diff --git a/packages/common/src/core/traits/IWithViewSettings.ts b/packages/common/src/core/traits/IWithViewSettings.ts
index c20027ec694..db2b66cbfe9 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/core/traits/IWithViewSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/core/traits/IWithViewSettings.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   IMetricDisplayConfig,
   HubActionLink,
   IHubMapSettings,
+  HubEmbed,
 } from "../types";
 
 /**
@@ -58,4 +59,16 @@ export interface IWithViewSettings {
    * array of actions for action links
    */
   heroActions?: HubActionLink[];
+
+  /**
+   * array of embedded content
+   *
+   * Note: for now, we are only allowing a single
+   * embed to be configured, but we've made this
+   * an array for future extensibility. If/when
+   * we do support configuring multiple embeds,
+   * we should revisit if/how this will map to a
+   * future layout system
+   */
+  embeds?: HubEmbed[];
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/src/core/types/Embeds.ts b/packages/common/src/core/types/Embeds.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47141739418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/common/src/core/types/Embeds.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * Type to represent a Hub embed. This is a discrminated
+ * union between app, map, survey, external, etc. embeds.
+ */
+export type HubEmbed =
+  | IHubEmbedApp
+  | IHubEmbedMap
+  | IHubEmbedSurvey
+  | IHubEmbedExternal;
+
+/** enum to discriminate between embed union members */
+export enum EmbedKind {
+  app = "app",
+  map = "map",
+  feedback = "feedback",
+  external = "external",
+}
+
+/** base embed */
+interface IHubEmbedBase {
+  /** unique identifier */
+  key: string;
+  /** embed height */
+  height?: number;
+}
+
+/** app-specific embed */
+export interface IHubEmbedApp extends IHubEmbedBase {
+  kind: EmbedKind.app;
+  /** application id */
+  id: string;
+}
+
+/** map-specific embed */
+export interface IHubEmbedMap extends IHubEmbedBase {
+  kind: EmbedKind.map;
+  /** web map/scene id */
+  id: string;
+}
+
+/** external embed */
+export interface IHubEmbedExternal extends IHubEmbedBase {
+  kind: EmbedKind.external;
+  /** embed url */
+  url: string;
+}
+
+/** survey-specific embed */
+export interface IHubEmbedSurvey extends IHubEmbedBase {
+  kind: EmbedKind.feedback;
+  /** survey123 id */
+  id: string;
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/src/core/types/index.ts b/packages/common/src/core/types/index.ts
index a11c5f874fd..c1dbc42e836 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/core/types/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/core/types/index.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ export * from "./IHubCardViewModel";
 export * from "./Metrics";
 export * from "./types";
 export * from "./IHubUser";
+export * from "./Embeds";