diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/backend_metrics/backend_metric_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/backend_metrics/backend_metric_filter.cc
index 620101d98cf..185825cb91d 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/backend_metrics/backend_metric_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/backend_metrics/backend_metric_filter.cc
@@ -190,12 +190,15 @@ void BackendMetricFilter::Call::OnServerTrailingMetadata(ServerMetadata& md) {
 }
 
 void RegisterBackendMetricFilter(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
-  builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL,
-                       IsV3BackendMetricFilterEnabled()
-                           ? &BackendMetricFilter::kFilter
-                           : &LegacyBackendMetricFilter::kFilter)
-      .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SERVER_CALL_METRIC_RECORDING);
+  if (IsV3BackendMetricFilterEnabled()) {
+    builder->channel_init()
+        ->RegisterFilter<BackendMetricFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
+        .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SERVER_CALL_METRIC_RECORDING);
+  } else {
+    builder->channel_init()
+        ->RegisterFilter<LegacyBackendMetricFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
+        .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SERVER_CALL_METRIC_RECORDING);
+  }
 }
 
 }  // namespace grpc_core
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/channel_idle_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/channel_idle_filter.cc
index cd88ca58b3d..8e5fead77a2 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/channel_idle_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/channel_idle_filter.cc
@@ -296,13 +296,13 @@ const grpc_channel_filter MaxAgeFilter::kFilter =
 void RegisterChannelIdleFilters(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   if (!IsV3ChannelIdleFiltersEnabled()) return;
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL, &ClientIdleFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientIdleFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .If([](const ChannelArgs& channel_args) {
         return GetClientIdleTimeout(channel_args) != Duration::Infinity();
       });
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &MaxAgeFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<MaxAgeFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .If([](const ChannelArgs& channel_args) {
         return MaxAgeFilter::Config::FromChannelArgs(channel_args).enable();
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/legacy_channel_idle_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/legacy_channel_idle_filter.cc
index 23d97c9e2ff..8cb06f4b764 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/legacy_channel_idle_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/channel_idle/legacy_channel_idle_filter.cc
@@ -302,13 +302,13 @@ const grpc_channel_filter LegacyMaxAgeFilter::kFilter =
 void RegisterLegacyChannelIdleFilters(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   if (IsV3ChannelIdleFiltersEnabled()) return;
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL, &LegacyClientIdleFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<LegacyClientIdleFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .If([](const ChannelArgs& channel_args) {
         return GetClientIdleTimeout(channel_args) != Duration::Infinity();
       });
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &LegacyMaxAgeFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<LegacyMaxAgeFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .If([](const ChannelArgs& channel_args) {
         return LegacyMaxAgeFilter::Config::FromChannelArgs(channel_args)
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
index ae64ec93f00..8cec2474e55 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.cc
@@ -1928,8 +1928,7 @@ void RegisterGrpcLbPolicy(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   builder->lb_policy_registry()->RegisterLoadBalancingPolicyFactory(
       std::make_unique<GrpcLbFactory>());
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL,
-                       &ClientLoadReportingFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientLoadReportingFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
       .IfChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_GRPCLB_ENABLE_LOAD_REPORTING_FILTER, false);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc
index 54169fcab06..e86e14246f4 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/service_config_channel_arg_filter.cc
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void RegisterServiceConfigChannelArgFilter(
                        &kServiceConfigChannelArgFilter)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SERVICE_CONFIG)
-      .Before({&ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+      .Before<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
 }
 
 }  // namespace grpc_core
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/http/client_authority_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/http/client_authority_filter.cc
index a48c9554e41..973079e4db2 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/http/client_authority_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/http/client_authority_filter.cc
@@ -75,14 +75,13 @@ bool NeedsClientAuthorityFilter(const ChannelArgs& args) {
 
 void RegisterClientAuthorityFilter(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL, &ClientAuthorityFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientAuthorityFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
       .If(NeedsClientAuthorityFilter)
-      .Before({&ClientAuthFilter::kFilter});
+      .Before<ClientAuthFilter>();
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL,
-                       &ClientAuthorityFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientAuthorityFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
       .If(NeedsClientAuthorityFilter)
-      .Before({&ClientAuthFilter::kFilter});
+      .Before<ClientAuthFilter>();
 }
 
