diff --git a/src/mark.d.ts b/src/mark.d.ts
index cfcecc55c8..365b902d38 100644
--- a/src/mark.d.ts
+++ b/src/mark.d.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,9 @@ export interface MarkOptions {
    */
   title?: ChannelValue;
 
+  /** Whether to generate a tooltip for this mark. */
+  tip?: boolean | "x" | "y" | "xy";
+
   /**
    * How to clip the mark; one of:
    *
diff --git a/src/mark.js b/src/mark.js
index 86a723d789..6e089547da 100644
--- a/src/mark.js
+++ b/src/mark.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {channelDomain, createChannels, valueObject} from "./channel.js";
 import {defined} from "./defined.js";
 import {maybeFacetAnchor} from "./facet.js";
-import {maybeValue} from "./options.js";
-import {arrayify, isDomainSort, isOptions, keyword, maybeNamed, range, singleton} from "./options.js";
+import {maybeKeyword, maybeNamed, maybeValue} from "./options.js";
+import {arrayify, isDomainSort, isOptions, keyword, range, singleton} from "./options.js";
 import {project} from "./projection.js";
 import {maybeClip, styles} from "./style.js";
 import {basic, initializer} from "./transforms/basic.js";
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class Mark {
       marginLeft = margin,
       clip,
       channels: extraChannels,
+      tip,
       render
     } = options;
     this.data = data;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export class Mark {
     this.marginBottom = +marginBottom;
     this.marginLeft = +marginLeft;
     this.clip = maybeClip(clip);
+    this.tip = maybeTip(tip);
     // Super-faceting currently disallow position channels; in the future, we
     // could allow position to be specified in fx and fy in addition to (or
     // instead of) x and y.
@@ -143,3 +145,11 @@ function maybeChannels(channels) {
     })
   );
 }
+
+function maybeTip(tip) {
+  return tip === true ? "xy" : maybeKeyword(tip, "tip", ["x", "y", "xy"]);
+}
+
+export function withTip(options, tip) {
+  return options?.tip === true ? {...options, tip} : options;
+}
diff --git a/src/marks/rule.js b/src/marks/rule.js
index 3efaf1a34f..5175e0539e 100644
--- a/src/marks/rule.js
+++ b/src/marks/rule.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {create} from "../context.js";
-import {Mark} from "../mark.js";
+import {Mark, withTip} from "../mark.js";
 import {identity, number} from "../options.js";
 import {isCollapsed} from "../scales.js";
-import {applyDirectStyles, applyIndirectStyles, applyTransform, applyChannelStyles, offset} from "../style.js";
+import {applyChannelStyles, applyDirectStyles, applyIndirectStyles, applyTransform, offset} from "../style.js";
 import {maybeIntervalX, maybeIntervalY} from "../transforms/interval.js";
 
 const defaults = {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class RuleX extends Mark {
         y1: {value: y1, scale: "y", optional: true},
         y2: {value: y2, scale: "y", optional: true}
       },
-      options,
+      withTip(options, "x"),
       defaults
     );
     this.insetTop = number(insetTop);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class RuleY extends Mark {
         x1: {value: x1, scale: "x", optional: true},
         x2: {value: x2, scale: "x", optional: true}
       },
-      options,
+      withTip(options, "y"),
       defaults
     );
     this.insetRight = number(insetRight);
diff --git a/src/plot.js b/src/plot.js
index 2ae56ee066..7252bc3904 100644
--- a/src/plot.js
+++ b/src/plot.js
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ import {createChannel, inferChannelScale} from "./channel.js";
 import {createContext} from "./context.js";
 import {createDimensions} from "./dimensions.js";
 import {createFacets, recreateFacets, facetExclude, facetGroups, facetTranslator, facetFilter} from "./facet.js";
+import {pointer, pointerX, pointerY} from "./interactions/pointer.js";
 import {createLegends, exposeLegends} from "./legends.js";
 import {Mark} from "./mark.js";
 import {axisFx, axisFy, axisX, axisY, gridFx, gridFy, gridX, gridY} from "./marks/axis.js";
 import {frame} from "./marks/frame.js";
+import {tip} from "./marks/tip.js";
 import {arrayify, isColor, isIterable, isNone, isScaleOptions, map, yes, maybeIntervalTransform} from "./options.js";
 import {createProjection} from "./projection.js";
 import {createScales, createScaleFunctions, autoScaleRange, exposeScales} from "./scales.js";
 import {innerDimensions, outerDimensions} from "./scales.js";
 import {position, registry as scaleRegistry} from "./scales/index.js";
 import {applyInlineStyles, maybeClassName} from "./style.js";
+import {initializer} from "./transforms/basic.js";
 import {consumeWarnings, warn} from "./warnings.js";
 
