diff --git a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/annotations/UsesDataPrepperPlugin.java b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/annotations/UsesDataPrepperPlugin.java
index 8d81290df3..e94e2cca4c 100644
--- a/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/annotations/UsesDataPrepperPlugin.java
+++ b/data-prepper-api/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/model/annotations/UsesDataPrepperPlugin.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
+/**
+ * Annotates a field that uses Data Prepper plugin config as its value.
+ */
 @Documented
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target({ElementType.FIELD})
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/aggregate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/aggregate/AggregateProcessorConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugins/aggregate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/aggregate/AggregateProcessorConfig.java
index 40ed0f14d7..f1c0124a01 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/aggregate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/aggregate/AggregateProcessorConfig.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/aggregate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/aggregate/AggregateProcessorConfig.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonClassDescription;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.UsesDataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginModel;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyDescription;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public class AggregateProcessorConfig {
     @JsonPropertyDescription("The action to be performed on each group. One of the available aggregate actions must be provided.")
     @JsonProperty("action")
     @NotNull
+    @UsesDataPrepperPlugin(pluginType = AggregateAction.class)
     private PluginModel aggregateAction;
 
     @JsonPropertyDescription("When local_mode is set to true, the aggregation is performed locally on each Data Prepper node instead of forwarding events to a specific node based on the identification_keys using a hash function. Default is false.")
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/anomaly-detector-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/anomalydetector/AnomalyDetectorProcessorConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugins/anomaly-detector-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/anomalydetector/AnomalyDetectorProcessorConfig.java
index 0eb59edc58..2122a0f318 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/anomaly-detector-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/anomalydetector/AnomalyDetectorProcessorConfig.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/anomaly-detector-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/anomalydetector/AnomalyDetectorProcessorConfig.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonClassDescription;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.UsesDataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginModel;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyDescription;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ public class AnomalyDetectorProcessorConfig {
     @JsonPropertyDescription("The ML algorithm (or model) used to detect anomalies. You must provide a mode. See random_cut_forest mode.")
     @JsonProperty("mode")
     @NotNull
+    @UsesDataPrepperPlugin(pluginType = AnomalyDetectorMode.class)
     private PluginModel detectorMode;
 
     @JsonPropertyDescription("A non-ordered List<String> that is used as input to the ML algorithm to detect anomalies in the values of the keys in the list. At least one key is required.")
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/obfuscate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/obfuscation/ObfuscationProcessorConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugins/obfuscate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/obfuscation/ObfuscationProcessorConfig.java
index fa4df27ce1..5b9ef682f5 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/obfuscate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/obfuscation/ObfuscationProcessorConfig.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/obfuscate-processor/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/processor/obfuscation/ObfuscationProcessorConfig.java
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.expression.ExpressionEvaluator;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.UsesDataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginModel;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.InvalidPluginConfigurationException;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.processor.obfuscation.action.ObfuscationAction;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ public class ObfuscationProcessorConfig {
 
     @JsonProperty("action")
     @JsonPropertyDescription("The obfuscation action. Available actions include 'hash' and 'mask'.")
+    @UsesDataPrepperPlugin(pluginType = ObfuscationAction.class)
     private PluginModel action;
 
     @JsonProperty("obfuscate_when")