diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 274127128a..aa42b80fb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,28 +37,22 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
 }
 ```
 
-### Define a Resource
+### Create a Resource
 
-To define a Resource Model, add the `Filament\Traits\FilamentResource` trait to your model.
-
-> Make note of the properties and methods added to the model example below for how to configure a resource.
+To define a Resource, create a new resource file in `app/Filament/Resources` like the following `Page.php`:
 
 ```php
 <?php
 
-namespace App\Models;
+namespace App\Filament\Resources;
 
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
-use Filament\Traits\FilamentResource;
+use Filament\FilamentResource;
 use App\Http\Livewire\Pages\Index;
+// use App\Http\Livewire\Pages\Show;
 
-class Page extends Model
+class Page extends FilamentResource
 {
-    use FilamentResource;
-
-    protected $guarded = [];
-
-    public $label = 'Pages';
+    public $label = 'My Pages'; // defaults to pluralized classname
     public $icon = 'heroicon-o-database';
     public $sort = 0;
     public $hideFromNav = false;
@@ -70,8 +64,6 @@ class Page extends Model
             // 'show' => Show::class,
         ];
     }
-
-    //...
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/config/filament.php b/config/filament.php
index 2ba9377e9e..29632f7dce 100644
--- a/config/filament.php
+++ b/config/filament.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ return [
 
     'features' => [
         Features::registration(),
-        Features::resourceModels()
+        Features::resources()
     ],
 
     'models' => [
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index e8f4097aef..9c1c2b05b6 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Filament\Features;
 use Filament\Http\Controllers\{
     AssetController,
-    ResourceModelController,
+    ResourceController,
 };
 
 // Assets
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth']], function () {
     // Dashboard
     Route::get('/', config('filament.livewire.dashboard'))->name('dashboard');
 
-    // Resource Models
-    if (Features::hasResourceModels()) {
-        Route::get('/resources/{model}/{action?}/{id?}', ResourceModelController::class)->name('resource');
+    // Resources
+    if (Features::hasResources()) {
+        Route::get('/resources/{resource}/{action?}/{id?}', ResourceController::class)->name('resource');
     }
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Contracts/Resource.php b/src/Contracts/Resource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4f8dcd2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Contracts/Resource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Filament\Contracts;
+
+interface Resource
+{
+    public function actions(): array;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Features.php b/src/Features.php
index 044cc8875f..d1bf6a6645 100644
--- a/src/Features.php
+++ b/src/Features.php
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ class Features
     }
 
     /**
-     * Determine if the application has resource models.
+     * Determine if the application has resources.
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public static function hasResourceModels()
+    public static function hasResources()
     {
-        return static::enabled(static::resourceModels());
+        return static::enabled(static::resources());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Features
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public static function resourceModels()
+    public static function resources()
     {
         return 'resourceModels';
     }
diff --git a/src/Filament.php b/src/Filament.php
index d8c1e16123..a3de412c13 100644
--- a/src/Filament.php
+++ b/src/Filament.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\{
     Collection,
     HtmlString,
 };
-use Filament\Traits\FilamentResource;
+use Filament\FilamentResource;
 
 class Filament
 {
@@ -142,27 +142,25 @@ class Filament
         return $manifest[$key];
     }
 
-    public function getResourceModels(): Collection
+    public function resources(): Collection
     {
-        $app_path = config('filament.paths.models', app_path());
-        $models = collect(File::allFiles($app_path))
-            ->map(function ($item) {
+        $resources_path = config('filament.resources', app_path('Filament/Resources'));
+        $models = collect(File::allFiles($resources_path))->map(function ($item) {
                 $path = $item->getRelativePathName();
-                $class = sprintf('\%s%s',
-                    Container::getInstance()->getNamespace(),
-                    strtr(substr($path, 0, strrpos($path, '.')), '/', '\\'));
+                $class = sprintf(
+                    '\%s%s', 
+                    Container::getInstance()->getNamespace().'Filament\\Resources\\', 
+                    strtr(substr($path, 0, strrpos($path, '.')), '/', '\\')
+                );
 
                 return $class;
-            })
-            ->filter(function ($class) {
+            })->filter(function ($class) {
                 if (!class_exists($class)) {
                     return false;
                 }
 
