diff --git a/zio-cli/js/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala b/zio-cli/js/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4938007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio-cli/js/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package zio.cli
+
+import java.io.IOException
+import zio._
+
+object ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific extends ConfigFilePlatformSpecific {
+  def findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): Task[List[String]] =
+    ZIO.succeed(Nil) // Always return empty for JS
+
+  def loadOptionsFromConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): ZIO[Any, IOException, List[String]] =
+    ZIO.succeed(Nil) // Always return empty for JS
+}
diff --git a/zio-cli/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala b/zio-cli/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03efdf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio-cli/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package zio.cli
+
+import java.io.IOException
+import zio._
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
+import scala.io.Source
+
+object ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific extends ConfigFilePlatformSpecific {
+  def findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): Task[List[String]] = {
+    val filename   = s".$topLevelCommand"
+    val cwd        = java.lang.System.getProperty("user.dir")
+    val homeDirOpt = java.lang.System.getProperty("user.home")
+
+    def parentPaths(path: String): List[String] = {
+      val parts = path.split(java.io.File.separatorChar).filterNot(_.isEmpty)
+      (0 to parts.length)
+        .map(i => s"${java.io.File.separatorChar}${parts.take(i).mkString(java.io.File.separator)}")
+        .toList
+    }
+
+    val paths        = parentPaths(cwd)
+    val pathsToCheck = homeDirOpt :: homeDirOpt :: paths
+
+    // Use ZIO to filter the paths
+    for {
+      doPathExist  <- ZIO.foreach(pathsToCheck)(path => ZIO.succeed(Files.exists(Path.of(path, filename))))
+      existingPaths = doPathExist.zip(pathsToCheck).collect { case (exists, path) if exists => path }
+    } yield existingPaths.distinct // Use distinct to remove duplicates at the end
+  }
+
+  def loadOptionsFromConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): ZIO[Any, IOException, List[String]] =
+    for {
+      filePaths <- findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(topLevelCommand)
+                     .refineToOrDie[IOException]
+      lines <- ZIO
+                 .foreach(filePaths) { filePath =>
+                   ZIO.acquireReleaseWith(
+                     ZIO.attempt(
+                       Source.fromFile(Paths.get(filePath, "." + topLevelCommand).toFile)
+                     )
+                   )(source => ZIO.attempt(source.close()).orDie) { source =>
+                     ZIO.attempt(source.getLines().toList.filter(_.trim.nonEmpty))
+                   }
+                 }
+                 .map(_.flatten)
+                 .refineToOrDie[IOException]
+    } yield lines
+}
diff --git a/zio-cli/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/cli/FileBasedArgs.scala b/zio-cli/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/cli/FileBasedArgs.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b55ee83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio-cli/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/cli/FileBasedArgs.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+import zio._
+import zio.test._
+import zio.test.Assertion._
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Paths, Path}
+import java.io.IOException
+import zio.cli.ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific
+import zio.cli.ConfigFilePlatformSpecific
+import zio.cli.Options
+import zio.cli.Args
+import zio.cli.Exists
+import zio.cli.Command
+import zio.Console.printLine
+import zio.stream.ZSink
+import zio.stream.ZPipeline
+import zio.stream.ZStream
+import zio.cli.CliApp
+import zio.cli.HelpDoc.Span.text
+
+object FileBasedArgs extends ZIOSpecDefault {
+
