diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ceb8b1973ba7..000000000000
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition } from '../../expressions';
-
-export enum VisLayerTypes {
-  PointInTimeEvents = 'PointInTimeEvents',
-}
-
-export type PluginResourceType = string;
-
-export interface PluginResource {
-  type: PluginResourceType;
-  id: string;
-  name: string;
-  urlPath: string;
-}
-
-export interface VisLayer {
-  type: keyof typeof VisLayerTypes;
-  originPlugin: string;
-  pluginResource: PluginResource;
-}
-
-export type VisLayers = VisLayer[];
-
-export interface EventMetadata {
-  pluginResourceId: string;
-  tooltip?: string;
-}
-
-export interface PointInTimeEvent {
-  timestamp: number;
-  metadata: EventMetadata;
-}
-
-export interface PointInTimeEventsVisLayer extends VisLayer {
-  events: PointInTimeEvent[];
-}
-
-export const isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
-  return obj?.type === VisLayerTypes.PointInTimeEvents;
-};
-
-export const isValidVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
-  return obj?.type in VisLayerTypes;
-};
-
-export interface VisLayerResponseValue {
-  visLayers: object;
-}
-
-export type VisLayerFunctionDefinition = ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
-  string,
-  VisLayerResponseValue,
-  any,
-  Promise<VisLayerResponseValue>
->;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts
index f99ead0407eb..8cfa7d4b4ae8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/expressions/vis_layers.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ExpressionTypeDefinition } from '../../../expressions';
-import { VisLayers } from '../../common';
+import { VisLayers } from '../';
 
 const name = 'vis_layers';
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts
index cf736bf6d3e6..1e4976d21709 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/index.ts
@@ -18,4 +18,14 @@ export {
   SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis,
 } from './saved_augment_vis';
 
-export { ISavedAugmentVis, VisLayerExpressionFn, AugmentVisSavedObject } from './types';
+export {
+  ISavedAugmentVis,
+  VisLayerExpressionFn,
+  AugmentVisSavedObject,
+  VisLayerFunctionDefinition,
+  VisLayer,
+  VisLayers,
+} from './types';
+
+export * from './expressions';
+export * from './utils';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.test.ts
index bc44a0ed6dc2..51360f72c331 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { VisLayerExpressionFn } from '../types';
-import { VisLayerTypes } from '../../common';
+import { VisLayerExpressionFn, VisLayerTypes } from '../types';
 import {
   createSavedAugmentVisLoader,
   SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis,
@@ -19,15 +18,23 @@ describe('SavedObjectLoaderAugmentVis', () => {
       testArg: 'test-value',
     },
   } as VisLayerExpressionFn;
-  const validObj1 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-1', fn);
-  const validObj2 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-2', fn);
-  const invalidFnTypeObj = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('invalid-fn-obj-id-1', {
-    ...fn,
-    // @ts-ignore
-    type: 'invalid-type',
-  });
-  // @ts-ignore
-  const missingFnObj = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('missing-fn-obj-id-1', {});
+  const validObj1 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-1', fn, 'test-vis-id');
+  const validObj2 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-2', fn, 'test-vis-id');
+  const invalidFnTypeObj = generateAugmentVisSavedObject(
+    'invalid-fn-obj-id-1',
+    {
+      ...fn,
+      // @ts-ignore
+      type: 'invalid-type',
+    },
+    'test-vis-id'
+  );
+
+  const missingFnObj = generateAugmentVisSavedObject(
+    'missing-fn-obj-id-1',
+    {} as VisLayerExpressionFn,
+    'test-vis-id'
+  );
 
   it('find returns single saved obj', async () => {
     const loader = createSavedAugmentVisLoader({
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.ts
index 82e6e24a7e3e..910ef0b9ea75 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServices,
 } from '../../../saved_objects/public';
 import { createSavedAugmentVisClass } from './_saved_augment_vis';
-import { VisLayerTypes } from '../../common';
+import { VisLayerTypes } from '../types';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface
 export interface SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis_references.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis_references.test.ts
index 4a19b84dc40e..1b5a0ad6cd98 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis_references.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/saved_augment_vis_references.test.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { extractReferences, injectReferences } from './saved_augment_vis_references';
+import {
+  extractReferences,
+  injectReferences,
+  VIS_REFERENCE_NAME,
+} from './saved_augment_vis_references';
 import { AugmentVisSavedObject } from '../types';
-import { VIS_REFERENCE_NAME } from './saved_augment_vis_references';
 
