diff --git a/models/meshmodel/entity/types.go b/models/meshmodel/entity/types.go
index 8ab09c76..b7d0a96d 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/entity/types.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/entity/types.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const (
 type Filter interface {
 	Create(map[string]interface{})
 	Get(db *database.Handler) (entities []Entity, count int64, unique int, err error)
+	GetById(db *database.Handler) (entity Entity, err error)
 }
 
 type Entity interface {
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/error.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/error.go
index ed94ba80..2566ec58 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/error.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/error.go
@@ -14,8 +14,21 @@ var (
 	ErrRegisteringEntityCode           = "replace_me"
 	ErrUnknownHostInMapCode            = "replace_me"
 	ErrCreatingUserDataDirectoryCode   = "replace_me"
+    ErrGetByIdCode                     = "replace_me"
 )
 
+func ErrGetById(err error, id string) error {
+	return errors.New(
+        ErrUnknownHostCode,
+        errors.Alert,
+        []string{"Failed to get the entity with the given ID: " + id},
+        []string{err.Error()},
+        []string{"Entity with the given ID may not be present in the registry", "Registry might be inaccessible at the moment"},
+        []string{"Check if your ID is correct" , "If the registry is inaccesible, please try again after some time"},
+        )
+
+}
+
 func ErrUnknownHost(err error) error {
 	return errors.New(ErrUnknownHostCode, errors.Alert, []string{"host is not supported"}, []string{err.Error()}, []string{"The component's host is not supported by the version of server you are running"}, []string{"Try upgrading to latest available version"})
 }
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/registry.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/registry.go
index 6e193bad..fbd0558a 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/registry.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/registry.go
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ func (rm *RegistryManager) GetEntities(f entity.Filter) ([]entity.Entity, int64,
 	return f.Get(rm.db)
 }
 
+func (rm *RegistryManager) GetEntityById (f entity.Filter) (entity.Entity, error) {
+	return f.GetById(rm.db)
+}
+
 func HostnameToPascalCase(input string) string {
 	parts := strings.Split(input, ".")
 	caser := cases.Title(language.English)
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1alpha2/relationship_filter.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1alpha2/relationship_filter.go
index e07b63b7..64f148fa 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1alpha2/relationship_filter.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1alpha2/relationship_filter.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/database"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/core/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/entity"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/registry"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
 )
 
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 // In the future, we will add support to query using `selectors` (using CUE)
 // TODO: Add support for Model
 type RelationshipFilter struct {
+    Id               string
 	Kind             string
 	Greedy           bool //when set to true - instead of an exact match, kind will be prefix matched
 	SubType          string
@@ -30,6 +32,16 @@ func (rf *RelationshipFilter) Create(m map[string]interface{}) {
 	}
 	rf.Kind = m["kind"].(string)
 }
+
+func (rf *RelationshipFilter) GetById(db *database.Handler) (entity.Entity, error) {
+    r := &v1alpha2.RelationshipDefinition{}
+    err := db.First(r, "id = ?", rf.Id).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, registry.ErrGetById(err, rf.Id)
+	}
+    return  r, err
+}
+
 func (relationshipFilter *RelationshipFilter) Get(db *database.Handler) ([]entity.Entity, int64, int, error) {
 
 	var relationshipDefinitionsWithModel []v1alpha2.RelationshipDefinition
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/category_filter.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/category_filter.go
index 07ff177c..b992e8d1 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/category_filter.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/category_filter.go
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/database"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/core/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/entity"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/registry"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
 )
 
 type CategoryFilter struct {
+    Id      string
 	Name    string
 	OrderOn string
 	Greedy  bool
@@ -24,6 +26,15 @@ func (cf *CategoryFilter) Create(m map[string]interface{}) {
 	cf.Name = m["name"].(string)
 }
 
+func (cf *CategoryFilter) GetById(db *database.Handler) (entity.Entity, error) {
+    c := &v1beta1.Category{}
+    err := db.First(c, "id = ?", cf.Id).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, registry.ErrGetById(err, cf.Id)
+	}
+    return  c, err
+}
+
 func (cf *CategoryFilter) Get(db *database.Handler) ([]entity.Entity, int64, int, error) {
 	var catdb []v1beta1.Category
 	var cat []entity.Entity
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/component_filter.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/component_filter.go
index b9b401e8..72f0f9c5 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/component_filter.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/component_filter.go
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/database"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/core/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/entity"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/registry"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
 )
 
 type ComponentFilter struct {
+    Id           string
 	Name         string
 	APIVersion   string
 	Greedy       bool //when set to true - instead of an exact match, name will be matched as a substring
@@ -30,6 +32,15 @@ type componentDefinitionWithModel struct {
 	HostsDB               v1beta1.Host                `gorm:"embedded"`
 }
 
+func (cf *ComponentFilter) GetById(db *database.Handler) (entity.Entity, error) {
+    c := &v1beta1.ComponentDefinition{}
+    err := db.First(c, "id = ?", cf.Id).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, registry.ErrGetById(err, cf.Id)
+	}
+    return  c, err
+}
+
 // Create the filter from map[string]interface{}
 func (cf *ComponentFilter) Create(m map[string]interface{}) {
 	if m == nil {
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/model_filter.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/model_filter.go
index e8bf85d2..440ecb3e 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/model_filter.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/model_filter.go
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/core/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/core/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/entity"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/registry"
 	"gorm.io/gorm/clause"
 )
 
 type ModelFilter struct {
+    Id          string
 	Name        string
 	Registrant  string //name of the registrant for a given model
 	DisplayName string //If Name is already passed, avoid passing Display name unless greedy=true, else the filter will translate to an AND returning only the models where name and display name match exactly. Ignore, if this behavior is expected.
@@ -46,6 +48,17 @@ func countUniqueModels(models []v1beta1.Model) int {
 	return len(set)
 }
 
+func (mf *ModelFilter) GetById(db *database.Handler) (entity.Entity, error) {
+    m := &v1beta1.Model{}
+    err := db.First(m, "id = ?", mf.Id).Error
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, registry.ErrGetById(err, mf.Id)
+	}
+    return  m, err
+}
+
+
 func (mf *ModelFilter) Get(db *database.Handler) ([]entity.Entity, int64, int, error) {
 
 	var modelWithCategories []v1beta1.Model
diff --git a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/policy_filter.go b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/policy_filter.go
index c481e84f..7de9ce07 100644
--- a/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/policy_filter.go
+++ b/models/meshmodel/registry/v1beta1/policy_filter.go
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/database"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/core/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/entity"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/models/meshmodel/registry"
 )
 
 type PolicyFilter struct {
+    Id        string
 	Kind      string
 	Greedy    bool
 	SubType   string
@@ -23,6 +25,15 @@ func (pf *PolicyFilter) Create(m map[string]interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (pf *PolicyFilter) GetById(db *database.Handler) (entity.Entity, error) {
+    p := &v1beta1.PolicyDefinition{}
+    err := db.First(p, "id = ?", pf.Id).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, registry.ErrGetById(err, pf.Id)
+	}
+    return  p, err
+}
+
 func (pf *PolicyFilter) Get(db *database.Handler) ([]entity.Entity, int64, int, error) {
 	pl := []entity.Entity{}
 	var policyDefinitionWithModel []v1beta1.PolicyDefinition