diff --git a/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll
index 4be6f7916d7..5893a3e8b3d 100644
--- a/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll
+++ b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ module VariableCapture {
 /** A collection of cached types and predicates to be evaluated in the same stage. */
 cached
 private module Cached {
+  private import semmle.code.powershell.typetracking.internal.TypeTrackingImpl
+
   cached
   newtype TNode =
     TExprNode(CfgNodes::ExprCfgNode n) or
@@ -152,6 +154,66 @@ private module Cached {
     SsaFlow::localFlowStep(_, nodeFrom, nodeTo, _)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This is the local flow predicate that is used in type tracking.
+   */
+  cached
+  predicate localFlowStepTypeTracker(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo) {
+    LocalFlow::localFlowStepCommon(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
+    or
+    SsaFlow::localFlowStep(_, nodeFrom, nodeTo, _)
+  }
+
+  /** Holds if `n` wraps an SSA definition without ingoing flow. */
+  private predicate entrySsaDefinition(SsaDefinitionExtNode n) {
+    n.getDefinitionExt() =
+      any(SsaImpl::WriteDefinition def | not def.(Ssa::WriteDefinition).assigns(_))
+  }
+
+  pragma[nomagic]
+  private predicate reachedFromExprOrEntrySsaDef(Node n) {
+    localFlowStepTypeTracker(any(Node n0 |
+        n0 instanceof ExprNode
+        or
+        entrySsaDefinition(n0)
+      ), n)
+    or
+    exists(Node mid |
+      reachedFromExprOrEntrySsaDef(mid) and
+      localFlowStepTypeTracker(mid, n)
+    )
+  }
+
+  private predicate isStoreTargetNode(Node n) {
+    TypeTrackingInput::storeStep(_, n, _)
+    or
+    TypeTrackingInput::loadStoreStep(_, n, _, _)
+    or
+    TypeTrackingInput::withContentStepImpl(_, n, _)
+    or
+    TypeTrackingInput::withoutContentStepImpl(_, n, _)
+  }
+
+  cached
+  predicate isLocalSourceNode(Node n) {
+    n instanceof ParameterNode
+    or
+    // Expressions that can't be reached from another entry definition or expression
+    n instanceof ExprNode and
+    not reachedFromExprOrEntrySsaDef(n)
+    or
+    // Ensure all entry SSA definitions are local sources, except those that correspond
+    // to parameters (which are themselves local sources)
+    entrySsaDefinition(n) and
+    not exists(SsaImpl::ParameterExt p |
+      p.isInitializedBy(n.(SsaDefinitionExtNode).getDefinitionExt())
+    )
+    or
+    isStoreTargetNode(n)
+    or
+    TypeTrackingInput::loadStep(_, n, _)
+  }
+
   cached
   newtype TContentSet = TSingletonContent(Content c)
 
diff --git a/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll
index 95d4e32ee55..1ea9ef5b892 100644
--- a/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll
+++ b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ class ParameterNode extends Node {
   final Parameter getParameter() { result = getParameter(this) }
 }
 
+/**
+ * A data-flow node that is a source of local flow.
+ */
+class LocalSourceNode extends Node {
+  LocalSourceNode() { isLocalSourceNode(this) }
+}
+
 /**
  * A node associated with an object after an operation that might have
  * changed its state.
diff --git a/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/typetracking/TypeTracking.qll b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/typetracking/TypeTracking.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9156961ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/typetracking/TypeTracking.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Provides classes and predicates for simple data-flow reachability suitable
+ * for tracking types.
