diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/JsonSerializerContexts/CustomResultJsonSerializerContext.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/JsonSerializerContexts/CustomResultJsonSerializerContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c5a0d599864c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/JsonSerializerContexts/CustomResultJsonSerializerContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Data;
+using SemanticKernel.AotTests.Plugins;
+
+namespace SemanticKernel.AotTests.JsonSerializerContexts;
+
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(CustomResult))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(int))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(KernelSearchResults<string>))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult>))]
+[JsonSerializable(typeof(KernelSearchResults<object>))]
+internal sealed partial class CustomResultJsonSerializerContext : JsonSerializerContext
+{
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Plugins/CustomResult.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Plugins/CustomResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ab3d1045218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Plugins/CustomResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace SemanticKernel.AotTests.Plugins;
+internal sealed class CustomResult
+{
+    public string Value { get; set; }
+
+    public CustomResult(string value)
+    {
+        this.Value = value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Program.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Program.cs
index 49fae7449dd4..a9fa29b9a2a3 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Program.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/Program.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ private static async Task<int> Main(string[] args)
 
         // Tests for text search
         VectorStoreTextSearchTests.GetTextSearchResultsAsync,
+        VectorStoreTextSearchTests.AddVectorStoreTextSearch,
+
+        TextSearchExtensionsTests.CreateWithSearch,
+        TextSearchExtensionsTests.CreateWithGetTextSearchResults,
+        TextSearchExtensionsTests.CreateWithGetSearchResults,
     ];
 
     private static async Task<bool> RunUnitTestsAsync(IEnumerable<Func<Task>> functionsToRun)
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/SemanticKernel.AotTests.csproj b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/SemanticKernel.AotTests.csproj
index 6b54614b9ca5..9da3b544ac88 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/SemanticKernel.AotTests.csproj
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/SemanticKernel.AotTests.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Linq.Async" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/MockTextSearch.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/MockTextSearch.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72aa218239f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/MockTextSearch.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Data;
+
+namespace SemanticKernel.AotTests.UnitTests.Search;
+
+internal sealed class MockTextSearch : ITextSearch
+{
+    private readonly KernelSearchResults<object>? _objectResults;
+    private readonly KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult>? _textSearchResults;
+    private readonly KernelSearchResults<string>? _stringResults;
+
+    public MockTextSearch(KernelSearchResults<object>? objectResults)
+    {
+        this._objectResults = objectResults;
+    }
+
+    public MockTextSearch(KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult>? textSearchResults)
+    {
+        this._textSearchResults = textSearchResults;
+    }
+
+    public MockTextSearch(KernelSearchResults<string>? stringResults)
+    {
+        this._stringResults = stringResults;
+    }
+
+    public Task<KernelSearchResults<object>> GetSearchResultsAsync(string query, TextSearchOptions? searchOptions = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(this._objectResults!);
+    }
+
+    public Task<KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult>> GetTextSearchResultsAsync(string query, TextSearchOptions? searchOptions = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(this._textSearchResults!);
+    }
+
+    public Task<KernelSearchResults<string>> SearchAsync(string query, TextSearchOptions? searchOptions = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(this._stringResults!);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/TextSearchExtensionsTests.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/TextSearchExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..603b95a939f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/TextSearchExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Text.Json;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Data;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using SemanticKernel.AotTests.JsonSerializerContexts;
