diff --git a/pages/app-layout/genai-context-panel.page.tsx b/pages/app-layout/genai-context-panel.page.tsx
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+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+
+import { AppLayout, Box, ContentLayout, Header, SpaceBetween } from '~components';
+import { AppLayoutProps } from '~components/app-layout';
+import {
+  createGenaiContextPanelDrawer,
+  GenaiContextPanelProps,
+} from '~components/internal/components/genai-context-panel';
+
+import appLayoutLabels from './utils/labels';
+
+// [WIP / v0 — AWSUI-52880] Demonstrates the opt-in Global GenAI context panel
+// composed into an AppLayout drawer.
+const MODELS: ReadonlyArray<GenaiContextPanelProps.Model> = [
+  { id: 'claude-sonnet', label: 'Claude Sonnet', description: 'Balanced quality and latency' },
+  { id: 'claude-haiku', label: 'Claude Haiku', description: 'Fastest, lowest cost' },
+  { id: 'nova-pro', label: 'Amazon Nova Pro', description: 'Multimodal reasoning' },
+];
+
+function makeFile(name: string, contents: string) {
+  return new File([contents], name, { type: 'text/plain' });
+}
+
+export default function GenaiContextPanelPage() {
+  const [activeDrawerId, setActiveDrawerId] = useState<string | null>('genai-context-panel');
+  const [systemPrompt, setSystemPrompt] = useState(
+    'You are a helpful AWS assistant. Prefer concise answers and cite the docs you use.'
+  );
+  const [selectedModelId, setSelectedModelId] = useState<string | null>('claude-sonnet');
+  const [contextFiles, setContextFiles] = useState<File[]>([
+    makeFile('architecture.md', '# Architecture\nsome notes'),
+    makeFile('costs.csv', 'service,cost\n'),
+  ]);
+
+  const drawer = createGenaiContextPanelDrawer({
+    systemPrompt,
+    onSystemPromptChange: ({ detail }) => setSystemPrompt(detail.value),
+    models: MODELS,
+    selectedModelId,
+    onSelectedModelChange: ({ detail }) => setSelectedModelId(detail.selectedModelId),
+    contextFiles,
+    onContextFilesChange: ({ detail }) => setContextFiles(detail.files),
+    badge: contextFiles.length > 0,
+    i18nStrings: {
+      headerText: 'GenAI context',
+      headerDescription: 'Configure how the assistant behaves for this conversation.',
+      systemPromptDescription: 'These instructions are sent with every message.',
+      modelSelectorDescription: 'Choose which model responds.',
+      contextFilesDescription: 'Files the assistant can reference.',
+    },
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <AppLayout
+      ariaLabels={appLayoutLabels}
+      contentType="default"
+      drawers={[drawer]}
+      activeDrawerId={activeDrawerId}
+      onDrawerChange={({ detail }) => setActiveDrawerId(detail.activeDrawerId)}
+      content={
+        <ContentLayout header={<Header variant="h1">Global GenAI context panel (WIP v0)</Header>}>
+          <SpaceBetween size="l">
+            <Box variant="p">
+              Open the <b>GenAI context</b> drawer from the right-hand toolbar to view and edit the system prompt, pick
+              a model, and manage the files currently in the assistant&apos;s context.
