diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx
index bc8e1132..8d92e787 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/BottomMenu.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Sliders } from 'lucide-react';
 import { ModelRadioList } from './settings/models/ModelRadioList';
 import { Document, ChevronUp, ChevronDown } from './icons';
 import type { View } from '../ChatWindow';
+import { ConfigureGooseHints } from './ConfigureGooseHints';
 
 export default function BottomMenu({
   hasMessages,
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ export default function BottomMenu({
         <ChevronUp className="ml-1" />
       </span>
 
+      <div className="ml-4">
+        <ConfigureGooseHints directory={window.appConfig.get('GOOSE_WORKING_DIR')} />
+      </div>
+
       {/* Model Selector Dropdown - Only in development */}
       <div className="relative flex items-center ml-auto mr-4" ref={dropdownRef}>
         <div
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/components/ConfigureGooseHints.tsx b/ui/desktop/src/components/ConfigureGooseHints.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3142b74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/components/ConfigureGooseHints.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { Card } from './ui/card';
+import { Button } from './ui/button';
+import { Check } from './icons';
+
+const Modal = ({ children }) => (
+  <div className="fixed inset-0 bg-black/20 dark:bg-white/20 backdrop-blur-sm transition-colors animate-[fadein_200ms_ease-in_forwards]">
+    <Card className="fixed top-1/2 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 w-[80%] h-[80%] bg-bgApp rounded-xl overflow-hidden shadow-none px-8 pt-[24px] pb-0">
+      <div className="flex flex-col space-y-8 text-base text-textStandard h-full">{children}</div>
+    </Card>
+  </div>
+);
+
+const ModalHeader = () => (
+  <div className="space-y-8">
+    <div className="flex">
+      <h2 className="text-2xl font-regular text-textStandard">Configure .goosehints</h2>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+);
+
+const ModalHelpText = () => (
+  <div className="text-sm flex-col space-y-4">
+    <p>
+      .goosehints is a text file used to provide additional context about your project and improve
+      the communication with Goose.
+    </p>
+    <p>You'll need to restart your session for .goosehints updates to take effect.</p>
+    <p>
+      See{' '}
+      <Button
+        variant="link"
+        className="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-600 p-0 h-auto"
+        onClick={() =>
+          window.open('https://block.github.io/goose/docs/guides/using-goosehints/', '_blank')
+        }
+      >
+        using .goosehints
+      </Button>{' '}
+      for more information.
+    </p>
+  </div>
+);
+
+const ModalError = ({ error }) => (
+  <div className="text-sm text-textSubtle">
+    <div className="text-red-600">Error reading .goosehints file: {JSON.stringify(error)}</div>
+  </div>
+);
+
+const ModalFileInfo = ({ filePath, found }) => (
+  <div className="text-sm font-medium">
+    {found ? (
+      <div className="text-green-600">
+        <Check className="w-4 h-4 inline-block" /> .goosehints file found at: {filePath}
+      </div>
+    ) : (
+      <div>Creating new .goosehints file at: {filePath}</div>
+    )}
+  </div>
+);
+
+const ModalButtons = ({ onSubmit, onCancel }) => (
+  <div className="-ml-8 -mr-8">
+    <Button
+      type="submit"
+      variant="ghost"
+      onClick={onSubmit}
+      className="w-full h-[60px] rounded-none border-t border-borderSubtle text-base hover:bg-bgSubtle text-textProminent font-regular"
+    >
+      Save
+    </Button>
+    <Button
+      type="button"
+      variant="ghost"
+      onClick={onCancel}
+      className="w-full h-[60px] rounded-none border-t border-borderSubtle hover:text-textStandard text-textSubtle hover:bg-bgSubtle text-base font-regular"
+    >
+      Cancel
+    </Button>
+  </div>
+);
+
+const getGoosehintsFile = async (filePath) => await window.electron.readFile(filePath);
+
+type GoosehintsModalProps = {
+  directory: string;
+  setIsGoosehintsModalOpen: (isOpen: boolean) => void;
+};
+const GoosehintsModal = ({ directory, setIsGoosehintsModalOpen }: GoosehintsModalProps) => {
+  const goosehintsFilePath = `${directory}/.goosehints`;
+  const [goosehintsFile, setGoosehintsFile] = useState<string>(null);
+  const [goosehintsFileFound, setGoosehintsFileFound] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [goosehintsFileReadError, setGoosehintsFileReadError] = useState<string>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const fetchGoosehintsFile = async () => {
+      try {
+        const { file, error, found } = await getGoosehintsFile(goosehintsFilePath);
+        setGoosehintsFile(file);
