diff --git a/examples/controls_example/kibana.json b/examples/controls_example/kibana.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..88dd37f41dcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/controls_example/kibana.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "id": "controlsExample",
+  "owner": {
+    "name": "Kibana Presentation",
+    "githubTeam": "kibana-presentation"
+  },
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "kibanaVersion": "kibana",
+  "ui": true,
+  "requiredPlugins": ["data", "developerExamples", "presentationUtil", "controls"]
+}
diff --git a/examples/controls_example/public/app.tsx b/examples/controls_example/public/app.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..831635b8af4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/controls_example/public/app.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+
+import type { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
+import { AppMountParameters } from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { KibanaPageTemplate } from '@kbn/shared-ux-page-kibana-template';
+import { ControlsExampleStartDeps } from './plugin';
+import { BasicReduxExample } from './basic_redux_example';
+
+interface Props {
+  dataView: DataView;
+}
+
+const ControlsExamples = ({ dataView }: Props) => {
+  return (
+    <KibanaPageTemplate>
+      <KibanaPageTemplate.Header pageTitle="Controls as a Building Block" />
+      <KibanaPageTemplate.Section>
+        <BasicReduxExample dataView={dataView} />
+      </KibanaPageTemplate.Section>
+    </KibanaPageTemplate>
+  );
+};
+
+export const renderApp = async (
+  { data }: ControlsExampleStartDeps,
+  { element }: AppMountParameters
+) => {
+  const dataViews = await data.dataViews.find('kibana_sample_data_ecommerce');
+  if (dataViews.length > 0) {
+    ReactDOM.render(<ControlsExamples dataView={dataViews[0]} />, element);
+  }
+  return () => ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(element);
+};
diff --git a/examples/controls_example/public/basic_redux_example.tsx b/examples/controls_example/public/basic_redux_example.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bca34e61042f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/controls_example/public/basic_redux_example.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+
+import {
+  LazyControlGroupRenderer,
+  ControlGroupContainer,
+  ControlGroupInput,
+  useControlGroupContainerContext,
+  ControlStyle,
+} from '@kbn/controls-plugin/public';
+import { withSuspense } from '@kbn/presentation-util-plugin/public';
+import type { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
+import {
+  EuiButtonGroup,
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiFlexItem,
+  EuiPanel,
+  EuiSpacer,
+  EuiText,
+  EuiTitle,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
+import { getDefaultControlGroupInput } from '@kbn/controls-plugin/common';
+
+interface Props {
+  dataView: DataView;
+}
+const ControlGroupRenderer = withSuspense(LazyControlGroupRenderer);
+
+export const BasicReduxExample = ({ dataView }: Props) => {
+  const [myControlGroup, setControlGroup] = useState<ControlGroupContainer>();
+  const [currentControlStyle, setCurrentControlStyle] = useState<ControlStyle>('oneLine');
+
+  const ControlGroupReduxWrapper = useMemo(() => {
+    if (myControlGroup) return myControlGroup.getReduxEmbeddableTools().Wrapper;
+  }, [myControlGroup]);
+
+  const ButtonControls = () => {
+    const {
+      useEmbeddableDispatch,
+      actions: { setControlStyle },
+    } = useControlGroupContainerContext();
+    const dispatch = useEmbeddableDispatch();
+
+    return (
+      <>
+        <EuiFlexGroup alignItems="center">
+          <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
+            <EuiText>
+              <p>Choose a style for your control group:</p>
+            </EuiText>
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+          <EuiFlexItem>
+            <EuiButtonGroup
+              legend="Text style"
+              options={[
+                {
+                  id: `oneLine`,
+                  label: 'One line',
+                  value: 'oneLine' as ControlStyle,
+                },
+                {
+                  id: `twoLine`,
+                  label: 'Two lines',
+                  value: 'twoLine' as ControlStyle,
+                },
+              ]}
+              idSelected={currentControlStyle}
+              onChange={(id, value) => {
+                setCurrentControlStyle(value);
+                dispatch(setControlStyle(value));
+              }}
+              type="single"
+            />
+          </EuiFlexItem>
+        </EuiFlexGroup>
+        <EuiSpacer size="m" />
+      </>
+    );
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <EuiTitle>
+        <h2>Basic Redux Example</h2>
+      </EuiTitle>
+      <EuiText>
+        <p>
+          This example uses the redux context from the control group container in order to
+          dynamically change the style of the control group.
+        </p>
+      </EuiText>
+      <EuiSpacer size="m" />
+      <EuiPanel hasBorder={true}>
+        {ControlGroupReduxWrapper && (
+          <ControlGroupReduxWrapper>
+            <ButtonControls />
+          </ControlGroupReduxWrapper>
+        )}
+
+        <ControlGroupRenderer
+          onEmbeddableLoad={async (controlGroup) => {
+            setControlGroup(controlGroup);
+          }}
+          getCreationOptions={async (controlGroupInputBuilder) => {
+            const initialInput: Partial<ControlGroupInput> = {
+              ...getDefaultControlGroupInput(),
+              defaultControlWidth: 'small',
+            };
+            await controlGroupInputBuilder.addDataControlFromField(initialInput, {
+              dataViewId: dataView.id ?? 'kibana_sample_data_ecommerce',
+              fieldName: 'customer_first_name.keyword',
+            });
+            await controlGroupInputBuilder.addDataControlFromField(initialInput, {
+              dataViewId: dataView.id ?? 'kibana_sample_data_ecommerce',
+              fieldName: 'customer_last_name.keyword',
+              width: 'medium',
+              grow: false,
+              title: 'Last Name',
+            });
+            return initialInput;
+          }}
+        />
+      </EuiPanel>
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/examples/controls_example/public/control_group_image.png b/examples/controls_example/public/control_group_image.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..82e02d0b4078b
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/controls_example/public/control_group_image.png differ
diff --git a/examples/controls_example/public/index.ts b/examples/controls_example/public/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..adb10a93fcec1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/controls_example/public/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { ControlsExamplePlugin } from './plugin';
+
+export function plugin() {
+  return new ControlsExamplePlugin();
+}
diff --git a/examples/controls_example/public/plugin.tsx b/examples/controls_example/public/plugin.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6001e9779b526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/controls_example/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import {
+  AppMountParameters,
+  AppNavLinkStatus,
+  CoreSetup,
+  CoreStart,
+  Plugin,
+} from '@kbn/core/public';
+import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/data-plugin/public';
+import { DeveloperExamplesSetup } from '@kbn/developer-examples-plugin/public';
+import img from './control_group_image.png';
+
+interface SetupDeps {
+  developerExamples: DeveloperExamplesSetup;
+}
+
+export interface ControlsExampleStartDeps {
+  data: DataPublicPluginStart;
+}
+
+export class ControlsExamplePlugin
+  implements Plugin<void, void, SetupDeps, ControlsExampleStartDeps>
+{
+  public setup(core: CoreSetup<ControlsExampleStartDeps>, { developerExamples }: SetupDeps) {
+    core.application.register({
+      id: 'controlsExamples',
+      title: 'Controls examples',
+      navLinkStatus: AppNavLinkStatus.hidden,
+      async mount(params: AppMountParameters) {
+        const [, depsStart] = await core.getStartServices();
+        const { renderApp } = await import('./app');
+        return renderApp(depsStart, params);
+      },
+    });
+
+    developerExamples.register({
+      appId: 'controlsExamples',
+      title: 'Controls as a Building Block',
+      description: `Showcases different ways to embed a control group into your app`,
+      image: img,
+    });
+  }
+
+  public start(core: CoreStart) {}
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/examples/controls_example/tsconfig.json b/examples/controls_example/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1e8a32f62734e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/controls_example/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "./target/types"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "index.ts",
+    "common/**/*.ts",
+    "public/**/*.ts",
+    "public/**/*.tsx",
+    "server/**/*.ts",
+    "../../typings/**/*"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [],
+  "kbn_references": [
+    { "path": "../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../developer_examples/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/data/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/controls/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../src/plugins/presentation_util/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/control_group_renderer.tsx b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/control_group_renderer.tsx
index a1560a02568c0..57245e23b2a1a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/control_group_renderer.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/control_group_renderer.tsx
@@ -8,41 +8,87 @@
 
