diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6722b882..8baa3ac1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -258,6 +258,56 @@ import { useFlag } from '@openshift-console/dynamic-plugin-sdk';
 const isLightspeedRunning = useFlag('LIGHTSPEED_CONSOLE');
 ```
 
+## Providing tool visualization from an external plugin
+
+Other plugins can define a visualization for a specific MCP tool.
+
+In order to do so, they need to:
+
+1. annotate the particular MCP tool inside the MCP server:
+
+``` json
+_meta: {
+  additionalFields: {
+    olsUi: {
+      id: 'my-mcp/my-tool',
+    },
+  }
+}
+```
+
+2. define an extension of type `ols.tool-ui` inside the plugin, connecting the tool (using the annotated id)
+with the particular component:
+
+``` json
+{
+  "type": "ols.tool-ui",
+  "properties": {
+    "id": "my-obs/my-tool",
+    "component": {
+      "$codeRef": "MyToolUI"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+This needs to follow the standard `openshift-console/dynamic-plugin-sdk` practices
+of exporting the referenced component.
+
+3. Once the MCP tool gets called, OLS passes the tool details to the ToolUI component in the `tool` argument:
+
+``` typescript
+type MyTool = {
+  name: 'my-tool';
+  args: object,
+  // ...
+};
+
+export const MyToolUI React.FC<{ tool: MyTool }> = ({ tool }) => {
+  // component implementation
+}
+```
+
 ## References
 
 - [Console Plugin SDK README](https://github.com/openshift/console/tree/main/frontend/packages/console-dynamic-plugin-sdk)
diff --git a/src/components/OlsToolUIs.tsx b/src/components/OlsToolUIs.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c85bd9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/OlsToolUIs.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
+import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
+import { State } from '../redux-reducers';
+import { useToolUIMapping } from '../hooks/useToolUIMapping';
+import type { OlsToolUIComponent, Tool } from '../types';
+import ErrorBoundary from './ErrorBoundary';
+
+type OlsToolUIProps = {
+  tool: Tool;
+  toolUIComponent: OlsToolUIComponent;
+};
+
+export const OlsToolUI: React.FC<OlsToolUIProps> = ({ tool, toolUIComponent: ToolComponent }) => (
+  <ErrorBoundary>
+    <ToolComponent tool={tool} />
+  </ErrorBoundary>
+);
+
+type OlsUIToolsProps = {
+  entryIndex: number;
+};
+
+export const OlsToolUIs: React.FC<OlsUIToolsProps> = ({ entryIndex }) => {
+  const [toolUIMapping] = useToolUIMapping();
+
+  const toolsData: ImmutableMap<string, ImmutableMap<string, unknown>> = useSelector((s: State) =>
+    s.plugins?.ols?.getIn(['chatHistory', entryIndex, 'tools']),
+  );
+
+  const olsToolsWithUI = toolsData
+    .map((value) => {
+      const tool = value.toJS() as Tool;
+      const toolUIComponent = tool.olsToolUiID && toolUIMapping[tool.olsToolUiID];
+      return { tool, toolUIComponent };
+    })
+    .filter(({ tool, toolUIComponent }) => tool.status !== 'error' && !!toolUIComponent);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {olsToolsWithUI
+        .map(({ tool, toolUIComponent }, toolID) => (
+          <OlsToolUI key={`ols-tool-ui-${toolID}`} tool={tool} toolUIComponent={toolUIComponent} />
+        ))
+        .valueSeq()}
+    </>
+  );
+};
+
+export default OlsToolUIs;
diff --git a/src/components/Prompt.tsx b/src/components/Prompt.tsx
index ae5c135f..7b964f68 100644
--- a/src/components/Prompt.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Prompt.tsx
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ const Prompt: React.FC<PromptProps> = ({ scrollIntoView }) => {
                   tool_meta: toolMeta,
                 } = json.data;
                 const uiResourceUri = toolMeta?.ui?.resourceUri as string | undefined;
+                const olsToolUiID = toolMeta?.olsUi?.id as string | undefined;
                 dispatch(
                   chatHistoryUpdateTool(chatEntryID, id, {
                     content,
@@ -630,6 +631,7 @@ const Prompt: React.FC<PromptProps> = ({ scrollIntoView }) => {
                     ...(uiResourceUri && { uiResourceUri }),
                     ...(serverName && { serverName }),
                     ...(structuredContent && { structuredContent }),
+                    ...(olsToolUiID && { olsToolUiID }),
                   }),
                 );
               } else if (json.event === 'error') {
diff --git a/src/components/ResponseTools.tsx b/src/components/ResponseTools.tsx
index 221e30da..8a9f6515 100644
--- a/src/components/ResponseTools.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ResponseTools.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { openToolSet } from '../redux-actions';
 import { State } from '../redux-reducers';
 import { Tool } from '../types';
 import MCPApp from './MCPApp';
+import OlsToolUIs from './OlsToolUIs';
 
 type ToolProps = {
   entryIndex: number;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ const ResponseTools: React.FC<ResponseToolsProps> = ({ entryIndex }) => {
         .map((toolID) => (
           <MCPApp entryIndex={entryIndex} key={`mcp-app-${toolID}`} toolID={toolID} />
         ))}
+      <OlsToolUIs entryIndex={entryIndex} />
       <LabelGroup numLabels={4}>
         {tools
           .keySeq()
diff --git a/src/hooks/useToolUIMapping.ts b/src/hooks/useToolUIMapping.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..209e9f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useToolUIMapping.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { useResolvedExtensions } from '@openshift-console/dynamic-plugin-sdk';
+import type {
+  CodeRef,
+  Extension,
+  ExtensionDeclaration,
+} from '@openshift-console/dynamic-plugin-sdk/lib/types';
+import type { OlsToolUIComponent } from '../types';
+
+type ToolUIExtensionProperties = {
+  /** ID of the component (as referenced by the MCP tool) */
+  id: string;
+  /** The component to be rendered when the MCP tool matches. */
+  component: CodeRef<OlsToolUIComponent>;
+};
+
+type ToolUIExtension = ExtensionDeclaration<'ols.tool-ui', ToolUIExtensionProperties>;
+
+const isToolUIExtension = (e: Extension): e is ToolUIExtension => e.type === 'ols.tool-ui';
+
+export const useToolUIExtensions = () => useResolvedExtensions(isToolUIExtension);
+
+export const useToolUIMapping = (): [Record<string, OlsToolUIComponent>, boolean] => {
+  const [extensions, resolved] = useToolUIExtensions();
+
+  const mapping = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const result: Record<string, OlsToolUIComponent> = {};
+    extensions.forEach((extension) => {
+      const { id, component } = extension.properties as {
+        id: string;
+        component: OlsToolUIComponent;
+      };
+      result[id] = component;
+    });
+    return result;
+  }, [extensions]);
+
+  return [mapping, resolved];
+};
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 000f7db2..40410ae3 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
 
 import { ErrorType } from './error';
@@ -27,15 +28,18 @@ export type ReferencedDoc = {
 };
 
 export type Tool = {
-  args: { [key: string]: Array<string> };
+  args: { [key: string]: string };
   content: string;
   name: string;
   status: 'error' | 'success' | 'truncated';
   uiResourceUri?: string;
   serverName?: string;
   structuredContent?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  olsToolUiID: string;
 };
 
+export type OlsToolUIComponent = React.ComponentType<{ tool: Tool }>;
+
 type ChatEntryUser = {
   attachments: { [key: string]: Attachment };
   hidden?: boolean;