diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/sanitize.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/sanitize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94d7037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/sanitize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { createTemplateAction } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import yaml from 'js-yaml';
+
+// Add type annotations to fix TS2742
+type SanitizeResourceInput = {
+  document: string;
+};
+
+type SanitizeResourceOutput = {
+  sanitized: string;
+};
+
+export const createSanitizeResource = () => {
+  return createTemplateAction<SanitizeResourceInput, SanitizeResourceOutput>({
+    id: 'cnoe:utils:sanitize',
+    schema: {
+      input: {
+        type: 'object',
+        required: ['document'],
+        properties: {
+          document: {
+            type: 'string',
+            title: 'Document',
+            description: 'The document to be sanitized',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    async handler(ctx) {
+      const obj = yaml.load(ctx.input.document);
+      ctx.output('sanitized', yaml.dump(removeEmptyObjects(obj)));
+    },
+  });
+};
+
+// Remove empty elements from an object
+function removeEmptyObjects(obj: any): any {
+  if (typeof obj !== 'object' || obj === null) {
+    return obj;
+  }
+
+  const newObj: any = Array.isArray(obj) ? [] : {};
+
+  for (const key in obj) {
+    const value = obj[key];
+    const newValue = removeEmptyObjects(value);
+    if (
+      !(
+        newValue === null ||
+        newValue === undefined ||
+        (typeof newValue === 'object' && Object.keys(newValue).length === 0)
+      )
+    ) {
+      newObj[key] = newValue;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return newObj;
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
index b0a31b3..87738e5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/scaffolder.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import {
   createReplaceInFileAction
 } from '@roadiehq/scaffolder-backend-module-utils';
 import {createKubernetesApply} from "./k8s-apply";
+import {createSanitizeResource} from "./sanitize";
+import {createVerifyDependency} from "./verify";
 
 export default async function createPlugin(
   env: PluginEnvironment,
@@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ export default async function createPlugin(
   const cnoeActions = [
     createPublishGiteaAction(options),
     createArgoCDApp(argocdOptions),
-    createKubernetesApply(env.config)
+    createKubernetesApply(env.config),
+    createSanitizeResource(),
+    createVerifyDependency()
   ]
 
   const roadieUtilActions = [
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/plugins/verify.ts b/packages/backend/src/plugins/verify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32e9737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/plugins/verify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { executeShellCommand } from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import { createTemplateAction }from '@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node';
+import {Writable} from 'stream';
+
+class ConsoleLogStream extends Writable {
+  data: string;
+
+  constructor(options: any) {
+    super(options);
+    this.data = '';
+  }
+
+  _write(chunk: any, _: any, callback: any) {
+    this.data += chunk.toString();  // Convert the chunk to a string and append it to this.data
+    console.log(this.data)
+    callback();
+  }
+}
+
+export const createVerifyDependency = () => {
+  return createTemplateAction<{
+    verifiers: string[];
+  }>({
+    id: 'cnoe:verify:dependency',
+    schema: {
+      input: {
+        type: 'object',
+        required: ['verifiers'],
+        properties: {
+          verifiers: {
+            type: 'array',
+            items: {
+              type: 'string',
+            },
+            title: 'verifiers',
+            description: 'The list of verifiers',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    async handler(ctx) {
+      const verifiers = ctx.input.verifiers
+
+      if (verifiers === null || verifiers.length === 0) {
+        ctx.logger.error('no verifier was supplied for the object')
+        return
+      }
+
+      const baseCommand = 'cnoe'
+      const baseArguments = ['k8s', 'verify']
+
+      verifiers.forEach((verifier: string) => baseArguments.push("--config", verifier))
+
+      const logStream = new ConsoleLogStream({});
+      await executeShellCommand({
+        command: baseCommand,
+        args: baseArguments,
+        logStream: logStream,
+      }).then(() =>
+        ctx.logger.info("verification succeeded")
+      ).catch((error) => {
+        ctx.logger.error(error)
+        throw new Error(logStream.data)
+      });
+    },
+  });
+};