diff --git a/src/main/aiService.ts b/src/main/aiService.ts
index f81bbd9..65c19fe 100644
--- a/src/main/aiService.ts
+++ b/src/main/aiService.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,24 @@ Be candid. If the fit is poor, say so plainly.`
   return `You are an expert flash fiction editor. ${wordConstraint}${collectionSection}${marketSection}${storyBlock}\n\n${modeInstructions[payload.mode]}`
 }
 
+export async function streamPrompt(onChunk: (chunk: string) => void): Promise<void> {
+  const client = getClient()
+  const stream = client.messages.stream({
+    model: 'claude-haiku-4-5-20251001',
+    max_tokens: 120,
+    messages: [{
+      role: 'user',
+      content: 'Generate a single flash fiction writing prompt in one sentence (under 25 words). Be specific and evocative — give a concrete situation, image, or constraint. No preamble, no label, just the prompt itself.'
+    }]
+  })
+  for await (const chunk of stream) {
+    if (chunk.type === 'content_block_delta' && chunk.delta.type === 'text_delta') {
+      onChunk(chunk.delta.text)
+    }
+  }
+  await stream.finalMessage()
+}
+
 export async function streamMessage(
   payload: AIPayload,
   onChunk: (chunk: string) => void
diff --git a/src/main/ipcHandlers.ts b/src/main/ipcHandlers.ts
index b1c1679..d3928f7 100644
--- a/src/main/ipcHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipcHandlers.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   saveRevision, listRevisions, loadRevision
 } from './fileSystem'
 import type { Market, Submission, StoryMeta } from './fileSystem'
-import { streamMessage, resetClient } from './aiService'
+import { streamMessage, streamPrompt, resetClient } from './aiService'
 import type { AIPayload } from './aiService'
 import { readGlobalConfig, writeGlobalConfig } from './globalConfig'
 import type { GlobalConfig } from './globalConfig'
@@ -89,6 +89,29 @@ export function registerIpcHandlers(): void {
   })
 
   // ── AI streaming ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  ipcMain.handle('ai:generatePrompt', async (event) => {
+    try {
+      let pending = ''
+      let flushTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+      const flush = (): void => {
+        if (flushTimer) { clearTimeout(flushTimer); flushTimer = null }
+        if (pending && !event.sender.isDestroyed()) {
+          event.sender.send('ai:promptChunk', pending)
+          pending = ''
+        }
+      }
+      await streamPrompt((chunk: string) => {
+        pending += chunk
+        if (!flushTimer) flushTimer = setTimeout(flush, 30)
+      })
+      flush()
+      if (!event.sender.isDestroyed()) event.sender.send('ai:promptDone')
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+      if (!event.sender.isDestroyed()) event.sender.send('ai:promptError', message)
+    }
+  })
+
   ipcMain.handle('ai:streamMessage', async (event, payload: AIPayload) => {
     try {
       let pending = ''
diff --git a/src/preload/index.ts b/src/preload/index.ts
index e71df22..306962d 100644
--- a/src/preload/index.ts
+++ b/src/preload/index.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('api', {
   pickFolder: (): Promise<string | null> => ipcRenderer.invoke('config:pickFolder'),
 
   // AI
+  generatePrompt: (onChunk: (chunk: string) => void): Promise<void> => {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const chunkHandler = (_: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, chunk: string): void => onChunk(chunk)
+      const doneHandler = (): void => {
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('ai:promptChunk', chunkHandler)
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('ai:promptDone', doneHandler)
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('ai:promptError', errorHandler)
+        resolve()
+      }
+      const errorHandler = (_: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, message: string): void => {
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('ai:promptChunk', chunkHandler)
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('ai:promptDone', doneHandler)
+        ipcRenderer.removeListener('ai:promptError', errorHandler)
+        reject(new Error(message))
+      }
+      ipcRenderer.on('ai:promptChunk', chunkHandler)
+      ipcRenderer.on('ai:promptDone', doneHandler)
+      ipcRenderer.on('ai:promptError', errorHandler)
+      ipcRenderer.invoke('ai:generatePrompt').catch(reject)
+    })
+  },
   streamAIMessage: (payload: AIPayload, onChunk: (chunk: string) => void): Promise<void> => {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const chunkHandler = (_: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, chunk: string): void => onChunk(chunk)
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx
index 4e26b84..f770969 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useBorgesStore } from '../../store/borgesStore'
+import { PromptHero } from './PromptHero'
 
 function daysSince(iso: string): number {
   return Math.floor((Date.now() - new Date(iso).getTime()) / 86_400_000)
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export function Dashboard(): JSX.Element {
 