 describe('extractReferences()', () => {
   test('extracts nothing if visId is null', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/utils/test_helpers.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/utils/test_helpers.ts
index c237fa7551c3..9bbfb8940b27 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/utils/test_helpers.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/saved_augment_vis/utils/test_helpers.ts
@@ -8,16 +8,21 @@ import { VisLayerExpressionFn, ISavedAugmentVis } from '../../types';
 import { VIS_REFERENCE_NAME } from '../saved_augment_vis_references';
 
 const pluginResourceId = 'test-plugin-resource-id';
-const visId = 'test-vis-id';
+const title = 'test-title';
 const version = 1;
 
-export const generateAugmentVisSavedObject = (idArg: string, exprFnArg: VisLayerExpressionFn) => {
+export const generateAugmentVisSavedObject = (
+  idArg: string,
+  exprFnArg: VisLayerExpressionFn,
+  visIdArg: string
+) => {
   return {
     id: idArg,
+    title,
     pluginResourceId,
     visLayerExpressionFn: exprFnArg,
     VIS_REFERENCE_NAME,
-    visId,
+    visId: visIdArg,
     version,
   } as ISavedAugmentVis;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/types.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/types.test.ts
rename to src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.test.ts
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts
index 5ddd191cace5..78e812ba53fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/types.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,54 @@
  */
 
 import { SavedObject } from '../../saved_objects/public';
-import { VisLayerTypes } from '../common';
+import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition } from '../../expressions';
+
+export enum VisLayerTypes {
+  PointInTimeEvents = 'PointInTimeEvents',
+}
+
+export type PluginResourceType = string;
+
+export interface PluginResource {
+  type: PluginResourceType;
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  urlPath: string;
+}
+
+export interface VisLayer {
+  type: keyof typeof VisLayerTypes;
+  originPlugin: string;
+  pluginResource: PluginResource;
+}
+
+export type VisLayers = VisLayer[];
+
+export interface EventMetadata {
+  pluginResourceId: string;
+  tooltip?: string;
+}
+
+export interface PointInTimeEvent {
+  timestamp: number;
+  metadata: EventMetadata;
+}
+
+export interface PointInTimeEventsVisLayer extends VisLayer {
+  events: PointInTimeEvent[];
+}
+
+export const isPointInTimeEventsVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
+  return obj?.type === VisLayerTypes.PointInTimeEvents;
+};
+
+export const isValidVisLayer = (obj: any) => {
+  return obj?.type in VisLayerTypes;
+};
 
 export interface ISavedAugmentVis {
   id?: string;
+  title: string;
   description?: string;
   pluginResourceId: string;
   visName?: string;
@@ -24,3 +68,14 @@ export interface VisLayerExpressionFn {
 }
 
