diff --git a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/_components/StatePanel.svelte b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/_components/StatePanel.svelte
index ac0b6adcd0..522ab9adc3 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/_components/StatePanel.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/pages/builder/app/[application]/design/[screenId]/_components/StatePanel.svelte
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   import type {
     Component,
     ComponentCondition,
+    ComponentSetting,
     EventHandler,
     Screen,
   } from "@budibase/types"
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@
     processStringSync,
   } from "@budibase/string-templates"
   import DrawerBindableInput from "@/components/common/bindings/DrawerBindableInput.svelte"
-  import { type ComponentSetting } from "@/stores/builder/components"
 
   interface ComponentUsingState {
     id: string
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/components.ts b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/components.ts
index 5b8b455e5a..a8f52e2660 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/components.ts
+++ b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/components.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import {
 import { BudiStore } from "../BudiStore"
 import { Utils } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
 import {
+  ComponentDefinition,
+  ComponentSetting,
   Component as ComponentType,
   ComponentCondition,
   FieldType,
@@ -55,30 +57,6 @@ export interface ComponentState {
   selectedScreenId?: string | null
 }
 
-export interface ComponentDefinition {
-  component: string
-  name: string
-  friendlyName?: string
-  hasChildren?: boolean
-  settings?: ComponentSetting[]
-  features?: Record<string, boolean>
-  typeSupportPresets?: Record<string, any>
-  legalDirectChildren: string[]
-  illegalChildren: string[]
-}
-
-export interface ComponentSetting {
-  key: string
-  type: string
-  label?: string
-  section?: string
-  name?: string
-  defaultValue?: any
-  selectAllFields?: boolean
-  resetOn?: string | string[]
-  settings?: ComponentSetting[]
-}
-
 export const INITIAL_COMPONENTS_STATE: ComponentState = {
   components: {},
   customComponents: [],
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screenComponent.ts b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screenComponent.ts
index 446d0f31d6..62bc97cc27 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screenComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screenComponent.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,17 @@ import {
   UIDatasourceType,
   Screen,
   Component,
+  UIComponentError,
   ScreenProps,
+  ComponentDefinition,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { queries } from "./queries"
 import { views } from "./views"
-import { bindings, featureFlag } from "@/helpers"
-import { getBindableProperties } from "@/dataBinding"
-import { componentStore, ComponentDefinition } from "./components"
 import { findAllComponents } from "@/helpers/components"
+import { bindings } from "@/helpers"
+import { getBindableProperties } from "@/dataBinding"
+import { componentStore } from "./components"
+import { getSettingsDefinition } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
 
 function reduceBy<TItem extends {}, TKey extends keyof TItem>(
   key: TKey,
@@ -52,61 +55,10 @@ export const screenComponentErrors = derived(
     $viewsV2,
     $queries,
     $componentStore,
-  ]): Record<string, string[]> => {
-    if (!featureFlag.isEnabled("CHECK_COMPONENT_SETTINGS_ERRORS")) {
+  ]): Record<string, UIComponentError[]> => {
+    if (!$selectedScreen) {
       return {}
     }
-    function getInvalidDatasources(
-      screen: Screen,
-      datasources: Record<string, any>
-    ) {
-      const result: Record<string, string[]> = {}
-
-      for (const { component, setting } of findComponentsBySettingsType(
-        screen,
-        ["table", "dataSource"],
-        $componentStore.components
-      )) {
-        const componentSettings = component[setting.key]
-        if (!componentSettings) {
-          continue
-        }
-        const { label } = componentSettings
-        const type = componentSettings.type as UIDatasourceType
-
-        const validationKey = validationKeyByType[type]
-        if (!validationKey) {
-          continue
-        }
-
-        const componentBindings = getBindableProperties(
-          $selectedScreen,
-          component._id
-        )
-
-        const componentDatasources = {
-          ...reduceBy(
-            "rowId",
-            bindings.extractRelationships(componentBindings)
-          ),
-          ...reduceBy("value", bindings.extractFields(componentBindings)),
-          ...reduceBy(
-            "value",
-            bindings.extractJSONArrayFields(componentBindings)
-          ),
-        }
-
-        const resourceId = componentSettings[validationKey]
-        if (!{ ...datasources, ...componentDatasources }[resourceId]) {
-          const friendlyTypeName = friendlyNameByType[type] ?? type
-          result[component._id!] = [
-            `The ${friendlyTypeName} named "${label}" could not be found`,
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-
-      return result
-    }
 
     const datasources = {
       ...reduceBy("_id", $tables.list),
@@ -115,15 +67,169 @@ export const screenComponentErrors = derived(
       ...reduceBy("_id", $queries.list),
     }
 