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import useLifecycles from 'react-use/lib/useLifecycles';
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { IEmbeddable } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
+import { useReduxContainerContext } from '@kbn/presentation-util-plugin/public';
 
 import { pluginServices } from '../services';
-import { getDefaultControlGroupInput } from '../../common';
-import { ControlGroupInput, ControlGroupOutput, CONTROL_GROUP_TYPE } from './types';
+import { ControlPanelState, getDefaultControlGroupInput } from '../../common';
+import {
+  ControlGroupInput,
+  ControlGroupOutput,
+  ControlGroupReduxState,
+  CONTROL_GROUP_TYPE,
+} from './types';
 import { ControlGroupContainer } from './embeddable/control_group_container';
+import { DataControlInput } from '../types';
+import { getCompatibleControlType, getNextPanelOrder } from './embeddable/control_group_helpers';
+import { controlGroupReducers } from './state/control_group_reducers';
+
+const ControlGroupInputBuilder = {
+  addDataControlFromField: async (
+    initialInput: Partial<ControlGroupInput>,
+    newPanelInput: {
+      title?: string;
+      panelId?: string;
+      fieldName: string;
+      dataViewId: string;
+    } & Partial<ControlPanelState>
+  ) => {
+    const { defaultControlGrow, defaultControlWidth } = getDefaultControlGroupInput();
+    const controlGrow = initialInput.defaultControlGrow ?? defaultControlGrow;
+    const controlWidth = initialInput.defaultControlWidth ?? defaultControlWidth;
+
+    const { panelId, dataViewId, fieldName, title, grow, width } = newPanelInput;
+    const newPanelId = panelId || uuid.v4();
+    const nextOrder = getNextPanelOrder(initialInput);
+    const controlType = await getCompatibleControlType({ dataViewId, fieldName });
+
+    initialInput.panels = {
+      ...initialInput.panels,
+      [newPanelId]: {
+        order: nextOrder,
+        type: controlType,
+        grow: grow ?? controlGrow,
+        width: width ?? controlWidth,
+        explicitInput: { id: newPanelId, dataViewId, fieldName, title: title ?? fieldName },
+      } as ControlPanelState<DataControlInput>,
+    };
+  },
+};
 
