diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1e0caf2c54..5e492d6a75 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ export { findCellInNewZone } from "./helpers/zones";
 export { load } from "./migrations/data";
 export { Model } from "./model";
 export { CorePlugin } from "./plugins/core_plugin";
+export { CoreViewPlugin } from "./plugins/core_view_plugin";
 export { UIPlugin } from "./plugins/ui_plugin";
 export { Registry } from "./registries/registry";
 export { setTranslationMethod } from "./translation";
diff --git a/src/model.ts b/src/model.ts
index 7e487758b5..d785ed5822 100644
--- a/src/model.ts
+++ b/src/model.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { BasePlugin } from "./plugins/base_plugin";
 import { RangeAdapter } from "./plugins/core/range";
 import { CorePlugin, CorePluginConfig, CorePluginConstructor } from "./plugins/core_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPluginConfig, CoreViewPluginConstructor } from "./plugins/core_view_plugin";
 import {
   corePluginRegistry,
   coreViewsPluginRegistry,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ const enum Status {
 
 export class Model extends EventBus<any> implements CommandDispatcher {
   private corePlugins: CorePlugin[] = [];
+
   private statefulUIPlugins: UIPlugin[] = [];
 
   private range: RangeAdapter;
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ export class Model extends EventBus<any> implements CommandDispatcher {
    */
   readonly config: ModelConfig;
   private corePluginConfig: CorePluginConfig;
+  private coreViewPluginConfig: CoreViewPluginConfig;
   private uiPluginConfig: UIPluginConfig;
 
   private state: StateObserver;
@@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ export class Model extends EventBus<any> implements CommandDispatcher {
     this.handlers.push(this.range);
 
     this.corePluginConfig = this.setupCorePluginConfig();
+    this.coreViewPluginConfig = this.setupCoreViewPluginConfig();
     this.uiPluginConfig = this.setupUiPluginConfig();
 
     // registering plugins
@@ -250,7 +254,7 @@ export class Model extends EventBus<any> implements CommandDispatcher {
     this.session.loadInitialMessages(stateUpdateMessages);
 
     for (let Plugin of coreViewsPluginRegistry.getAll()) {
-      const plugin = this.setupUiPlugin(Plugin);
+      const plugin = this.setupCoreViewPlugin(Plugin);
       this.handlers.push(plugin);
       this.uiHandlers.push(plugin);
       this.coreHandlers.push(plugin);
@@ -323,6 +327,20 @@ export class Model extends EventBus<any> implements CommandDispatcher {
     return plugin;
   }
 
+  private setupCoreViewPlugin(Plugin: CoreViewPluginConstructor) {
+    const plugin = new Plugin(this.coreViewPluginConfig);
+    for (let name of Plugin.getters) {
+      if (!(name in plugin)) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid getter name: ${name} for plugin ${plugin.constructor}`);
+      }
+      if (name in this.getters) {
+        throw new Error(`Getter "${name}" is already defined.`);
+      }
+      this.getters[name] = plugin[name].bind(plugin);
+    }
+    return plugin;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Initialize and properly configure a plugin.
    *
@@ -435,6 +453,21 @@ export class Model extends EventBus<any> implements CommandDispatcher {
     };
   }
 
+  private setupCoreViewPluginConfig(): CoreViewPluginConfig {
+    return {
+      getters: this.getters,
+      stateObserver: this.state,
+      selection: this.selection,
+      moveClient: this.session.move.bind(this.session),
+      custom: this.config.custom,
+      uiActions: this.config,
+      session: this.session,
+      defaultCurrency: this.config.defaultCurrency,
+      customColors: this.config.customColors || [],
+      external: this.config.external,
+    };
+  }
+
   private setupUiPluginConfig(): UIPluginConfig {
     return {
       getters: this.getters,
diff --git a/src/plugins/base_plugin.ts b/src/plugins/base_plugin.ts
index 952e0cc03e..870968d394 100644
--- a/src/plugins/base_plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/base_plugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { StateObserver } from "../state_observer";
 import {
-  CommandDispatcher,
   CommandHandler,
   CommandResult,
   ExcelWorkbookData,
@@ -25,20 +24,12 @@ export class BasePlugin<State = any, C = any> implements CommandHandler<C>, Vali
   static getters: readonly string[] = [];
 
   protected history: WorkbookHistory<State>;
-  protected dispatch: CommandDispatcher["dispatch"];
-  protected canDispatch: CommandDispatcher["dispatch"];
 
