diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tutorialModal.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tutorialModal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce5820ed9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/tutorialModal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { TutorialProgress, Associations } from "~/types";
+import {
+  AlignX,
+  AlignY,
+} from "~/logic/lib/relativePosition";
+
+export const MODAL_WIDTH = 256;
+export const MODAL_HEIGHT = 180;
+export const MODAL_WIDTH_PX = `${MODAL_WIDTH}px`;
+export const MODAL_HEIGHT_PX = `${MODAL_HEIGHT}px`;
+
+interface StepDetail {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  url: string;
+  alignX: AlignX | AlignX[];
+  alignY: AlignY | AlignY[];
+  offsetX: number;
+  offsetY: number;
+}
+
+export function hasTutorialGroup(props: { associations: Associations }) {
+  return '/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island' in props.associations.groups;
+}
+
+export const progressDetails: Record<TutorialProgress, StepDetail> = {
+  hidden: {} as any,
+  done: {
+    title: "End",
+    description: "This tutorial is finished. Would you like to leave Beginner Island?",
+    url: "/",
+    alignX: "right",
+    alignY: "top",
+    offsetX: MODAL_WIDTH + 8,
+    offsetY: 0
+  },
+  start: {
+    title: "New group added",
+    description:
+      "We just added you to the Beginner island group to show you around. This group is public, but other groups can be private",
+    url: "/",
+    alignX: "right",
+    alignY: "top",
+    offsetX: MODAL_WIDTH + 8,
+    offsetY: 0
+  },
+  'group-desc': {
+    title: "What's a group",
+    description: "A group contains members and tends to be centered around a topic or multiple topics.",
+    url: "/~landscape/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island",
+    alignX: "left",
+    alignY: "top",
+    offsetX: MODAL_WIDTH + 8,
+    offsetY: (MODAL_HEIGHT / 2) - 8,
+  },
+  channels: {
+    title: "Channels",
+    description: "Inside a group you have three types of Channels: Chat, Collection, or Notebook. Mix and match these depending on your group context!",
+    url: "/~landscape/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island",
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "right",
+    offsetX: MODAL_WIDTH + 8,
+    offsetY: -8,
+  },
+  chat: {
+    title: "Chat",
+    description: "Chat channels are for messaging within your group. Direct Messages are also supported, and are accessible from the “DMs” tile on the homescreen",
+    url: "/~landscape/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island/resource/chat/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/chat-8401",
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "right",
+    offsetX: 0,
+    offsetY: -32,
+  },
+  link: {
+    title: "Collection",
+    description: "A collection is where you can share and view links, images, and other media within your group. Every item in a Collection can have it’s own comment thread.",
+    url: "/~landscape/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island/resource/link/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/link-4353",
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "right",
+    offsetX: 0,
+    offsetY: -32,
+  },
+  publish: {
+    title: "Notebook",
+    description: "Notebooks are for creating long-form content within your group. Use markdown to create rich posts with headers, lists and images.", 
+    url: "/~landscape/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island/resource/publish/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/notebook-9148",
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "right",
+    offsetX: 0,
+    offsetY: -32,
+  },
+  notifications: {
+    title: "Notifications",
+    description: "Subscribing to a channel will send you notifications when there are new updates. You will also receive a notification when someone mentions your name in a channel.", 
+    url: "/~landscape/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/beginner-island/resource/publish/ship/~hastuc-dibtux/notebook-9148/settings#notifications",
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "right",
+    offsetX: 0,
+    offsetY: -32,
+  },
+  profile: {
+    title: "Profile",
+    description: "Your profile is customizable and can be shared with other ships. Enter as much or as little information as you’d like.",
+    url: `/~profile/~${window.ship}`,
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "right",
+    offsetX: -300 + (MODAL_WIDTH / 2),
+    offsetY: -120 + (MODAL_HEIGHT / 2),
+  },
+  leap: {
+    title: "Leap",
+    description: "Leap allows you to go to a specific channel, message, collection, profile or group simply by typing in a command or selecting a shortcut from the dropdown menu.",
+    url: `/~profile/~${window.ship}`,
+    alignY: "top",
+    alignX: "left",
+    offsetX: 0,
+    offsetY: -32,
+  }
+};
+
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/state/local.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/logic/state/local.tsx
index 8b32609046..64e68a0ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/state/local.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/state/local.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 import React, { ReactNode } from "react";
+import f from 'lodash/fp';
 import create, { State }  from 'zustand';
 import { persist } from 'zustand/middleware';
 import produce from 'immer';
-import { BackgroundConfig, RemoteContentPolicy } from "~/types/local-update";
+import { BackgroundConfig, RemoteContentPolicy, TutorialProgress, tutorialProgress } from "~/types/local-update";
+
 