+            </Box>
+            <Box variant="p" data-testid="live-system-prompt">
+              Current system prompt: {systemPrompt}
+            </Box>
+            <Box variant="p" data-testid="live-model">
+              Current model: {selectedModelId}
+            </Box>
+            <Box variant="p" data-testid="live-file-count">
+              Files in context: {contextFiles.length}
+            </Box>
+          </SpaceBetween>
+        </ContentLayout>
+      }
+    />
+  );
+}
+
+// exported for type-checking convenience in this demo
+export type { AppLayoutProps };
diff --git a/src/internal/components/genai-context-panel/__tests__/genai-context-panel.test.tsx b/src/internal/components/genai-context-panel/__tests__/genai-context-panel.test.tsx
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+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import React from 'react';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+import GenaiContextPanel, {
+  createGenaiContextPanelDrawer,
+} from '../../../../../lib/components/internal/components/genai-context-panel';
+
+describe('GenaiContextPanel', () => {
+  test('renders the header text and current system prompt value', () => {
+    render(<GenaiContextPanel systemPrompt="be concise" i18nStrings={{ headerText: 'GenAI context' }} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('GenAI context')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByDisplayValue('be concise')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('fires onSystemPromptChange when the prompt is edited', () => {
+    const onSystemPromptChange = jest.fn();
+    render(<GenaiContextPanel systemPrompt="" onSystemPromptChange={onSystemPromptChange} />);
+
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByRole('textbox'), { target: { value: 'hello' } });
+
+    expect(onSystemPromptChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onSystemPromptChange.mock.calls[0][0].detail).toEqual({ value: 'hello' });
+  });
+
+  test('shows an empty state when there are no context files', () => {
+    render(<GenaiContextPanel contextFiles={[]} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('No files added to the assistant context yet.')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('renders a model selector only when models are provided', () => {
+    const { rerender } = render(<GenaiContextPanel />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Model')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    rerender(<GenaiContextPanel models={[{ id: 'm1', label: 'Model One' }]} selectedModelId="m1" />);
+    expect(screen.getByText('Model')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('fires onContextFilesChange without the removed file when a token is dismissed', () => {
+    const onContextFilesChange = jest.fn();
+    const fileA = new File(['a'], 'a.txt', { type: 'text/plain' });
+    const fileB = new File(['b'], 'b.txt', { type: 'text/plain' });
+
+    render(<GenaiContextPanel contextFiles={[fileA, fileB]} onContextFilesChange={onContextFilesChange} />);
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText('Remove a.txt (file 1)'));
+
+    expect(onContextFilesChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onContextFilesChange.mock.calls[0][0].detail.files).toEqual([fileB]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('createGenaiContextPanelDrawer', () => {
+  test('returns a drawer item with sensible defaults', () => {
+    const drawer = createGenaiContextPanelDrawer();
+
+    expect(drawer.id).toBe('genai-context-panel');
+    expect(drawer.resizable).toBe(true);
+    expect(drawer.defaultSize).toBe(360);
+    expect(drawer.trigger?.iconName).toBe('gen-ai');
+    expect(drawer.ariaLabels.drawerName).toBe('GenAI context');
+    expect(drawer.content).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  test('uses the header text as the drawer name and forwards a custom id/badge', () => {
+    const drawer = createGenaiContextPanelDrawer({
+      id: 'my-drawer',
+      badge: true,
+      i18nStrings: { headerText: 'Assistant context' },
+    });
+
+    expect(drawer.id).toBe('my-drawer');
+    expect(drawer.badge).toBe(true);
+    expect(drawer.ariaLabels.drawerName).toBe('Assistant context');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/internal/components/genai-context-panel/index.tsx b/src/internal/components/genai-context-panel/index.tsx
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+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { AppLayoutProps } from '../../../app-layout/interfaces';
+import InternalBox from '../../../box/internal';
+import InternalFileTokenGroup from '../../../file-token-group/internal';
+import InternalFormField from '../../../form-field/internal';
+import InternalHeader from '../../../header/internal';
+import InternalPromptInput from '../../../prompt-input/internal';
+import { SelectProps } from '../../../select/interfaces';
+import InternalSelect from '../../../select/internal';
+import InternalSpaceBetween from '../../../space-between/internal';
+import { fireNonCancelableEvent } from '../../events';
+import { GenaiContextPanelProps } from './interfaces';
+
+export { GenaiContextPanelProps };
+
+const DEFAULT_MIN_ROWS = 3;
+const DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS = 8;
+
+/**
+ * [WIP / v0 — AWSUI-52880] Global GenAI context panel.
+ *
+ * A controlled, opt-in composition of existing Cloudscape primitives that gives a
+ * generative-AI assistant a single place to surface and edit its "context":
+ * the system prompt, the active model, and the files currently in scope.
+ *
+ * It renders plain content and is meant to be dropped into the `content` slot of
+ * an AppLayout drawer. Use {@link createGenaiContextPanelDrawer} to build a ready
+ * to use `AppLayoutProps.Drawer` item.