   return (
     <div className="dashboard">
+      <PromptHero />
       <div className="dashboard-greeting">
         {stories.length === 0
           ? 'Welcome to Borges. Create your first story to get started.'
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/PromptHero.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/PromptHero.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc62959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Dashboard/PromptHero.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useBorgesStore } from '../../store/borgesStore'
+
+const CACHE_KEY = 'borges:dailyPrompt'
+
+interface CachedPrompt {
+  date: string
+  text: string
+}
+
+function todayISO(): string {
+  return new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10)
+}
+
+export function PromptHero(): JSX.Element {
+  const { stories, setStories, setActiveStory, isDirty, activeStoryPath, activeStoryContent, markSaved } = useBorgesStore()
+  const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState('')
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const abortRef = useRef(false)
+
+  const fetchPrompt = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    abortRef.current = false
+    setLoading(true)
+    setError(null)
+    setPrompt('')
+    try {
+      await window.api.generatePrompt((chunk) => {
+        if (!abortRef.current) setPrompt((p) => p + chunk)
+      })
+      setLoading(false)
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (!abortRef.current) {
+        setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to generate prompt.')
+        setLoading(false)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const cached = localStorage.getItem(CACHE_KEY)
+    if (cached) {
+      try {
+        const parsed: CachedPrompt = JSON.parse(cached)
+        if (parsed.date === todayISO() && parsed.text) {
+          setPrompt(parsed.text)
+          return
+        }
+      } catch { /* invalid cache */ }
+    }
+    fetchPrompt()
+    return () => { abortRef.current = true }
+  }, [])
+
+  // Persist completed prompt to localStorage
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!loading && prompt && !error) {
+      localStorage.setItem(CACHE_KEY, JSON.stringify({ date: todayISO(), text: prompt }))
+    }
+  }, [loading, prompt, error])
+
+  const handleRegenerate = (): void => {
+    localStorage.removeItem(CACHE_KEY)
+    fetchPrompt()
+  }
+
+  const handleWrite = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    if (isDirty && activeStoryPath) {
+      await window.api.writeStory(activeStoryPath, activeStoryContent)
+      await window.api.saveRevision(activeStoryPath, activeStoryContent)
+      markSaved()
+    }
+    const name = `Story ${stories.length + 1}`
+    const created = await window.api.createStory(name)
+    const refreshed = await window.api.listStories()
+    setStories(refreshed)
+    const story = refreshed.find((s) => s.path === created.path)
+    if (story) {
+      const initial = `> ${prompt}\n\n`
+      await window.api.writeStory(story.path, initial)
+      setActiveStory(story.path, story.id, initial)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="prompt-hero">
+      <div className="prompt-hero-label">Today's prompt</div>
+      <div className={`prompt-hero-text${loading ? ' prompt-hero-text--loading' : ''}`}>
+        {error
+          ? <span className="prompt-hero-error">{error}</span>
+          : prompt || <span className="prompt-hero-placeholder"> </span>
+        }
+      </div>
+      <div className="prompt-hero-actions">
+        <button
+          className="prompt-hero-btn prompt-hero-btn--primary"
+          onClick={handleWrite}
+          disabled={loading || !prompt || !!error}
+        >
+          Write this
+        </button>
+        <button
+          className="prompt-hero-btn"
+          onClick={handleRegenerate}
+          disabled={loading}
+        >
+          {loading ? 'Generating…' : 'New prompt'}
+        </button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/app.css b/src/renderer/styles/app.css
index a074953..41a7fae 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/app.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/app.css
@@ -377,6 +377,85 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; }
 .dashboard-row-flag { font-size: 11px; color: var(--warn); flex-shrink: 0; }
 .dashboard-empty { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text3); padding: 8px 0; }
 
+/* ── Prompt hero ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+.prompt-hero {
+  background: var(--bg2);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  padding: 28px 32px 24px;
+  margin-bottom: 32px;
+}
+.prompt-hero-label {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  color: var(--text3);
+  margin-bottom: 14px;
+}
+.prompt-hero-text {
+  font-size: 18px;
+  font-weight: 300;
+  line-height: 1.55;
+  color: var(--text);
+  min-height: 28px;
+  margin-bottom: 22px;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+.prompt-hero-text--loading {
+  opacity: 0.7;
+}
+.prompt-hero-placeholder {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 120px;
+  height: 18px;
+  background: var(--bg3);
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  animation: prompt-pulse 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+@keyframes prompt-pulse {
+  0%, 100% { opacity: 0.5; }
+  50% { opacity: 1; }
+}
+.prompt-hero-error {
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-style: normal;
+  color: var(--danger);
+}
+.prompt-hero-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+.prompt-hero-btn {
+  padding: 6px 16px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  background: var(--bg3);
+  color: var(--text2);
+  cursor: pointer;
+  transition: background 0.12s, color 0.12s;
+}
+.prompt-hero-btn:hover:not(:disabled) {
+  background: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+.prompt-hero-btn:disabled {
+  opacity: 0.45;
+  cursor: default;
+}
+.prompt-hero-btn--primary {
+  background: var(--accent);
+  color: var(--bg);
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+  font-weight: 500;
+}
+.prompt-hero-btn--primary:hover:not(:disabled) {
+  background: var(--accent2);
+  border-color: var(--accent2);
+  color: var(--bg);
+}
+
 /* ── Submission panel ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .sub-panel {
   grid-area: subpanel;
diff --git a/src/renderer/types/global.d.ts b/src/renderer/types/global.d.ts
index 59255a4..5f89ef8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/types/global.d.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/types/global.d.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ declare global {
       readConfig(): Promise<GlobalConfig>
       writeConfig(updates: Partial<GlobalConfig>): Promise<void>
       pickFolder(): Promise<string | null>
+      generatePrompt(onChunk: (chunk: string) => void): Promise<void>
       streamAIMessage(payload: AIPayload, onChunk: (chunk: string) => void): Promise<void>
       showEditorContextMenu(): Promise<void>
       showStoryContextMenu(storyId: string): Promise<string | null>