diff --git a/.changeset/two-numbers-brush.md b/.changeset/two-numbers-brush.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..431b3b7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/two-numbers-brush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@gitbook/openapi-parser': patch
+---
+
+Expose helper `shouldIgnoreEntity`
diff --git a/packages/openapi-parser/src/helpers/shouldIgnoreEntity.ts b/packages/openapi-parser/src/helpers/shouldIgnoreEntity.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34dbdc651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/openapi-parser/src/helpers/shouldIgnoreEntity.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { OpenAPIV3 } from '@scalar/openapi-types';
+
+/**
+ * Check if an entity should be ignored
+ */
+export function shouldIgnoreEntity(
+    data:
+        | undefined
+        | Pick<OpenAPIV3.TagObject, 'x-internal' | 'x-gitbook-ignore'>
+        | Pick<OpenAPIV3.OperationObject, 'x-internal' | 'x-gitbook-ignore'>
+) {
+    return data?.['x-internal'] === true || data?.['x-gitbook-ignore'] === true;
+}
diff --git a/packages/openapi-parser/src/index.ts b/packages/openapi-parser/src/index.ts
index 8e289deb2..8b99bb9cb 100644
--- a/packages/openapi-parser/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/openapi-parser/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 export { parseOpenAPI } from './parse';
 
-export type * from '@scalar/openapi-types';
-export type * from './types';
-export * from './error';
-export * from './traverse';
 export { dereference } from '@scalar/openapi-parser';
 export type { AnyObject } from '@scalar/openapi-parser';
+export type * from '@scalar/openapi-types';
+export * from './error';
+export * from './helpers/shouldIgnoreEntity';
+export * from './traverse';
+export type * from './types';