diff --git a/cmd/status.go b/cmd/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3506f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/RohitRavindra-dev/devlocal/internal/filesystem"
+	"github.com/RohitRavindra-dev/devlocal/internal/service/status"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "status",
+	Short: "View the current status of devlocal setup",
+	PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return filesystem.ValidateDevLocalFilesystem()
+	},
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return status.Run()
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
+}
diff --git a/internal/filesystem/utils.go b/internal/filesystem/utils.go
index 35843d0..476bb25 100644
--- a/internal/filesystem/utils.go
+++ b/internal/filesystem/utils.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package filesystem
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -8,18 +9,22 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
-func exists(path string) (bool, error) {
-	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+func FileExists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
 
-	if err == nil {
-		return true, nil
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("%s does not exist", path)
 	}
 
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false, nil
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	if info.IsDir() {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("%s is a directory, expected a file", path)
 	}
 
-	return false, err
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 func LoadDevlocalConfig() (*config.DevlocalConfigYaml, error) {
diff --git a/internal/git/worktrees.go b/internal/git/worktrees.go
index 5dd37ac..1fdd513 100644
--- a/internal/git/worktrees.go
+++ b/internal/git/worktrees.go
@@ -74,3 +74,18 @@ func sanitizeToTrackedFiles(files []string) []string {
 	return filesTracked
 
 }
+
+func IsSkipWorktree(file string) (bool, error) {
+	out, err := exec.Command(
+		"git",
+		"ls-files",
+		"-v",
+		file,
+	).CombinedOutput()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return len(out) > 0 && out[0] == 'S', nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/service/status/reporter.go b/internal/service/status/reporter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f61adad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/service/status/reporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package status
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/RohitRavindra-dev/devlocal/internal/config"
+	"github.com/RohitRavindra-dev/devlocal/internal/filesystem"
+	"github.com/RohitRavindra-dev/devlocal/internal/git"
+)
+
+func displayConfigVersion(version int) {
+	fmt.Printf("[Version] %d \n", version)
+}
+
+func displayOverlookStatus(fileNames []string) {
+	fmt.Println("[Overlooked files]")
+	if len(fileNames) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\t- No files registed in config for overlooking!")
+		return
+	}
+	for _, filename := range fileNames {
+		exists, err := filesystem.FileExists(filename)
+		overlookStatus := "✗"
+		overlookComment := "Being tracked"
+		if exists {
+
+			if isOverlooked, _ := git.IsSkipWorktree(filename); isOverlooked {
+				overlookStatus = "✓"
+				overlookComment = "Overlooked"
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			overlookComment = err.Error()
+		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("\t%s %s \n\t\t- %s\n", overlookStatus, filename, overlookComment)
+
+	}
+}
+
+func displayPatchesStatus(patches []string) {
+	fmt.Println("[Patches]")
+	if len(patches) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\t- No patches registed in config for patching!")
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func displayDevlocalConfig(config *config.DevlocalConfigYaml) error {
+	fmt.Println("\n===============================")
+	fmt.Println("|   devlocal [Status]         |")
+	fmt.Printf("===============================\n\n")
+	displayConfigVersion(config.Version)
+	fmt.Println()
+	displayOverlookStatus(config.Overlook)
+	fmt.Println()
+	displayPatchesStatus(config.Patches)
+	fmt.Printf("===============================\n\n")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Run() error {
+
+	//load config
+	config, err := filesystem.LoadDevlocalConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := displayDevlocalConfig(config); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}