diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit.js b/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48f904a9a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sites/shared/components/workbench/edit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+import hljs from 'highlight.js/lib/common'
+import defaultSettings from './default-settings'
+import validateGist from './gist-validator'
+import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from 'react'
+
+const countLines = (txt) => txt.split('\n').length
+const Edit = (props) => {
+  let { gist, setGist, design } = props
+
+  const inputRef = useRef(null)
+  const [gistAsYaml, setGistAsYaml] = useState(null)
+  const [numLines, setNumLines] = useState(0)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setGistAsYaml(yaml.dump(gist))
+  }, [gist])
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (gistAsYaml) setNumLines(countLines(gistAsYaml))
+  }, [gistAsYaml])
+
+  const onChange = (e) => {
+    const editedAsJson = yaml.load(inputRef.current.value)
+    if (validateGist(editedAsJson, design).valid) {
+      setGist({ ...defaultSettings, ...editedAsJson, design: gist.design })
+    }
+  }
+
+  const onKeyUp = (e) => {
+    setNumLines(countLines(e.target.value))
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="max-w-screen-xl m-auto h-screen form-control">
+      <h1>Edit Pattern Configuration</h1>
+      <div
+        id="editor"
+        className="h-3/5 mb-8 overflow-auto p-1 outline-1 outline-primary outline focus-within:outline-primary-focus focus-within:outline-2 rounded"
+      >
+        <div className="font-mono flex gap-4 leading-7 text-lg items-stretch">
+          <div id="line-numbers" className="text-right p-4 pr-0 text-primary" aria-hidden>
+            {Array.from({ length: numLines }, (_, i) => (
+              <span className="block" key={i}>
+                {' '}
+                {i + 1}{' '}
+              </span>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+          <textarea
+            className="textarea focus:outline-none w-full p-4 leading-7 overflow-y-hidden resize-none text-lg"
+            name="gistAsYaml"
+            aria-label="Configuration in YAML format"
+            ref={inputRef}
+            defaultValue={gistAsYaml}
+            onKeyUp={onKeyUp}
+          />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <button className="btn btn-primary" onClick={onChange}>
+        {' '}
+        Save{' '}
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default Edit
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/workbench/gist-validator.js b/sites/shared/components/workbench/gist-validator.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e45622faad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sites/shared/components/workbench/gist-validator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import defaultSettings from './default-settings'
+
+class GistValidator {
+  givenGist
+  design
+  errors
+  valid = true
+
+  constructor(givenGist, design) {
+    this.givenGist = givenGist
+    this.design = design
+    this.errors = {}
+  }
+
+  validateSettings() {
+    for (var key in defaultSettings) {
+      if (typeof this.givenGist[key] !== typeof defaultSettings[key]) {
+        this.errors[key] = 'TypeError'
+        this.valid = false
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  validateMeasurements() {
+    this.errors.measurements = {}
+    for (const m of this.design.patternConfig.measurements || []) {
+      if (this.givenGist.measurements[m] === undefined) {
+        this.errors.measurements[m] = 'MissingMeasurement'
+        this.valid = false
+      } else if (isNaN(this.givenGist.measurements[m])) {
+        this.errors.measurements[m] = 'TypeError'
+        this.valid = false
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  validateOptions() {
+    console.log(this.design.patternConfig)
+  }
+
+  validate() {
+    this.validateSettings()
+    this.validateMeasurements()
+    this.validateOptions()
+
+    return { valid: this.valid, errors: this.errors }
+  }
+}
+
+export default function validateGist(givenGist, design) {
+  const validator = new GistValidator(givenGist, design)
+  return validator.validate()
+}
diff --git a/sites/shared/components/wrappers/workbench.mjs b/sites/shared/components/wrappers/workbench.mjs
index c443d8e13fb..be1c87f1d52 100644
--- a/sites/shared/components/wrappers/workbench.mjs
+++ b/sites/shared/components/wrappers/workbench.mjs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { DraftLogs } from 'shared/components/workbench/logs.mjs'
 import { CutLayout } from 'shared/components/workbench/layout/cut/index.mjs'
 import { PrintLayout } from 'shared/components/workbench/layout/print/index.mjs'
 
+
 const views = {
   measurements: WorkbenchMeasurements,
   draft: LabDraft,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const views = {
   logs: DraftLogs,
   yaml: GistAsYaml,
   json: GistAsJson,
+  edit: Edit,
   welcome: () => <p>TODO</p>,
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ export const WorkbenchWrapper = ({
   // force view to measurements
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!gistReady) return
-    if (gist._state?.view !== 'measurements' && !hasRequiredMeasurements)
+    if (!['measurements', 'edit'].includes(gist._state?.view) && !hasRequiredMeasurements)
       updateGist(['_state', 'view'], 'measurements')
   }, [gistReady, gist._state?.view, hasRequiredMeasurements])