 }  // namespace grpc_core
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/http/http_filters_plugin.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/http/http_filters_plugin.cc
index b8099c45c2f..52706560c75 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/http/http_filters_plugin.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/http/http_filters_plugin.cc
@@ -42,47 +42,49 @@ bool IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport(const ChannelArgs& args) {
 void RegisterHttpFilters(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   if (IsV3CompressionFilterEnabled()) {
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL,
-                         &ClientCompressionFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<ClientCompressionFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
         .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-        .After({&HttpClientFilter::kFilter, &ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+        .After<HttpClientFilter>()
+        .After<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL,
-                         &ClientCompressionFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<ClientCompressionFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
         .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-        .After({&HttpClientFilter::kFilter, &ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+        .After<HttpClientFilter>()
+        .After<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &ServerCompressionFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<ServerCompressionFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
         .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-        .After({&HttpServerFilter::kFilter, &ServerMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+        .After<HttpServerFilter>()
+        .After<ServerMessageSizeFilter>();
   } else {
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL,
-                         &LegacyClientCompressionFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<LegacyClientCompressionFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
         .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-        .After({&HttpClientFilter::kFilter, &ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+        .After<HttpClientFilter>()
+        .After<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL,
-                         &LegacyClientCompressionFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<LegacyClientCompressionFilter>(
+            GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
         .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-        .After({&HttpClientFilter::kFilter, &ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+        .After<HttpClientFilter>()
+        .After<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL,
-                         &LegacyServerCompressionFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<LegacyServerCompressionFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
         .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-        .After({&HttpServerFilter::kFilter, &ServerMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+        .After<HttpServerFilter>()
+        .After<ServerMessageSizeFilter>();
   }
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL, &HttpClientFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<HttpClientFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
       .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-      .After({&ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+      .After<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL, &HttpClientFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<HttpClientFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
       .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-      .After({&ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+      .After<ClientMessageSizeFilter>();
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &HttpServerFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<HttpServerFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
       .If(IsBuildingHttpLikeTransport)
-      .After({&ServerMessageSizeFilter::kFilter});
+      .After<ServerMessageSizeFilter>();
 }
 }  // namespace grpc_core
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/logging/logging_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/logging/logging_filter.cc
index 85e4871a086..0774e95c232 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/logging/logging_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/logging/logging_filter.cc
@@ -536,11 +536,11 @@ void RegisterLoggingFilter(LoggingSink* sink) {
   g_logging_sink = sink;
   CoreConfiguration::RegisterBuilder([](CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &ServerLoggingFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<ServerLoggingFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
         // TODO(yashykt) : Figure out a good place to place this channel arg
         .IfChannelArg("grpc.experimental.enable_observability", true);
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL, &ClientLoggingFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<ClientLoggingFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL)
         // TODO(yashykt) : Figure out a good place to place this channel arg
         .IfChannelArg("grpc.experimental.enable_observability", true);
   });
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/message_size/message_size_filter.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/message_size/message_size_filter.cc
index 9cfc00474c4..ac010d40e1a 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/message_size/message_size_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/message_size/message_size_filter.cc
@@ -240,12 +240,10 @@ bool HasMessageSizeLimits(const ChannelArgs& channel_args) {
 void RegisterMessageSizeFilter(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   MessageSizeParser::Register(builder);
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL,
-                       &ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientMessageSizeFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack();
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL,
-                       &ClientMessageSizeFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientMessageSizeFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .If(HasMessageSizeLimits)
       // TODO(ctiller): ordering constraint is here to match the ordering that
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ void RegisterMessageSizeFilter(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
       // filters from first principles.
       .Before({&grpc_client_deadline_filter});
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &ServerMessageSizeFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ServerMessageSizeFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
       .ExcludeFromMinimalStack()
       .If(HasMessageSizeLimits)
       // TODO(ctiller): ordering constraint is here to match the ordering that
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/server_call_tracer_filter.cc b/src/core/lib/channel/server_call_tracer_filter.cc
index c2450a97d4c..2858d4ca0ad 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/server_call_tracer_filter.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/server_call_tracer_filter.cc
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ absl::StatusOr<ServerCallTracerFilter> ServerCallTracerFilter::Create(
 }  // namespace
 
 void RegisterServerCallTracerFilter(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
-  builder->channel_init()->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL,
-                                          &ServerCallTracerFilter::kFilter);
+  builder->channel_init()->RegisterFilter<ServerCallTracerFilter>(
+      GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL);
 }
 