                 $reflection = new \ReflectionClass($class);
-                return $reflection->isSubclassOf(Model::class) &&
-                    in_array(FilamentResource::class, class_uses_recursive($class)) && 
-                    !$reflection->isAbstract();
+                return $reflection->isSubclassOf(FilamentResource::class) && !$reflection->isAbstract();
             })->mapWithKeys(function ($class) {
                 return [class_basename($class) => $class];
             });
diff --git a/src/FilamentResource.php b/src/FilamentResource.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46fc79efa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FilamentResource.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Filament;
+
+use Filament\Contracts\Resource;
+
+abstract class FilamentResource implements Resource
+{ 
+    public $icon = 'heroicon-o-document-text';
+    public $sort = 0;
+    public $hideFromNav = false;
+
+    public function actions(): array
+    {
+        return [];
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FilamentServiceProvider.php b/src/FilamentServiceProvider.php
index e47728c0fd..dd6fa0db61 100644
--- a/src/FilamentServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/FilamentServiceProvider.php
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class FilamentServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function boot(): void
     {
         $this->bootModelBindings();
-        $this->bootResources();
+        $this->bootLoaders();
         $this->bootDirectives();
-        $this->bootResourceModels();
+        $this->bootResources();
         $this->bootCommands();
         $this->bootPublishing();
     }
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class FilamentServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         $this->app->bind('Filament\User', $models['user']);
     }
 
-    protected function bootResources(): void
+    protected function bootLoaders(): void
     {
         $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__.'/../resources/views', 'filament');
         $this->loadViewComponentsAs(config('filament.prefix.component', 'filament'), config('filament.components', []));
@@ -119,25 +119,23 @@ class FilamentServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         ], 'filament-assets');
     }
 
-    protected function bootResourceModels(): void
+    protected function bootResources(): void
     {   
-        if (Features::hasResourceModels()) {
+        if (Features::hasResources()) {
             $this->app->booted(function () {
-                $models = $this->app->filament->getResourceModels();
-                
-                $models->each(function ($item, $key) {
-                    $model = $this->app->make($item);
+                $this->app->filament->resources()->each(function ($item, $key) {
+                    $resource = $this->app->make($item);
 
-                    if (array_key_exists('index', $model->actions())) {
-                        $route = route('filament.resource', ['model' => $key]);
+                    if (array_key_exists('index', $resource->actions())) {
+                        $route = route('filament.resource', ['resource' => $key]);
 
                         app(Navigation::class)->$key = [
                             'path' => $route,
                             'active' => $route.'*',
-                            'label' => $model->label ?? Str::plural($key),
-                            'icon' => $model->icon ?? 'heroicon-o-database',
-                            'sort' => $model->sort ?? 0,
-                            'hideFromNav' => $model->hideFromNav ?? false,
+                            'label' => $resource->label ?? Str::plural($key),
+                            'icon' => $resource->icon,
+                            'sort' => $resource->sort,
+                            'hideFromNav' => $resource->hideFromNav,
                         ];
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/ResourceModelController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/ResourceController.php
similarity index 50%
rename from src/Http/Controllers/ResourceModelController.php
rename to src/Http/Controllers/ResourceController.php
index 5cd9eb934c..d77e17362c 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/ResourceModelController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/ResourceController.php
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ use Illuminate\Routing\Route;
 use Illuminate\View\View;
 use Filament;
 
-class ResourceModelController extends Controller
+class ResourceController extends Controller
 {
-    public function __invoke(Container $container, Route $route, string $model, string $action = 'index'): View
+    public function __invoke(Container $container, Route $route, string $resource, string $action = 'index'): View
     {
-        $model = Filament::getResourceModels()->get($model);
-        abort_unless($model, 404);
+        $resourceClass = Filament::resources()->get($resource);
+        abort_unless($resourceClass, 400, __("`$resource` is not a valid resource."));
 
-        $component = collect(app($model)->actions())->get($action);
-        abort_unless($component, 400, __("`$action` is not a valid resource action in `$model`"));
+        $component = collect(app($resourceClass)->actions())->get($action);
+        abort_unless($component, 400, __("`$action` is not a valid resource action in `$resourceClass`."));
 
         return call_user_func((new $component), $container, $route);
     }
diff --git a/src/Traits/FilamentResource.php b/src/Traits/FilamentResource.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bcb0639fd..0000000000
--- a/src/Traits/FilamentResource.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Filament\Traits;
-
-trait FilamentResource
-{   
-    public function actions(): array
-    {
-        return [];
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Resources/.gitkeep b/tests/Resources/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 5777ff7d4a..c7b25d1e05 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ abstract class TestCase extends OrchestraTestCase
             'prefix'   => '',
         ]);
 
-        $app['config']->set('filament.paths.models', __DIR__.'/Database/Models');
+        $app['config']->set('filament.resources', __DIR__.'/Resources');
         $app['config']->set('auth.providers.users.model', User::class);
         $app['config']->set('filament.models.user', User::class);
     }