-  constructor(
-    stateObserver: StateObserver,
-    dispatch: CommandDispatcher["dispatch"],
-    canDispatch: CommandDispatcher["dispatch"]
-  ) {
+  constructor(stateObserver: StateObserver) {
     this.history = Object.assign(Object.create(stateObserver), {
       update: stateObserver.addChange.bind(stateObserver, this),
       selectCell: () => {},
     });
-    this.dispatch = dispatch;
-    this.canDispatch = canDispatch;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/core_plugin.ts b/src/plugins/core_plugin.ts
index 51a71a919f..ea62a794f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/core_plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/core_plugin.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@ export class CorePlugin<State = any>
   implements RangeProvider
 {
   protected getters: CoreGetters;
+  protected dispatch: CoreCommandDispatcher["dispatch"];
+  protected canDispatch: CoreCommandDispatcher["dispatch"];
 
   constructor({ getters, stateObserver, range, dispatch, canDispatch }: CorePluginConfig) {
-    super(stateObserver, dispatch, canDispatch);
+    super(stateObserver);
     range.addRangeProvider(this.adaptRanges.bind(this));
     this.getters = getters;
+    this.dispatch = dispatch;
+    this.canDispatch = canDispatch;
   }
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/plugins/core_view_plugin.ts b/src/plugins/core_view_plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0776a4ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/core_view_plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Session } from "../collaborative/session";
+import { ModelConfig } from "../model";
+import { SelectionStreamProcessor } from "../selection_stream/selection_stream_processor";
+import { StateObserver } from "../state_observer";
+import { ClientPosition, Color, Command, Currency, Getters } from "../types/index";
+import { BasePlugin } from "./base_plugin";
+import { UIActions } from "./ui_plugin";
+
+export interface CoreViewPluginConfig {
+  readonly getters: Getters;
+  readonly stateObserver: StateObserver;
+  readonly selection: SelectionStreamProcessor;
+  readonly moveClient: (position: ClientPosition) => void;
+  readonly uiActions: UIActions;
+  readonly custom: ModelConfig["custom"];
+  readonly session: Session;
+  readonly defaultCurrency?: Partial<Currency>;
+  readonly customColors: Color[];
+  readonly external: ModelConfig["external"];
+}
+
+export interface CoreViewPluginConstructor {
+  new (config: CoreViewPluginConfig): CoreViewPlugin;
+  getters: readonly string[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Core view plugins handle any data derived from core date (i.e. evaluation).
+ * They cannot impact the model data (i.e. cannot dispatch commands).
+ */
+export class CoreViewPlugin<State = any> extends BasePlugin<State, Command> {
+  protected getters: Getters;
+  constructor({ getters, stateObserver }: CoreViewPluginConfig) {
+    super(stateObserver);
+    this.getters = getters;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/index.ts b/src/plugins/index.ts
index 9bbb04b70e..b351e770c7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { SettingsPlugin } from "./core/settings";
 import { SpreadsheetPivotCorePlugin } from "./core/spreadsheet_pivot";
 import { TableStylePlugin } from "./core/table_style";
 import { CorePluginConstructor } from "./core_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPluginConstructor } from "./core_view_plugin";
 import {
   CustomColorsPlugin,
   EvaluationChartPlugin,
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export const statefulUIPluginRegistry = new Registry<UIPluginConstructor>()
   .add("clipboard", ClipboardPlugin);
 
 // Plugins which have a derived state from core data
-export const coreViewsPluginRegistry = new Registry<UIPluginConstructor>()
+export const coreViewsPluginRegistry = new Registry<CoreViewPluginConstructor>()
   .add("evaluation", EvaluationPlugin)
   .add("evaluation_chart", EvaluationChartPlugin)
   .add("evaluation_cf", EvaluationConditionalFormatPlugin)
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/cell_evaluation/evaluation_plugin.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/cell_evaluation/evaluation_plugin.ts
index 0c9d9b356b..b71941630e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/cell_evaluation/evaluation_plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/cell_evaluation/evaluation_plugin.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   isMatrix,
 } from "../../../types/index";
 import { FormulaCellWithDependencies } from "../../core";
-import { UIPlugin, UIPluginConfig } from "../../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin, CoreViewPluginConfig } from "../../core_view_plugin";
 import { CoreViewCommand, invalidateEvaluationCommands } from "./../../../types/commands";
 import { Evaluator } from "./evaluator";
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ import { Evaluator } from "./evaluator";
 // of other cells depending on it, at the next iteration.
 
