diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 21d670c58b0..90cdb8819c8 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -159,22 +159,14 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
   name: validate-scuemata
 - commands:
-  - '# Make sure the git tree is clean.'
-  - '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are
-    needed.'
-  - git stash
-  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .
-  - '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate
-    .cue files.'
   - '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE
     files.'
-  - '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:'
-  - yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix
-  - '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command
-    `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.'
-  - ./scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh
-  - '# Un-stash changes.'
-  - git stash pop
+  - '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript
+    from all'
+  - '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file
+    the generated'
+  - '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.'
+  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff
   depends_on:
   - validate-scuemata
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
@@ -686,22 +678,14 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
   name: validate-scuemata
 - commands:
-  - '# Make sure the git tree is clean.'
-  - '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are
-    needed.'
-  - git stash
-  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .
-  - '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate
-    .cue files.'
   - '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE
     files.'
-  - '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:'
-  - yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix
-  - '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command
-    `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.'
-  - ./scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh
-  - '# Un-stash changes.'
-  - git stash pop
+  - '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript
+    from all'
+  - '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file
+    the generated'
+  - '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.'
+  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff
   depends_on:
   - validate-scuemata
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
@@ -1290,22 +1274,14 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
   name: validate-scuemata
 - commands:
-  - '# Make sure the git tree is clean.'
-  - '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are
-    needed.'
-  - git stash
-  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .
-  - '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate
-    .cue files.'
   - '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE
     files.'
-  - '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:'
-  - yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix
-  - '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command
-    `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.'
-  - ./scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh
-  - '# Un-stash changes.'
-  - git stash pop
+  - '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript
+    from all'
+  - '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file
+    the generated'
+  - '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.'
+  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff
   depends_on:
   - validate-scuemata
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
@@ -1880,22 +1856,14 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
   name: validate-scuemata
 - commands:
-  - '# Make sure the git tree is clean.'
-  - '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are
-    needed.'
-  - git stash
-  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .
-  - '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate
-    .cue files.'
   - '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE
     files.'
-  - '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:'
-  - yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix
-  - '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command
-    `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.'
-  - ./scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh
-  - '# Un-stash changes.'
-  - git stash pop
+  - '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript
+    from all'
+  - '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file
+    the generated'
+  - '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.'
+  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff
   depends_on:
   - validate-scuemata
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
@@ -3044,22 +3012,14 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
   name: validate-scuemata
 - commands:
-  - '# Make sure the git tree is clean.'
-  - '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are
-    needed.'
-  - git stash
-  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .
-  - '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate
-    .cue files.'
   - '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE
     files.'
-  - '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:'
-  - yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix
-  - '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command
-    `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.'
-  - ./scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh
-  - '# Un-stash changes.'
-  - git stash pop
+  - '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript
+    from all'
+  - '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file
+    the generated'
+  - '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.'
+  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff
   depends_on:
   - validate-scuemata
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
@@ -3561,22 +3521,14 @@ steps:
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
   name: validate-scuemata
 - commands:
-  - '# Make sure the git tree is clean.'
-  - '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are
-    needed.'
-  - git stash
-  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .
-  - '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate
-    .cue files.'
   - '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE
     files.'
-  - '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:'
-  - yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix
-  - '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command
-    `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.'
-  - ./scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh
-  - '# Un-stash changes.'
-  - git stash pop
+  - '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript
+    from all'
+  - '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file
+    the generated'
+  - '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.'
+  - ./bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff
   depends_on:
   - validate-scuemata
   image: grafana/build-container:1.5.1
@@ -4305,6 +4257,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcp_upload_artifacts_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: b92ebbf48ca675f25c96f4b182a72c08b0e79f9c50d29caaacab124e97f32b4d
+hmac: fb2a26bf088c9ff2b7cc63cee4fa1f1da06baf560265df4703414f4db9c90708
 
 ...
diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 1fc48c822a9..30d54f55eba 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ scripts/grafana-server/tmp
 public/lib/monaco
 deployment_tools_config.json
 
