diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
index 74be544123d9f..d7248a31b7b57 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/ActionModule.java
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ public class ActionModule extends AbstractModule {
     private final SettingsFilter settingsFilter;
     private final List<ActionPlugin> actionPlugins;
     private final Map<String, ActionHandler<?, ?>> actions;
+    private ActionRegistry actionRegistryMap;
     private final ActionFilters actionFilters;
     private final AutoCreateIndex autoCreateIndex;
     private final DestructiveOperations destructiveOperations;
@@ -478,6 +479,7 @@ public ActionModule(
         this.actionPlugins = actionPlugins;
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
         actions = setupActions(actionPlugins);
+        actionRegistryMap = new ActionRegistry(actions);
         actionFilters = setupActionFilters(actionPlugins);
         autoCreateIndex = new AutoCreateIndex(settings, clusterSettings, indexNameExpressionResolver, systemIndices);
         destructiveOperations = new DestructiveOperations(settings, clusterSettings);
@@ -510,25 +512,31 @@ public ActionModule(
         return actions;
     }
 
-    static Map<String, ActionHandler<?, ?>> setupActions(List<ActionPlugin> actionPlugins) {
-        // Subclass NamedRegistry for easy registration
-        class ActionRegistry extends NamedRegistry<ActionHandler<?, ?>> {
-            ActionRegistry() {
-                super("action");
-            }
+    public static class ActionRegistry extends NamedRegistry<ActionHandler<?, ?>> {
+        public ActionRegistry() {
+            super("action");
+        }
 
-            public void register(ActionHandler<?, ?> handler) {
-                register(handler.getAction().name(), handler);
-            }
+        public ActionRegistry(Map<String, ActionHandler<?, ?>> actions) {
+            super("action", actions);
+        }
 
-            public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void register(
-                ActionType<Response> action,
-                Class<? extends TransportAction<Request, Response>> transportAction,
-                Class<?>... supportTransportActions
-            ) {
-                register(new ActionHandler<>(action, transportAction, supportTransportActions));
-            }
+        public void register(ActionHandler<?, ?> handler) {
+            register(handler.getAction().name(), handler);
+        }
+
+        public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void register(
+            ActionType<Response> action,
+            Class<? extends TransportAction<Request, Response>> transportAction,
+            Class<?>... supportTransportActions
+        ) {
+            register(new ActionHandler<>(action, transportAction, supportTransportActions));
         }
+    }
+
+    static Map<String, ActionHandler<?, ?>> setupActions(List<ActionPlugin> actionPlugins) {
+        // Subclass NamedRegistry for easy registration
+
         ActionRegistry actions = new ActionRegistry();
 
         actions.register(MainAction.INSTANCE, TransportMainAction.class);
@@ -892,6 +900,8 @@ protected void configure() {
         // Supporting classes
         bind(AutoCreateIndex.class).toInstance(autoCreateIndex);
         bind(TransportLivenessAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        // binding new actions for NodeClient to consume
+        bind(ActionRegistry.class).toInstance(actionRegistryMap);
 
         // register ActionType -> transportAction Map used by NodeClient
         @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -917,4 +927,12 @@ public ActionFilters getActionFilters() {
     public RestController getRestController() {
         return restController;
     }
+
+    public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void registerAction(
+        ActionType<Response> action,
+        Class<? extends TransportAction<Request, Response>> transportAction,
+        Class<?>... supportTransportActions
+    ) {
+        actionRegistryMap.register(new ActionHandler<>(action, transportAction, supportTransportActions));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClient.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClient.java
index 56cb7c406744a..6142ac74177ad 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClient.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.client.node;
 
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionModule;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionType;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
  */
 public class NodeClient extends AbstractClient {
 
+    private ActionModule.ActionRegistry actionsRegistry;
     private Map<ActionType, TransportAction> actions;
     /**
      * The id of the local {@link DiscoveryNode}. Useful for generating task ids from tasks returned by
@@ -72,11 +74,13 @@ public NodeClient(Settings settings, ThreadPool threadPool) {
 
