diff --git a/.changeset/loud-deers-hear.md b/.changeset/loud-deers-hear.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a6a7bc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/loud-deers-hear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@ithaka/pharos-cli': minor
+---
+
+Add newly created components to init components files so that developer can start using the components without any manual changes
diff --git a/packages/pharos-cli/package.json b/packages/pharos-cli/package.json
index 0359607d0..38b9e117e 100644
--- a/packages/pharos-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/pharos-cli/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
     "jest": "^27.0.1",
     "ts-jest": "^27.0.1",
     "ts-node": "^10.0.0",
-    "typescript": "^4.5.2"
+    "typescript": "^4.5.2",
+    "ts-morph": "^20.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest",
diff --git a/packages/pharos-cli/src/cmds/pharos-component.ts b/packages/pharos-cli/src/cmds/pharos-component.ts
index c47fb9015..5b714dc57 100644
--- a/packages/pharos-cli/src/cmds/pharos-component.ts
+++ b/packages/pharos-cli/src/cmds/pharos-component.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   generateFile,
   camelCaseText,
   addComponentToIndexFile,
+  addComponentsToInitFile,
 } from '../utils/generation-utils';
 import type {
   ComponentNameOptions,
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ const createPharosComponent = async (componentName: ComponentName): Promise<void
     console.log(colors.yellow(`\nAdding Pharos${titleCaseName} component export`));
     addComponentToIndexFile(currentDirectory, nameOptions);
     console.log('\nComponent creation complete! \nHappy developing!'.cyan);
+    addComponentsToInitFile(currentDirectory, nameOptions);
+    console.log(
+      `\nAdded new components to initComponents files as well. You should be able to use your component without making any changes`
+        .yellow
+    );
   } else {
     console.log(
       '\n@ithaka/pharos-cli encountered an error attempting to create your component\n'.red
diff --git a/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/generation-utils.ts b/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/generation-utils.ts
index 233bd5072..6295afe2f 100644
--- a/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/generation-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/generation-utils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type {
   TemplatePath,
   FilePath,
 } from '../types';
+import { addNewComponentToInitComponents } from './initComponentsUtil';
 
 declare function require(name: string);
 
@@ -68,3 +69,18 @@ export const addComponentToIndexFile = (
 
   console.log(colors.green(`\nPharos${nameOptions.titleCaseName} export added to ${filePath}`));
 };
+
+export const addComponentsToInitFile = (
+  currentDirectory: FilePath,
+  nameOptions: ComponentNameOptions
+): void => {
+  const componentName = `Pharos${nameOptions.titleCaseName}`;
+  const unitTestsFilePath: FilePath = `${currentDirectory}/packages/pharos/src/test/initComponents.ts`;
+  const storybookFilePath: FilePath = `${currentDirectory}/.storybook/initComponents.js`;
+
+  // import new component in list of imports
+  // and then register new component
+  [unitTestsFilePath, storybookFilePath].forEach(async (filePath: FilePath) => {
+    await addNewComponentToInitComponents(filePath, componentName);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/initComponentsUtil.ts b/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/initComponentsUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5025b2bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pharos-cli/src/utils/initComponentsUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { Project, SyntaxKind } from 'ts-morph';
+
+export async function addNewComponentToInitComponents(
+  inputFilePath: string,
+  componentName: string
+) {
+  const code = await fs.promises.readFile(inputFilePath, 'utf8');
+
+  const project = new Project();
+  const sourceFile = project.createSourceFile(inputFilePath, code, {
+    overwrite: true,
+  });
+
+  const importStatementsDeclarations = sourceFile.getDescendantsOfKind(
+    SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration
+  );
+
+  importStatementsDeclarations.forEach((dec) => {
+    const importClause = dec.getImportClause();
+    if (importClause && importClause.getNamedImports().length > 0) {
+      dec.addNamedImport(componentName);
+    }
+  });
+
+  const registerComponentsExpressions = sourceFile.getDescendantsOfKind(SyntaxKind.CallExpression);
+
+  registerComponentsExpressions.forEach((callExp) => {
+    callExp.forEachChild((expChild) => {
+      if (expChild.isKind(SyntaxKind.ArrayLiteralExpression)) {
+        expChild.addElement(componentName);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  await sourceFile.save();
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cdaab3cc3..74ce8e2c9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5741,6 +5741,16 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@trysound/sax/-/sax-0.2.0.tgz#cccaab758af56761eb7bf37af6f03f326dd798ad"
   integrity sha512-L7z9BgrNEcYyUYtF+HaEfiS5ebkh9jXqbszz7pC0hRBPaatV0XjSD3+eHrpqFemQfgwiFF0QPIarnIihIDn7OA==
 
+"@ts-morph/common@~0.21.0":
+  version "0.21.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@ts-morph/common/-/common-0.21.0.tgz#30272bde654127326d8b73643b9a8de280135fb4"
+  integrity sha512-ES110Mmne5Vi4ypUKrtVQfXFDtCsDXiUiGxF6ILVlE90dDD4fdpC1LSjydl/ml7xJWKSDZwUYD2zkOePMSrPBA==
+  dependencies:
+    fast-glob "^3.2.12"
+    minimatch "^7.4.3"
+    mkdirp "^2.1.6"
+    path-browserify "^1.0.1"
+
 "@tsconfig/node10@^1.0.7":
   version "1.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tsconfig/node10/-/node10-1.0.9.tgz#df4907fc07a886922637b15e02d4cebc4c0021b2"
@@ -9110,6 +9120,11 @@ co@^4.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/co/-/co-4.6.0.tgz#6ea6bdf3d853ae54ccb8e47bfa0bf3f9031fb184"
   integrity sha512-QVb0dM5HvG+uaxitm8wONl7jltx8dqhfU33DcqtOZcLSVIKSDDLDi7+0LbAKiyI8hD9u42m2YxXSkMGWThaecQ==
 
