diff --git a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/doTelemetry.ts b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/doTelemetry.ts
index c7d92c324d86..511616d02f24 100644
--- a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/doTelemetry.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/doTelemetry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getPrecedingUpgrade, telemetry } from '@storybook/core/telemetry';
-import type { CoreConfig, Options, StoryIndex } from '@storybook/core/types';
+import type { CoreConfig, Options } from '@storybook/core/types';
 
 import invariant from 'tiny-invariant';
 
diff --git a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/save-story/save-story.ts b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/save-story/save-story.ts
index 3113fd78e987..9131107fdc0c 100644
--- a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/save-story/save-story.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/save-story/save-story.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { basename, join } from 'node:path';
 
 import type { Channel } from '@storybook/core/channels';
 import { formatFileContent } from '@storybook/core/common';
-import { telemetry } from '@storybook/core/telemetry';
+import { isExampleStoryId, telemetry } from '@storybook/core/telemetry';
 import type { CoreConfig, Options } from '@storybook/core/types';
 import { storyNameFromExport, toId } from '@storybook/csf';
 
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ export function initializeSaveStory(channel: Channel, options: Options, coreConf
         error: null,
       } satisfies ResponseData<SaveStoryResponsePayload>);
 
-      if (!coreConfig.disableTelemetry) {
+      // don't take credit for save-from-controls actions against CLI example stories
+      const isCLIExample = isExampleStoryId(newStoryId ?? csfId);
+      if (!coreConfig.disableTelemetry && !isCLIExample) {
         await telemetry('save-story', {
           action: name ? 'createStory' : 'updateStory',
           success: true,
diff --git a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/summarizeIndex.ts b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/summarizeIndex.ts
index fa6ac93bcf51..75a5b09696ee 100644
--- a/code/core/src/core-server/utils/summarizeIndex.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/core-server/utils/summarizeIndex.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { isExampleStoryId } from '@storybook/core/telemetry';
 import type { IndexEntry, StoryIndex } from '@storybook/core/types';
 
 import { AUTODOCS_TAG, PLAY_FN_TAG, isMdxEntry } from './StoryIndexGenerator';
@@ -25,15 +26,6 @@ const isCLIExampleEntry = (entry: IndexEntry) =>
     'example-page--logged-out',
   ].includes(entry.id);
 
-/**
- * Is this story part of the CLI generated examples,
- * including user-created stories in those files
- */
-const isAnyExampleEntry = (entry: IndexEntry) =>
-  entry.id.startsWith('example-button--') ||
-  entry.id.startsWith('example-header--') ||
-  entry.id.startsWith('example-page--');
-
 export function summarizeIndex(storyIndex: StoryIndex) {
   let storyCount = 0;
   const componentTitles = new Set<string>();
@@ -49,7 +41,7 @@ export function summarizeIndex(storyIndex: StoryIndex) {
     if (isCLIExampleEntry(entry)) {
       if (entry.type === 'story') exampleStoryCount += 1;
       if (entry.type === 'docs') exampleDocsCount += 1;
-    } else if (isAnyExampleEntry(entry)) {
+    } else if (isExampleStoryId(entry.id)) {
       if (entry.type === 'story') onboardingStoryCount += 1;
       if (entry.type === 'docs') onboardingDocsCount += 1;
     } else if (entry.type === 'story') {
diff --git a/code/core/src/telemetry/index.ts b/code/core/src/telemetry/index.ts
index 82d3c0c1dacf..7af6810f6afb 100644
--- a/code/core/src/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ export { getPrecedingUpgrade } from './event-cache';
 
 export { addToGlobalContext } from './telemetry';
 
+/**
+ * Is this story part of the CLI generated examples,
+ * including user-created stories in those files
+ */
+export const isExampleStoryId = (storyId: string) =>
+  storyId.startsWith('example-button--') ||
+  storyId.startsWith('example-header--') ||
+  storyId.startsWith('example-page--');
+
 export const telemetry = async (
   eventType: EventType,
   payload: Payload = {},