+        setGoosehintsFileFound(found);
+        setGoosehintsFileReadError(error);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error fetching .goosehints file:', error);
+      }
+    };
+    if (directory) fetchGoosehintsFile();
+  }, [directory, goosehintsFilePath]);
+
+  const writeFile = async () => {
+    await window.electron.writeFile(goosehintsFilePath, goosehintsFile);
+    setIsGoosehintsModalOpen(false);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Modal>
+      <ModalHeader />
+      <ModalHelpText />
+      <div className="flex-1">
+        {goosehintsFileReadError ? (
+          <ModalError error={goosehintsFileReadError} />
+        ) : (
+          <div className="flex flex-col space-y-2 h-full">
+            <ModalFileInfo filePath={goosehintsFilePath} found={goosehintsFileFound} />
+            <textarea
+              defaultValue={goosehintsFile}
+              autoFocus
+              className="w-full flex-1 border rounded-md min-h-40 p-2 text-sm resize-none"
+              onChange={(event) => setGoosehintsFile(event.target.value)}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </div>
+      <ModalButtons onSubmit={writeFile} onCancel={() => setIsGoosehintsModalOpen(false)} />
+    </Modal>
+  );
+};
+
+export const ConfigureGooseHints = ({ directory }: { directory: string }) => {
+  const [isGooseHintsModalOpen, setIsGoosehintsModalOpen] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  return (
+    <span>
+      <div
+        className="cursor-pointer ml-4 hover:opacity-75"
+        onClick={() => setIsGoosehintsModalOpen(true)}
+      >
+        Configure .goosehints
+      </div>
+
+      {isGooseHintsModalOpen ? (
+        <GoosehintsModal
+          directory={directory}
+          setIsGoosehintsModalOpen={setIsGoosehintsModalOpen}
+        />
+      ) : null}
+    </span>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
index ac52514b..71c72b1c 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/main.ts
@@ -623,6 +623,41 @@ app.whenReady().then(async () => {
       spawn('xdg-open', [url]);
     }
   });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('read-file', (event, filePath) => {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      exec(`cat ${filePath}`, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+        if (error) {
+          // File not found
+          resolve({ file: "", filePath, error: null, found: false });
+        }
+        if (stderr) {
+          console.error('Error output:', stderr);
+          resolve({ file: "", filePath, error, found: false });
+        }
+        resolve({ file: stdout, filePath, error: null, found: true });
+      });
+    })
+  })
+
+  ipcMain.handle('write-file', (event, filePath, content) => {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const command = `cat << 'EOT' > ${filePath}
+${content}
+EOT`;
+      exec(command, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+        if (error) {
+          console.error('Error writing to file:', error);
+          resolve(false);
+        }
+        if (stderr) {
+          console.error('Error output:', stderr);
+          resolve(false);
+        }
+        resolve(true);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 // Quit when all windows are closed, except on macOS.
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts b/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
index 943e27e6..446452ec 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/preload.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ type ElectronAPI = {
   startPowerSaveBlocker: () => Promise<number>;
   stopPowerSaveBlocker: () => Promise<void>;
   getBinaryPath: (binaryName: string) => Promise<string>;
+  readFile: (directory: string) => Promise<{ file: string; filePath: string; error: string; found: boolean }>;
+  writeFile: (directory: string, content: string) => Promise<boolean>;
   on: (
     channel: string,
     callback: (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => void
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ const electronAPI: ElectronAPI = {
   startPowerSaveBlocker: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('start-power-save-blocker'),
   stopPowerSaveBlocker: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('stop-power-save-blocker'),
   getBinaryPath: (binaryName: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-binary-path', binaryName),
+  readFile: (filePath: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('read-file', filePath),
+  writeFile: (filePath: string, content: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke('write-file', filePath, content),
   on: (channel: string, callback: (event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, ...args: any[]) => void) => {
     ipcRenderer.on(channel, callback);
   },