 }  // namespace grpc_core
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/builtins.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/builtins.cc
index 189eb79072b..303fbb4dadc 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/builtins.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/builtins.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace grpc_core {
 void RegisterBuiltins(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   RegisterServerCallTracerFilter(builder);
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_LAME_CHANNEL, &LameClientFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<LameClientFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_LAME_CHANNEL)
       .Terminal();
   builder->channel_init()
       ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &Server::kServerTopFilter)
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/channel_init.h b/src/core/lib/surface/channel_init.h
index 12a441f0c40..344fe2c4dbb 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/channel_init.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/channel_init.h
@@ -87,11 +87,30 @@ class ChannelInit {
     // Ensure that this filter is placed *after* the filters listed here.
     // By Build() time all filters listed here must also be registered against
     // the same channel stack type as this registration.
+    template <typename Filter>
+    FilterRegistration& After() {
+      return After({&Filter::kFilter});
+    }
+    // Ensure that this filter is placed *before* the filters listed here.
+    // By Build() time all filters listed here must also be registered against
+    // the same channel stack type as this registration.
+    template <typename Filter>
+    FilterRegistration& Before() {
+      return Before({&Filter::kFilter});
+    }
+
+    // Ensure that this filter is placed *after* the filters listed here.
+    // By Build() time all filters listed here must also be registered against
+    // the same channel stack type as this registration.
+    // TODO(ctiller): remove in favor of the version that does not mention
+    // grpc_channel_filter
     FilterRegistration& After(
         std::initializer_list<const grpc_channel_filter*> filters);
     // Ensure that this filter is placed *before* the filters listed here.
     // By Build() time all filters listed here must also be registered against
     // the same channel stack type as this registration.
+    // TODO(ctiller): remove in favor of the version that does not mention
+    // grpc_channel_filter
     FilterRegistration& Before(
         std::initializer_list<const grpc_channel_filter*> filters);
     // Add a predicate for this filters inclusion.
@@ -145,9 +164,16 @@ class ChannelInit {
     // This occurs first during channel build time.
     // The FilterRegistration methods can be called to declaratively define
     // properties of the filter being registered.
+    // TODO(ctiller): remove in favor of the version that does not mention
+    // grpc_channel_filter
     FilterRegistration& RegisterFilter(grpc_channel_stack_type type,
                                        const grpc_channel_filter* filter,
                                        SourceLocation registration_source = {});
+    template <typename Filter>
+    FilterRegistration& RegisterFilter(
+        grpc_channel_stack_type type, SourceLocation registration_source = {}) {
+      return RegisterFilter(type, &Filter::kFilter, registration_source);
+    }
 
     // Register a post processor for the builder.
     // These run after the main graph has been placed into the builder.
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/init.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/init.cc
index cf11feaf491..2c2b566cd46 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/init.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/init.cc
@@ -67,25 +67,26 @@ static bool g_shutting_down ABSL_GUARDED_BY(g_init_mu) = false;
 namespace grpc_core {
 void RegisterSecurityFilters(CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL, &ClientAuthFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientAuthFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_SUBCHANNEL)
       .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SECURITY_CONNECTOR);
   builder->channel_init()
-      ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL, &ClientAuthFilter::kFilter)
+      ->RegisterFilter<ClientAuthFilter>(GRPC_CLIENT_DIRECT_CHANNEL)
       .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_SECURITY_CONNECTOR);
   if (IsV3ServerAuthFilterEnabled()) {
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &ServerAuthFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<ServerAuthFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
         .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_SERVER_CREDENTIALS_ARG);
   } else {
     builder->channel_init()
-        ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL, &LegacyServerAuthFilter::kFilter)
+        ->RegisterFilter<LegacyServerAuthFilter>(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL)
         .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_SERVER_CREDENTIALS_ARG);
   }
   builder->channel_init()
       ->RegisterFilter(GRPC_SERVER_CHANNEL,
                        &GrpcServerAuthzFilter::kFilterVtable)
       .IfHasChannelArg(GRPC_ARG_AUTHORIZATION_POLICY_PROVIDER)
-      .After({&ServerAuthFilter::kFilter, &LegacyServerAuthFilter::kFilter});
+      .After<ServerAuthFilter>()
+      .After<LegacyServerAuthFilter>();
 }
 }  // namespace grpc_core
 
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/http2_stats.cc b/test/core/end2end/tests/http2_stats.cc
index d2fc0ea560c..5986039e421 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/http2_stats.cc
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/http2_stats.cc
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ CORE_END2END_TEST(Http2FullstackSingleHopTest, StreamStats) {
   g_client_call_ended_notify = new Notification();
   g_server_call_ended_notify = new Notification();
   CoreConfiguration::RegisterBuilder([](CoreConfiguration::Builder* builder) {
-    builder->channel_init()->RegisterFilter(GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL,
-                                            &FakeClientFilter::kFilter);
+    builder->channel_init()->RegisterFilter<FakeClientFilter>(
+        GRPC_CLIENT_CHANNEL);
   });
   ServerCallTracerFactory::RegisterGlobal(new FakeServerCallTracerFactory);