     public void initialize(
         Map<ActionType, TransportAction> actions,
+        ActionModule.ActionRegistry actionsRegistry,
         Supplier<String> localNodeId,
         RemoteClusterService remoteClusterService,
         NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry
     ) {
         this.actions = actions;
+        this.actionsRegistry = actionsRegistry;
         this.localNodeId = localNodeId;
         this.remoteClusterService = remoteClusterService;
         this.namedWriteableRegistry = namedWriteableRegistry;
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ public String getLocalNodeId() {
     private <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> TransportAction<Request, Response> transportAction(
         ActionType<Response> action
     ) {
+        /* TODO add support to read actionsRegistry along with actions */
         if (actions == null) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("NodeClient has not been initialized");
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/NamedRegistry.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/NamedRegistry.java
index a0e98d9126628..16785e2d97b27 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/NamedRegistry.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/NamedRegistry.java
@@ -45,11 +45,17 @@
  * @opensearch.internal
  */
 public class NamedRegistry<T> {
-    private final Map<String, T> registry = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, T> registry;
     private final String targetName;
 
     public NamedRegistry(String targetName) {
         this.targetName = targetName;
+        this.registry = new HashMap<>();
+    }
+
+    public NamedRegistry(String targetName, Map<String, T> registry) {
+        this.targetName = targetName;
+        this.registry = registry;
     }
 
     public Map<String, T> getRegistry() {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..19a70fa276237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.extensions.action;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionType;
+
+public class ExtensionsAction extends ActionType<ExtensionsActionResponse> {
+    public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/extension";
+    public static final ExtensionsAction INSTANCE = new ExtensionsAction();
+
+    public ExtensionsAction() {
+        super(NAME, ExtensionsActionResponse::new);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0830049c37e6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.extensions.action;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequestValidationException;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class ExtensionsActionRequest extends ActionRequest {
+    String firstRequest;
+
+    public ExtensionsActionRequest(String firstRequest) {
+        this.firstRequest = firstRequest;
+    }
+
+    ExtensionsActionRequest(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        firstRequest = in.readString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+        out.writeString(firstRequest);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ActionRequestValidationException validate() {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionResponse.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5cbf5ede32d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.extensions.action;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionResponse;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.ToXContentObject;
+import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class ExtensionsActionResponse extends ActionResponse implements ToXContentObject {
+    String myFirstResponse;
+
+    ExtensionsActionResponse(String myFirstResponse) {
+        this.myFirstResponse = myFirstResponse;
+    }
+
+    ExtensionsActionResponse(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        super(in);
+        myFirstResponse = in.readString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeString(myFirstResponse);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public XContentBuilder toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/TransportExtensionsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/TransportExtensionsAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c07c9c455039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/TransportExtensionsAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.extensions.action;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.ActionFilters;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.HandledTransportAction;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.common.inject.Inject;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.node.Node;
+import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
+import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
+
+public class TransportExtensionsAction extends HandledTransportAction<ExtensionsActionRequest, ExtensionsActionResponse> {
+
+    private final String nodeName;
+    private final ClusterService clusterService;
+
+    @Inject
+    public TransportExtensionsAction(
+        Settings settings,
+        TransportService transportService,
+        ActionFilters actionFilters,
+        ClusterService clusterService
+    ) {
+        super(ExtensionsAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, ExtensionsActionRequest::new);
+        this.nodeName = Node.NODE_NAME_SETTING.get(settings);
+        this.clusterService = clusterService;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void doExecute(Task task, ExtensionsActionRequest request, ActionListener<ExtensionsActionResponse> listener) {
+        listener.onResponse(new ExtensionsActionResponse("HelloWorld"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
index ebfe0b8a1fcfa..e1f09f04e537a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/node/Node.java
@@ -36,8 +36,13 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.Constants;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.SetOnce;
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionType;
+import org.opensearch.action.support.TransportAction;
+import org.opensearch.common.inject.Key;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.FeatureFlags;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.allocation.AwarenessReplicaBalance;
+import org.opensearch.extensions.action.ExtensionsAction;
+import org.opensearch.extensions.action.TransportExtensionsAction;
 import org.opensearch.index.IndexingPressureService;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionsOrchestrator;
 //import org.opensearch.index.store.RemoteDirectoryFactory;
@@ -54,12 +59,11 @@
 import org.opensearch.OpenSearchTimeoutException;
 import org.opensearch.Version;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionModule;
-import org.opensearch.action.ActionType;
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionModule.ActionRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.status.TransportNodesSnapshotsStatus;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchExecutionStatsCollector;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchPhaseController;
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchTransportService;
-import org.opensearch.action.support.TransportAction;
 import org.opensearch.action.update.UpdateHelper;
 import org.opensearch.bootstrap.BootstrapCheck;
 import org.opensearch.bootstrap.BootstrapContext;
@@ -92,7 +96,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.component.Lifecycle;
 import org.opensearch.common.component.LifecycleComponent;
 import org.opensearch.common.inject.Injector;
-import org.opensearch.common.inject.Key;
 import org.opensearch.common.inject.Module;
 import org.opensearch.common.inject.ModulesBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
@@ -919,6 +922,7 @@ protected Node(
             final PersistentTasksService persistentTasksService = new PersistentTasksService(clusterService, threadPool, client);
 