-    if (!$selectedScreen) {
-      // Skip validation if a screen is not selected.
-      return {}
-    }
+    const { components: definitions } = $componentStore
 
-    return getInvalidDatasources($selectedScreen, datasources)
+    const errors = {
+      ...getInvalidDatasources($selectedScreen, datasources, definitions),
+      ...getMissingAncestors($selectedScreen, definitions),
+      ...getMissingRequiredSettings($selectedScreen, definitions),
+    }
+    return errors
   }
 )
 
+function getInvalidDatasources(
+  screen: Screen,
+  datasources: Record<string, any>,
+  definitions: Record<string, ComponentDefinition>
+) {
+  const result: Record<string, UIComponentError[]> = {}
+  for (const { component, setting } of findComponentsBySettingsType(
+    screen,
+    ["table", "dataSource"],
+    definitions
+  )) {
+    const componentSettings = component[setting.key]
+    if (!componentSettings) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const { label } = componentSettings
+    const type = componentSettings.type as UIDatasourceType
+
+    const validationKey = validationKeyByType[type]
+    if (!validationKey) {
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const componentBindings = getBindableProperties(screen, component._id)
+
+    const componentDatasources = {
+      ...reduceBy("rowId", bindings.extractRelationships(componentBindings)),
+      ...reduceBy("value", bindings.extractFields(componentBindings)),
+      ...reduceBy("value", bindings.extractJSONArrayFields(componentBindings)),
+    }
+
+    const resourceId = componentSettings[validationKey]
+    if (!{ ...datasources, ...componentDatasources }[resourceId]) {
+      const friendlyTypeName = friendlyNameByType[type] ?? type
+      result[component._id!] = [
+        {
+          key: setting.key,
+          message: `The ${friendlyTypeName} named "${label}" could not be found`,
+          errorType: "setting",
+        },
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result
+}
+
+function getMissingRequiredSettings(
+  screen: Screen,
+  definitions: Record<string, ComponentDefinition>
+) {
+  const allComponents = findAllComponents(screen.props) as Component[]
+
+  const result: Record<string, UIComponentError[]> = {}
+  for (const component of allComponents) {
+    const definition = definitions[component._component]
+
+    const settings = getSettingsDefinition(definition)
+
+    const missingRequiredSettings = settings.filter((setting: any) => {
+      let empty =
+        component[setting.key] == null || component[setting.key] === ""
+      let missing = setting.required && empty
+
+      // Check if this setting depends on another, as it may not be required
+      if (setting.dependsOn) {
+        const dependsOnKey = setting.dependsOn.setting || setting.dependsOn
+        const dependsOnValue = setting.dependsOn.value
+        const realDependentValue = component[dependsOnKey]
+
+        const sectionDependsOnKey =
+          setting.sectionDependsOn?.setting || setting.sectionDependsOn
+        const sectionDependsOnValue = setting.sectionDependsOn?.value
+        const sectionRealDependentValue = component[sectionDependsOnKey]
+
+        if (dependsOnValue == null && realDependentValue == null) {
+          return false
+        }
+        if (dependsOnValue != null && dependsOnValue !== realDependentValue) {
+          return false
+        }
+
+        if (
+          sectionDependsOnValue != null &&
+          sectionDependsOnValue !== sectionRealDependentValue
+        ) {
+          return false
+        }
+      }
+
+      return missing
+    })
+
+    if (missingRequiredSettings?.length) {
+      result[component._id!] = missingRequiredSettings.map((s: any) => ({
+        key: s.key,
+        message: `Add the <mark>${s.label}</mark> setting to start using your component`,
+        errorType: "setting",
+      }))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result
+}
+
+const BudibasePrefix = "@budibase/standard-components/"
+function getMissingAncestors(
+  screen: Screen,
+  definitions: Record<string, ComponentDefinition>
+) {
+  const result: Record<string, UIComponentError[]> = {}
+
+  function checkMissingAncestors(component: Component, ancestors: string[]) {
+    for (const child of component._children || []) {
+      checkMissingAncestors(child, [...ancestors, component._component])
+    }
+
+    const definition = definitions[component._component]
+
+    if (!definition?.requiredAncestors?.length) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const missingAncestors = definition.requiredAncestors.filter(
+      ancestor => !ancestors.includes(`${BudibasePrefix}${ancestor}`)
+    )
+
+    if (missingAncestors.length) {
+      const pluralise = (name: string) => {
+        return name.endsWith("s") ? `${name}'` : `${name}s`
+      }
+
+      result[component._id!] = missingAncestors.map(ancestor => {
+        const ancestorDefinition = definitions[`${BudibasePrefix}${ancestor}`]
+        return {
+          message: `${pluralise(definition.name)} need to be inside a
+<mark>${ancestorDefinition.name}</mark>`,
+          errorType: "ancestor-setting",
+          ancestor: {
+            name: ancestorDefinition.name,
+            fullType: `${BudibasePrefix}${ancestor}`,
+          },
+        }
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  checkMissingAncestors(screen.props, [])
+  return result
+}
+
 export function findComponentsBySettingsType(
   screen: Screen,
   type: string | string[],
@@ -149,10 +255,10 @@ export function findComponentsBySettingsType(
     const setting = definition?.settings?.find((s: any) =>
       typesArray.includes(s.type)
     )
-    if (setting && "type" in setting) {
+    if (setting) {
       result.push({
         component,
-        setting: { type: setting.type!, key: setting.key! },
+        setting: { type: setting.type, key: setting.key },
       })
     }
     component._children?.forEach(child => {
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screens.ts b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screens.ts
index 64fe31752d..3f098334f0 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screens.ts
+++ b/packages/builder/src/stores/builder/screens.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import {
   Screen,
   Component,
   SaveScreenResponse,
+  ComponentDefinition,
 } from "@budibase/types"
-import { ComponentDefinition } from "./components"
 
