diff --git a/app/definitions/ISpotlight.ts b/app/definitions/ISpotlight.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a055775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/definitions/ISpotlight.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { IServerRoomItem } from './IRoom';
+import { IUser } from './IUser';
+
+export type TSpotlightUser = Pick<IUser, '_id' | 'status' | 'name' | 'username'> & { outside: boolean };
+
+export type ISpotlightRoom = Pick<IServerRoomItem, '_id' | 'name' | 't'> & Partial<Pick<IServerRoomItem, 'lastMessage'>>;
+
+export interface ISpotlight {
+	users: TSpotlightUser[];
+	rooms: ISpotlightRoom[];
+}
diff --git a/app/lib/rocketchat/services/restApi.ts b/app/lib/rocketchat/services/restApi.ts
index de888e3a..33a31bd3 100644
--- a/app/lib/rocketchat/services/restApi.ts
+++ b/app/lib/rocketchat/services/restApi.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import sdk from './sdk';
 import { TEAM_TYPE } from '../../../definitions/ITeam';
 import roomTypeToApiType, { RoomTypes } from '../methods/roomTypeToApiType';
 import { SubscriptionType, INotificationPreferences } from '../../../definitions';
+import { ISpotlight } from '../../../definitions/ISpotlight';
 
 export const createChannel = ({
 	name,
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ export const forgotPassword = (email: string) =>
 export const sendConfirmationEmail = (email: string): Promise<{ message: string; success: boolean }> =>
 	sdk.methodCallWrapper('sendConfirmationEmail', email);
 
-export const spotlight = (search: string, usernames: string, type: { users: boolean; rooms: boolean }) =>
+export const spotlight = (search: string, usernames: string[], type: { users: boolean; rooms: boolean }): Promise<ISpotlight> =>
 	// RC 0.51.0
 	sdk.methodCallWrapper('spotlight', search, usernames, type);