 export function plot(options = {}) {
@@ -24,6 +27,9 @@ export function plot(options = {}) {
   // Flatten any nested marks.
   const marks = options.marks === undefined ? [] : flatMarks(options.marks);
 
+  // Add implicit tips.
+  marks.push(...inferTips(marks));
+
   // Compute the top-level facet state. This has roughly the same structure as
   // mark-specific facet state, except there isn’t a facetsIndex, and there’s a
   // data and dataLength so we can warn the user if a different data of the same
@@ -468,6 +474,24 @@ function maybeMarkFacet(mark, topFacetState, options) {
   }
 }
 
+function derive(mark, options = {}) {
+  return initializer({...options, x: null, y: null}, (data, facets, channels, scales, dimensions, context) => {
+    return context.getMarkState(mark);
+  });
+}
+
+function inferTips(marks) {
+  const tips = [];
+  for (const mark of marks) {
+    const t = mark.tip;
+    if (t) {
+      const p = t === "x" ? pointerX : t === "y" ? pointerY : pointer;
+      tips.push(tip(mark.data, p(derive(mark)))); // TODO tip options?
+    }
+  }
+  return tips;
+}
+
 function inferAxes(marks, channelsByScale, options) {
   let {
     projection,
diff --git a/src/transforms/bin.js b/src/transforms/bin.js
index 1b3fa210b6..a920b196f1 100644
--- a/src/transforms/bin.js
+++ b/src/transforms/bin.js
@@ -4,25 +4,27 @@ import {
   thresholdFreedmanDiaconis,
   thresholdScott,
   thresholdSturges,
-  ticks,
   tickIncrement,
+  ticks,
   utcTickInterval
 } from "d3";
+import {withTip} from "../mark.js";
 import {
-  valueof,
-  identity,
   coerceDate,
   coerceNumbers,
+  identity,
+  isIterable,
+  isTemporal,
+  labelof,
+  map,
+  maybeApplyInterval,
+  maybeColorChannel,
   maybeColumn,
   maybeRangeInterval,
   maybeTuple,
-  maybeColorChannel,
   maybeValue,
   mid,
-  labelof,
-  isTemporal,
-  isIterable,
-  map
+  valueof
 } from "../options.js";
 import {maybeUtcInterval} from "../time.js";
 import {basic} from "./basic.js";
@@ -40,7 +42,6 @@ import {
   reduceIdentity
 } from "./group.js";
 import {maybeInsetX, maybeInsetY} from "./inset.js";
-import {maybeApplyInterval} from "../options.js";
 
 export function binX(outputs = {y: "count"}, options = {}) {
   // Group on {z, fill, stroke}, then optionally on y, then bin x.
@@ -69,12 +70,12 @@ function maybeDenseInterval(bin, k, options = {}) {
     : bin({[k]: options?.reduce === undefined ? reduceFirst : options.reduce, filter: null}, options);
 }
 
-export function maybeDenseIntervalX(options) {
-  return maybeDenseInterval(binX, "y", options);
+export function maybeDenseIntervalX(options = {}) {
+  return maybeDenseInterval(binX, "y", withTip(options, "x"));
 }
 