 interface ScreenState {
   screens: Screen[]
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/Component.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/Component.svelte
index 236bcb7c7e..3e22ffada1 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/Component.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/Component.svelte
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
 <script>
   import { getContext, setContext, onMount } from "svelte"
   import { writable, get } from "svelte/store"
-  import {
-    enrichProps,
-    propsAreSame,
-    getSettingsDefinition,
-  } from "utils/componentProps"
+  import { enrichProps, propsAreSame } from "utils/componentProps"
+  import { getSettingsDefinition } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
   import {
     builderStore,
     devToolsStore,
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@
   import EmptyPlaceholder from "components/app/EmptyPlaceholder.svelte"
   import ScreenPlaceholder from "components/app/ScreenPlaceholder.svelte"
   import ComponentErrorState from "components/error-states/ComponentErrorState.svelte"
-  import { BudibasePrefix } from "../stores/components.js"
   import {
     decodeJSBinding,
     findHBSBlocks,
@@ -102,8 +98,6 @@
   let definition
   let settingsDefinition
   let settingsDefinitionMap
-  let missingRequiredSettings = false
-  let componentErrors = false
 
   // Temporary styles which can be added in the app preview for things like
   // DND. We clear these whenever a new instance is received.
@@ -141,18 +135,11 @@
   $: componentErrors = instance?._meta?.errors
   $: hasChildren = !!definition?.hasChildren
   $: showEmptyState = definition?.showEmptyState !== false
-  $: hasMissingRequiredSettings = missingRequiredSettings?.length > 0
+  $: hasMissingRequiredSettings = !!componentErrors?.find(
+    e => e.errorType === "setting"
+  )
   $: editable = !!definition?.editable && !hasMissingRequiredSettings
   $: hasComponentErrors = componentErrors?.length > 0
-  $: requiredAncestors = definition?.requiredAncestors || []
-  $: missingRequiredAncestors = requiredAncestors.filter(
-    ancestor => !$component.ancestors.includes(`${BudibasePrefix}${ancestor}`)
-  )
-  $: hasMissingRequiredAncestors = missingRequiredAncestors?.length > 0
-  $: errorState =
-    hasMissingRequiredSettings ||
-    hasMissingRequiredAncestors ||
-    hasComponentErrors
 
   // Interactive components can be selected, dragged and highlighted inside
   // the builder preview
@@ -218,7 +205,7 @@
     styles: normalStyles,
     draggable,
     definition,
-    errored: errorState,
+    errored: hasComponentErrors,
   }
 