+# TS generate from cue by cuetsy
+**/*.gen.ts
+
 # Auto-generated localisation files
 public/locales/_build/
 public/locales/**/*.js
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/commands.go b/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/commands.go
index 809dd35adf3..82bcb8ffac3 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/commands.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/commands.go
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ so must be recompiled to validate newly-added CUE files.`,
 				Name:  "grafana-root",
 				Usage: "path to the root of a Grafana repository in which to generate TypeScript from CUE files",
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:  "diff",
+				Usage: "diff results of codegen against files already on disk. Exits 1 if diff is non-empty",
+				Value: false,
+			},
 		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/cuetsify_command.go b/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/cuetsify_command.go
index d71335f2431..8ce9853bb68 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/cuetsify_command.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/commands/cuetsify_command.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"cuelang.org/go/cue/errors"
 	cload "cuelang.org/go/cue/load"
 	"cuelang.org/go/cue/parser"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/grafana/cuetsy"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/cmd/grafana-cli/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/schema/load"
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ var skipPaths = []string{
 
 const prefix = "/"
 
+//nolint: gocyclo
 func (cmd Command) generateTypescript(c utils.CommandLine) error {
 	root := c.String("grafana-root")
 	if root == "" {
@@ -237,13 +239,46 @@ func (cmd Command) generateTypescript(c utils.CommandLine) error {
 		return gerrors.New(errors.Details(err, nil))
 	}
 
+	diff := c.Bool("diff")
+	var derr bool
 	for of, b := range outfiles {
-		err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, of), b, 0644)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+		p := filepath.Join(root, of)
+		if diff {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(p); err != nil {
+				if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+					fmt.Printf("%s: no generated code file to compare against\n", p)
+					derr = true
+					continue
+				}
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", p, err)
+			}
+
+			f, err := os.Open(filepath.Clean(p))
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", p, err)
+			}
+
+			ob, err := io.ReadAll(f)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			dstr := cmp.Diff(string(ob), string(b))
+			if dstr != "" {
+				derr = true
+				fmt.Printf("%s would have changed:\n%s\n", p, dstr)
+			}
+		} else {
+			err := os.WriteFile(p, b, 0644)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	if derr {
+		return errors.New("some files changed")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -283,7 +318,7 @@ func toOverlay(prefix string, vfs fs.FS, overlay map[string]cload.Source) error
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(prefix) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("must provide absolute path prefix when generating cue overlay, got %q", prefix)
 	}
-	err := fs.WalkDir(vfs, ".", (func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+	err := fs.WalkDir(vfs, ".", func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -296,6 +331,12 @@ func toOverlay(prefix string, vfs fs.FS, overlay map[string]cload.Source) error
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		defer func(f fs.File) {
+			err := f.Close()
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}(f)
 
 		b, err := io.ReadAll(f)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -304,7 +345,7 @@ func toOverlay(prefix string, vfs fs.FS, overlay map[string]cload.Source) error
 
 		overlay[filepath.Join(prefix, path)] = cload.FromBytes(b)
 		return nil
-	}))
+	})
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/models.gen.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/models.gen.ts
index 82db65040ac..61a31557145 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/news/models.gen.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/news/models.gen.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 // This file was autogenerated by cuetsy. DO NOT EDIT!
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+
 export const modelVersion = Object.freeze([0, 0]);
 
+
 export interface PanelOptions {
   feedUrl?: string;
   showImage?: boolean;
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 837a27d9253..5ca6fb1ae63 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -1134,18 +1134,11 @@ def ensure_cuetsified_step():
             'validate-scuemata',
         ],
         'commands': [
-            '# Make sure the git tree is clean.',
-            '# Stashing changes, since packages that were produced in build-backend step are needed.',
-            'git stash',
-            './bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root .',
-            '# The above command generates Typescript files (*.gen.ts) from all appropriate .cue files.',
             '# It is required that the generated Typescript be in sync with the input CUE files.',
-            '# ...Modulo eslint auto-fixes...:',
-            'yarn run eslint . --ext .gen.ts --fix',
-            '# If any filenames are emitted by the below script, run the generator command `grafana-cli cue gen-ts` locally and commit the result.',
-            './scripts/clean-git-or-error.sh',
-            '# Un-stash changes.',
-            'git stash pop',
+            '# To enforce this, the following command will attempt to generate Typescript from all',
+            '# appropriate .cue files, then compare with the corresponding (*.gen.ts) file the generated',
+            '# code would have been written to. It exits 1 if any diffs are found.',
+            './bin/linux-amd64/grafana-cli cue gen-ts --grafana-root . --diff',
         ],
     }