diff --git a/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md b/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md
index 8519d90b5a6e01..1e49db4a614de2 100644
--- a/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md
+++ b/docs/development/adding-a-package-manager.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ The manager's `index.ts` file supports the following values or functions:
 | `extractAllPackageFiles`      | yes      | yes   |
 | `getRangeStrategy`            | yes      |       |
 | `categories`                  | yes      |       |
+| `preflight`                   | yes      | yes   |
 | `supportsLockFileMaintenance` | yes      |       |
 | `updateArtifacts`             | yes      | yes   |
 | `updateDependency`            | yes      |       |
@@ -82,6 +83,16 @@ The `npm` manager uses the `getRangeStrategy` function to pin `devDependencies`
 
 If left undefined, then a default `getRangeStrategy` will be used that always returns "replace".
 
+### `categories` (optional)
+
+Use `categories` to define the categories of dependencies that the manager supports.
+These usually are describing the purpose of the managed dependencies like `iac` for Infrastructure as Code or ecosystems like `js` for Javascript.
+
+### `preflight` (optional)
+
+Use `preflight` to modify Renovates config based on the repository content.
+For example, if a repository contains files with `.tofu` ending, then change the `filematch` and change the registry.
+
 ### `supportsLockFileMaintenance` (optional)
 
 Set to `true` if this package manager needs to update lock files in addition to package files.
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/types.ts b/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
index 4cd752def355a6..b342b122913874 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { ReleaseType } from 'semver';
 import type {
   MatchStringsStrategy,
+  RenovateConfig,
   UpdateType,
   UserEnv,
   ValidationMessage,
@@ -285,6 +286,8 @@ export interface ManagerApi extends ModuleApi {
   updateLockedDependency?(
     config: UpdateLockedConfig,
   ): Result<UpdateLockedResult>;
+
+  preflight?(config: RenovateConfig): Result<RenovateConfig>;
 }
 
 // TODO: name and properties used by npm manager
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.spec.ts b/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.spec.ts
index f769a214198a76..77b58f1f3b4c32 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.spec.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { mocked, partial, scm } from '../../../../test/util';
 import { getConfig } from '../../../config/defaults';
 import type { RenovateConfig } from '../../../config/types';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
+import * as managers from '../../../modules/manager';
 import type { PackageFile } from '../../../modules/manager/types';
 import * as _managerFiles from './manager-files';
-import { extractAllDependencies } from '.';
+import { applyPreFlights, extractAllDependencies } from '.';
 
 jest.mock('./manager-files');
 jest.mock('../../../util/git');
@@ -68,4 +69,76 @@ describe('workers/repository/extract/index', () => {
       expect(Object.keys(res.packageFiles)).toContain('regex');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('applyPreFlights()', () => {
+    const getFunction = jest.spyOn(managers, 'get');
+    const baseConfig: RenovateConfig = {
+      foo: 'bar',
+    };
+
+    it('should return same config for unknown manager', async () => {
+      await expect(applyPreFlights(baseConfig, ['test'])).resolves.toEqual({
+        foo: 'bar',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return modified config for manager', async () => {
+      getFunction.mockReturnValueOnce((config: RenovateConfig) => {
+        return {
+          ...config,
+          foo: 'foo',
+        };
+      });
+
+      await expect(applyPreFlights(baseConfig, ['test'])).resolves.toEqual({
+        foo: 'foo',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return modified config for multiple managers', async () => {
+      getFunction.mockReturnValueOnce((config: RenovateConfig) => {
+        return {
+          ...config,
+          foo: 'foo',
+        };
+      });
+      getFunction.mockReturnValueOnce((config: RenovateConfig) => {
+        return {
+          ...config,
+          lip: 'sum',
+          foo: 'bar',
+        };
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        applyPreFlights(baseConfig, ['test', 'another-manager']),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({
+        foo: 'bar',
+        lip: 'sum',
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return modified config for async preflights managers', async () => {
+      getFunction.mockReturnValueOnce((config: RenovateConfig) => {
+        return {
+          ...config,
+          foo: 'foo',
+        };
+      });
+      getFunction.mockReturnValueOnce((config: RenovateConfig) => {
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          ...config,
+          lip: 'sum',
+          foo: 'bar',
+        });
+      });
+
+      await expect(
+        applyPreFlights(baseConfig, ['test', 'another-manager']),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({
+        foo: 'bar',
+        lip: 'sum',
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.ts
index 8e0a71f7757e6b..0c3c9bdd7d3825 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/extract/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
 import { getManagerConfig, mergeChildConfig } from '../../../config';
 import type { ManagerConfig, RenovateConfig } from '../../../config/types';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
-import { getEnabledManagersList, hashMap } from '../../../modules/manager';
+import { get, getEnabledManagersList, hashMap } from '../../../modules/manager';
 import { isCustomManager } from '../../../modules/manager/custom';
 import { scm } from '../../../modules/platform/scm';
 import type { ExtractResult, WorkerExtractConfig } from '../../types';
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ import { getManagerPackageFiles } from './manager-files';
 import { processSupersedesManagers } from './supersedes';
 
 export async function extractAllDependencies(
-  config: RenovateConfig,
+  initConfig: RenovateConfig,
 ): Promise<ExtractResult> {
-  const managerList = getEnabledManagersList(config.enabledManagers);
+  const managerList = getEnabledManagersList(initConfig.enabledManagers);
+
+  // process all preflight checks
+  const config = await applyPreFlights(initConfig, managerList);
+
   const extractList: WorkerExtractConfig[] = [];
   const fileList = await scm.getFileList();
 
@@ -97,3 +101,29 @@ export async function extractAllDependencies(
 
   return extractResult;
 }
+
+export async function applyPreFlights(
+  config: RenovateConfig,
+  managerList: string[],
+): Promise<RenovateConfig> {
+  let result = config;
+  for (const manager of managerList) {
+    const preflight = get(manager, 'preflight');
+    if (!preflight) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    logger.debug({ manager }, `Running preflight`);
+    logger.trace(
+      { manager, config: result },
+      `Config before running preflight for manager: '${manager}'`,
+    );
+    result = await preflight(result);
+    logger.trace(
+      { manager, config: result },
+      `Config after running preflight for '${manager}'`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}