   // When dragging and dropping, pad components to allow dropping between
@@ -251,9 +238,8 @@
     name,
     editing,
     type: instance._component,
-    errorState,
+    errorState: hasComponentErrors,
     parent: id,
-    ancestors: [...($component?.ancestors ?? []), instance._component],
     path: [...($component?.path ?? []), id],
     darkMode,
   })
@@ -310,40 +296,6 @@
     staticSettings = instanceSettings.staticSettings
     dynamicSettings = instanceSettings.dynamicSettings
 
-    // Check if we have any missing required settings
-    missingRequiredSettings = settingsDefinition.filter(setting => {
-      let empty = instance[setting.key] == null || instance[setting.key] === ""
-      let missing = setting.required && empty
-
-      // Check if this setting depends on another, as it may not be required
-      if (setting.dependsOn) {
-        const dependsOnKey = setting.dependsOn.setting || setting.dependsOn
-        const dependsOnValue = setting.dependsOn.value
-        const realDependentValue = instance[dependsOnKey]
-
-        const sectionDependsOnKey =
-          setting.sectionDependsOn?.setting || setting.sectionDependsOn
-        const sectionDependsOnValue = setting.sectionDependsOn?.value
-        const sectionRealDependentValue = instance[sectionDependsOnKey]
-
-        if (dependsOnValue == null && realDependentValue == null) {
-          return false
-        }
-        if (dependsOnValue != null && dependsOnValue !== realDependentValue) {
-          return false
-        }
-
-        if (
-          sectionDependsOnValue != null &&
-          sectionDependsOnValue !== sectionRealDependentValue
-        ) {
-          return false
-        }
-      }
-
-      return missing
-    })
-
     // When considering bindings we can ignore children, so we remove that
     // before storing the reference stringified version
     const noChildren = JSON.stringify({ ...instance, _children: null })
@@ -686,7 +638,7 @@
     class:pad
     class:parent={hasChildren}
     class:block={isBlock}
-    class:error={errorState}
+    class:error={hasComponentErrors}
     class:root={isRoot}
     data-id={id}
     data-name={name}
@@ -694,12 +646,8 @@
     data-parent={$component.id}
     use:gridLayout={gridMetadata}
   >
-    {#if errorState}
-      <ComponentErrorState
-        {missingRequiredSettings}
-        {missingRequiredAncestors}
-        {componentErrors}
-      />
+    {#if hasComponentErrors}
+      <ComponentErrorState {componentErrors} />
     {:else}
       <svelte:component this={constructor} bind:this={ref} {...initialSettings}>
         {#if children.length}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/devtools/DevToolsComponentSettingsTab.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/devtools/DevToolsComponentSettingsTab.svelte
index 63cecab7ef..809f64ab48 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/devtools/DevToolsComponentSettingsTab.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/devtools/DevToolsComponentSettingsTab.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <script>
   import { Layout, Toggle } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { getSettingsDefinition } from "@budibase/frontend-core"
   import DevToolsStat from "./DevToolsStat.svelte"
   import { componentStore } from "stores/index.js"
-  import { getSettingsDefinition } from "utils/componentProps.js"
 
   let showEnrichedSettings = true
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorState.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorState.svelte
index 7069b7a431..b2e7c92eae 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorState.svelte
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorState.svelte
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { getContext } from "svelte"
   import { Icon } from "@budibase/bbui"
-  import MissingRequiredSetting from "./MissingRequiredSetting.svelte"
-  import MissingRequiredAncestor from "./MissingRequiredAncestor.svelte"
+  import { UIComponentError } from "@budibase/types"
+  import ComponentErrorStateCta from "./ComponentErrorStateCTA.svelte"
 
-  export let missingRequiredSettings:
-    | { key: string; label: string }[]
-    | undefined
-  export let missingRequiredAncestors: string[] | undefined
-  export let componentErrors: string[] | undefined
+  export let componentErrors: UIComponentError[] | undefined
 
   const component = getContext("component")
   const { styleable, builderStore } = getContext("sdk")
 
   $: styles = { ...$component.styles, normal: {}, custom: null, empty: true }
-  $: requiredSetting = missingRequiredSettings?.[0]
-  $: requiredAncestor = missingRequiredAncestors?.[0]
   $: errorMessage = componentErrors?.[0]
 </script>
 
