diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java
index 27eed6becd..926caad530 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryService.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import sonia.scm.repository.spi.RepositoryServiceProvider;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * From the {@link RepositoryService} it is possible to access all commands for
@@ -358,4 +359,16 @@ public final class RepositoryService implements Closeable {
   }
 
 
+  public Set<ScmProtocol> getSupportedProtocols() {
+    return provider.getSupportedProtocols();
+  }
+
+  public <T extends ScmProtocol> T getProtocol(Class<T> clazz) {
+    for (ScmProtocol scmProtocol : getSupportedProtocols()) {
+      if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(scmProtocol.getClass())) {
+        return (T) scmProtocol;
+      }
+    }
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException("no implementation for " + clazz.getName() + " and repository type " + getRepository().getType());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/ScmProtocol.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/ScmProtocol.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c987510491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/ScmProtocol.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package sonia.scm.repository.api;
+
+/**
+ * An ScmProtocol represents a concrete protocol provided by the SCM-Manager instance
+ * to interact with a repository depending on its type. There may be multiple protocols
+ * available for a repository type (eg. http and ssh).
+ */
+public interface ScmProtocol {
+
+  /**
+   * The type of the concrete protocol, eg. "http" or "ssh".
+   */
+  String getType();
+
+  /**
+   * The URL to access the repository providing this protocol.
+   */
+  String getUrl();
+}
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HttpScmProtocol.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HttpScmProtocol.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76241808fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HttpScmProtocol.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
+
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.ScmProtocol;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+public interface HttpScmProtocol extends ScmProtocol {
+  @Override
+  default String getType() {
+    return "http";
+  }
+
+  void serve(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response);
+}
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/RepositoryServiceProvider.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/RepositoryServiceProvider.java
index 976f38fffb..d44db74f7c 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/RepositoryServiceProvider.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/RepositoryServiceProvider.java
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Feature;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.CommandNotSupportedException;
-
-//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.ScmProtocol;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
-
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /**
  *
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
@@ -244,4 +244,6 @@ public abstract class RepositoryServiceProvider implements Closeable
   {
     throw new CommandNotSupportedException(Command.UNBUNDLE);
   }
+
+  public abstract Set<ScmProtocol> getSupportedProtocols();
 }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceTest.java b/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f70e5a66a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package sonia.scm.repository.api;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
+import sonia.scm.repository.spi.HttpScmProtocol;
+import sonia.scm.repository.spi.RepositoryServiceProvider;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.util.IterableUtil.sizeOf;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+public class RepositoryServiceTest {
+
+  private final RepositoryServiceProvider provider = mock(RepositoryServiceProvider.class);
+  private final Repository repository = mock(Repository.class);
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldReturnProtocolsFromProvider() {
+    when(provider.getSupportedProtocols()).thenReturn(Collections.singleton(new DummyHttpProtocol()));
+
+    RepositoryService repositoryService = new RepositoryService(null, provider, repository, null);
+    Set<ScmProtocol> supportedProtocols = repositoryService.getSupportedProtocols();
+
+    assertThat(sizeOf(supportedProtocols)).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldFindProtocolFromProvider() {
+    when(provider.getSupportedProtocols()).thenReturn(Collections.singleton(new DummyHttpProtocol()));
+
+    RepositoryService repositoryService = new RepositoryService(null, provider, repository, null);
+    HttpScmProtocol protocol = repositoryService.getProtocol(HttpScmProtocol.class);
+
+    assertThat(protocol.getUrl()).isEqualTo("dummy");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldFailForUnknownProtocol() {
+    when(provider.getSupportedProtocols()).thenReturn(Collections.emptySet());
+
+    RepositoryService repositoryService = new RepositoryService(null, provider, repository, null);
+
+    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
+      repositoryService.getProtocol(HttpScmProtocol.class);
+    });
+  }
+
+  private static class DummyHttpProtocol implements HttpScmProtocol {
+    @Override
+    public String getUrl() {
+      return "dummy";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void serve(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitRepositoryServiceProvider.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitRepositoryServiceProvider.java
index 7ea26de83f..2fbbf3b029 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitRepositoryServiceProvider.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitRepositoryServiceProvider.java
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-
 import sonia.scm.repository.GitRepositoryHandler;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
-
-//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.ScmProtocol;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /**
  *
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ public class GitRepositoryServiceProvider extends RepositoryServiceProvider
     return new GitTagsCommand(context, repository);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Set<ScmProtocol> getSupportedProtocols() {
+    // TODO #9246
+    return Collections.emptySet();
+  }
+
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /** Field description */
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgRepositoryServiceProvider.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgRepositoryServiceProvider.java
index 4295bf45e4..11697ecea6 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgRepositoryServiceProvider.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/HgRepositoryServiceProvider.java
@@ -36,21 +36,21 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
 import com.google.common.io.Closeables;
-
 import sonia.scm.repository.Feature;
 import sonia.scm.repository.HgHookManager;
 import sonia.scm.repository.HgRepositoryHandler;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
-
-//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.ScmProtocol;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /**
  *
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ public class HgRepositoryServiceProvider extends RepositoryServiceProvider
     return new HgTagsCommand(context, repository);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Set<ScmProtocol> getSupportedProtocols() {
+    // TODO #9248
+    return Collections.emptySet();
+  }
+
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /** Field description */
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnRepositoryServiceProvider.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnRepositoryServiceProvider.java
index 24180bfe9e..3b246cff2e 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnRepositoryServiceProvider.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnRepositoryServiceProvider.java
@@ -37,17 +37,17 @@ package sonia.scm.repository.spi;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.io.Closeables;
-
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
 import sonia.scm.repository.SvnRepositoryHandler;
 import sonia.scm.repository.api.Command;
-
-//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+import sonia.scm.repository.api.ScmProtocol;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /**
  *
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ public class SvnRepositoryServiceProvider extends RepositoryServiceProvider
     return new SvnUnbundleCommand(context, repository);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Set<ScmProtocol> getSupportedProtocols() {
+    // TODO #9247
+    return Collections.emptySet();
+  }
+
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /** Field description */