+ */
+export default function GenaiContextPanel({
+  systemPrompt = '',
+  systemPromptPlaceholder,
+  systemPromptReadOnly,
+  systemPromptMinRows = DEFAULT_MIN_ROWS,
+  systemPromptMaxRows = DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS,
+  onSystemPromptChange,
+  models = [],
+  selectedModelId = null,
+  onSelectedModelChange,
+  contextFiles = [],
+  onContextFilesChange,
+  i18nStrings = {},
+}: GenaiContextPanelProps) {
+  const modelOptions: Array<SelectProps.Option> = models.map(model => ({
+    value: model.id,
+    label: model.label,
+    description: model.description,
+  }));
+  const selectedOption = modelOptions.find(option => option.value === selectedModelId) ?? null;
+
+  const handleDismissFile = (fileIndex: number) => {
+    const nextFiles = contextFiles.filter((_, index) => index !== fileIndex);
+    fireNonCancelableEvent(onContextFilesChange, { files: nextFiles });
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <InternalSpaceBetween size="l">
+      <InternalHeader variant="h2" description={i18nStrings.headerDescription}>
+        {i18nStrings.headerText ?? 'Context'}
+      </InternalHeader>
+
+      <InternalFormField
+        label={i18nStrings.systemPromptLabel ?? 'System prompt'}
+        description={i18nStrings.systemPromptDescription}
+        stretch={true}
+      >
+        <InternalPromptInput
+          value={systemPrompt}
+          placeholder={systemPromptPlaceholder}
+          readOnly={systemPromptReadOnly}
+          minRows={systemPromptMinRows}
+          maxRows={systemPromptMaxRows}
+          ariaLabel={i18nStrings.systemPromptLabel ?? 'System prompt'}
+          onChange={({ detail }) => fireNonCancelableEvent(onSystemPromptChange, { value: detail.value })}
+        />
+      </InternalFormField>
+
+      {models.length > 0 && (
+        <InternalFormField
+          label={i18nStrings.modelSelectorLabel ?? 'Model'}
+          description={i18nStrings.modelSelectorDescription}
+          stretch={true}
+        >
+          <InternalSelect
+            selectedOption={selectedOption}
+            options={modelOptions}
+            placeholder={i18nStrings.modelSelectorPlaceholder ?? 'Select a model'}
+            onChange={({ detail }) =>
+              fireNonCancelableEvent(onSelectedModelChange, {
+                selectedModelId: detail.selectedOption.value ?? '',
+              })
+            }
+          />
+        </InternalFormField>
+      )}
+
+      <InternalFormField
+        label={i18nStrings.contextFilesLabel ?? 'Files in context'}
+        description={i18nStrings.contextFilesDescription}
+        stretch={true}
+      >
+        {contextFiles.length === 0 ? (
+          <InternalBox color="text-body-secondary">
+            {i18nStrings.contextFilesEmptyText ?? 'No files added to the assistant context yet.'}
+          </InternalBox>
+        ) : (
+          <InternalFileTokenGroup
+            alignment="vertical"
+            items={contextFiles.map(file => ({ file }))}
+            showFileSize={true}
+            showFileLastModified={true}
+            onDismiss={({ detail }) => handleDismissFile(detail.fileIndex)}
+            i18nStrings={{
+              removeFileAriaLabel:
+                i18nStrings.removeFileAriaLabel ??
+                ((fileIndex, fileName) => `Remove ${fileName} (file ${fileIndex + 1})`),
+            }}
+          />
+        )}
+      </InternalFormField>
+    </InternalSpaceBetween>
+  );
+}
+
+export interface CreateGenaiContextPanelDrawerOptions extends GenaiContextPanelProps {
+  /**
+   * The id of the drawer. Defaults to `genai-context-panel`.
+   */
+  id?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * ARIA labels for the drawer. When omitted, the header text (or a sensible
+   * default) is used for the drawer name.
+   */
+  ariaLabels?: AppLayoutProps.DrawerAriaLabels;
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a badge to the drawer trigger.
+   */
+  badge?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the drawer is resizable. Defaults to `true`.
+   */
+  resizable?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * The starting width of the drawer in pixels. Defaults to `360`.
+   */
+  defaultSize?: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Builds an `AppLayoutProps.Drawer` item that renders the GenAI context panel.