@@ -23,12 +17,10 @@
   {#if $component.errorState}
     <div class="component-placeholder" use:styleable={styles}>
       <Icon name="Alert" color="var(--spectrum-global-color-static-red-600)" />
-      {#if requiredAncestor}
-        <MissingRequiredAncestor {requiredAncestor} />
-      {:else if errorMessage}
-        {errorMessage}
-      {:else if requiredSetting}
-        <MissingRequiredSetting {requiredSetting} />
+      {#if errorMessage}
+        <!-- eslint-disable-next-line svelte/no-at-html-tags-->
+        {@html errorMessage.message}
+        <ComponentErrorStateCta error={errorMessage} />
       {/if}
     </div>
   {/if}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorStateCTA.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorStateCTA.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef22f307f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/error-states/ComponentErrorStateCTA.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { getContext } from "svelte"
+  import { UIComponentError } from "@budibase/types"
+
+  export let error: UIComponentError | undefined
+
+  const component = getContext("component")
+  const { builderStore } = getContext("sdk")
+</script>
+
+{#if error}
+  {#if error.errorType === "setting"}
+    <span>-</span>
+    <!-- svelte-ignore a11y-no-static-element-interactions -->
+    <!-- svelte-ignore a11y-click-events-have-key-events -->
+    <span
+      class="spectrum-Link"
+      on:click={() => {
+        builderStore.actions.highlightSetting(error.key)
+      }}
+    >
+      Show me
+    </span>
+  {:else if error.errorType === "ancestor-setting"}
+    <span>-</span>
+    <!-- svelte-ignore a11y-no-static-element-interactions -->
+    <!-- svelte-ignore a11y-click-events-have-key-events -->
+    <span
+      class="spectrum-Link"
+      on:click={() => {
+        builderStore.actions.addParentComponent(
+          $component.id,
+          error.ancestor.fullType
+        )
+      }}
+    >
+      Add {error.ancestor.name}
+    </span>
+  {/if}
+{/if}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/MissingRequiredAncestor.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/error-states/MissingRequiredAncestor.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index c251b1be4e..0000000000
--- a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/MissingRequiredAncestor.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  import { getContext } from "svelte"
-  import { BudibasePrefix } from "stores/components"
-
-  export let requiredAncestor
-
-  const component = getContext("component")
-  const { builderStore, componentStore } = getContext("sdk")
-
-  $: definition = componentStore.actions.getComponentDefinition($component.type)
-  $: fullAncestorType = `${BudibasePrefix}${requiredAncestor}`
-  $: ancestorDefinition =
-    componentStore.actions.getComponentDefinition(fullAncestorType)
-  $: pluralName = getPluralName(definition?.name, $component.type)
-  $: ancestorName = getAncestorName(ancestorDefinition?.name, requiredAncestor)
-
-  const getPluralName = (name, type) => {
-    if (!name) {
-      name = type.replace(BudibasePrefix, "")
-    }
-    return name.endsWith("s") ? `${name}'` : `${name}s`
-  }
-
-  const getAncestorName = name => {
-    return name || requiredAncestor
-  }
-</script>
-
-<span>
-  {pluralName} need to be inside a
-  <mark>{ancestorName}</mark>
-</span>
-<span>-</span>
-<!-- svelte-ignore a11y-no-static-element-interactions -->
-<!-- svelte-ignore a11y-click-events-have-key-events -->
-<span
-  class="spectrum-Link"
-  on:click={() => {
-    builderStore.actions.addParentComponent($component.id, fullAncestorType)
-  }}
->
-  Add {ancestorName}
-</span>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/MissingRequiredSetting.svelte b/packages/client/src/components/error-states/MissingRequiredSetting.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 37e99a3cd1..0000000000
--- a/packages/client/src/components/error-states/MissingRequiredSetting.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  import { getContext } from "svelte"
-
-  export let requiredSetting
-
-  const { builderStore } = getContext("sdk")
-</script>
-
-<span>
-  Add the <mark>{requiredSetting.label}</mark> setting to start using your component
-</span>
-<span>-</span>
-<!-- svelte-ignore a11y-no-static-element-interactions -->
-<!-- svelte-ignore a11y-click-events-have-key-events -->
-<span
-  class="spectrum-Link"
-  on:click={() => {
-    builderStore.actions.highlightSetting(requiredSetting.key)
-  }}
->
-  Show me
-</span>
diff --git a/packages/client/src/index.ts b/packages/client/src/index.ts
index 2a435c2f8c..08330a60fa 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/index.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ export interface SDK {
   generateGoldenSample: any
   builderStore: Readable<{
     inBuilder: boolean
-  }>
+  }> & {
+    actions: {
+      highlightSetting: (key: string) => void
+      addParentComponent: (
+        componentId: string,
+        fullAncestorType: string
+      ) => void
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export type Component = Readable<{
diff --git a/packages/client/src/utils/componentProps.js b/packages/client/src/utils/componentProps.js
index bdf74c8014..eec284e3d8 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/utils/componentProps.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/utils/componentProps.js
@@ -97,26 +97,3 @@ export const propsUseBinding = (props, bindingKey) => {
   }
   return false
 }
-
-/**
- * Gets the definition of this component's settings from the manifest
- */
-export const getSettingsDefinition = definition => {
-  if (!definition) {
-    return []
-  }
-  let settings = []
-  definition.settings?.forEach(setting => {
-    if (setting.section) {
-      settings = settings.concat(
-        (setting.settings || [])?.map(childSetting => ({
-          ...childSetting,
-          sectionDependsOn: setting.dependsOn,
-        }))
-      )
-    } else {
-      settings.push(setting)
-    }
-  })
-  return settings
-}
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/components.ts b/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/components.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60eb520258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/components.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { ComponentDefinition, ComponentSetting } from "@budibase/types"
+
+/**
+ * Gets the definition of this component's settings from the manifest
+ */
+export const getSettingsDefinition = (
+  definition: ComponentDefinition
+): ComponentSetting[] => {
+  if (!definition) {
+    return []
+  }
+  let settings: ComponentSetting[] = []
+  definition.settings?.forEach(setting => {
+    if (setting.section) {
+      settings = settings.concat(
+        (setting.settings || [])?.map(childSetting => ({
+          ...childSetting,
+          sectionDependsOn: setting.dependsOn,
+        }))
+      )
+    } else {
+      settings.push(setting)
+    }
+  })
+  return settings
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/index.ts
index efc694d268..3fa9f66b22 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ export * from "./download"
 export * from "./settings"
 export * from "./relatedColumns"
 export * from "./table"
+export * from "./components"
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/featureFlag.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/featureFlag.ts
index 97893a1b5e..996d3bba8d 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/featureFlag.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/featureFlag.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export enum FeatureFlag {
   USE_ZOD_VALIDATOR = "USE_ZOD_VALIDATOR",
-  CHECK_COMPONENT_SETTINGS_ERRORS = "CHECK_COMPONENT_SETTINGS_ERRORS",
 
