diff --git a/native/components/display-community-directory-prompt.react.js b/native/components/display-community-directory-prompt.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/components/display-community-directory-prompt.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useNavigation } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import {
+  fetchAllCommunityInfosWithNamesActionTypes,
+  fetchAllCommunityInfosWithNames,
+} from 'lib/actions/community-actions.js';
+import { useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver } from 'lib/hooks/account-hooks.js';
+import { useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall } from 'lib/keyserver-conn/legacy-keyserver-call.js';
+import type { CommunityInfos } from 'lib/types/community-types.js';
+import { useCurrentUserFID } from 'lib/utils/farcaster-utils.js';
+import { useDispatchActionPromise } from 'lib/utils/redux-promise-utils.js';
+
+import { DirectoryPromptBottomSheetRouteName } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
+import { useOnFirstLaunchEffect } from '../utils/hooks.js';
+
+function DisplayCommunityDirectoryPromptHandler(): React.Node {
+  const loggedIn = useIsLoggedInToIdentityAndAuthoritativeKeyserver();
+  const lifecycleState = useSelector(state => state.lifecycleState);
+  const isActive = lifecycleState !== 'background';
+  const fid = useCurrentUserFID();
+  const communityInfos: CommunityInfos = useSelector(
+    state => state.communityStore.communityInfos,
+  );
+
+  const prevLifecycleStateRef = React.useRef<?string>();
+  const [foregroundCount, setForegroundCount] = React.useState(0);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      prevLifecycleStateRef.current === 'background' &&
+      lifecycleState === 'active'
+    ) {
+      setForegroundCount(prev => prev + 1);
+    }
+    prevLifecycleStateRef.current = lifecycleState;
+  }, [lifecycleState]);
+
+  const prevCanQueryRef = React.useRef<?boolean>();
+  const canQuery = isActive && loggedIn;
+
+  if (canQuery === prevCanQueryRef.current) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  prevCanQueryRef.current = canQuery;
+
+  if (
+    !loggedIn ||
+    !isActive ||
+    fid !== null ||
+    Object.keys(communityInfos).length > 3 ||
+    foregroundCount < 1
+  ) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return <DisplayCommunityDirectoryPromptHandlerInner />;
+}
+
+function DisplayCommunityDirectoryPromptHandlerInner(): React.Node {
+  const { navigate } = useNavigation();
+  const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
+  const fetchPromise = useLegacyAshoatKeyserverCall(
+    fetchAllCommunityInfosWithNames,
+  );
+
+  const effect = React.useCallback(async () => {
+    void dispatchActionPromise(
+      fetchAllCommunityInfosWithNamesActionTypes,
+      fetchPromise(),
+    );
+    const response = await fetchPromise();
+    const fetchedCommunities = response.allCommunityInfosWithNames;
+
+    navigate<'DirectoryPromptBottomSheet'>({
+      name: DirectoryPromptBottomSheetRouteName,
+      params: { communities: fetchedCommunities },
+    });
+  }, [dispatchActionPromise, fetchPromise, navigate]);
+
+  useOnFirstLaunchEffect('JOIN_COMMUNITY_ALERT', effect);
+}
+
+export default DisplayCommunityDirectoryPromptHandler;
diff --git a/native/root.react.js b/native/root.react.js
--- a/native/root.react.js
+++ b/native/root.react.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import { AutoJoinCommunityHandler } from './components/auto-join-community-handler.react.js';
 import BackgroundIdentityLoginHandler from './components/background-identity-login-handler.react.js';
 import ConnectFarcasterAlertHandler from './components/connect-farcaster-alert-handler.react.js';
+import DisplayCommunityDirectoryPromptHandler from './components/display-community-directory-prompt.react.js';
 import DMActivityHandler from './components/dm-activity-handler.react.js';
 import { FeatureFlagsProvider } from './components/feature-flags-provider.react.js';
 import { NUXTipsContextProvider } from './components/nux-tips-context.react.js';
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@
           </ChatContextProvider>
           <NavigationHandler />
           <PersistedStateGate>
+            <DisplayCommunityDirectoryPromptHandler />
             <FarcasterDataHandler>
               <ConnectFarcasterAlertHandler />
             </FarcasterDataHandler>