 export interface ControlGroupRendererProps {
-  input?: Partial<Pick<ControlGroupInput, 'viewMode' | 'executionContext'>>;
   onEmbeddableLoad: (controlGroupContainer: ControlGroupContainer) => void;
+  getCreationOptions: (
+    builder: typeof ControlGroupInputBuilder
+  ) => Promise<Partial<ControlGroupInput>>;
 }
 
-export const ControlGroupRenderer = ({ input, onEmbeddableLoad }: ControlGroupRendererProps) => {
+export const ControlGroupRenderer = ({
+  onEmbeddableLoad,
+  getCreationOptions,
+}: ControlGroupRendererProps) => {
   const controlsRoot = useRef(null);
   const [controlGroupContainer, setControlGroupContainer] = useState<ControlGroupContainer>();
-
   const id = useMemo(() => uuid.v4(), []);
-
   /**
    * Use Lifecycles to load initial control group container
    */
   useLifecycles(
     () => {
       const { embeddable } = pluginServices.getServices();
-
       (async () => {
-        const container = (await embeddable
-          .getEmbeddableFactory<
-            ControlGroupInput,
-            ControlGroupOutput,
-            IEmbeddable<ControlGroupInput, ControlGroupOutput>
-          >(CONTROL_GROUP_TYPE)
-          ?.create({ id, ...getDefaultControlGroupInput(), ...input })) as ControlGroupContainer;
+        const factory = embeddable.getEmbeddableFactory<
+          ControlGroupInput,
+          ControlGroupOutput,
+          IEmbeddable<ControlGroupInput, ControlGroupOutput>
+        >(CONTROL_GROUP_TYPE);
+        const container = (await factory?.create({
+          id,
+          ...getDefaultControlGroupInput(),
+          ...(await getCreationOptions(ControlGroupInputBuilder)),
+        })) as ControlGroupContainer;
 
         if (controlsRoot.current) {
           container.render(controlsRoot.current);
@@ -56,29 +102,12 @@ export const ControlGroupRenderer = ({ input, onEmbeddableLoad }: ControlGroupRe
     }
   );
 
-  /**
-   * Update embeddable input when props input changes
-   */
-  useEffect(() => {
-    let updateCanceled = false;
-    (async () => {
-      // check if applying input from props would result in any changes to the embeddable input
-      const isInputEqual = await controlGroupContainer?.getExplicitInputIsEqual({
-        ...controlGroupContainer?.getInput(),
-        ...input,
-      });
-      if (!controlGroupContainer || isInputEqual || updateCanceled) return;
-      controlGroupContainer.updateInput({ ...input });
-    })();
-
-    return () => {
-      updateCanceled = true;
-    };
-  }, [controlGroupContainer, input]);
-
   return <div ref={controlsRoot} />;
 };
 
+export const useControlGroupContainerContext = () =>
+  useReduxContainerContext<ControlGroupReduxState, typeof controlGroupReducers>();
+
 // required for dynamic import using React.lazy()
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
 export default ControlGroupRenderer;
diff --git a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_container.tsx b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_container.tsx
index dbcf5e7adc1fb..3e95100d95cfe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_container.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_container.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import { ControlEmbeddable, ControlInput, ControlOutput, DataControlInput } from
 import { CreateControlButton, CreateControlButtonTypes } from '../editor/create_control';
 import { CreateTimeSliderControlButton } from '../editor/create_time_slider_control';
 import { TIME_SLIDER_CONTROL } from '../../time_slider';
-import { getDataControlFieldRegistry } from '../editor/data_control_editor_tools';
+import { getCompatibleControlType, getNextPanelOrder } from './control_group_helpers';
 
 let flyoutRef: OverlayRef | undefined;
 export const setFlyoutRef = (newRef: OverlayRef | undefined) => {
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ export class ControlGroupContainer extends Container<
     return this.lastUsedDataViewId ?? this.relevantDataViewId;
   };
 
