diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/cli/analyze.py b/api/src/opentrons/cli/analyze.py
index b4f4f12ef321..42ca29a2b81e 100644
--- a/api/src/opentrons/cli/analyze.py
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/cli/analyze.py
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@
 )
 
 from opentrons_shared_data.robot.dev_types import RobotType
-from opentrons import get_robot_context_tracker
-
-_robot_context_tracker = get_robot_context_tracker()
+from opentrons.util.performance_helpers import track_analysis
 
 
 @click.command()
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ def _get_input_files(files_and_dirs: Sequence[Path]) -> List[Path]:
     return results
 
 
-@_robot_context_tracker.track_analysis()
+@track_analysis
 async def _analyze(
     files_and_dirs: Sequence[Path],
     json_output: Optional[AsyncPath],
diff --git a/api/src/opentrons/util/performance_helpers.py b/api/src/opentrons/util/performance_helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12d7ea3f44f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/opentrons/util/performance_helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""Performance helpers for tracking robot context."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from opentrons_shared_data.performance.dev_types import (
+    SupportsTracking,
+    F,
+    RobotContextState,
+)
+from opentrons_shared_data.robot.dev_types import RobotTypeEnum
+from opentrons.config import (
+    get_performance_metrics_data_dir,
+    robot_configs,
+    feature_flags as ff,
+)
+from typing import Callable, Type
+
+performance_metrics_dir: Path = get_performance_metrics_data_dir()
+should_track: bool = ff.enable_performance_metrics(
+    RobotTypeEnum.robot_literal_to_enum(robot_configs.load().model)
+)
+
+
+def _handle_package_import() -> Type[SupportsTracking]:
+    """Handle the import of the performance_metrics package.
+
+    If the package is not available, return a stubbed tracker.
+    """
+    try:
+        from performance_metrics import RobotContextTracker
+
+        return RobotContextTracker
+    except ImportError:
+        return StubbedTracker
+
+
+package_to_use = _handle_package_import()
+_robot_context_tracker: SupportsTracking | None = None
+
+
+class StubbedTracker(SupportsTracking):
+    """A stubbed tracker that does nothing."""
+
+    def __init__(self, storage_dir: Path, should_track: bool) -> None:
+        """Initialize the stubbed tracker."""
+        pass
+
+    def track(self, state: RobotContextState) -> Callable[[F], F]:
+        """Return the function unchanged."""
+
+        def inner_decorator(func: F) -> F:
+            """Return the function unchanged."""
+            return func
+
+        return inner_decorator
+
+    def store(self) -> None:
+        """Do nothing."""
+        pass
+
+
+def _get_robot_context_tracker() -> SupportsTracking:
+    """Singleton for the robot context tracker."""
+    global _robot_context_tracker
+    if _robot_context_tracker is None:
+        _robot_context_tracker = package_to_use(performance_metrics_dir, should_track)
+    return _robot_context_tracker
+
+
+def track_analysis(func: F) -> F:
+    """Track the analysis of a protocol."""
+    return _get_robot_context_tracker().track(RobotContextState.ANALYZING_PROTOCOL)(
+        func
+    )
diff --git a/api/tests/opentrons/cli/test_cli.py b/api/tests/opentrons/cli/test_cli.py
index 7592fa940d07..007a7dd6a030 100644
--- a/api/tests/opentrons/cli/test_cli.py
+++ b/api/tests/opentrons/cli/test_cli.py
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@
 
 import pytest
 from click.testing import CliRunner
-from opentrons import get_robot_context_tracker
+from opentrons.util.performance_helpers import _get_robot_context_tracker
 
 
 # Enable tracking for the RobotContextTracker
 # This must come before the import of the analyze CLI
-context_tracker = get_robot_context_tracker()
-context_tracker._should_track = True
+context_tracker = _get_robot_context_tracker()
+
+# Ignore the type error for the next line, as we're setting a private attribute for testing purposes
+context_tracker._should_track = True  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 from opentrons.cli.analyze import analyze  # noqa: E402
 
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ def test_python_error_line_numbers(
     assert error["detail"] == expected_detail
 
 
-def test_tracking_of_analyis_with_robot_context_tracker(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+def test_track_analysis(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     """Test that the RobotContextTracker tracks analysis."""
     protocol_source = textwrap.dedent(
         """
@@ -267,8 +269,8 @@ def run(protocol):
     protocol_source_file = tmp_path / "protocol.py"
     protocol_source_file.write_text(protocol_source, encoding="utf-8")
 
-    before_analysis = len(context_tracker._storage)
+    before_analysis = len(context_tracker._storage)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     _get_analysis_result([protocol_source_file])
 
-    assert len(context_tracker._storage) == before_analysis + 1
+    assert len(context_tracker._storage) == before_analysis + 1  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
diff --git a/api/tests/opentrons/util/test_performance_helpers.py b/api/tests/opentrons/util/test_performance_helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57a42ef6a714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tests/opentrons/util/test_performance_helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""Tests for performance_helpers."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from opentrons_shared_data.performance.dev_types import RobotContextState
+from opentrons.util.performance_helpers import (
+    StubbedTracker,
+    _get_robot_context_tracker,
+)
+
+
+def test_return_function_unchanged() -> None:
+    """Test that the function is returned unchanged when using StubbedTracker."""
+    tracker = StubbedTracker(Path("/path/to/storage"), True)
+
+    def func_to_track() -> None:
+        pass
+
+    assert (
+        tracker.track(RobotContextState.ANALYZING_PROTOCOL)(func_to_track)
+        is func_to_track
+    )
+
+
+def test_singleton_tracker() -> None:
+    """Test that the tracker is a singleton."""
+    tracker = _get_robot_context_tracker()
+    tracker2 = _get_robot_context_tracker()
+    assert tracker is tracker2