diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index f10b3ec2d08..3610e7774fb 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ LOCAL_STATIC_JAVA_LIBRARIES := \
     androidx.lifecycle_lifecycle-extensions \
     guava \
     jsr305 \
+    settings-contextual-card-protos-lite \
     contextualcards \
     settings-logtags \
 
diff --git a/protos/Android.bp b/protos/Android.bp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..533dbca6564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protos/Android.bp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+java_library_static {
+    name: "settings-contextual-card-protos-lite",
+    host_supported: true,
+    proto: {
+        type: "lite",
+    },
+    srcs: ["contextual_card_list.proto"],
+}
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diff --git a/protos/contextual_card_list.proto b/protos/contextual_card_list.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89e6c138640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protos/contextual_card_list.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+syntax = "proto2";
+
+package com.android.settings.intelligence;
+option java_outer_classname = "ContextualCardProto";
+
+message ContextualCardList {
+  repeated ContextualCard card = 1;
+}
+
+message ContextualCard {
+  // Slice uri of the contextual card
+  optional string sliceUri = 1;
+
+  // {@link ContextualCardCategory}.
+  optional int32 category = 2;
+
+  // Name of the card. It should be identical in every app
+  optional string cardName = 3;
+}
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