diff --git a/lib/utils/push-alerts.js b/lib/utils/push-alerts.js
--- a/lib/utils/push-alerts.js
+++ b/lib/utils/push-alerts.js
@@ -3,12 +3,25 @@
 import type { AlertInfo } from '../types/alert-types.js';
 
 const msInDay = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-const shouldSkipPushPermissionAlert = (alertInfo: AlertInfo): boolean =>
-  (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 3 &&
-    alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay) ||
-  (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 6 &&
-    alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay * 3) ||
-  (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 9 &&
-    alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay * 7);
-
-export { shouldSkipPushPermissionAlert };
+
+function shouldSkipPushPermissionAlert(alertInfo: AlertInfo): boolean {
+  return (
+    (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 3 &&
+      alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay) ||
+    (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 6 &&
+      alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay * 3) ||
+    (alertInfo.totalAlerts > 9 &&
+      alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay * 7)
+  );
+}
+
+const GATE_CONNECT_FARCASTER_ALERT = true;
+
+function shouldSkipConnectFarcasterAlert(alertInfo: AlertInfo): boolean {
+  return (
+    GATE_CONNECT_FARCASTER_ALERT ||
+    alertInfo.lastAlertTime > Date.now() - msInDay
+  );
+}
+
+export { shouldSkipPushPermissionAlert, shouldSkipConnectFarcasterAlert };
diff --git a/native/components/farcaster-handler.react.js b/native/components/farcaster-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/components/farcaster-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import { FarcasterDataHandler } from 'lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js';
+import { FIDContext } from 'lib/components/fid-provider.react.js';
+import { cookieSelector } from 'lib/selectors/keyserver-selectors.js';
+import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
+import { alertTypes } from 'lib/types/alert-types.js';
+import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from 'lib/utils/authoritative-keyserver.js';
+import { shouldSkipConnectFarcasterAlert } from 'lib/utils/push-alerts.js';
+import sleep from 'lib/utils/sleep.js';
+
+import { ConnectFarcasterBottomSheetRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
+
+function FacasterHandler(): React.Node {
+  const { navigate } = useNavigation();
+
+  const isActive = useSelector(state => state.lifecycleState !== 'background');
+
+  const hasCurrentUserInfo = useSelector(isLoggedIn);
+  const cookie = useSelector(cookieSelector(authoritativeKeyserverID()));
+  const hasUserCookie = !!(cookie && cookie.startsWith('user='));
+  const loggedIn = hasCurrentUserInfo && hasUserCookie;
+
+  const fid = React.useContext(FIDContext)?.fid;
+
+  const connectFarcasterAlertInfo = useSelector(
+    state => state.alertStore.alertInfos[alertTypes.CONNECT_FARCASTER],
+  );
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      !loggedIn ||
+      !isActive ||
+      !!fid ||
+      shouldSkipConnectFarcasterAlert(connectFarcasterAlertInfo)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void (async () => {
+      await sleep(500);
+
+      navigate(ConnectFarcasterBottomSheetRouteName);
+    })();
+  }, [connectFarcasterAlertInfo, fid, isActive, loggedIn, navigate]);
+
+  return <FarcasterDataHandler />;
+}
+
+export default FacasterHandler;
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import { ChatMentionContextProvider } from 'lib/components/chat-mention-provider.react.js';
 import { EditUserAvatarProvider } from 'lib/components/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { ENSCacheProvider } from 'lib/components/ens-cache-provider.react.js';
-import { FarcasterDataHandler } from 'lib/components/farcaster-data-handler.react.js';
 import { FIDProvider } from 'lib/components/fid-provider.react.js';
 import IntegrityHandler from 'lib/components/integrity-handler.react.js';
 import KeyserverConnectionsHandler from 'lib/components/keyserver-connections-handler.js';
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@
 import ChatContextProvider from './chat/chat-context-provider.react.js';
 import MessageEditingContextProvider from './chat/message-editing-context-provider.react.js';
 import AccessTokenHandler from './components/access-token-handler.react.js';
+import FarcasterHandler from './components/farcaster-handler.react.js';
 import { FeatureFlagsProvider } from './components/feature-flags-provider.react.js';
 import PersistedStateGate from './components/persisted-state-gate.js';
 import ReportHandler from './components/report-handler.react.js';
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@
             </DeepLinksContextProvider>
           </ChatContextProvider>
           <NavigationHandler />
+          <FarcasterHandler />
         </BottomSheetModalProvider>
       </NavigationContainer>
     );
@@ -344,7 +345,6 @@
                                                   <VersionSupportedChecker />
                                                   <PrekeysHandler />
                                                   <ReportHandler />
-                                                  <FarcasterDataHandler />
                                                 </PersistedStateGate>
                                                 {navigation}
                                               </RegistrationContextProvider>