 export interface AugmentVisSavedObject extends SavedObject, ISavedAugmentVis {}
+
+export interface VisLayerResponseValue {
+  visLayers: object;
+}
+
+export type VisLayerFunctionDefinition = ExpressionFunctionDefinition<
+  string,
+  VisLayerResponseValue,
+  any,
+  Promise<VisLayerResponseValue>
+>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/index.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/index.ts
similarity index 77%
rename from src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/index.ts
rename to src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/index.ts
index 9f269633f307..079132ce99d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/common/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/index.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-export * from './types';
+export * from './utils';
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c770b1db8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { Vis } from '../../../visualizations/public';
+import {
+  buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs,
+  getAugmentVisSavedObjs,
+  isEligibleForVisLayers,
+} from './utils';
+import { VisLayerTypes, ISavedAugmentVis, VisLayerExpressionFn } from '../types';
+import {
+  createSavedAugmentVisLoader,
+  SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis,
+  getMockAugmentVisSavedObjectClient,
+  generateAugmentVisSavedObject,
+} from '../saved_augment_vis';
+
+describe('utils', () => {
+  // TODO: redo / update this test suite when eligibility is finalized.
+  // Tracked in https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/3268
+  describe('isEligibleForVisLayers', () => {
+    it('vis is ineligible with invalid type', async () => {
+      const vis = ({
+        params: {
+          type: 'not-line',
+        },
+      } as unknown) as Vis;
+      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(false);
+    });
+    it('vis is eligible with valid type', async () => {
+      const vis = ({
+        params: {
+          type: 'line',
+        },
+      } as unknown) as Vis;
+      expect(isEligibleForVisLayers(vis)).toEqual(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getAugmentVisSavedObjs', () => {
+    const fn = {
+      type: VisLayerTypes.PointInTimeEvents,
+      name: 'test-fn',
+      args: {
+        testArg: 'test-value',
+      },
+    } as VisLayerExpressionFn;
+    const visId1 = 'test-vis-id-1';
+    const visId2 = 'test-vis-id-2';
+    const visId3 = 'test-vis-id-3';
+    const obj1 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-1', fn, visId1);
+    const obj2 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-2', fn, visId1);
+    const obj3 = generateAugmentVisSavedObject('valid-obj-id-3', fn, visId2);
+
+    it('returns no matching saved objs with filtering', async () => {
+      const loader = createSavedAugmentVisLoader({
+        savedObjectsClient: getMockAugmentVisSavedObjectClient([obj1, obj2, obj3]),
+      } as SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis);
+      expect((await getAugmentVisSavedObjs(visId3, loader)).length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    it('returns no matching saved objs when client returns empty list', async () => {
+      const loader = createSavedAugmentVisLoader({
+        savedObjectsClient: getMockAugmentVisSavedObjectClient([]),
+      } as SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis);
+      expect((await getAugmentVisSavedObjs(visId1, loader)).length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    it('returns one matching saved obj', async () => {
+      const loader = createSavedAugmentVisLoader({
+        savedObjectsClient: getMockAugmentVisSavedObjectClient([obj1]),
+      } as SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis);
+      expect((await getAugmentVisSavedObjs(visId1, loader)).length).toEqual(1);
+    });
+    it('returns multiple matching saved objs without filtering', async () => {
+      const loader = createSavedAugmentVisLoader({
+        savedObjectsClient: getMockAugmentVisSavedObjectClient([obj1, obj2]),
+      } as SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis);
+      expect((await getAugmentVisSavedObjs(visId1, loader)).length).toEqual(2);
+    });
+    it('returns multiple matching saved objs with filtering', async () => {
+      const loader = createSavedAugmentVisLoader({
+        savedObjectsClient: getMockAugmentVisSavedObjectClient([obj1, obj2, obj3]),
+      } as SavedObjectOpenSearchDashboardsServicesWithAugmentVis);
+      expect((await getAugmentVisSavedObjs(visId1, loader)).length).toEqual(2);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs', () => {
+    const obj1 = {
+      title: 'obj1',
+      pluginResourceId: 'obj-1-resource-id',
+      visLayerExpressionFn: {
+        type: VisLayerTypes.PointInTimeEvents,
+        name: 'fn-1',
+        args: {
+          arg1: 'value-1',
+        },
+      },
+    } as ISavedAugmentVis;
+    const obj2 = {
+      title: 'obj2',
+      pluginResourceId: 'obj-2-resource-id',
+      visLayerExpressionFn: {
+        type: VisLayerTypes.PointInTimeEvents,
+        name: 'fn-2',
+        args: {
+          arg2: 'value-2',
+        },
+      },
+    } as ISavedAugmentVis;
+    it('catches error with empty array', async () => {
+      try {
+        buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs([]);
+      } catch (e: any) {
+        expect(
+          e.message.includes(
+            'Expression function from augment-vis saved objects could not be generated'
+          )
+        );
+      }
+    });
+    it('builds with one saved obj', async () => {
+      const str = buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs([obj1]);
+      expect(str).toEqual('fn-1 arg1="value-1"');
+    });
+    it('builds with multiple saved objs', async () => {
+      const str = buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs([obj1, obj2]);
+      expect(str).toEqual(`fn-1 arg1="value-1"\n| fn-2 arg2="value-2"`);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efac67f6e793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_augmenter/public/utils/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { get } from 'lodash';
+import { Vis } from '../../../visualizations/public';
+import {
+  formatExpression,
+  buildExpressionFunction,
+  buildExpression,
+  ExpressionAstFunctionBuilder,
+} from '../../../../plugins/expressions/public';
+import { ISavedAugmentVis, SavedAugmentVisLoader, VisLayerFunctionDefinition } from '../';
+
+// TODO: provide a deeper eligibility check.
+// Tracked in https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/3268
+export const isEligibleForVisLayers = (vis: Vis): boolean => {
+  return vis.params.type === 'line';
+};
+
+export const getAugmentVisSavedObjs = async (
+  visId: string | undefined,
+  loader: SavedAugmentVisLoader | undefined
+): Promise<ISavedAugmentVis[]> => {
+  try {
+    const resp = await loader?.findAll();
+    const allSavedObjects = (get(resp, 'hits', []) as any[]) as ISavedAugmentVis[];
+    return allSavedObjects.filter((hit: ISavedAugmentVis) => hit.visId === visId);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return [] as ISavedAugmentVis[];
+  }
+};
+
+export const buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs = (objs: ISavedAugmentVis[]): string => {
+  const visLayerExpressionFns = [] as Array<
+    ExpressionAstFunctionBuilder<VisLayerFunctionDefinition>
+  >;
+
+  try {
+    objs.forEach((obj: ISavedAugmentVis) => {
+      visLayerExpressionFns.push(
+        buildExpressionFunction<VisLayerFunctionDefinition>(
+          obj.visLayerExpressionFn.name,
+          obj.visLayerExpressionFn.args
+        )
+      );
+    });
+    const ast = buildExpression(visLayerExpressionFns).toAst();
+    return formatExpression(ast);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error('Expression function from augment-vis saved objects could not be generated');
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/opensearch_dashboards.json b/src/plugins/visualizations/opensearch_dashboards.json
index 6223ffce3808..b7c5e4ab9b4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/opensearch_dashboards.json
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/opensearch_dashboards.json
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
   "ui": true,
   "requiredPlugins": ["data", "expressions", "uiActions", "embeddable", "inspector", "dashboard"],
   "optionalPlugins": ["usageCollection"],
-  "requiredBundles": ["opensearchDashboardsUtils", "discover", "savedObjects"]
+  "requiredBundles": ["opensearchDashboardsUtils", "discover", "savedObjects", "visAugmenter"]
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/create_vis_embeddable_from_object.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/create_vis_embeddable_from_object.ts
index 03666a199dca..e09f789f9a68 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/create_vis_embeddable_from_object.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/create_vis_embeddable_from_object.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import { IContainer, ErrorEmbeddable } from '../../../embeddable/public';
 import { DisabledLabEmbeddable } from './disabled_lab_embeddable';
 import {
   getSavedVisualizationsLoader,
+  getSavedAugmentVisLoader,
   getUISettings,
   getHttp,
   getTimeFilter,
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@ export const createVisEmbeddableFromObject = (deps: VisualizeEmbeddableFactoryDe
 
