diff --git a/src/frame/components/context/CategoryLandingContext.tsx b/src/frame/components/context/CategoryLandingContext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa33b2fff1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frame/components/context/CategoryLandingContext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import pick from 'lodash/pick'
+import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
+import { LearningTrack } from './ArticleContext'
+import {
+  FeaturedLink,
+  getFeaturedLinksFromReq,
+} from 'src/landings/components/ProductLandingContext'
+
+export type TocItem = {
+  fullPath: string
+  title: string
+  intro?: string
+  childTocItems?: Array<{
+    fullPath: string
+    title: string
+    intro: string
+  }>
+}
+
+export type CategoryLandingContextT = {
+  title: string
+  intro: string
+  productCallout: string
+  permissions: string
+  tocItems: Array<TocItem>
+  variant?: 'compact' | 'expanded'
+  featuredLinks: Record<string, Array<FeaturedLink>>
+  renderedPage: string
+  currentLearningTrack?: LearningTrack
+  currentLayout: string
+}
+
+export const CategoryLandingContext = createContext<CategoryLandingContextT | null>(null)
+
+export const useCategoryLandingContext = (): CategoryLandingContextT => {
+  const context = useContext(CategoryLandingContext)
+
+  if (!context) {
+    throw new Error(
+      '"useCategoryLandingContext" may only be used inside "CategoryLandingContext.Provider"',
+    )
+  }
+
+  return context
+}
+
+export const getCategoryLandingContextFromRequest = (req: any): CategoryLandingContextT => {
+  return {
+    title: req.context.page.title,
+    productCallout: req.context.page.product || '',
+    permissions: req.context.page.permissions || '',
+    intro: req.context.page.intro,
+    tocItems: (req.context.genericTocFlat || req.context.genericTocNested || []).map((obj: any) =>
+      pick(obj, ['fullPath', 'title', 'intro', 'childTocItems']),
+    ),
+    variant: req.context.genericTocFlat ? 'expanded' : 'compact',
+    featuredLinks: getFeaturedLinksFromReq(req),
+    renderedPage: req.context.renderedPage,
+    currentLearningTrack: req.context.currentLearningTrack,
+    currentLayout: req.context.currentLayoutName,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/frame/lib/frontmatter.js b/src/frame/lib/frontmatter.js
index 49d409b857df..7fb0dfb2d35d 100644
--- a/src/frame/lib/frontmatter.js
+++ b/src/frame/lib/frontmatter.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const layoutNames = [
   'product-guides',
   'release-notes',
   'inline',
+  'category-landing',
   false,
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/frame/middleware/context/generic-toc.ts b/src/frame/middleware/context/generic-toc.ts
index 34053247c264..ed036cc53816 100644
--- a/src/frame/middleware/context/generic-toc.ts
+++ b/src/frame/middleware/context/generic-toc.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import findPageInSiteTree from '@/frame/lib/find-page-in-site-tree.js'
 export default async function genericToc(req: ExtendedRequest, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
   if (!req.context) throw new Error('request not contextualized')
   if (!req.context.page) return next()
-  if (req.context.currentLayoutName !== 'default') return next()
+  if (
+    req.context.currentLayoutName !== 'default' &&
+    req.context.currentLayoutName !== 'category-landing'
+  )
+    return next()
   // This middleware can only run on product, category, and map topics.
   if (
     req.context.page.documentType === 'homepage' ||
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ export default async function genericToc(req: ExtendedRequest, res: Response, ne
     renderIntros = false
     req.context.genericTocNested = await getTocItems(treePage, req.context, {
       recurse: isRecursive,
-      renderIntros,
+      renderIntros: req.context.currentLayoutName === 'category-landing' ? true : false,
       includeHidden,
     })
   }
@@ -127,7 +131,11 @@ async function getTocItems(node: Tree, context: Context, opts: Options): Promise
           // Deliberately don't use `textOnly:true` here because we intend
           // to display the intro, in a table of contents component,
           // with the HTML (dangerouslySetInnerHTML).
