diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/events.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..53d04bf6eb04ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import {
+  SELECT_RANGE_TRIGGER,
+  VALUE_CLICK_TRIGGER,
+} from '../../../../../../../plugins/ui_actions/public';
+
+export interface VisEventToTrigger {
+  ['brush']: typeof SELECT_RANGE_TRIGGER;
+  ['filter']: typeof VALUE_CLICK_TRIGGER;
+}
+
+export const VIS_EVENT_TO_TRIGGER: VisEventToTrigger = {
+  brush: SELECT_RANGE_TRIGGER,
+  filter: VALUE_CLICK_TRIGGER,
+};
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
index 474912ed508f83..c45e6832dc8362 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/visualizations/public/np_ready/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ import {
   Container,
   EmbeddableVisTriggerContext,
 } from '../../../../../../../plugins/embeddable/public';
-import {
-  selectRangeTrigger,
-  valueClickTrigger,
-} from '../../../../../../../plugins/ui_actions/public';
 import { dispatchRenderComplete } from '../../../../../../../plugins/kibana_utils/public';
 import {
   IExpressionLoaderParams,
@@ -50,6 +46,7 @@ import { buildPipeline } from '../legacy/build_pipeline';
 import { Vis } from '../vis';
 import { getExpressions, getUiActions } from '../services';
 import { VisSavedObject } from '../types';
+import { VIS_EVENT_TO_TRIGGER } from './events';
 
 const getKeys = <T extends {}>(o: T): Array<keyof T> => Object.keys(o) as Array<keyof T>;
 
@@ -295,8 +292,8 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable extends Embeddable<VisualizeInput, VisualizeOut
         }
 
         if (!this.input.disableTriggers) {
-          const triggerId: 'SELECT_RANGE_TRIGGER' | 'VALUE_CLICK_TRIGGER' =
-            event.name === 'brush' ? selectRangeTrigger.id : valueClickTrigger.id;
+          const triggerId =
+            event.name === 'brush' ? VIS_EVENT_TO_TRIGGER.brush : VIS_EVENT_TO_TRIGGER.filter;
           const context: EmbeddableVisTriggerContext = {
             embeddable: this,
             timeFieldName: this.vis.indexPattern.timeFieldName,
@@ -395,4 +392,31 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable extends Embeddable<VisualizeInput, VisualizeOut
       ...this.uiState.toJSON(),
     });
   };
+
+  public supportedTriggers() {
+    // TODO: Report a correct list of triggers for each vis_type.
+    switch (this.vis.type.name) {
+      case 'area':
+      case 'heatmap':
+      case 'histogram':
+      case 'horizontal_bar':
+      case 'line':
+      case 'pie':
+      case 'table':
+      case 'tagcloud':
+        return [VIS_EVENT_TO_TRIGGER.filter];
+      case 'gauge':
+      case 'goal':
+      case 'input_control_vis':
+      case 'markdown':
+      case 'metric':
+      case 'metrics':
+      case 'region_map':
+      case 'tile_map':
+      case 'timelion':
+      case 'vega':
+      default:
+        return [];
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable.tsx b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable.tsx
index a1b332bb656174..eb10c16806640e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/embeddable.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { Adapters } from '../types';
 import { IContainer } from '../containers';
 import { IEmbeddable, EmbeddableInput, EmbeddableOutput } from './i_embeddable';
 import { ViewMode } from '../types';
+import { TriggerContextMapping } from '../ui_actions';
 import { EmbeddableActionStorage } from './embeddable_action_storage';
 
 function getPanelTitle(input: EmbeddableInput, output: EmbeddableOutput) {
@@ -195,4 +196,8 @@ export abstract class Embeddable<
 
     this.onResetInput(newInput);
   }
+
+  public supportedTriggers(): Array<keyof TriggerContextMapping> {
+    return [];
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts
index 62121cb0f23dd5..7fef80edde85f9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/embeddable/public/lib/embeddables/i_embeddable.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Adapters } from '../types';
 import { IContainer } from '../containers/i_container';
 import { ViewMode } from '../types';
+import { TriggerContextMapping } from '../../../../ui_actions/public';
 
 export interface EmbeddableInput {
   viewMode?: ViewMode;
@@ -161,4 +162,9 @@ export interface IEmbeddable<
    * Cleans up subscriptions, destroy nodes mounted from calls to render.
    */
   destroy(): void;
+
+  /**
+   * List of triggers that this embeddable will execute.
+   */
+  supportedTriggers(): Array<keyof TriggerContextMapping>;
 }