diff --git a/lib/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/command.rb b/lib/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/command.rb
index d98ba53e..6ba5ac9d 100644
--- a/lib/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/command.rb
+++ b/lib/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/command.rb
@@ -37,24 +37,58 @@ def generator_class
             # @since 2.2.0
             # @api private
             def call(name:, slice: nil, **opts)
-              if slice
-                base_path = fs.join("slices", inflector.underscore(slice))
-                raise MissingSliceError.new(slice) unless fs.exist?(base_path)
+              slice ||= detect_slice_from_cwd
 
-                generator.call(
-                  key: name,
-                  namespace: slice,
-                  base_path: base_path,
-                  **opts,
-                )
-              else
+              if slice.nil?
                 generator.call(
                   key: name,
                   namespace: app.namespace,
                   base_path: "app",
                   **opts,
                 )
+                return
               end
+
+              slice_root = slice.respond_to?(:root) ? slice.root : detect_slice_root(slice)
+              raise MissingSliceError.new(slice) unless fs.exist?(slice_root)
+
+              generator.call(
+                key: name,
+                namespace: slice,
+                base_path: slice_root,
+                **opts,
+              )
+            end
+
+            private
+
+            def detect_slice_from_cwd
+              slices_by_root = app.slices.with_nested.each.to_h { |slice| [slice.root.to_s, slice] }
+              slices_by_root[fs.pwd]
+            end
+
+            # Returns the root for the given slice name.
+            #
+            # This currently works with top-level slices only, and it simply appends the slice's
+            # name onto the "slices/" dir, returning e.g. "slices/main" when given "main".
+            #
+            # TODO: Make this work with nested slices when given slash-delimited slice names like
+            # "parent/child", which should look for "slices/parent/slices/child".
+            #
+            # This method makes two checks for the slice root (building off both `app.root` as well
+            # as `fs`). This is entirely to account for how we test commands, with most tests using
+            # an in-memory `fs` adapter, any files created via which will be invisible to the `app`,
+            # which doesn't know about the `fs`.
+            #
+            # FIXME: It would be better to find a way for this to make one check only. An ideal
+            # approach would be to use the slice_name to find actual slice registered within
+            # `app.slices`. To do this, we'd probably need to stop testing with an in-memory `fs`
+            # here.
+            def detect_slice_root(slice_name)
+              slice_root_in_fs = fs.join("slices", inflector.underscore(slice_name))
+              return slice_root_in_fs if fs.exist?(slice_root_in_fs)
+
+              app.root.join("slices", inflector.underscore(slice_name))
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/spec/unit/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/slice_detection_spec.rb b/spec/unit/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/slice_detection_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2225e98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/hanami/cli/commands/app/generate/slice_detection_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "hanami"
+
+RSpec.describe "slice detection", :app_integration do
+  subject(:cmd) { Hanami::CLI::Commands::App::Generate::View.new(inflector: inflector, out: out) }
+
+  let(:inflector) { Dry::Inflector.new }
+  let(:out) { StringIO.new }
+  def output
+    out.rewind && out.read.chomp
+  end
+
+  before do
+    with_directory(@app_dir) do
+      write "config/app.rb", <<~RUBY
+        module TestApp
+          class App < Hanami::App
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      write "slices/main/.keep", ""
+      write "slices/admin/.keep", ""
+      write "slices/admin/slices/search/.keep", ""
+
+      require "hanami/prepare"
+    end
+  end
+
+  around do |example|
+    @app_dir = make_tmp_directory
+    orig_cwd = Dir.pwd
+
+    # Use non-block form of chdir to avoid "conflicting chdir" warnings when we do it inside the
+    # examples
+    Dir.chdir(@app_dir)
+    example.call
+    Dir.chdir(orig_cwd)
+  end
+
+  describe "slice detection from current working directory" do
+    it "detects the slice based on the current working directory" do
+      Dir.chdir("slices/main") do
+        subject.call(name: "showcase")
+      end
+
+      expect(File.exist?("slices/main/views/showcase.rb")).to be true
+    end
+
+    context "with deeply nested slices existing" do
+      it "determines the nested slice when inside of it" do
+        Dir.chdir("slices/admin/slices/search") do
+          subject.call(name: "panel")
+        end
+
+        expect(File.exist?("slices/admin/slices/search/views/panel.rb")).to be true
+      end
+
+      it "still determines the parent slice when inside of it" do
+        Dir.chdir("slices/main") do
+          subject.call(name: "bookcase")
+        end
+
+        expect(File.exist?("slices/main/views/bookcase.rb")).to be true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when --slice option is provided" do
+    it "in child slice - respects the --slice option - overwrites slice detection" do
+      Dir.chdir("slices/admin/slices/search") do
+        subject.call(name: "bookcase", slice: "main")
+      end
+
+      expect(File.exist?("slices/main/views/bookcase.rb")).to be true
+    end
+
+    it "in sibling slice - respects the --slice option - overwrites slice detection" do
+      Dir.chdir("slices/main") do
+        subject.call(name: "shop", slice: "admin")
+      end
+
+      expect(File.exist?("slices/admin/views/shop.rb")).to be true
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when working outside slice directory" do
+    it "uses app namespace when not in a slice directory" do
+      subject.call(name: "important_view")
+
+      expect(File.exist?("app/views/important_view.rb")).to be true
+    end
+  end
+end