-          intro = await page.renderProp('rawIntro', context)
+          intro = await page.renderProp(
+            'rawIntro',
+            context,
+            context.currentLayoutName === 'category-landing' ? { textOnly: true } : {},
+          )
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/landings/components/CategoryLanding.tsx b/src/landings/components/CategoryLanding.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..206aba4933b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/landings/components/CategoryLanding.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
+import cx from 'classnames'
+
+import { useCategoryLandingContext } from 'src/frame/components/context/CategoryLandingContext'
+import { DefaultLayout } from 'src/frame/components/DefaultLayout'
+import { ArticleTitle } from 'src/frame/components/article/ArticleTitle'
+import { Lead } from 'src/frame/components/ui/Lead'
+import { ClientSideRedirects } from 'src/rest/components/ClientSideRedirects'
+import { RestRedirect } from 'src/rest/components/RestRedirect'
+import { Breadcrumbs } from 'src/frame/components/page-header/Breadcrumbs'
+
+export const CategoryLanding = () => {
+  const router = useRouter()
+  const { title, intro, tocItems } = useCategoryLandingContext()
+
+  // tocItems contains directories and its children, we only want the child articles
+  const onlyFlatItems = tocItems.flatMap((item) => item.childTocItems || [])
+
+  return (
+    <DefaultLayout>
+      {router.route === '/[versionId]/rest/[category]' && <RestRedirect />}
+      {/* Doesn't matter *where* this is included because it will
+      never render anything. It always just return null. */}
+      <ClientSideRedirects />
+
+      <div className="container-xl px-3 px-md-6 my-4">
+        <div className={cx('d-none d-xl-block mt-3 mr-auto width-full')}>
+          <Breadcrumbs />
+        </div>
+        <ArticleTitle>{title}</ArticleTitle>
+
+        {intro && <Lead data-search="lead">{intro}</Lead>}
+
+        <h2 className="py-5">Spotlight</h2>
+        <div className="container-lg clearfix">
+          <div className="col-4 float-left border p-4">Spotlight 1</div>
+          <div className="col-4 float-left border p-4">Spotlight 2</div>
+          <div className="col-4 float-left border p-4">Spotlight 3</div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="pt-8">
+          <div className="py-5 clearfix border-bottom">
+            <div className="col-5 float-left p-3">
+              <h2>Explore {onlyFlatItems.length} prompt articles</h2>
+            </div>
+            <div className="col-3 float-left p-4">Searchbar</div>
+            <div className="col-1 float-left p-4">Category</div>
+            <div className="col-1 float-left p-4">Complexity</div>
+            <div className="col-1 float-left p-4">Industry</div>
+            <div className="col-1 float-left p-4">Reset</div>
+          </div>
+          <div className="clearfix gutter-md-spacious">
+            {/* TODO: replace with card components */}
+            {onlyFlatItems.map((item, index) => (
+              <div key={index} className="col-4 float-left p-4">
+                <div className="px-3 pb-3 border-bottom">
+                  <div>{item.title}</div>
+                  <div>{item.intro}</div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </DefaultLayout>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/landings/pages/product.tsx b/src/landings/pages/product.tsx
index 5f19a7e69760..d40871964167 100644
--- a/src/landings/pages/product.tsx
+++ b/src/landings/pages/product.tsx
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ import { ArticlePage } from 'src/frame/components/article/ArticlePage'
 import { ProductLanding } from 'src/landings/components/ProductLanding'
 import { ProductGuides } from 'src/landings/components/ProductGuides'
 import { TocLanding } from 'src/landings/components/TocLanding'
+import { CategoryLanding } from 'src/landings/components/CategoryLanding'
 import {
   getTocLandingContextFromRequest,
   TocLandingContext,
   TocLandingContextT,
 } from 'src/frame/components/context/TocLandingContext'
+import {
+  getCategoryLandingContextFromRequest,
+  CategoryLandingContext,
+  CategoryLandingContextT,
+} from 'src/frame/components/context/CategoryLandingContext'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 
 function initiateArticleScripts() {
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ type Props = {
   productGuidesContext?: ProductGuidesContextT
   tocLandingContext?: TocLandingContextT
   articleContext?: ArticleContextT
+  categoryLandingContext?: CategoryLandingContextT
 }
 const GlobalPage = ({
   mainContext,
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ const GlobalPage = ({
   productGuidesContext,
   tocLandingContext,
   articleContext,
+  categoryLandingContext,
 }: Props) => {
   const router = useRouter()
 
@@ -86,6 +94,12 @@ const GlobalPage = ({
         <ProductGuides />
       </ProductGuidesContext.Provider>
     )
+  } else if (categoryLandingContext) {
+    content = (
+      <CategoryLandingContext.Provider value={categoryLandingContext}>
+        <CategoryLanding />
+      </CategoryLandingContext.Provider>
+    )
   } else if (tocLandingContext) {
     content = (
       <TocLandingContext.Provider value={tocLandingContext}>
@@ -133,9 +147,13 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Props> = async (context) =>
     props.productGuidesContext = getProductGuidesContextFromRequest(req)
     additionalUINamespaces.push('product_guides')
   } else if (relativePath?.endsWith('index.md')) {
-    props.tocLandingContext = getTocLandingContextFromRequest(req)
-    if (props.tocLandingContext.currentLearningTrack?.trackName) {
-      additionalUINamespaces.push('learning_track_nav')
+    if (currentLayoutName === 'category-landing') {
+      props.categoryLandingContext = getCategoryLandingContextFromRequest(req)
+    } else {
+      props.tocLandingContext = getTocLandingContextFromRequest(req)
+      if (props.tocLandingContext.currentLearningTrack?.trackName) {
+        additionalUINamespaces.push('learning_track_nav')
+      }
     }
   } else if (props.mainContext.page) {
     // All articles that might have hover cards needs this