diff --git a/web/chat/tooltip-provider.js b/web/chat/tooltip-provider.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/chat/tooltip-provider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// @flow
+
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import type { TooltipPositionStyle } from './tooltip-utils';
+
+export type RenderTooltipParams = {
+  +newNode: React.Node,
+  +tooltipPosition: TooltipPositionStyle,
+};
+
+export type RenderTooltipResult = {
+  +onMouseLeaveCallback: () => mixed,
+  +clearTooltip: () => mixed,
+};
+
+type TooltipContextType = {
+  +renderTooltip: (params: RenderTooltipParams) => RenderTooltipResult,
+  +clearTooltip: () => mixed,
+};
+
+const TooltipContext: React.Context<TooltipContextType> = React.createContext<TooltipContextType>(
+  {
+    renderTooltip: () => ({
+      onMouseLeaveCallback: () => {},
+      clearTooltip: () => {},
+    }),
+    clearTooltip: () => {},
+  },
+);
+
+type Props = {
+  +children: React.Node,
+};
+function TooltipProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { children } = props;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const tooltipSymbol = React.useRef<?symbol>(null);
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const tooltipCancelTimer = React.useRef<?TimeoutID>(null);
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const [tooltipNode, setTooltipNode] = React.useState<React.Node>(null);
+  const [
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+    tooltipPosition,
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+    setTooltipPosition,
+  ] = React.useState<?TooltipPositionStyle>(null);
+
+  const clearCurrentTooltip = React.useCallback(() => {}, []);
+
+  const renderTooltip = React.useCallback(
+    () => ({ onMouseLeaveCallback: () => {}, clearTooltip: () => {} }),
+    [],
+  );
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const onMouseEnterTooltip = React.useCallback(() => {}, []);
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+  const onMouseLeaveTooltip = React.useCallback(() => {}, []);
+
+  const tooltip = React.useMemo(() => {}, []);
+
+  const value = React.useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      renderTooltip,
+      clearTooltip: clearCurrentTooltip,
+    }),
+    [renderTooltip, clearCurrentTooltip],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <TooltipContext.Provider value={value}>
+      {children}
+      {tooltip}
+    </TooltipContext.Provider>
+  );
+}
+
+function useTooltipContext(): TooltipContextType {
+  const context = React.useContext(TooltipContext);
+  invariant(context, 'TooltipContext not found');
+
+  return context;
+}
+
+export { TooltipProvider, useTooltipContext };
diff --git a/web/chat/tooltip-utils.js b/web/chat/tooltip-utils.js
--- a/web/chat/tooltip-utils.js
+++ b/web/chat/tooltip-utils.js
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
   TOP_LEFT: 'top-left',
   TOP_RIGHT: 'top-right',
 });
+
+export type TooltipPositionStyle = {
+  +xCoord: number,
+  +yCoord: number,
+  +verticalPosition: 'top' | 'bottom',
+  +horizontalPosition: 'left' | 'right',
+  +alignment: 'left' | 'center' | 'right',
+};
+
 export type TooltipPosition = $Values<typeof tooltipPositions>;
 
 const sizeOfTooltipArrow = 10; // 7px arrow + 3px extra