             modules.add(b -> {
+                b.bind(ActionModule.class).toInstance(actionModule);
                 b.bind(Node.class).toInstance(this);
                 b.bind(NodeService.class).toInstance(nodeService);
                 b.bind(NamedXContentRegistry.class).toInstance(xContentRegistry);
@@ -1018,7 +1022,12 @@ protected Node(
             resourcesToClose.add(injector.getInstance(PeerRecoverySourceService.class));
             this.pluginLifecycleComponents = Collections.unmodifiableList(pluginLifecycleComponents);
             client.initialize(injector.getInstance(new Key<Map<ActionType, TransportAction>>() {
-            }), () -> clusterService.localNode().getId(), transportService.getRemoteClusterService(), namedWriteableRegistry);
+            }),
+                injector.getInstance(ActionRegistry.class),
+                () -> clusterService.localNode().getId(),
+                transportService.getRemoteClusterService(),
+                namedWriteableRegistry
+            );
             this.namedWriteableRegistry = namedWriteableRegistry;
 
             logger.debug("initializing HTTP handlers ...");
@@ -1101,6 +1110,8 @@ public Node start() throws NodeValidationException {
         nodeService.getMonitorService().start();
 
         final ClusterService clusterService = injector.getInstance(ClusterService.class);
+        final ActionModule actionModule = injector.getInstance(ActionModule.class);
+        actionModule.registerAction(ExtensionsAction.INSTANCE, TransportExtensionsAction.class);
 
         final NodeConnectionsService nodeConnectionsService = injector.getInstance(NodeConnectionsService.class);
         nodeConnectionsService.start();
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
index cb9e3a6a19388..0f04eb5f91d15 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/node/NodeClientHeadersTests.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ protected Client buildClient(Settings headersSettings, ActionType[] testedAction
         Settings settings = HEADER_SETTINGS;
         Actions actions = new Actions(settings, threadPool, testedActions);
         NodeClient client = new NodeClient(settings, threadPool);
-        client.initialize(actions, () -> "test", null, new NamedWriteableRegistry(Collections.emptyList()));
+        client.initialize(actions, null, () -> "test", null, new NamedWriteableRegistry(Collections.emptyList()));
         return client;
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6e50c02e71fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/extensions/action/ExtensionsActionTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.extensions.action;
+
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionFuture;
+import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchSingleNodeTestCase;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+
+public class ExtensionsActionTests extends OpenSearchSingleNodeTestCase {
+
+    public void testExtensionAction() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        ExtensionsActionRequest request = new ExtensionsActionRequest("MyFirstTransportRequest");
+        ActionFuture<ExtensionsActionResponse> execute = client().execute(ExtensionsAction.INSTANCE, request);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestValidateQueryActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestValidateQueryActionTests.java
index cc1a9d4fd2e40..64acc510a9b58 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestValidateQueryActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/rest/action/admin/indices/RestValidateQueryActionTests.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, ActionRequest request, ActionListener listen
         final Map<ActionType, TransportAction> actions = new HashMap<>();
         actions.put(ValidateQueryAction.INSTANCE, transportAction);
 
-        client.initialize(actions, () -> "local", null, new NamedWriteableRegistry(Collections.emptyList()));
+        client.initialize(actions, null, () -> "local", null, new NamedWriteableRegistry(Collections.emptyList()));
         controller.registerHandler(action);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotResiliencyTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotResiliencyTests.java
index c3ebbe40de8e2..df7126561fea8 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotResiliencyTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotResiliencyTests.java
@@ -2148,6 +2148,7 @@ public void onFailure(final Exception e) {
                 );
                 client.initialize(
                     actions,
+                    null,
                     () -> clusterService.localNode().getId(),
                     transportService.getRemoteClusterService(),
                     new NamedWriteableRegistry(Collections.emptyList())
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/client/NoOpNodeClient.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/client/NoOpNodeClient.java
index 413c78ba37026..b92a565fd3cfa 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/client/NoOpNodeClient.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/client/NoOpNodeClient.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.opensearch.action.ActionModule;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionResponse;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionType;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void doE
     @Override
     public void initialize(
         Map<ActionType, TransportAction> actions,
+        ActionModule.ActionRegistry actionRegistry,
         Supplier<String> localNodeId,
         RemoteClusterService remoteClusterService,
         NamedWriteableRegistry namedWriteableRegistry