diff --git a/src/cli_args.rs b/src/cli_args.rs
index 9edb04f..4bca89b 100644
--- a/src/cli_args.rs
+++ b/src/cli_args.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ pub enum Command {
         subcommand: ProjectSubcommand,
     },
 
+    /// Opens a new shell in the puff data directory where managed files are stored.
+    /// Use --print to just print the path instead.
+    Cd {
+        /// Print the path instead of spawning a shell
+        #[arg(short = 'p', long = "print")]
+        print: bool,
+    },
+
     /// Generates shell completions for the given shell and prints them to stdout
     #[command(after_help = "\
 Examples:
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 04c3cd4..3669233 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod add_command;
+pub mod cd_command;
 pub mod file_forget_command;
 pub mod init_command;
 pub mod list_command;
diff --git a/src/commands/cd_command.rs b/src/commands/cd_command.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8de0b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/cd_command.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use std::fs;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+use crate::config::locations::LocationsProvider;
+
+pub struct CdCommand<'a> {
+    locations_provider: &'a LocationsProvider,
+}
+
+impl<'a> CdCommand<'a> {
+    pub fn new(locations_provider: &'a LocationsProvider) -> Self {
+        CdCommand {
+            locations_provider,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn cd(&self, print: bool) -> Result<()> {
+        let path = self.locations_provider.get_projects_data_path();
+
+        if !path.exists() {
+            fs::create_dir_all(&path)?;
+        }
+
+        if print {
+            println!("{}", path.display());
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        let shell = get_shell()?;
+        let config_path = self.locations_provider.get_base_config_path()?;
+        let data_path = self.locations_provider.get_base_data_path()?;
+        let status = Command::new(&shell)
+            .current_dir(&path)
+            .env("PUFF_SUBSHELL", "1")
+            .env("PUFF_CONFIG_PATH", &config_path)
+            .env("PUFF_DATA_PATH", &data_path)
+            .status()
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to spawn shell '{}': {}", shell, e))?;
+
+        std::process::exit(status.code().unwrap_or(1));
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+fn get_shell() -> Result<String> {
+    std::env::var("SHELL").or_else(|_| Ok("/bin/sh".to_string()))
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+fn get_shell() -> Result<String> {
+    std::env::var("COMSPEC").or_else(|_| Ok("cmd.exe".to_string()))
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index dd139bf..08ea001 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use clap::{CommandFactory, Parser};
 use clap_complete::generate;
 use cli_args::{AppArgs, Command};
 use commands::{
-    add_command::AddCommand, file_forget_command::ForgetCommand, init_command::InitCommand,
-    list_command::ListCommand, project_forget_command::ProjectForgetCommand,
-    status_command::StatusCommand,
+    add_command::AddCommand, cd_command::CdCommand, file_forget_command::ForgetCommand,
+    init_command::InitCommand, list_command::ListCommand,
+    project_forget_command::ProjectForgetCommand, status_command::StatusCommand,
 };
 use config::{
     app_config::AppConfigManager, locations::LocationsProvider, projects::ProjectsRetriever,
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         }
     };
 
+    if let Command::Cd { print } = args.command {
+        let cd = CdCommand::new(&locations_provider);
+        cd.cd(print)?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     AppInitializer {
         locations_provider: &locations_provider,
     }
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             }
         },
         // handled up above
-        Command::Completions { .. } => unreachable!(),
+        Command::Completions { .. } | Command::Cd { .. } => unreachable!(),
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/cd.bats b/tests/e2e/cd.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f87f4ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/cd.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+load helpers
+
+setup() { setup_puff_env; }
+teardown() { teardown_puff_env; }
+
+@test "cd --print: prints the projects data path" {
+  run puff cd --print
+  assert_success
+  output="$(echo "$output" | normalize_output)"
+  assert_output_contains "$(native_path "$PUFF_DATA_PATH")"
+  assert_output_contains "projects"
+}
+
+@test "cd -p: short flag works" {
+  run puff cd -p
+  assert_success
+  output="$(echo "$output" | normalize_output)"
+  assert_output_contains "$(native_path "$PUFF_DATA_PATH")"
+}
+
+@test "cd: spawns shell in projects directory" {
+  if is_windows; then
+    local fake_shell="$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH/fake_shell.bat"
+    echo '@cd' >"$fake_shell"
+    export COMSPEC="$(native_path "$fake_shell")"
+  else
+    local fake_shell="$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH/fake_shell"
+    printf '#!/usr/bin/env bash\npwd\n' >"$fake_shell"
+    chmod +x "$fake_shell"
+    export SHELL="$fake_shell"
+  fi
+
+  run puff cd
+  assert_success
+  output="$(echo "$output" | normalize_output)"
+  assert_output_contains "$(native_path "$PUFF_DATA_PATH")"
+}
+
+@test "cd: sets PUFF_SUBSHELL env var" {
+  if is_windows; then
+    local fake_shell="$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH/fake_shell.bat"
+    echo '@echo PUFF_SUBSHELL=%PUFF_SUBSHELL%' >"$fake_shell"
+    export COMSPEC="$(native_path "$fake_shell")"
+  else
+    local fake_shell="$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH/fake_shell"
+    printf '#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho "PUFF_SUBSHELL=$PUFF_SUBSHELL"\n' >"$fake_shell"
+    chmod +x "$fake_shell"
+    export SHELL="$fake_shell"
+  fi
+
+  run puff cd
+  assert_success
+  output="$(echo "$output" | normalize_output)"
+  assert_output_contains "PUFF_SUBSHELL=1"
+}
+
+@test "cd: exports PUFF_CONFIG_PATH and PUFF_DATA_PATH" {
+  if is_windows; then
+    local fake_shell="$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH/fake_shell.bat"
+    cat >"$fake_shell" <<'BATCH'
+@echo config=%PUFF_CONFIG_PATH%
+@echo data=%PUFF_DATA_PATH%
+BATCH
+    export COMSPEC="$(native_path "$fake_shell")"
+  else
+    local fake_shell="$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH/fake_shell"
+    printf '#!/usr/bin/env bash\necho "config=$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH"\necho "data=$PUFF_DATA_PATH"\n' >"$fake_shell"
+    chmod +x "$fake_shell"
+    export SHELL="$fake_shell"
+  fi
+
+  run puff cd
+  assert_success
+  output="$(echo "$output" | normalize_output)"
+  assert_output_contains "config=$(native_path "$PUFF_CONFIG_PATH")"
+  assert_output_contains "data=$(native_path "$PUFF_DATA_PATH")"
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/helpers.bash b/tests/e2e/helpers.bash
index 4e6ea22..6d7ff59 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/helpers.bash
+++ b/tests/e2e/helpers.bash
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ assert_output_contains() {
   fi
 }
 
+is_windows() {
+  command -v cygpath &>/dev/null
+}
+
+# Normalizes output for cross-platform path comparison:
+# converts backslashes to forward slashes and strips carriage returns.
+normalize_output() {
+  tr '\\' '/' | tr -d '\r'
+}
+
 assert_output_not_contains() {
   if echo "$output" | grep -qF "$1"; then
     echo "Expected output to NOT contain: $1" >&2