diff --git a/js/ai/src/index.ts b/js/ai/src/index.ts
index f87fcbfe7e..3f80d093d4 100644
--- a/js/ai/src/index.ts
+++ b/js/ai/src/index.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export {
   defineResource,
   dynamicResource,
   isDynamicResourceAction,
+  resource,
   type DynamicResourceAction,
   type ResourceAction,
   type ResourceFn,
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ export {
   asTool,
   defineInterrupt,
   defineTool,
+  interrupt,
   type InterruptConfig,
   type ToolAction,
   type ToolArgument,
diff --git a/js/ai/src/resource.ts b/js/ai/src/resource.ts
index 4a93497166..1257a2ee75 100644
--- a/js/ai/src/resource.ts
+++ b/js/ai/src/resource.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ export function resource(
 /**
  * Defines a dynamic resource. Dynamic resources are just like regular resources but will not be
  * registered in the Genkit registry and can be defined dynamically at runtime.
+ *
+ * @deprecated renamed to {@link resource}.
  */
 export function dynamicResource(
   opts: ResourceOptions,
diff --git a/js/ai/src/tool.ts b/js/ai/src/tool.ts
index 3ae475e100..6d6b4d3eeb 100644
--- a/js/ai/src/tool.ts
+++ b/js/ai/src/tool.ts
@@ -386,22 +386,26 @@ export function isDynamicTool(t: unknown): t is ToolAction {
   return isAction(t) && !t.__registry;
 }
 
-export function defineInterrupt<I extends z.ZodTypeAny, O extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
-  registry: Registry,
+export function interrupt<I extends z.ZodTypeAny, O extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
   config: InterruptConfig<I, O>
 ): ToolAction<I, O> {
   const { requestMetadata, ...toolConfig } = config;
 
-  return defineTool<I, O>(
-    registry,
-    toolConfig,
-    async (input, { interrupt }) => {
-      if (!config.requestMetadata) interrupt();
-      else if (typeof config.requestMetadata === 'object')
-        interrupt(config.requestMetadata);
-      else interrupt(await Promise.resolve(config.requestMetadata(input)));
-    }
-  );
+  return tool<I, O>(toolConfig, async (input, { interrupt }) => {
+    if (!config.requestMetadata) interrupt();
+    else if (typeof config.requestMetadata === 'object')
+      interrupt(config.requestMetadata);
+    else interrupt(await Promise.resolve(config.requestMetadata(input)));
+  });
+}
+
+export function defineInterrupt<I extends z.ZodTypeAny, O extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
+  registry: Registry,
+  config: InterruptConfig<I, O>
+): ToolAction<I, O> {
+  const i = interrupt(config);
+  registry.registerAction('tool', i);
+  return i;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -441,6 +445,8 @@ export function tool<I extends z.ZodTypeAny, O extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
 /**
  * Defines a dynamic tool. Dynamic tools are just like regular tools but will not be registered in the
  * Genkit registry and can be defined dynamically at runtime.
+ *
+ * @deprecated renamed to {@link tool}.
  */
 export function dynamicTool<I extends z.ZodTypeAny, O extends z.ZodTypeAny>(
   config: ToolConfig<I, O>,
diff --git a/js/genkit/src/common.ts b/js/genkit/src/common.ts
index 267f2f8a13..241e000d56 100644
--- a/js/genkit/src/common.ts
+++ b/js/genkit/src/common.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export {
   modelActionMetadata,
   modelRef,
   rerankerRef,
+  resource,
   retrieverRef,
   type DocumentData,
   type DynamicResourceAction,
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export {
   type SessionData,
   type SessionStore,
 } from '@genkit-ai/ai/session';
-export { dynamicTool } from '@genkit-ai/ai/tool';
+export { dynamicTool, tool } from '@genkit-ai/ai/tool';
 export {
   GENKIT_CLIENT_HEADER,
   GENKIT_VERSION,
diff --git a/js/genkit/src/tool.ts b/js/genkit/src/tool.ts
index c49061ba36..7034c3457d 100644
--- a/js/genkit/src/tool.ts
+++ b/js/genkit/src/tool.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 export {
   asTool,
   dynamicTool,
+  interrupt,
   toToolDefinition,
+  tool,
   type ToolAction,
   type ToolArgument,
   type ToolConfig,
diff --git a/js/genkit/tests/generate_test.ts b/js/genkit/tests/generate_test.ts
index e61f5930da..9244851fa6 100644
--- a/js/genkit/tests/generate_test.ts
+++ b/js/genkit/tests/generate_test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { Operation, z, type JSONSchema7 } from '@genkit-ai/core';
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { beforeEach, describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import { modelRef } from '../../ai/src/model';
+import { interrupt } from '../../ai/src/tool';
 import {
   dynamicResource,
   dynamicTool,
@@ -956,6 +957,10 @@ describe('generate', () => {
           return interrupt();
         }
       );
+      const dynamicInterrupt = interrupt({
+        name: 'dynamicInterrupt',
+        description: 'description',
+      });
 
       // first response is a tool call, the subsequent responses are just text response from agent b.
       let reqCounter = 0;
@@ -990,6 +995,13 @@ describe('generate', () => {
                         ref: 'ref789',
                       },
                     },
+                    {
+                      toolRequest: {
+                        name: 'dynamicInterrupt',
+                        input: { doIt: true },
+                        ref: 'ref890',
+                      },
+                    },
                   ]
                 : [{ text: 'done' }],
           },
@@ -998,7 +1010,12 @@ describe('generate', () => {
 
       const response = await ai.generate({
         prompt: 'call the tool',
-        tools: ['interruptingTool', 'simpleTool', 'resumableTool'],
+        tools: [
+          'interruptingTool',
+          'simpleTool',
+          'resumableTool',
+          dynamicInterrupt,
+        ],
       });
 
       assert.strictEqual(reqCounter, 1);
@@ -1039,6 +1056,16 @@ describe('generate', () => {
             },
           },
         },
+        {
+          metadata: { interrupt: true },
+          toolRequest: {
+            input: {
+              doIt: true,
+            },
+            name: 'dynamicInterrupt',
+            ref: 'ref890',
+          },
+        },
       ]);
       assert.deepStrictEqual(response.message?.toJSON(), {
         role: 'model',
@@ -1082,6 +1109,16 @@ describe('generate', () => {
               },
             },
           },
+          {
+            metadata: { interrupt: true },
+            toolRequest: {
+              input: {
+                doIt: true,
+              },
+              name: 'dynamicInterrupt',
+              ref: 'ref890',
+            },
+          },
         ],
       });
       assert.deepStrictEqual(pm.lastRequest, {
@@ -1124,6 +1161,16 @@ describe('generate', () => {
               $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
             },
           },
+          {
+            description: 'description',
+            inputSchema: {
+              $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
+            },
+            name: 'dynamicInterrupt',
+            outputSchema: {
+              $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
+            },
+          },
         ],
       });
     });