   // Account-portal
   DIRECT_LOGIN_TO_ACCOUNT_PORTAL = "DIRECT_LOGIN_TO_ACCOUNT_PORTAL",
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ export enum FeatureFlag {
 
 export const FeatureFlagDefaults = {
   [FeatureFlag.USE_ZOD_VALIDATOR]: false,
-  [FeatureFlag.CHECK_COMPONENT_SETTINGS_ERRORS]: false,
 
   // Account-portal
   [FeatureFlag.DIRECT_LOGIN_TO_ACCOUNT_PORTAL]: false,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/ui/components/errors.ts b/packages/types/src/ui/components/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9725ed8a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/ui/components/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+interface BaseUIComponentError {
+  message: string
+}
+
+interface UISettingComponentError extends BaseUIComponentError {
+  errorType: "setting"
+  key: string
+}
+
+interface UIAncestorComponentError extends BaseUIComponentError {
+  errorType: "ancestor-setting"
+  ancestor: {
+    name: string
+    fullType: string
+  }
+}
+
+export type UIComponentError =
+  | UISettingComponentError
+  | UIAncestorComponentError
diff --git a/packages/types/src/ui/components/index.ts b/packages/types/src/ui/components/index.ts
index 8dc1638f8c..283ceb47da 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/ui/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/ui/components/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,34 @@
 export * from "./sidepanel"
 export * from "./codeEditor"
+export * from "./errors"
+
+export interface ComponentDefinition {
+  component: string
+  name: string
+  friendlyName?: string
+  hasChildren?: boolean
+  settings?: ComponentSetting[]
+  features?: Record<string, boolean>
+  typeSupportPresets?: Record<string, any>
+  legalDirectChildren: string[]
+  requiredAncestors?: string[]
+  illegalChildren: string[]
+}
+
+export interface ComponentSetting {
+  key: string
+  type: string
+  label?: string
+  section?: string
+  name?: string
+  defaultValue?: any
+  selectAllFields?: boolean
+  resetOn?: string | string[]
+  settings?: ComponentSetting[]
+  dependsOn?:
+    | string
+    | {
+        setting: string
+        value: string
+      }
+}