+ * Spread the result into the AppLayout `drawers` array — this keeps the feature
+ * fully additive and opt-in.
+ */
+export function createGenaiContextPanelDrawer(
+  options: CreateGenaiContextPanelDrawerOptions = {}
+): AppLayoutProps.Drawer {
+  const { id = 'genai-context-panel', ariaLabels, badge, resizable = true, defaultSize = 360, ...panelProps } = options;
+
+  const drawerName = panelProps.i18nStrings?.headerText ?? 'GenAI context';
+
+  return {
+    id,
+    badge,
+    resizable,
+    defaultSize,
+    trigger: { iconName: 'gen-ai' },
+    ariaLabels: ariaLabels ?? { drawerName, closeButton: 'Close', triggerButton: drawerName, resizeHandle: 'Resize' },
+    content: <GenaiContextPanel {...panelProps} />,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/components/genai-context-panel/interfaces.ts b/src/internal/components/genai-context-panel/interfaces.ts
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+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import { NonCancelableEventHandler } from '../../../types/events';
+
+// [WIP / v0 — AWSUI-52880] Global GenAI context panel.
+//
+// This is an INTERNAL, opt-in composition and is intentionally NOT part of the
+// public package API yet. It composes existing Cloudscape primitives to provide
+// a reusable "context" surface for a generative-AI assistant (system prompt,
+// model selection, and files currently in context), designed to live inside an
+// AppLayout drawer.
+export interface GenaiContextPanelProps {
+  /**
+   * The current system prompt / instructions given to the model.
+   * The panel is fully controlled — provide `onSystemPromptChange` to update it.
+   */
+  systemPrompt?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Placeholder shown in the system prompt editor when it is empty.
+   */
+  systemPromptPlaceholder?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * When set, the system prompt editor is read-only (view only).
+   */
+  systemPromptReadOnly?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Minimum number of rows for the system prompt editor. Defaults to `3`.
+   */
+  systemPromptMinRows?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Maximum number of rows for the system prompt editor. Defaults to `8`.
+   */
+  systemPromptMaxRows?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Called when the user edits the system prompt.
+   */
+  onSystemPromptChange?: NonCancelableEventHandler<GenaiContextPanelProps.SystemPromptChangeDetail>;
+
+  /**
+   * The list of models the user can pick from for this conversation.
+   */
+  models?: ReadonlyArray<GenaiContextPanelProps.Model>;
+
+  /**
+   * The id of the currently selected model (matches `Model.id`).
+   */
+  selectedModelId?: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Called when the user selects a different model.
+   */
+  onSelectedModelChange?: NonCancelableEventHandler<GenaiContextPanelProps.ModelChangeDetail>;
+
+  /**
+   * Files that are currently part of the assistant's context. Rendered as a
+   * dismissible list so the user can review and remove them.
+   */
+  contextFiles?: ReadonlyArray<File>;
+
+  /**
+   * Called when the user removes a file from context.
+   */
+  onContextFilesChange?: NonCancelableEventHandler<GenaiContextPanelProps.ContextFilesChangeDetail>;
+
+  /**
+   * An object containing all the localized strings required by the panel.
+   */
+  i18nStrings?: GenaiContextPanelProps.I18nStrings;
+}
+
+export namespace GenaiContextPanelProps {
+  export interface Model {
+    id: string;
+    label: string;
+    description?: string;
+  }
+
+  export interface SystemPromptChangeDetail {
+    value: string;
+  }
+
+  export interface ModelChangeDetail {
+    selectedModelId: string;
+  }
+
+  export interface ContextFilesChangeDetail {
+    files: File[];
+  }
+
+  export interface I18nStrings {
+    headerText?: string;
+    headerDescription?: string;
+    systemPromptLabel?: string;
+    systemPromptDescription?: string;
+    modelSelectorLabel?: string;
+    modelSelectorDescription?: string;
+    modelSelectorPlaceholder?: string;
+    contextFilesLabel?: string;
+    contextFilesDescription?: string;
+    contextFilesEmptyText?: string;
+    removeFileAriaLabel?: (fileIndex: number, fileName: string) => string;
+  }
+}