diff --git a/mmv1/api/resource.go b/mmv1/api/resource.go
index c6f9ec5e84bb..771c780bb48b 100644
--- a/mmv1/api/resource.go
+++ b/mmv1/api/resource.go
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ type Resource struct {
 	ApiResourceTypeKind string `yaml:"api_resource_type_kind,omitempty"`
 
 	ImportPath string `yaml:"-"`
+
+	// Tag autogen resources so that we can track them. In the future this will
+	// control if a resource is continuously generated from public OpenAPI docs
+	AutogenStatus string `yaml:"autogen_status"`
 }
 
 func (r *Resource) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(any) error) error {
diff --git a/mmv1/openapi_generate/parser.go b/mmv1/openapi_generate/parser.go
index 23a8c91a057a..3c2a63344e89 100644
--- a/mmv1/openapi_generate/parser.go
+++ b/mmv1/openapi_generate/parser.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package openapi_generate
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -259,6 +260,11 @@ func buildResource(filePath, resourcePath, resourceName string, root *openapi3.T
 
 	resource.Examples = []r.Examples{example}
 
+	resourceNameBytes := []byte(resourceName)
+	// Write the status as an encoded string to flag when a YAML file has been
+	// copy and pasted without actually using this tool
+	resource.AutogenStatus = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(resourceNameBytes)
+
 	return resource
 }