+ */
+
+private import semmle.code.powershell.typetracking.internal.TypeTrackingImpl as Impl
+import Impl::Shared::TypeTracking<Impl::TypeTrackingInput>
diff --git a/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/typetracking/internal/TypeTrackingImpl.qll b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/typetracking/internal/TypeTrackingImpl.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b806c9400f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powershell/ql/lib/semmle/code/powershell/typetracking/internal/TypeTrackingImpl.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+import codeql.typetracking.TypeTracking as Shared
+import codeql.typetracking.internal.TypeTrackingImpl as SharedImpl
+private import powershell
+private import semmle.code.powershell.controlflow.Cfg as Cfg
+private import Cfg::CfgNodes
+private import codeql.typetracking.internal.SummaryTypeTracker as SummaryTypeTracker
+private import semmle.code.powershell.dataflow.DataFlow
+private import semmle.code.powershell.dataflow.internal.DataFlowImplCommon as DataFlowImplCommon
+private import semmle.code.powershell.dataflow.internal.DataFlowPublic as DataFlowPublic
+private import semmle.code.powershell.dataflow.internal.DataFlowPrivate as DataFlowPrivate
+private import semmle.code.powershell.dataflow.internal.DataFlowDispatch as DataFlowDispatch
+private import codeql.util.Unit
+
+pragma[noinline]
+private predicate argumentPositionMatch(
+  DataFlowDispatch::DataFlowCall call, DataFlowPrivate::ArgumentNode arg,
+  DataFlowDispatch::ParameterPosition ppos
+) {
+  exists(DataFlowDispatch::ArgumentPosition apos |
+    arg.argumentOf(call, apos) and
+    DataFlowDispatch::parameterMatch(ppos, apos)
+  )
+}
+
+pragma[noinline]
+private predicate viableParam(
+  DataFlowDispatch::DataFlowCall call, DataFlowPrivate::ParameterNodeImpl p,
+  DataFlowDispatch::ParameterPosition ppos
+) {
+  exists(DataFlowDispatch::DataFlowCallable callable |
+    DataFlowDispatch::getTarget(call) = callable.asCfgScope()
+  |
+    p.isParameterOf(callable, ppos)
+  )
+}
+
+/** Holds if there is flow from `arg` to `p` via the call `call`. */
+pragma[nomagic]
+predicate callStep(
+  DataFlowDispatch::DataFlowCall call, DataFlow::Node arg, DataFlowPrivate::ParameterNodeImpl p
+) {
+  exists(DataFlowDispatch::ParameterPosition pos |
+    argumentPositionMatch(call, arg, pos) and
+    viableParam(call, p, pos)
+  )
+}
+
+private module SummaryTypeTrackerInput implements SummaryTypeTracker::Input {
+  class Node = DataFlow::Node;
+
+  class Content = DataFlowPublic::ContentSet;
+
+  class ContentFilter = TypeTrackingInput::ContentFilter;
+
+  ContentFilter getFilterFromWithoutContentStep(Content content) {
+    none() // TODO
+  }
+
+  ContentFilter getFilterFromWithContentStep(Content content) {
+    none() // TODO
+  }
+
+  // Summaries and their stacks
+  class SummaryComponent extends Unit {
+    SummaryComponent() { none() }
+  }
+
+  class SummaryComponentStack extends Unit {
+    SummaryComponent head() { none() }
+  }
+
+  SummaryComponentStack singleton(SummaryComponent component) { none() }
+
+  SummaryComponentStack push(SummaryComponent head, SummaryComponentStack tail) { none() }
+
+  SummaryComponent return() { none() }
+
+  SummaryComponent content(Content contents) { none() }
+
+  SummaryComponent withoutContent(Content contents) { none() }
+
+  SummaryComponent withContent(Content contents) { none() }
+
+  class SummarizedCallable extends Unit {
+    SummarizedCallable() { none() }
+
+    predicate propagatesFlow(
+      SummaryComponentStack input, SummaryComponentStack output, boolean preservesValue
+    ) {
+      none()
+    }
+  }
+
+  Node argumentOf(Node call, SummaryComponent arg, boolean isPostUpdate) { none() }
+
+  Node parameterOf(Node callable, SummaryComponent param) { none() }
+
+  Node returnOf(Node callable, SummaryComponent return) { none() }
+
+  Node callTo(SummarizedCallable callable) { none() }
+}
+
+private module TypeTrackerSummaryFlow = SummaryTypeTracker::SummaryFlow<SummaryTypeTrackerInput>;
+
+private newtype TContentFilter = MkElementFilter()
+
+module TypeTrackingInput implements Shared::TypeTrackingInput {
+  class Node = DataFlowPublic::Node;
+
+  class LocalSourceNode = DataFlowPublic::LocalSourceNode;
+
+  class Content = DataFlowPublic::ContentSet;
+
+  /**
+   * A label to use for `WithContent` and `WithoutContent` steps, restricting
+   * which `ContentSet` may pass through.
+   */
+  class ContentFilter extends TContentFilter {
+    /** Gets a string representation of this content filter. */
+    string toString() { this = MkElementFilter() and result = "elements" }
+
+    /** Gets the content of a type-tracker that matches this filter. */
+    Content getAMatchingContent() {
+      none() // TODO
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if a value stored with `storeContents` can be read back with `loadContents`.