+  val configFileOps: ConfigFilePlatformSpecific = ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific
+
+  def spec = suite("FileBasedArgs")(
+    test("Full CLI App output test") {
+      for {
+        // Create Sample config files
+        cwd     <- ZIO.succeed(Paths.get(java.lang.System.getProperty("user.dir")))
+        homeDir <- ZIO.succeed(Paths.get(java.lang.System.getProperty("user.home")))
+        command <- ZIO.succeed("wc")
+
+        _ <- createLineCountTestFile(cwd, "sample_file")
+        _ <- createSampleConfigFiles(cwd, homeDir, command, content_home = "-w", content_cwd = "-l")
+
+        _      <- cliApp.run(args = List("sample_file")).either
+        output <- TestConsole.output
+
+        correctOutput <- ZIO.succeed("        3         4        20  sample_file\n")
+
+        _ <- cleanupLineCountTestFile(cwd, "sample_file")
+        _ <- cleanUpSampleConfigFiles(cwd: Path, homeDir: Path, command)
+      } yield assert(output.last)(equalTo(correctOutput))
+    },
+    test("should load options from files and merge them appropriatly") {
+      for {
+        // Create Sample config files
+        cwd     <- ZIO.succeed(Paths.get(java.lang.System.getProperty("user.dir")))
+        homeDir <- ZIO.succeed(Paths.get(java.lang.System.getProperty("user.home")))
+        command <- ZIO.succeed("testApp")
+        _       <- createSampleConfigFiles(cwd, homeDir, command)
+
+        // Check if the func checkAndGetOptionsFilePaths can
+        configArgs <- configFileOps.loadOptionsFromConfigFiles(command)
+
+        _ <- cleanUpSampleConfigFiles(cwd: Path, homeDir: Path, command)
+
+      } yield assert(configArgs)(hasSameElements(List("home=true", "dir=true", "home=false")))
+    },
+    test("should return directory ~/home and ./ which have .testApp config file for loading the args") {
+      for {
+        // Create Sample config files
+        cwd     <- ZIO.succeed(Paths.get(java.lang.System.getProperty("user.dir")))
+        homeDir <- ZIO.succeed(Paths.get(java.lang.System.getProperty("user.home")))
+        command <- ZIO.succeed("testApp1")
+        _       <- createSampleConfigFiles(cwd, homeDir, command)
+
+        // Check if the func checkAndGetOptionsFilePaths can
+        paths <- configFileOps.findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(command)
+
+        _ <- cleanUpSampleConfigFiles(cwd: Path, homeDir: Path, command)
+
+      } yield assert(paths)(hasSameElements(List(homeDir.toString(), cwd.toString())))
+    }
+  )
+
+  def createLineCountTestFile(
+    cwd: Path,
+    file_name: String = "sample_file",
+    content: String = "asdf\nqweqwer\njdsafn"
+  ): IO[IOException, Unit] =
+    ZIO.attempt {
+      Files.write(Paths.get(cwd.toString(), s"$file_name"), java.util.Arrays.asList(content));
+      ()
+    }.refineToOrDie[IOException]
+
+  def cleanupLineCountTestFile(cwd: Path, file_name: String = "sample_file"): IO[IOException, Unit] =
+    ZIO.attempt {
+      Files.delete(Paths.get(cwd.toString(), s"$file_name"));
+      ()
+    }.refineToOrDie[IOException]
+
+  def createSampleConfigFiles(
+    cwd: Path,
+    homeDir: Path,
+    command: String = "testApp",
+    content_home: String = "home=true",
+    content_cwd: String = "dir=true\nhome=false"
+  ): IO[IOException, Unit] =
+    ZIO.attempt {
+      Files.write(Paths.get(homeDir.toString(), s".$command"), java.util.Arrays.asList(content_home));
+      Files.write(Paths.get(cwd.toString(), s".$command"), java.util.Arrays.asList(content_cwd));
+      ()
+    }.refineToOrDie[IOException]
+
+  def cleanUpSampleConfigFiles(cwd: Path, homeDir: Path, command: String = "testApp"): IO[IOException, Unit] =
+    ZIO.attempt {
+      Files.delete(Paths.get(homeDir.toString(), s".$command"));
+      Files.delete(Paths.get(cwd.toString(), s".$command"));
+      ()
+    }.refineToOrDie[IOException]
+
+  val bytesFlag: Options[Boolean] = Options.boolean("c")
+  val linesFlag: Options[Boolean] = Options.boolean("l")
+  val wordsFlag: Options[Boolean] = Options.boolean("w")
+  val charFlag: Options[Boolean]  = Options.boolean("m", false)
+
+  case class WcOptions(bytes: Boolean, lines: Boolean, words: Boolean, char: Boolean)
+  case class WcResult(