 export interface LocalState extends State {
   hideAvatars: boolean;
   hideNicknames: boolean;
   remoteContentPolicy: RemoteContentPolicy;
+  tutorialProgress: TutorialProgress;
+  tutorialRef: HTMLElement | null,
+  hideTutorial: () => void;
+  nextTutStep: () => void;
+  prevTutStep: () => void;
+  setTutorialRef: (el: HTMLElement | null) => void;
   dark: boolean;
   background: BackgroundConfig;
   omniboxShown: boolean;
@@ -15,12 +23,35 @@ export interface LocalState extends State {
   toggleOmnibox: () => void;
   set: (fn: (state: LocalState) => void) => void
 };
+export const selectLocalState = 
+  <K extends keyof LocalState>(keys: K[]) => f.pick<LocalState, K>(keys);
 
 const useLocalState = create<LocalState>(persist((set, get) => ({
   dark: false,
   background: undefined,
   hideAvatars: false,
   hideNicknames: false,
+  tutorialProgress: 'hidden',
+  tutorialRef: null,
+  setTutorialRef: (el: HTMLElement | null) => set(produce(state => {
+    state.tutorialRef = el;
+  })),
+  hideTutorial: () => set(produce(state => {
+    state.tutorialProgress = 'hidden';
+    state.tutorialRef = null;
+  })),
+  nextTutStep: () => set(produce(state => {
+    const currIdx = tutorialProgress.findIndex(p => p === state.tutorialProgress)
+    if(currIdx < tutorialProgress.length) {
+      state.tutorialProgress = tutorialProgress[currIdx + 1];
+    }
+  })),
+  prevTutStep: () => set(produce(state => {
+    const currIdx = tutorialProgress.findIndex(p => p === state.tutorialProgress)
+    if(currIdx > 0) {
+      state.tutorialProgress = tutorialProgress[currIdx - 1];
+    }
+  })),
   remoteContentPolicy: {
     imageShown: true,
     audioShown: true,
@@ -41,7 +72,10 @@ const useLocalState = create<LocalState>(persist((set, get) => ({
   })),
   set: fn => set(produce(fn))
   }), {
-  blacklist: ['suspendedFocus', 'toggleOmnibox', 'omniboxShown'],
+    blacklist: [
+      'suspendedFocus', 'toggleOmnibox', 'omniboxShown', 'tutorialProgress',
+      'prevTutStep', 'nextTutStep', 'tutorialRef', 'setTutorialRef'
+    ],
   name: 'localReducer'
 }));
 
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/useTutorialModal.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/useTutorialModal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7457e102ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/useTutorialModal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { TutorialProgress } from "~/types";
+import useLocalState, { selectLocalState } from "~/logic/state/local";
+
+const localSelector = selectLocalState(["tutorialProgress", "setTutorialRef"]);
+
+export function useTutorialModal(
+  onProgress: TutorialProgress,
+  show: boolean,
+  anchorRef: HTMLElement | null
+) {
+  const { tutorialProgress, setTutorialRef } = useLocalState(localSelector);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (show && onProgress === tutorialProgress && anchorRef) {
+      setTutorialRef(anchorRef);
+    }
+  }, [onProgress, tutorialProgress, show, anchorRef]);
+
+  return show && onProgress === tutorialProgress;
+}