     const editable = getCapabilities().visualize.save as boolean;
 
+    const savedAugmentVisLoader = getSavedAugmentVisLoader();
+
     return new VisualizeEmbeddable(
       getTimeFilter(),
       {
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ export const createVisEmbeddableFromObject = (deps: VisualizeEmbeddableFactoryDe
       input,
       attributeService,
       savedVisualizationsLoader,
+      savedAugmentVisLoader,
       parent
     );
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
index f3808951d519..d8bb68417dc9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/embeddable/visualize_embeddable.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import _, { get } from 'lodash';
+import _, { get, isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import * as Rx from 'rxjs';
 import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ import { TriggerId } from '../../../ui_actions/public';
 import { SavedObjectAttributes } from '../../../../core/types';
 import { AttributeService } from '../../../dashboard/public';
 import { SavedVisualizationsLoader } from '../saved_visualizations';
+import {
+  SavedAugmentVisLoader,
+  ExprVisLayers,
+  VisLayers,
+  isEligibleForVisLayers,
+  getAugmentVisSavedObjs,
+  buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs,
+} from '../../../vis_augmenter/public';
 import { VisSavedObject } from '../types';
 
 const getKeys = <T extends {}>(o: T): Array<keyof T> => Object.keys(o) as Array<keyof T>;
@@ -127,6 +135,7 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
     VisualizeByReferenceInput
   >;
   private savedVisualizationsLoader?: SavedVisualizationsLoader;
+  private savedAugmentVisLoader?: SavedAugmentVisLoader;
 