+using SemanticKernel.AotTests.Plugins;
+
+namespace SemanticKernel.AotTests.UnitTests.Search;
+
+internal sealed class TextSearchExtensionsTests
+{
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions s_jsonSerializerOptions = new()
+    {
+        TypeInfoResolverChain = { CustomResultJsonSerializerContext.Default }
+    };
+
+    public static async Task CreateWithSearch()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var testData = new List<string> { "test-value" };
+        KernelSearchResults<string> results = new(testData.ToAsyncEnumerable());
+        ITextSearch textSearch = new MockTextSearch(results);
+
+        // Act
+        var plugin = textSearch.CreateWithSearch("SearchPlugin", s_jsonSerializerOptions);
+
+        // Assert
+        await AssertSearchFunctionSchemaAndInvocationResult<string>(plugin["Search"], testData[0]);
+    }
+
+    public static async Task CreateWithGetTextSearchResults()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var testData = new List<TextSearchResult> { new("test-value") };
+        KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult> results = new(testData.ToAsyncEnumerable());
+        ITextSearch textSearch = new MockTextSearch(results);
+
+        // Act
+        var plugin = textSearch.CreateWithGetTextSearchResults("SearchPlugin", s_jsonSerializerOptions);
+
+        // Assert
+        await AssertSearchFunctionSchemaAndInvocationResult<TextSearchResult>(plugin["GetTextSearchResults"], testData[0]);
+    }
+
+    public static async Task CreateWithGetSearchResults()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var testData = new List<CustomResult> { new("test-value") };
+        KernelSearchResults<object> results = new(testData.ToAsyncEnumerable());
+        ITextSearch textSearch = new MockTextSearch(results);
+
+        // Act
+        var plugin = textSearch.CreateWithGetSearchResults("SearchPlugin", s_jsonSerializerOptions);
+
+        // Assert
+        await AssertSearchFunctionSchemaAndInvocationResult<object>(plugin["GetSearchResults"], testData[0]);
+    }
+
+    #region assert
+    internal static async Task AssertSearchFunctionSchemaAndInvocationResult<T>(KernelFunction function, T expectedResult)
+    {
+        // Assert input parameter schema  
+        AssertSearchFunctionMetadata<T>(function.Metadata);
+
+        // Assert the function result
+        FunctionResult functionResult = await function.InvokeAsync(new(), new() { ["query"] = "Mock Query" });
+
+        var result = functionResult.GetValue<List<T>>()!;
+        Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Count);
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, result[0]);
+    }
+
+    internal static void AssertSearchFunctionMetadata<T>(KernelFunctionMetadata metadata)
+    {
+        // Assert input parameter schema
+        Assert.AreEqual(3, metadata.Parameters.Count);
+        Assert.AreEqual("{\"description\":\"What to search for\",\"type\":\"string\"}", metadata.Parameters[0].Schema!.ToString());
+        Assert.AreEqual("{\"description\":\"Number of results (default value: 2)\",\"type\":\"integer\"}", metadata.Parameters[1].Schema!.ToString());
+        Assert.AreEqual("{\"description\":\"Number of results to skip (default value: 0)\",\"type\":\"integer\"}", metadata.Parameters[2].Schema!.ToString());
+
+        // Assert return type schema
+        var type = typeof(T).Name;
+        var expectedSchema = type switch
+        {
+            "String" => "{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"TotalCount\":{\"type\":[\"integer\",\"null\"],\"default\":null},\"Metadata\":{\"type\":[\"object\",\"null\"],\"default\":null},\"Results\":{\"type\":\"array\",\"items\":{\"type\":\"string\"}}},\"required\":[\"Results\"]}",
+            "TextSearchResult" => "{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"TotalCount\":{\"type\":[\"integer\",\"null\"],\"default\":null},\"Metadata\":{\"type\":[\"object\",\"null\"],\"default\":null},\"Results\":{\"type\":\"array\",\"items\":{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"Name\":{\"type\":[\"string\",\"null\"]},\"Link\":{\"type\":[\"string\",\"null\"]},\"Value\":{\"type\":\"string\"}},\"required\":[\"Value\"]}}},\"required\":[\"Results\"]}",
+            _ => "{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"TotalCount\":{\"type\":[\"integer\",\"null\"],\"default\":null},\"Metadata\":{\"type\":[\"object\",\"null\"],\"default\":null},\"Results\":{\"type\":\"array\",\"items\":{\"type\":\"object\",\"properties\":{\"Name\":{\"type\":[\"string\",\"null\"]},\"Link\":{\"type\":[\"string\",\"null\"]},\"Value\":{\"type\":\"string\"}},\"required\":[\"Value\"]}}},\"required\":[\"Results\"]}",
+        };
+        Assert.AreEqual(expectedSchema, metadata.ReturnParameter.Schema!.ToString());
+    }
+    #endregion