 //#endregion
-export class EvaluationPlugin extends UIPlugin {
+export class EvaluationPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin {
   static getters = [
     "evaluateFormula",
     "evaluateFormulaResult",
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export class EvaluationPlugin extends UIPlugin {
   private evaluator: Evaluator;
   private positionsToUpdate: CellPosition[] = [];
 
-  constructor(config: UIPluginConfig) {
+  constructor(config: CoreViewPluginConfig) {
     super(config);
     this.evaluator = new Evaluator(config.custom, this.getters);
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/custom_colors.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/custom_colors.ts
index f8768b4860..13d2c5777c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/custom_colors.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/custom_colors.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   toHex,
 } from "../../helpers";
 import { Color, Command, Immutable, RGBA, TableElementStyle, UID } from "../../types";
-import { UIPlugin, UIPluginConfig } from "../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin, CoreViewPluginConfig } from "../core_view_plugin";
 
 const chartColorRegex = /"(#[0-9a-fA-F]{6})"/g;
 
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ interface CustomColorState {
  * This plugins aims to compute and keep to custom colors used in the
  * current spreadsheet
  */
-export class CustomColorsPlugin extends UIPlugin<CustomColorState> {
+export class CustomColorsPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin<CustomColorState> {
   private readonly customColors: Immutable<Record<Color, true>> = {};
   private readonly shouldUpdateColors = true;
   static getters = ["getCustomColors"] as const;
 
-  constructor(config: UIPluginConfig) {
+  constructor(config: CoreViewPluginConfig) {
     super(config);
     this.tryToAddColors(config.customColors ?? []);
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/dynamic_tables.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/dynamic_tables.ts
index 3c5bb2619a..c51584ae19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/dynamic_tables.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/dynamic_tables.ts
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ import {
   Zone,
   invalidateEvaluationCommands,
 } from "../../types/index";
+import { CoreViewPlugin } from "../core_view_plugin";
 
-import { UIPlugin } from "../ui_plugin";
-
-export class DynamicTablesPlugin extends UIPlugin {
+export class DynamicTablesPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin {
   static getters = [
     "canCreateDynamicTableOnZones",
     "doesZonesContainFilter",
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_chart.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_chart.ts
index f7852611d5..318d12d5af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_chart.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_chart.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   invalidateChartEvaluationCommands,
   invalidateEvaluationCommands,
 } from "../../types/commands";
-import { UIPlugin } from "../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin } from "../core_view_plugin";
 
 interface EvaluationChartStyle {
   background: Color;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ interface EvaluationChartState {
   charts: Record<UID, ChartRuntime | undefined>;
 }
 
-export class EvaluationChartPlugin extends UIPlugin<EvaluationChartState> {
+export class EvaluationChartPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin<EvaluationChartState> {
   static getters = ["getChartRuntime", "getStyleOfSingleCellChart"] as const;
 
   charts: Record<UID, ChartRuntime | undefined> = {};
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_conditional_format.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_conditional_format.ts
index 103f367c01..58c5fc69e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_conditional_format.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_conditional_format.ts
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ import {
   invalidateCFEvaluationCommands,
   isMatrix,
 } from "../../types/index";
-import { UIPlugin } from "../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin } from "../core_view_plugin";
 import { CoreViewCommand, invalidateEvaluationCommands } from "./../../types/commands";
 
 type ComputedStyles = { [col: HeaderIndex]: (Style | undefined)[] };
 type ComputedIcons = { [col: HeaderIndex]: (string | undefined)[] };
 type ComputedDataBars = { [col: HeaderIndex]: (DataBarFill | undefined)[] };
 
