diff --git a/src/pkg/err/err.go b/src/pkg/err/err.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cb2a3df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/err/err.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package err
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/internal/connector/graph"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/repository"
+)
+
+// expose enums, rather than errors, for Is checks.  The enum should
+// map to a specific internal error that can be used for the actual
+// errors.Is comparison.
+type errEnum string
+
+const (
+	RepoAlreadyExists errEnum = "repository-already-exists"
+	BackupNotFound    errEnum = "backup-not-found"
+	ServiceNotEnabled errEnum = "service-not-enabled"
+)
+
+// map of enums to errors.  We might want to re-use an enum for multiple
+// internal errors (ex: "ServiceNotEnabled" may exist in both graph and
+// non-graph producers).
+var internalToExternal = map[errEnum][]error{
+	RepoAlreadyExists: {repository.ErrorRepoAlreadyExists},
+	BackupNotFound:    {repository.ErrorBackupNotFound},
+	ServiceNotEnabled: {graph.ErrServiceNotEnabled},
+}
+
+// Is checks if the provided error contains an internal error that matches
+// the public error category.
+func Is(err error, enum errEnum) bool {
+	esl, ok := internalToExternal[enum]
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	for _, e := range esl {
+		if errors.Is(err, e) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/err/err_test.go b/src/pkg/err/err_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b3758c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/err/err_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package err
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/internal/connector/graph"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/internal/tester"
+	"github.com/alcionai/corso/src/pkg/repository"
+)
+
+type ErrUnitSuite struct {
+	tester.Suite
+}
+
+func TestErrUnitSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, &ErrUnitSuite{Suite: tester.NewUnitSuite(t)})
+}
+
+func (suite *ErrUnitSuite) TestIs() {
+	table := []struct {
+		is    errEnum
+		input error
+	}{
+		{RepoAlreadyExists, repository.ErrorRepoAlreadyExists},
+		{BackupNotFound, repository.ErrorBackupNotFound},
+		{ServiceNotEnabled, graph.ErrServiceNotEnabled},
+	}
+	for _, test := range table {
+		suite.Run(string(test.is), func() {
+			assert.True(suite.T(), Is(test.input, test.is))
+			assert.False(suite.T(), Is(assert.AnError, test.is))
+		})
+	}
+}