+    fileName: String,
+    countBytes: Option[Long],
+    countLines: Option[Long],
+    countWords: Option[Long],
+    countChar: Option[Long]
+  )
+
+  val options = (bytesFlag ++ linesFlag ++ wordsFlag ++ charFlag).as(WcOptions.apply _)
+
+  val args = Args.file("files", Exists.Yes).repeat1
+
+  val wc: Command[(WcOptions, ::[Path])] = Command("wc", options, args)
+
+  val execute: (WcOptions, ::[Path]) => UIO[Unit] = {
+    def printResult(res: List[WcResult]): UIO[Unit] = {
+      def wcTotal(results: List[WcResult]) = {
+        def optSum(acc: WcResult, elem: WcResult, extract: WcResult => Option[Long]): Option[Long] =
+          extract(acc).flatMap(a => extract(elem).map(_ + a))
+
+        results.fold(WcResult("total", Some(0), Some(0), Some(0), Some(0))) { (acc, wcRes) =>
+          acc.copy(
+            countBytes = optSum(acc, wcRes, _.countBytes),
+            countChar = optSum(acc, wcRes, _.countChar),
+            countWords = optSum(acc, wcRes, _.countWords),
+            countLines = optSum(acc, wcRes, _.countLines)
+          )
+        }
+      }
+
+      def format(res: WcResult) = {
+        def opt(option: Option[Long]): String = option.map(l => f"$l%9d").getOrElse("")
+
+        s"${opt(res.countLines)} ${opt(res.countWords)} ${opt(res.countChar)} ${opt(res.countBytes)} ${res.fileName}"
+      }
+
+      ZIO.foreachDiscard(res)(r => printLine(format(r)).!) *> ZIO
+        .when(res.length > 1)(printLine(format(wcTotal(res))).!)
+        .ignore
+    }
+
+    (opts, paths) => {
+      zio.Console.printLine(s"executing wc with args: $opts $paths").! *>
+        ZIO
+          .foreachPar[Any, Throwable, Path, WcResult, List](paths)({ path =>
+            def option(bool: Boolean, sink: ZSink[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte, Long])
+              : ZSink[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte, Option[Long]] =
+              if (bool) sink.map(Some(_)) else ZSink.succeed(None)
+
+            val byteCount = option(opts.bytes, ZSink.count)
+            val lineCount = option(opts.lines, ZPipeline.utfDecode >>> ZPipeline.splitLines >>> ZSink.count)
+            val wordCount =
+              option(
+                opts.words,
+                ZPipeline.utfDecode >>> ZPipeline.mapChunks((_: Chunk[String]).flatMap(_.split("\\s+"))) >>> ZSink.count
+              )
+            val charCount =
+              option(opts.char, ZPipeline.utfDecode >>> ZSink.foldLeft[String, Long](0L)((s, e) => s + e.length))
+
+            val zippedSinks
+              : ZSink[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte, (Option[Long], Option[Long], Option[Long], Option[Long])] =
+              (byteCount <&> lineCount <&> wordCount <&> charCount)
+
+            ZStream
+              .fromFile(path.toFile)
+              .run(zippedSinks)
+              .map(t => WcResult(path.getFileName.toString, t._1, t._2, t._3, t._4))
+          })
+          .withParallelism(4)
+          .orDie
+          .flatMap(res => printResult(res))
+    }
+  }
+
+  val cliApp = CliApp.make[Any, Throwable, (WcOptions, ::[Path]), Unit](
+    "ZIO Word Count",
+    "0.1.2",
+    text("counts words in the file"),
+    wc
+  )(execute.tupled)
+}
diff --git a/zio-cli/native/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala b/zio-cli/native/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03efdf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio-cli/native/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package zio.cli
+
+import java.io.IOException
+import zio._
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
+import scala.io.Source
+
+object ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific extends ConfigFilePlatformSpecific {
+  def findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): Task[List[String]] = {
+    val filename   = s".$topLevelCommand"
+    val cwd        = java.lang.System.getProperty("user.dir")
+    val homeDirOpt = java.lang.System.getProperty("user.home")
+
+    def parentPaths(path: String): List[String] = {
+      val parts = path.split(java.io.File.separatorChar).filterNot(_.isEmpty)