+code-block-writer@^12.0.0:
+  version "12.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/code-block-writer/-/code-block-writer-12.0.0.tgz#4dd58946eb4234105aff7f0035977b2afdc2a770"
+  integrity sha512-q4dMFMlXtKR3XNBHyMHt/3pwYNA69EDk00lloMOaaUMKPUXBw6lpXtbu3MMVG6/uOihGnRDOlkyqsONEUj60+w==
+
 coffee-script@^1.12.4:
   version "1.12.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/coffee-script/-/coffee-script-1.12.7.tgz#c05dae0cb79591d05b3070a8433a98c9a89ccc53"
@@ -11796,6 +11811,17 @@ fast-glob@^3.1.1, fast-glob@^3.2.2, fast-glob@^3.2.7, fast-glob@^3.2.9, fast-glo
     merge2 "^1.3.0"
     micromatch "^4.0.4"
 
+fast-glob@^3.2.12:
+  version "3.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-glob/-/fast-glob-3.3.1.tgz#784b4e897340f3dbbef17413b3f11acf03c874c4"
+  integrity sha512-kNFPyjhh5cKjrUltxs+wFx+ZkbRaxxmZ+X0ZU31SOsxCEtP9VPgtq2teZw1DebupL5GmDaNQ6yKMMVcM41iqDg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@nodelib/fs.stat" "^2.0.2"
+    "@nodelib/fs.walk" "^1.2.3"
+    glob-parent "^5.1.2"
+    merge2 "^1.3.0"
+    micromatch "^4.0.4"
+
 fast-json-stable-stringify@2.x, fast-json-stable-stringify@^2.0.0, fast-json-stable-stringify@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fast-json-stable-stringify/-/fast-json-stable-stringify-2.1.0.tgz#874bf69c6f404c2b5d99c481341399fd55892633"
@@ -16681,6 +16707,13 @@ minimatch@^5.0.1:
   dependencies:
     brace-expansion "^2.0.1"
 
+minimatch@^7.4.3:
+  version "7.4.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimatch/-/minimatch-7.4.6.tgz#845d6f254d8f4a5e4fd6baf44d5f10c8448365fb"
+  integrity sha512-sBz8G/YjVniEz6lKPNpKxXwazJe4c19fEfV2GDMX6AjFz+MX9uDWIZW8XreVhkFW3fkIdTv/gxWr/Kks5FFAVw==
+  dependencies:
+    brace-expansion "^2.0.1"
+
 minimatch@^9.0.1:
   version "9.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-9.0.3.tgz#a6e00c3de44c3a542bfaae70abfc22420a6da825"
@@ -16767,6 +16800,11 @@ mkdirp@^1.0.3, mkdirp@^1.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz#3eb5ed62622756d79a5f0e2a221dfebad75c2f7e"
   integrity sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==
 
+mkdirp@^2.1.6:
+  version "2.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-2.1.6.tgz#964fbcb12b2d8c5d6fbc62a963ac95a273e2cc19"
+  integrity sha512-+hEnITedc8LAtIP9u3HJDFIdcLV2vXP33sqLLIzkv1Db1zO/1OxbvYf0Y1OC/S/Qo5dxHXepofhmxL02PsKe+A==
+
 moment@^2.29.1:
   version "2.29.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/moment/-/moment-2.29.4.tgz#3dbe052889fe7c1b2ed966fcb3a77328964ef108"
@@ -17716,6 +17754,11 @@ password-prompt@^1.0.4:
     ansi-escapes "^3.1.0"
     cross-spawn "^6.0.5"
 
+path-browserify@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-browserify/-/path-browserify-1.0.1.tgz#d98454a9c3753d5790860f16f68867b9e46be1fd"
+  integrity sha512-b7uo2UCUOYZcnF/3ID0lulOJi/bafxa1xPe7ZPsammBSpjSWQkjNxlt635YGS2MiR9GjvuXCtz2emr3jbsz98g==
+
 path-case@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-case/-/path-case-2.1.1.tgz#94b8037c372d3fe2906e465bb45e25d226e8eea5"
@@ -21795,6 +21838,14 @@ ts-lit-plugin@^1.2.1:
   dependencies:
     lit-analyzer "1.2.1"
 
+ts-morph@^20.0.0:
+  version "20.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-morph/-/ts-morph-20.0.0.tgz#c46b4c231dfc93347091901f1f9a3e13413230fd"
+  integrity sha512-JVmEJy2Wow5n/84I3igthL9sudQ8qzjh/6i4tmYCm6IqYyKFlNbJZi7oBdjyqcWSWYRu3CtL0xbT6fS03ESZIg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@ts-morph/common" "~0.21.0"
+    code-block-writer "^12.0.0"
+
 ts-node@^10.0.0:
   version "10.9.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-node/-/ts-node-10.9.1.tgz#e73de9102958af9e1f0b168a6ff320e25adcff4b"