diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.test.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.test.ts
index e4244c98a03..dc65bd10ce5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {BaseSchema, MAX_UID_LENGTH} from './schemas.js'
+import {BaseSchema, MAX_UID_LENGTH, NewExtensionPointsSchema} from './schemas.js'
 import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest'
 
 const validUIDTestCases = [
@@ -29,6 +29,49 @@ const invalidUIDTestCases = [
   ['-----', "UID can't start or end with a hyphen"],
 ]
 
+describe('NewExtensionPointsSchema', () => {
+  const extensionPoint = {
+    target: 'pos.app.ready.data',
+    module: './src/index.ts',
+  }
+
+  test('accepts free-form intercept event names for Core to validate', () => {
+    const result = NewExtensionPointsSchema.safeParse([
+      {
+        ...extensionPoint,
+        capabilities: {intercepts: ['beforecheckout', 'future:event']},
+      },
+    ])
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  test('rejects non-string intercept event names', () => {
+    const result = NewExtensionPointsSchema.safeParse([
+      {
+        ...extensionPoint,
+        capabilities: {intercepts: ['beforecheckout', 1]},
+      },
+    ])
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  test('rejects duplicate intercept event names', () => {
+    const result = NewExtensionPointsSchema.safeParse([
+      {
+        ...extensionPoint,
+        capabilities: {intercepts: ['beforecheckout', 'beforecheckout']},
+      },
+    ])
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false)
+    if (!result.success) {
+      expect(result.error.issues[0]?.message).toBe('Intercept events must be unique: beforecheckout')
+    }
+  })
+})
+
 describe('UIDSchema', () => {
   describe('valid UIDs', () => {
     test.each(validUIDTestCases)('accepts %s (%s)', (uid) => {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.ts
index 04978437b76..1a0feabd55c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/extensions/schemas.ts
@@ -37,8 +37,19 @@ export const ExtensionsArraySchema = zod.object({
   extensions: zod.array(zod.any()).optional(),
 })
 
+const InterceptEventsSchema = zod.array(zod.string()).superRefine((events, context) => {
+  const duplicates = [...new Set(events.filter((event, index) => events.indexOf(event) !== index))]
+  if (duplicates.length > 0) {
+    context.addIssue({
+      code: zod.ZodIssueCode.custom,
+      message: `Intercept events must be unique: ${duplicates.join(', ')}`,
+    })
+  }
+})
+
 const TargetCapabilitiesSchema = zod.object({
   allow_direct_linking: zod.boolean().optional(),
+  intercepts: InterceptEventsSchema.optional(),
 })
 
 const ShouldRenderSchema = zod.object({