+  public getReduxEmbeddableTools = () => {
+    return this.reduxEmbeddableTools;
+  };
+
   public closeAllFlyouts() {
     flyoutRef?.close();
     flyoutRef = undefined;
@@ -103,10 +107,7 @@ export class ControlGroupContainer extends Container<
     fieldName: string;
     title?: string;
   }) {
-    const dataView = await pluginServices.getServices().dataViews.get(dataViewId);
-    const fieldRegistry = await getDataControlFieldRegistry(dataView);
-    const field = fieldRegistry[fieldName];
-    return this.addNewEmbeddable(field.compatibleControlTypes[0], {
+    return this.addNewEmbeddable(await getCompatibleControlType({ dataViewId, fieldName }), {
       id: uuid,
       dataViewId,
       fieldName,
@@ -316,14 +317,7 @@ export class ControlGroupContainer extends Container<
     partial: Partial<TEmbeddableInput> = {}
   ): ControlPanelState<TEmbeddableInput> {
     const panelState = super.createNewPanelState(factory, partial);
-    let nextOrder = 0;
-    if (Object.keys(this.getInput().panels).length > 0) {
-      nextOrder =
-        Object.values(this.getInput().panels).reduce((highestSoFar, panel) => {
-          if (panel.order > highestSoFar) highestSoFar = panel.order;
-          return highestSoFar;
-        }, 0) + 1;
-    }
+    const nextOrder = getNextPanelOrder(this.getInput());
     return {
       order: nextOrder,
       width:
diff --git a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_helpers.ts b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..817cf9c280155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/embeddable/control_group_helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { ControlGroupInput } from '../types';
+import { pluginServices } from '../../services';
+import { getDataControlFieldRegistry } from '../editor/data_control_editor_tools';
+
+export const getNextPanelOrder = (initialInput: Partial<ControlGroupInput>) => {
+  let nextOrder = 0;
+  if (Object.keys(initialInput.panels ?? {}).length > 0) {
+    nextOrder =
+      Object.values(initialInput.panels ?? {}).reduce((highestSoFar, panel) => {
+        if (panel.order > highestSoFar) highestSoFar = panel.order;
+        return highestSoFar;
+      }, 0) + 1;
+  }
+  return nextOrder;
+};
+
+export const getCompatibleControlType = async ({
+  dataViewId,
+  fieldName,
+}: {
+  dataViewId: string;
+  fieldName: string;
+}) => {
+  const dataView = await pluginServices.getServices().dataViews.get(dataViewId);
+  const fieldRegistry = await getDataControlFieldRegistry(dataView);
+  const field = fieldRegistry[fieldName];
+  return field.compatibleControlTypes[0];
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/index.ts b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/index.ts
index ded1c29934d6e..b55d63134439b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/controls/public/control_group/index.ts
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@ export type { ControlGroupInput, ControlGroupOutput } from './types';
 export { CONTROL_GROUP_TYPE } from './types';
 export { ControlGroupContainerFactory } from './embeddable/control_group_container_factory';
 
-export type { ControlGroupRendererProps } from './control_group_renderer';
+export {
+  type ControlGroupRendererProps,
+  useControlGroupContainerContext,
+} from './control_group_renderer';
 export const LazyControlGroupRenderer = React.lazy(() => import('./control_group_renderer'));
diff --git a/src/plugins/controls/public/index.ts b/src/plugins/controls/public/index.ts
index 41eebbfd22ccf..2b6732335472a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/controls/public/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/controls/public/index.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ export {
 } from './range_slider';
 
 export { LazyControlsCallout, type CalloutProps } from './controls_callout';
-export { LazyControlGroupRenderer, type ControlGroupRendererProps } from './control_group';
+export {
+  LazyControlGroupRenderer,
+  useControlGroupContainerContext,
+  type ControlGroupRendererProps,
+} from './control_group';
 
 export function plugin() {
   return new ControlsPlugin();
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 7b0a8e6781baf..8e27004935ea4 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@
       "@kbn/ml-string-hash/*": ["x-pack/packages/ml/string_hash/*"],
       "@kbn/bfetch-explorer-plugin": ["examples/bfetch_explorer"],
       "@kbn/bfetch-explorer-plugin/*": ["examples/bfetch_explorer/*"],
+      "@kbn/controls-example-plugin": ["examples/controls_example"],
+      "@kbn/controls-example-plugin/*": ["examples/controls_example/*"],
       "@kbn/dashboard-embeddable-examples-plugin": ["examples/dashboard_embeddable_examples"],
       "@kbn/dashboard-embeddable-examples-plugin/*": ["examples/dashboard_embeddable_examples/*"],
       "@kbn/data-view-field-editor-example-plugin": ["examples/data_view_field_editor_example"],