diff --git a/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.test.ts b/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0424aee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { AccountProviderType } from './provider';
+
+describe('AccountProviderType', () => {
+  it('has expected values', () => {
+    expect(AccountProviderType).toStrictEqual({
+      Evm: 'Evm',
+      Solana: 'Solana',
+      Btc: 'Btc',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.ts b/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.ts
index 7771bf10d..baa6d4033 100644
--- a/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/account-api/src/api/provider.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import type { EntropySourceId, KeyringAccount } from '@metamask/keyring-api';
 
+export enum AccountProviderType {
+  Evm = 'Evm',
+  Solana = 'Solana',
+  Btc = 'Btc',
+}
+
 /**
  * An account provider is reponsible of providing accounts to an account group.
  */
 export type AccountProvider<Account extends KeyringAccount> = {
+  /**
+   * The type of the provider.
+   */
+  providerType: AccountProviderType;
   /**
    * Gets an account for a given ID.
    *
@@ -33,18 +43,15 @@ export type AccountProvider<Account extends KeyringAccount> = {
   }) => Promise<Account[]>;
 
   /**
-   * Discover accounts for a given entropy source and a given group
-   * index.
+   * Discover accounts for a given entropy source.
    *
    * NOTE: This method needs to also create the discovered accounts.
    *
    * @param options - Options.
    * @param options.entropySource - Entropy source to use.
-   * @param options.groupIndex - Group index to use.
    * @returns The list of discovered and created accounts.
    */
   discoverAndCreateAccounts: (options: {
     entropySource: EntropySourceId;
-    groupIndex: number;
   }) => Promise<Account[]>;
 };