-export function maybeDenseIntervalY(options) {
-  return maybeDenseInterval(binY, "x", options);
+export function maybeDenseIntervalY(options = {}) {
+  return maybeDenseInterval(binY, "x", withTip(options, "y"));
 }
 
 function binn(
diff --git a/src/transforms/stack.js b/src/transforms/stack.js
index 9cab1c694f..1550d20e81 100644
--- a/src/transforms/stack.js
+++ b/src/transforms/stack.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import {InternMap, cumsum, group, groupSort, greatest, max, min, rollup, sum} from "d3";
+import {InternMap, cumsum, greatest, group, groupSort, max, min, rollup, sum} from "d3";
 import {ascendingDefined} from "../defined.js";
-import {field, column, maybeColumn, maybeZ, mid, range, valueof, maybeZero, one} from "../options.js";
+import {withTip} from "../mark.js";
+import {maybeApplyInterval, maybeColumn, maybeZ, maybeZero} from "../options.js";
+import {column, field, mid, one, range, valueof} from "../options.js";
 import {basic} from "./basic.js";
-import {maybeApplyInterval} from "../options.js";
 
 export function stackX(stackOptions = {}, options = {}) {
   if (arguments.length === 1) [stackOptions, options] = mergeOptions(stackOptions);
@@ -47,12 +48,14 @@ export function stackY2(stackOptions = {}, options = {}) {
 }
 
 export function maybeStackX({x, x1, x2, ...options} = {}) {
+  options = withTip(options, "y");
   if (x1 === undefined && x2 === undefined) return stackX({x, ...options});
   [x1, x2] = maybeZero(x, x1, x2);
   return {...options, x1, x2};
 }
 
 export function maybeStackY({y, y1, y2, ...options} = {}) {
+  options = withTip(options, "x");
   if (y1 === undefined && y2 === undefined) return stackY({y, ...options});
   [y1, y2] = maybeZero(y, y1, y2);
   return {...options, y1, y2};
diff --git a/test/plots/tip.ts b/test/plots/tip.ts
index 93c1f5748d..c6235470fd 100644
--- a/test/plots/tip.ts
+++ b/test/plots/tip.ts
@@ -2,37 +2,22 @@ import * as Plot from "@observablehq/plot";
 import * as d3 from "d3";
 import {feature, mesh} from "topojson-client";
 
-function tipped(mark, options = {}, pointer = Plot.pointer) {
-  return Plot.marks(mark, Plot.tip(mark.data, pointer(derive(mark, options))));
-}
-
-function tippedX(mark, options = {}) {
-  return tipped(mark, options, Plot.pointerX);
-}
-
-function tippedY(mark, options = {}) {
-  return tipped(mark, options, Plot.pointerY);
-}
-
-function derive(mark, options = {}) {
-  return Plot.initializer({...options, x: null, y: null}, (data, facets, channels, scales, dimensions, context) => {
-    return (context as any).getMarkState(mark);
-  });
-}
-
 export async function tipBar() {
   const olympians = await d3.csv<any>("data/athletes.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tippedY(Plot.barX(olympians, Plot.groupY({x: "count"}, {y: "sport", sort: {y: "x"}}))).plot({marginLeft: 100});
+  return Plot.plot({
+    marginLeft: 100,
+    marks: [Plot.barX(olympians, Plot.groupY({x: "count"}, {y: "sport", sort: {y: "x"}, tip: true}))]
+  });
 }
 
 export async function tipBin() {
   const olympians = await d3.csv<any>("data/athletes.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tippedX(Plot.rectY(olympians, Plot.binX({y: "count"}, {x: "weight"}))).plot();
+  return Plot.rectY(olympians, Plot.binX({y: "count"}, {x: "weight", tip: true})).plot();
 }
 
 export async function tipBinStack() {
   const olympians = await d3.csv<any>("data/athletes.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tippedX(Plot.rectY(olympians, Plot.binX({y: "count"}, {x: "weight", fill: "sex"}))).plot();
+  return Plot.rectY(olympians, Plot.binX({y: "count"}, {x: "weight", fill: "sex", tip: true})).plot();
 }
 
 export async function tipCell() {
@@ -41,7 +26,7 @@ export async function tipCell() {
     height: 400,
     marginLeft: 100,
     color: {scheme: "blues"},
-    marks: [tippedY(Plot.cell(olympians, Plot.group({fill: "count"}, {x: "sex", y: "sport"})))]
+    marks: [Plot.cell(olympians, Plot.group({fill: "count"}, {x: "sex", y: "sport", tip: "y"}))]
   });
 }
 
