diff --git a/components/error/actions/throw-error/throw-error.mjs b/components/error/actions/throw-error/throw-error.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4a724026334cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/error/actions/throw-error/throw-error.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import error from "../../error.app.mjs";
+
+export default {
+  name: "Throw Error",
+  version: "0.0.1",
+  key: "error-throw-error",
+  description: "Quickly throw an error from your workflow.",
+  props: {
+    error,
+    name: {
+      propDefinition: [
+        error,
+        "name",
+      ],
+    },
+    errorMessage: {
+      propDefinition: [
+        error,
+        "errorMessage",
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  type: "action",
+  async run() {
+    this.error.maybeCreateAndThrowError(this.name, this.errorMessage);
+  },
+};
diff --git a/components/error/error.app.mjs b/components/error/error.app.mjs
index d8fa9888c1133..c7ced7cce41ab 100644
--- a/components/error/error.app.mjs
+++ b/components/error/error.app.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,41 @@
 export default {
   type: "app",
   app: "error",
-  propDefinitions: {},
+  propDefinitions: {
+    name: {
+      type: "string",
+      label: "Error Name",
+      description:
+        "The **name** (class) of error to throw, which you can define as any custom string. This will show up in all of the standard Pipedream error handling destinations.",
+      default: "Error",
+    },
+    errorMessage: {
+      type: "string",
+      label: "Error Message",
+      description:
+        "The error **message** to throw. This will show up in all of the standard Pipedream error handling destinations.",
+      optional: true,
+    },
+  },
   methods: {
-    // this.$auth contains connected account data
-    authKeys() {
-      console.log(Object.keys(this.$auth));
+    maybeCreateAndThrowError(name, message) {
+      const errorClass = global[name];
+
+      // Check if the error class exists and is a subclass of Error
+      if (
+        typeof errorClass === "function" &&
+        errorClass.prototype.isPrototypeOf.call(Error)
+      ) {
+        throw new errorClass(message);
+      }
+
+      class DynamicError extends Error {
+        constructor(msg) {
+          super(msg);
+          this.name = name;
+        }
+      }
+      throw new DynamicError(message);
     },
   },
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/components/error/package.json b/components/error/package.json
index eee25f9d8fe44..91f83c7bed9f5 100644
--- a/components/error/package.json
+++ b/components/error/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pipedream/error",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "Pipedream Error Components",
   "main": "error.app.mjs",
   "keywords": [
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}