+      (0 to parts.length)
+        .map(i => s"${java.io.File.separatorChar}${parts.take(i).mkString(java.io.File.separator)}")
+        .toList
+    }
+
+    val paths        = parentPaths(cwd)
+    val pathsToCheck = homeDirOpt :: homeDirOpt :: paths
+
+    // Use ZIO to filter the paths
+    for {
+      doPathExist  <- ZIO.foreach(pathsToCheck)(path => ZIO.succeed(Files.exists(Path.of(path, filename))))
+      existingPaths = doPathExist.zip(pathsToCheck).collect { case (exists, path) if exists => path }
+    } yield existingPaths.distinct // Use distinct to remove duplicates at the end
+  }
+
+  def loadOptionsFromConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): ZIO[Any, IOException, List[String]] =
+    for {
+      filePaths <- findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(topLevelCommand)
+                     .refineToOrDie[IOException]
+      lines <- ZIO
+                 .foreach(filePaths) { filePath =>
+                   ZIO.acquireReleaseWith(
+                     ZIO.attempt(
+                       Source.fromFile(Paths.get(filePath, "." + topLevelCommand).toFile)
+                     )
+                   )(source => ZIO.attempt(source.close()).orDie) { source =>
+                     ZIO.attempt(source.getLines().toList.filter(_.trim.nonEmpty))
+                   }
+                 }
+                 .map(_.flatten)
+                 .refineToOrDie[IOException]
+    } yield lines
+}
diff --git a/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/CliApp.scala b/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/CliApp.scala
index de346c2d..346c9f0f 100644
--- a/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/CliApp.scala
+++ b/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/CliApp.scala
@@ -128,19 +128,30 @@ object CliApp {
           case Command.Subcommands(parent, _) => prefix(parent)
         }
 
-      self.command
-        .parse(prefix(self.command) ++ args, self.config)
-        .foldZIO(
-          e => printDocs(e.error) *> ZIO.fail(CliError.Parsing(e)),
-          {
-            case CommandDirective.UserDefined(_, value) =>
-              self.execute(value).map(Some(_)).mapError(CliError.Execution(_))
-            case CommandDirective.BuiltIn(x) =>
-              executeBuiltIn(x).catchSome { case err @ CliError.Parsing(e) =>
-                printDocs(e.error) *> ZIO.fail(err)
-              }
+      // Reading args from config files and combining with provided args
+      val combinedArgs: ZIO[R, CliError[E], List[String]] =
+        ConfigFileArgsPlatformSpecific
+          .loadOptionsFromConfigFiles(self.command.names.head)
+          .flatMap { configArgs =>
+            ZIO.succeed(configArgs ++ args)
           }
-        )
+          .mapError(e => CliError.IO(e))
+
+      combinedArgs.flatMap { allArgs =>
+        self.command
+          .parse(prefix(self.command) ++ allArgs, self.config)
+          .foldZIO(
+            e => printDocs(e.error) *> ZIO.fail(CliError.Parsing(e)),
+            {
+              case CommandDirective.UserDefined(_, value) =>
+                self.execute(value).map(Some(_)).mapError(CliError.Execution(_))
+              case CommandDirective.BuiltIn(x) =>
+                executeBuiltIn(x).catchSome { case err @ CliError.Parsing(e) =>
+                  printDocs(e.error) *> ZIO.fail(err)
+                }
+            }
+          )
+      }
     }
 
     override def flatMap[R1 <: R, E1 >: E, B](f: A => ZIO[R1, E1, B]): CliApp[R1, E1, B] =
diff --git a/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgs.scala b/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgs.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e5c2b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio-cli/shared/src/main/scala/zio/cli/ConfigFileArgs.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package zio.cli
+
+import zio._
+import java.io.IOException
+
+trait ConfigFilePlatformSpecific {
+  def findPathsOfCliConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): Task[List[String]]
+  def loadOptionsFromConfigFiles(topLevelCommand: String): ZIO[Any, IOException, List[String]]
+}