@@ -51,18 +36,18 @@ export async function tipCellFacet() {
     height: 400,
     marginLeft: 100,
     color: {scheme: "blues"},
-    marks: [tippedY(Plot.cell(olympians, Plot.groupY({fill: "count"}, {fx: "sex", y: "sport"})))]
+    marks: [Plot.cell(olympians, Plot.groupY({fill: "count"}, {fx: "sex", y: "sport", tip: "y"}))]
   });
 }
 
 export async function tipDodge() {
   const penguins = await d3.csv<any>("data/penguins.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tipped(Plot.dot(penguins, Plot.dodgeY({x: "culmen_length_mm", r: "body_mass_g"}))).plot({height: 160});
+  return Plot.dot(penguins, Plot.dodgeY({x: "culmen_length_mm", r: "body_mass_g", tip: true})).plot({height: 160});
 }
 
 export async function tipDot() {
   const penguins = await d3.csv<any>("data/penguins.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tipped(Plot.dot(penguins, {x: "culmen_length_mm", y: "culmen_depth_mm", stroke: "sex"})).plot();
+  return Plot.dot(penguins, {x: "culmen_length_mm", y: "culmen_depth_mm", stroke: "sex", tip: true}).plot();
 }
 
 export async function tipDotFacets() {
@@ -74,15 +59,14 @@ export async function tipDotFacets() {
       interval: "10 years"
     },
     marks: [
-      tipped(
-        Plot.dot(athletes, {
-          x: "weight",
-          y: "height",
-          fx: "sex",
-          fy: "date_of_birth",
-          channels: {name: "name", sport: "sport"}
-        })
-      )
+      Plot.dot(athletes, {
+        x: "weight",
+        y: "height",
+        fx: "sex",
+        fy: "date_of_birth",
+        channels: {name: "name", sport: "sport"},
+        tip: true
+      })
     ]
   });
 }
@@ -90,9 +74,12 @@ export async function tipDotFacets() {
 export async function tipDotFilter() {
   const penguins = await d3.csv<any>("data/penguins.csv", d3.autoType);
   const xy = {x: "culmen_length_mm", y: "culmen_depth_mm", stroke: "sex"};
-  const [dot1, tip1] = tipped(Plot.dot(penguins, {...xy, filter: (d) => d.sex === "MALE"}), {anchor: "left"});
-  const [dot2, tip2] = tipped(Plot.dot(penguins, {...xy, filter: (d) => d.sex === "FEMALE"}), {anchor: "right"});
-  return Plot.marks(dot1, dot2, tip1, tip2).plot();
+  return Plot.plot({
+    marks: [
+      Plot.dot(penguins, {...xy, filter: (d) => d.sex === "MALE", tip: true}),
+      Plot.dot(penguins, {...xy, filter: (d) => d.sex === "FEMALE", tip: true})
+    ]
+  });
 }
 
 export async function tipGeoCentroid() {
@@ -119,12 +106,12 @@ export async function tipGeoCentroid() {
 
 export async function tipHexbin() {
   const olympians = await d3.csv<any>("data/athletes.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tipped(Plot.hexagon(olympians, Plot.hexbin({r: "count"}, {x: "weight", y: "height"}))).plot();
+  return Plot.hexagon(olympians, Plot.hexbin({r: "count"}, {x: "weight", y: "height", tip: true})).plot();
 }
 
 export async function tipLine() {
   const aapl = await d3.csv<any>("data/aapl.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tippedX(Plot.lineY(aapl, {x: "Date", y: "Close"})).plot();
+  return Plot.lineY(aapl, {x: "Date", y: "Close", tip: true}).plot();
 }
 
 export async function tipRaster() {
@@ -135,11 +122,11 @@ export async function tipRaster() {
     height: 484,
     projection: {type: "reflect-y", inset: 3, domain},
     color: {type: "diverging"},
-    marks: [tipped(Plot.raster(ca55, {x: "GRID_EAST", y: "GRID_NORTH", fill: "MAG_IGRF90", interpolate: "nearest"}))]
+    marks: [Plot.raster(ca55, {x: "GRID_EAST", y: "GRID_NORTH", fill: "MAG_IGRF90", interpolate: "nearest", tip: true})]
   });
 }
 
 export async function tipRule() {
   const penguins = await d3.csv<any>("data/penguins.csv", d3.autoType);
-  return tippedX(Plot.ruleX(penguins, {x: "body_mass_g"})).plot();
+  return Plot.ruleX(penguins, {x: "body_mass_g", tip: true}).plot();
 }