diff --git a/src/components/StarterPack/StarterPackCard.tsx b/src/components/StarterPack/StarterPackCard.tsx
index 22e0a155ab..72deca9f6b 100644
--- a/src/components/StarterPack/StarterPackCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/StarterPack/StarterPackCard.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {View} from 'react-native'
 import {Image} from 'expo-image'
-import {AppBskyGraphDefs, AppBskyGraphStarterpack, AtUri} from '@atproto/api'
+import {AppBskyGraphStarterpack, AtUri} from '@atproto/api'
 import {msg} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 import {useQueryClient} from '@tanstack/react-query'
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import {atoms as a, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {StarterPack} from '#/components/icons/StarterPack'
 import {Link as BaseLink, LinkProps as BaseLinkProps} from '#/components/Link'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
+import * as atp from '#/types/atproto'
 
 export function Default({
   starterPack,
 }: {
-  starterPack?: AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackViewBasic
+  starterPack?: atp.starterPack.AnyStarterPackView
 }) {
   if (!starterPack) return null
   return (
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export function Default({
 export function Notification({
   starterPack,
 }: {
-  starterPack?: AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackViewBasic
+  starterPack?: atp.starterPack.AnyStarterPackView
 }) {
   if (!starterPack) return null
   return (
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export function Card({
   noIcon,
   noDescription,
 }: {
-  starterPack: AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackViewBasic
+  starterPack: atp.starterPack.AnyStarterPackView
   noIcon?: boolean
   noDescription?: boolean
 }) {
@@ -57,7 +58,12 @@ export function Card({
   const t = useTheme()
   const {currentAccount} = useSession()
 
-  if (!AppBskyGraphStarterpack.isRecord(record)) {
+  if (
+    !atp.dangerousIsType<AppBskyGraphStarterpack.Record>(
+      record,
+      AppBskyGraphStarterpack.isRecord,
+    )
+  ) {
     return null
   }
 
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ export function Link({
   starterPack,
   children,
 }: {
-  starterPack: AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackViewBasic
+  starterPack: atp.starterPack.AnyStarterPackView
   onPress?: () => void
   children: BaseLinkProps['children']
 }) {
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ export function Link({
 export function Embed({
   starterPack,
 }: {
-  starterPack: AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackViewBasic
+  starterPack: atp.starterPack.AnyStarterPackView
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
   const imageUri = getStarterPackOgCard(starterPack)
diff --git a/src/lib/strings/starter-pack.ts b/src/lib/strings/starter-pack.ts
index ca34100155..2e4497a443 100644
--- a/src/lib/strings/starter-pack.ts
+++ b/src/lib/strings/starter-pack.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import {AppBskyGraphDefs, AtUri} from '@atproto/api'
+import {AtUri} from '@atproto/api'
+
+import * as atp from '#/types/atproto'
 
 export function createStarterPackLinkFromAndroidReferrer(
   referrerQueryString: string,
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ export function httpStarterPackUriToAtUri(httpUri?: string): string | null {
 }
 
 export function getStarterPackOgCard(
-  didOrStarterPack: AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackView | string,
+  didOrStarterPack: atp.starterPack.AnyStarterPackView | string,
   rkey?: string,
 ) {
   if (typeof didOrStarterPack === 'string') {
diff --git a/src/types/atproto/index.ts b/src/types/atproto/index.ts
index 18db966ac8..ee24ab1e3d 100644
--- a/src/types/atproto/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/atproto/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * as profile from '#/types/atproto/profile'
+export * as starterPack from '#/types/atproto/starterPack'
 
 /**
  * Use sparingly, and only when you know it's safe to do so.
diff --git a/src/types/atproto/starterPack.ts b/src/types/atproto/starterPack.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..513b4750bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/atproto/starterPack.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import {AppBskyGraphDefs} from '@atproto/api'
+
+export {
+  /**
+   * Renamed to clarify source of this util, but directly aliases the original.
+   * {@link AppBskyGraphDefs.isStarterPackViewBasic}
+   */
+  isStarterPackViewBasic as isBasicView,
+  /**
+   * Renamed to clarify source of this util, but directly aliases the original.
+   * {@link AppBskyGraphDefs.isStarterPackView}
+   */
+  isStarterPackView as isView,
+} from '@atproto/api/dist/client/types/app/bsky/graph/defs'
+
+/**
+ * Matches any starter pack view exported by our SDK
+ */
+export type AnyStarterPackView =
+  | AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackViewBasic
+  | AppBskyGraphDefs.StarterPackView