-export class EvaluationConditionalFormatPlugin extends UIPlugin {
+export class EvaluationConditionalFormatPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin {
   static getters = [
     "getConditionalIcon",
     "getCellConditionalFormatStyle",
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_data_validation.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_data_validation.ts
index 1295be766e..15dfab1a74 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_data_validation.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/evaluation_data_validation.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   isMatrix,
 } from "../../types";
 import { CoreViewCommand, invalidateEvaluationCommands } from "../../types/commands";
-import { UIPlugin } from "../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin } from "../core_view_plugin";
 import { _t } from "./../../translation";
 
 interface InvalidValidationResult {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type ValidationResult = ValidValidationResult | InvalidValidationResult;
 
 type SheetValidationResult = { [col: HeaderIndex]: Array<Lazy<ValidationResult>> };
 
-export class EvaluationDataValidationPlugin extends UIPlugin {
+export class EvaluationDataValidationPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin {
   static getters = [
     "getDataValidationInvalidCriterionValueMessage",
     "getInvalidDataValidationMessage",
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/header_sizes_ui.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/header_sizes_ui.ts
index be9c3e6758..5fef60a247 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/header_sizes_ui.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/header_sizes_ui.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "../../helpers";
 import { Command } from "../../types";
 import { CellPosition, Dimension, HeaderIndex, Immutable, Pixel, UID } from "../../types/misc";
-import { UIPlugin } from "../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin } from "../core_view_plugin";
 
 interface HeaderSizeState {
   tallestCellInRow: Immutable<Record<UID, Array<CellWithSize | undefined>>>;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ interface CellWithSize {
   size: Pixel;
 }
 
-export class HeaderSizeUIPlugin extends UIPlugin<HeaderSizeState> implements HeaderSizeState {
+export class HeaderSizeUIPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin<HeaderSizeState> implements HeaderSizeState {
   static getters = ["getRowSize", "getHeaderSize"] as const;
 
   readonly tallestCellInRow: Immutable<Record<UID, Array<CellWithSize | undefined>>> = {};
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/pivot_ui.ts b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/pivot_ui.ts
index dbca6caf5c..369ed049a7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_core_views/pivot_ui.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_core_views/pivot_ui.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import {
   invalidateEvaluationCommands,
 } from "../../types";
 import { Pivot } from "../../types/pivot_runtime";
-import { UIPlugin, UIPluginConfig } from "../ui_plugin";
+import { CoreViewPlugin, CoreViewPluginConfig } from "../core_view_plugin";
+import { UIPluginConfig } from "../ui_plugin";
 
 export const UNDO_REDO_PIVOT_COMMANDS = ["ADD_PIVOT", "UPDATE_PIVOT"];
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ function isPivotCommand(cmd: CoreCommand): cmd is AddPivotCommand | UpdatePivotC
   return UNDO_REDO_PIVOT_COMMANDS.includes(cmd.type);
 }
 
-export class PivotUIPlugin extends UIPlugin {
+export class PivotUIPlugin extends CoreViewPlugin {
   static getters = [
     "getPivot",
     "getFirstPivotFunction",
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export class PivotUIPlugin extends UIPlugin {
   private unusedPivots?: UID[];
   private custom: UIPluginConfig["custom"];
 
-  constructor(config: UIPluginConfig) {
+  constructor(config: CoreViewPluginConfig) {
     super(config);
     this.custom = config.custom;
   }
diff --git a/src/plugins/ui_plugin.ts b/src/plugins/ui_plugin.ts
index d74ae21199..945ad267a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/ui_plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/ui_plugin.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "../types/index";
 import { BasePlugin } from "./base_plugin";
 
-type UIActions = Pick<ModelConfig, "notifyUI" | "raiseBlockingErrorUI">;
+export type UIActions = Pick<ModelConfig, "notifyUI" | "raiseBlockingErrorUI">;
 
 export interface UIPluginConfig {
   readonly getters: Getters;
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export class UIPlugin<State = any> extends BasePlugin<State, Command> {
   protected getters: Getters;
   protected ui: UIActions;
   protected selection: SelectionStreamProcessor;
+  protected dispatch: CommandDispatcher["dispatch"];
+  protected canDispatch: CommandDispatcher["dispatch"];
 
   constructor({
     getters,
@@ -56,10 +58,12 @@ export class UIPlugin<State = any> extends BasePlugin<State, Command> {
     uiActions,
     selection,
   }: UIPluginConfig) {
-    super(stateObserver, dispatch, canDispatch);
+    super(stateObserver);
     this.getters = getters;
     this.ui = uiActions;
     this.selection = selection;
+    this.dispatch = dispatch;
+    this.canDispatch = canDispatch;
   }
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------