   constructor(
     timefilter: TimefilterContract,
@@ -138,6 +147,7 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
       VisualizeByReferenceInput
     >,
     savedVisualizationsLoader?: SavedVisualizationsLoader,
+    savedAugmentVisLoader?: SavedAugmentVisLoader,
     parent?: IContainer
   ) {
     super(
@@ -160,7 +170,7 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
     this.vis.uiState.on('reload', this.reload);
     this.attributeService = attributeService;
     this.savedVisualizationsLoader = savedVisualizationsLoader;
-
+    this.savedAugmentVisLoader = savedAugmentVisLoader;
     this.autoRefreshFetchSubscription = timefilter
       .getAutoRefreshFetch$()
       .subscribe(this.updateHandler.bind(this));
@@ -393,10 +403,21 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
     }
     this.abortController = new AbortController();
     const abortController = this.abortController;
+
+    let exprVisLayers = {} as ExprVisLayers;
+    // TODO: final eligibility will be defined as part of a separate effort.
+    // This includes not fetching any layers / not showing any layers, when in the
+    // edit context of the vis
+    // See https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/3268
+    if (isEligibleForVisLayers(this.vis)) {
+      exprVisLayers = await this.fetchVisLayers(expressionParams, abortController);
+    }
+
     this.expression = await buildPipeline(this.vis, {
       timefilter: this.timefilter,
       timeRange: this.timeRange,
       abortSignal: this.abortController!.signal,
+      visLayers: !isEmpty(exprVisLayers) ? exprVisLayers.layers : ([] as VisLayers),
     });
 
     if (this.handler && !abortController.signal.aborted) {
@@ -465,4 +486,37 @@ export class VisualizeEmbeddable
       { showSaveModal: true, saveModalTitle }
     );
   };
+
+  /**
+   * Collects any VisLayers from plugin expressions functions
+   * by fetching all AugmentVisSavedObjects that match the vis
+   * saved object ID
+   */
+  fetchVisLayers = async (
+    expressionParams: IExpressionLoaderParams,
+    abortController: AbortController
+  ): Promise<ExprVisLayers> => {
+    let exprVisLayers = {} as ExprVisLayers;
+    const augmentVisSavedObjs = await getAugmentVisSavedObjs(
+      this.vis.id,
+      this.savedAugmentVisLoader
+    );
+    if (!isEmpty(augmentVisSavedObjs) && !abortController.signal.aborted) {
+      const visLayersPipeline = buildPipelineFromAugmentVisSavedObjs(augmentVisSavedObjs);
+      // The initial input for the pipeline will just be an empty arr of VisLayers. As plugin
+      // expression functions are ran, they will incrementally append their generated VisLayers to it.
+      const visLayersPipelineInput = {
+        type: 'vis_layers',
+        layers: [] as VisLayers,
+      };
+      // We cannot use this.handler in this case, since it does not support the run() cmd
+      // we need here. So, we consume the expressions service to run this instead.
+      exprVisLayers = (await getExpressions().run(
+        visLayersPipeline,
+        visLayersPipelineInput,
+        expressionParams as Record<string, unknown>
+      )) as ExprVisLayers;
+    }
+    return exprVisLayers;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/legacy/build_pipeline.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/legacy/build_pipeline.ts
index 1cbb3bc38879..bd0e0d97678f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/legacy/build_pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/legacy/build_pipeline.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import moment from 'moment';
 import { formatExpression, SerializedFieldFormat } from '../../../../plugins/expressions/public';
 import { IAggConfig, search, TimefilterContract } from '../../../../plugins/data/public';
 import { Vis, VisParams } from '../types';
+import { VisLayers } from '../../../vis_augmenter/public';
+
 const { isDateHistogramBucketAggConfig } = search.aggs;
 
 interface SchemaConfigParams {
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ export interface BuildPipelineParams {
   timefilter: TimefilterContract;
   timeRange?: any;
   abortSignal?: AbortSignal;
+  visLayers?: VisLayers;
 }
 
 const vislibCharts: string[] = [
diff --git a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/services.ts b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/services.ts
index e3f3ba56f6b1..1ad0b37d76a4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/visualizations/public/services.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/visualizations/public/services.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import { UiActionsStart } from '../../ui_actions/public';
 import { SavedVisualizationsLoader } from './saved_visualizations';
 import { SavedObjectLoader } from '../../saved_objects/public';
 import { EmbeddableStart } from '../../embeddable/public';
+import { SavedAugmentVisLoader } from '../../vis_augmenter/public';
 
 export const [getUISettings, setUISettings] = createGetterSetter<IUiSettingsClient>('UISettings');
 
@@ -106,3 +107,7 @@ export const [getChrome, setChrome] = createGetterSetter<ChromeStart>('Chrome');
 export const [getSavedSearchLoader, setSavedSearchLoader] = createGetterSetter<SavedObjectLoader>(
   'savedSearchLoader'
 );
+
+export const [getSavedAugmentVisLoader, setSavedAugmentVisLoader] = createGetterSetter<
+  SavedAugmentVisLoader
+>('SavedAugmentVisLoader');