+   */
+  pragma[inline]
+  predicate compatibleContents(Content storeContents, Content loadContents) {
+    storeContents.getAStoreContent() = loadContents.getAReadContent()
+  }
+
+  /** Holds if there is a simple local flow step from `nodeFrom` to `nodeTo` */
+  predicate simpleLocalSmallStep = DataFlowPrivate::localFlowStepTypeTracker/2;
+
+  /** Holds if there is a level step from `nodeFrom` to `nodeTo`, which does not depend on the call graph. */
+  pragma[nomagic]
+  predicate levelStepNoCall(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo) {
+    TypeTrackerSummaryFlow::levelStepNoCall(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
+  }
+
+  /** Holds if there is a level step from `nodeFrom` to `nodeTo`, which may depend on the call graph. */
+  pragma[nomagic]
+  predicate levelStepCall(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo) { none() }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if `nodeFrom` steps to `nodeTo` by being passed as a parameter in a call.
+   *
+   * Flow into summarized library methods is not included, as that will lead to negative
+   * recursion (or, at best, terrible performance), since identifying calls to library
+   * methods is done using API graphs (which uses type tracking).
+   */
+  predicate callStep(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo) { callStep(_, nodeFrom, nodeTo) }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if `nodeFrom` steps to `nodeTo` by being returned from a call.
+   */
+  predicate returnStep(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo) {
+    exists(CallCfgNode call |
+      nodeFrom instanceof DataFlowPrivate::ReturnNode and
+      nodeFrom.(DataFlowPrivate::NodeImpl).getCfgScope() =
+        DataFlowDispatch::getTarget(DataFlowDispatch::TNormalCall(call)) and
+      nodeTo.asExpr().getAstNode() = call.getAstNode()
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if `nodeFrom` is being written to the `contents` of the object
+   * in `nodeTo`.
+   *
+   * Note that the choice of `nodeTo` does not have to make sense
+   * "chronologically". All we care about is whether the `contents` of
+   * `nodeTo` can have a specific type, and the assumption is that if a specific
+   * type appears here, then any access of that particular content can yield
+   * something of that particular type.
+   */
+  predicate storeStep(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo, Content contents) {
+    DataFlowPrivate::storeStep(nodeFrom, contents, nodeTo)
+    or
+    TypeTrackerSummaryFlow::basicStoreStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo, contents)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if `nodeTo` is the result of accessing the `content` content of `nodeFrom`.
+   */
+  predicate loadStep(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo, Content contents) {
+    DataFlowPrivate::readStep(nodeFrom, contents, nodeTo)
+    or
+    TypeTrackerSummaryFlow::basicLoadStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo, contents)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if the `loadContent` of `nodeFrom` is stored in the `storeContent` of `nodeTo`.
+   */
+  predicate loadStoreStep(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo, Content loadContent, Content storeContent) {
+    TypeTrackerSummaryFlow::basicLoadStoreStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo, loadContent, storeContent)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Same as `withContentStep`, but `nodeTo` has type `Node` instead of `LocalSourceNode`,
+   * which allows for it by used in the definition of `LocalSourceNode`.
+   */
+  additional predicate withContentStepImpl(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo, ContentFilter filter) {
+    TypeTrackerSummaryFlow::basicWithContentStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo, filter)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if type-tracking should step from `nodeFrom` to `nodeTo` if inside a
+   * content matched by `filter`.
+   */
+  predicate withContentStep(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo, ContentFilter filter) {
+    withContentStepImpl(nodeFrom, nodeTo, filter)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Same as `withoutContentStep`, but `nodeTo` has type `Node` instead of `LocalSourceNode`,
+   * which allows for it by used in the definition of `LocalSourceNode`.
+   */
+  additional predicate withoutContentStepImpl(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo, ContentFilter filter) {
+    TypeTrackerSummaryFlow::basicWithoutContentStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo, filter)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if type-tracking should step from `nodeFrom` to `nodeTo` but block
+   * flow of contents matched by `filter` through here.
+   */
+  predicate withoutContentStep(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo, ContentFilter filter) {
+    withoutContentStepImpl(nodeFrom, nodeTo, filter)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Holds if data can flow from `node1` to `node2` in a way that discards call contexts.
+   */
+  predicate jumpStep(Node nodeFrom, LocalSourceNode nodeTo) {
+    DataFlowPrivate::jumpStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
+  }
+
+  predicate hasFeatureBacktrackStoreTarget() { none() }
+}
+
+import SharedImpl::TypeTracking<TypeTrackingInput>