Uncontrolled Li dendrite growth hinder the large-scale commercial application of Li metal batteries. Most of present interfacial engineering strategies in lithium metal batteries can only prolong the nucleation time of lithium dendrites and cannot prevent the growth of lithium dendrites in three-dimensional space. In this work, a nickel based catecholate (Ni-CAT) conductive interlayer capable of guiding the orderly migration of lithium ions and inhibiting the disordered deposition of lithium dendrites was successfully constructed between the solid electrolyte and lithium metal by rational design. The experimental analysis proves that the Ni-CAT nanorod arrays with unique vertical structure are closely connected with the solid electrolyte, which can reduce the charge transfer resistance at the interface and guide the lithium ions to be preferentially deposited on the surface of the Ni-CAT interlayer through the conductive gradient, which effectively avoids the phenomenon of apical growth during lithium deposition. Moreover, the abundant pores and inherent nanochannels of Ni-CAT itself acts as an “ion sieve”, successfully inducing the uniform deposition of lithium metal, which drastically reduces the probability that lithium might lose its electrical contact during cycling, leading to the appearance of dead lithium. This strategy holds great promise for solving the lithium dendrite problem.