diff --git a/tool/grind.dart b/tool/grind.dart
index 4c8afc7..2e1d059 100644
--- a/tool/grind.dart
+++ b/tool/grind.dart
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@
   joinFile(dartProjectDir, ['pubspec.yaml'])
       .writeAsStringSync(createPubspec(includeFlutterWeb: false));
   await _runDartPubGet(dartProjectDir);
+  joinFile(dartProjectDir, ['analysis_options.yaml'])
+      .writeAsStringSync(createDartAnalysisOptions());
 
   final flutterProjectPath =
       Directory(path.join(templatesPath.path, 'flutter_project'));
@@ -126,6 +128,12 @@
   joinFile(flutterProjectDir, ['pubspec.yaml'])
       .writeAsStringSync(createPubspec(includeFlutterWeb: true));
   await _runFlutterPubGet(flutterProjectDir);
+  // TODO(gspencergoog): Convert this to use the flutter recommended lints as
+  // soon as those are finalized (the current proposal is to leave the
+  // analysis_options_user.yaml file as-is and replace it with a package, to
+  // avoid massive breakage).
+  joinFile(flutterProjectDir, ['analysis_options.yaml']).writeAsStringSync(
+      'include: package:flutter/analysis_options_user.yaml\n');
 }
 
 Future<void> _runDartPubGet(Directory dir) async {
@@ -369,3 +377,49 @@
 
   return content;
 }
+
+String createDartAnalysisOptions() {
+  // TODO(gspencergoog): Update this to Dart "recommended" list once that is finalized.
+  return '''
+analyzer:
+  errors:
+    # Increase the severity of some hints.
+    - unused_import: warning
+
+linter:
+  rules:
+    # Ordering lints.
+    - directives_ordering
+    - sort_pub_dependencies
+
+    # All other lints.
+    - always_declare_return_types
+    - avoid_empty_else
+    - avoid_relative_lib_imports
+    - avoid_shadowing_type_parameters
+    - avoid_types_as_parameter_names
+    - await_only_futures
+    - camel_case_extensions
+    - camel_case_types
+    - curly_braces_in_flow_control_structures
+    - empty_catches
+    - file_names
+    - hash_and_equals
+    - iterable_contains_unrelated_type
+    - list_remove_unrelated_type
+    - no_duplicate_case_values
+    - non_constant_identifier_names
+    - package_prefixed_library_names
+    - prefer_generic_function_type_aliases
+    - prefer_is_empty
+    - prefer_is_not_empty
+    - prefer_iterable_whereType
+    - prefer_typing_uninitialized_variables
+    - provide_deprecation_message
+    - unawaited_futures
+    - unnecessary_overrides
+    - unrelated_type_equality_checks
+    - valid_regexps
+    - void_checks
+''';
+}