins/alerts/tsconfig.json"},
+    { "path": "./plugins/actions/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/alerts/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/beats_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/canvas/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/cloud/tsconfig.json" },
@@ -109,28 +110,25 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_providers/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/graph/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/grokdebugger/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/ingest_pipelines/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/lens/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_legacy_licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/observability/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/searchprofiler/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/security/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/snapshot_restore/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/spaces/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/translations/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json"},
-    { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json"},
-    { "path": "./plugins/snapshot_restore/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/grokdebugger/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/ingest_pipelines/tsconfig.json"},
-    { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index fe2d4873b7cec6..82b52c959b6d96 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -21,36 +21,27 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_providers/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/graph/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/grokdebugger/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/ingest_pipelines/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/lens/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps_legacy_licensing/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/maps/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/observability/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/reporting/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/searchprofiler/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/security/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/snapshot_restore/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/spaces/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/task_manager/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/translations/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/triggers_actions_ui/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/spaces/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/security/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/stack_alerts/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/encrypted_saved_objects/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/beats_management/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/cloud/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/saved_objects_tagging/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/snapshot_restore/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/grokdebugger/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/ingest_pipelines/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/license_management/tsconfig.json" },
-    { "path": "./plugins/painless_lab/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/ui_actions_enhanced/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/watcher/tsconfig.json" }
   ]