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/VectorStoreTextSearchTests.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/VectorStoreTextSearchTests.cs
index 01fb449d455b..eee8ae4db55e 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/VectorStoreTextSearchTests.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.AotTests/UnitTests/Search/VectorStoreTextSearchTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel;
 using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Data;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 
@@ -35,6 +37,39 @@ public static async Task GetTextSearchResultsAsync()
         Assert.AreEqual("test-link", results[0].Link);
     }
 
+    public static async Task AddVectorStoreTextSearch()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var testData = new List<VectorSearchResult<DataModel>>
+        {
+            new(new DataModel { Key = "test-name", Text = "test-result", Link = "test-link" }, 0.5)
+        };
+        var vectorizableTextSearch = new MockVectorizableTextSearch<DataModel>(testData);
+        var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
+        serviceCollection.AddSingleton<IVectorizableTextSearch<DataModel>>(vectorizableTextSearch);
+
+        // Act
+        serviceCollection.AddVectorStoreTextSearch<DataModel>();
+        var textSearch = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider().GetService<VectorStoreTextSearch<DataModel>>();
+        Assert.IsNotNull(textSearch);
+
+        // Assert
+        KernelSearchResults<TextSearchResult> searchResults = await textSearch.GetTextSearchResultsAsync("query");
+
+        List<TextSearchResult> results = [];
+
+        await foreach (TextSearchResult result in searchResults.Results)
+        {
+            results.Add(result);
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.AreEqual(1, results.Count);
+        Assert.AreEqual("test-name", results[0].Name);
+        Assert.AreEqual("test-result", results[0].Value);
+        Assert.AreEqual("test-link", results[0].Link);
+    }
+
     private sealed class DataModel
     {
         [TextSearchResultName]
diff --git a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearch/TextSearchExtensions.cs b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearch/TextSearchExtensions.cs
index 5487ad7fac3f..55e2df49e046 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearch/TextSearchExtensions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/SemanticKernel.Core/Data/TextSearch/TextSearchExtensions.cs
@@ -519,9 +519,9 @@ private static KernelFunctionFromMethodOptions DefaultGetSearchResultsMethodOpti
     private static IEnumerable<KernelParameterMetadata> CreateDefaultKernelParameterMetadata(JsonSerializerOptions jsonSerializerOptions)
     {
         return [
-            new KernelParameterMetadata("query", jsonSerializerOptions) { Description = "What to search for", IsRequired = true },
-            new KernelParameterMetadata("count", jsonSerializerOptions) { Description = "Number of results", IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 2 },
-            new KernelParameterMetadata("skip", jsonSerializerOptions) { Description = "Number of results to skip", IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 0 },
+            new KernelParameterMetadata("query", jsonSerializerOptions) { Description = "What to search for", ParameterType = typeof(string), IsRequired = true },
+            new KernelParameterMetadata("count", jsonSerializerOptions) { Description = "Number of results", ParameterType = typeof(int), IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 2 },
+            new KernelParameterMetadata("skip", jsonSerializerOptions) { Description = "Number of results to skip", ParameterType = typeof(int), IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 0 },
         ];
     }
 
@@ -530,9 +530,9 @@ private static IEnumerable<KernelParameterMetadata> CreateDefaultKernelParameter
     private static IEnumerable<KernelParameterMetadata> GetDefaultKernelParameterMetadata()
     {
         return s_kernelParameterMetadata ??= [
-            new KernelParameterMetadata("query") { Description = "What to search for", IsRequired = true },
-            new KernelParameterMetadata("count") { Description = "Number of results", IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 2 },
-            new KernelParameterMetadata("skip") { Description = "Number of results to skip", IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 0 },
+            new KernelParameterMetadata("query") { Description = "What to search for", ParameterType = typeof(string), IsRequired = true },
+            new KernelParameterMetadata("count") { Description = "Number of results", ParameterType = typeof(int), IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 2 },
+            new KernelParameterMetadata("skip") { Description = "Number of results to skip", ParameterType = typeof(int), IsRequired = false, DefaultValue = 0 },
         ];
     }