diff --git a/packages/cli/e2e/__tests__/skills.spec.ts b/packages/cli/e2e/__tests__/skills.spec.ts
index ca911b315..ad5a796b1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/e2e/__tests__/skills.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/e2e/__tests__/skills.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ import { runCheckly } from '../run-checkly'
 const actionIds = ACTIONS.map(a => a.id)
 const referenceShortIds = REFERENCES.map(r => r.id.replace('configure-', ''))
 const investigateReferenceShortIds = INVESTIGATE_REFERENCES.map(r => r.id.replace('investigate-', ''))
+const referencesByAction = ACTIONS.flatMap(action => {
+  if (!('references' in action)) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  return action.references.map(reference => ({
+    actionId: action.id,
+    shortId: reference.id.replace(`${action.id}-`, ''),
+  }))
+})
 
 describe('checkly skills', () => {
   let fixt: FixtureSandbox
@@ -44,6 +54,26 @@ describe('checkly skills', () => {
     expect(stdout).toContain(`$ checkly skills investigate ${investigateReferenceShortIds[0]}`)
   })
 
+  it('should list all actions and references in help output', async () => {
+    const { stdout } = await runCheckly(fixt, ['skills', '--help'])
+
+    expect(stdout).toContain('Available actions and references:')
+    expect(stdout).toContain('checkly skills configure api-checks')
+    expect(stdout).toContain('checkly skills investigate alerting')
+
+    for (const id of actionIds) {
+      expect(stdout).toContain(`|- ${id}`)
+    }
+
+    for (const { actionId, shortId } of referencesByAction) {
+      expect(stdout).toContain(`|- ${actionId}`)
+      expect(stdout).toContain(`|  |- ${shortId}`)
+    }
+
+    expect(stdout).not.toContain(REFERENCES[0].description)
+    expect(stdout).not.toContain(INVESTIGATE_REFERENCES[0].description)
+  })
+
   it('should show the initialize action content', async () => {
     const { stdout } = await runCheckly(fixt, ['skills', 'initialize'])
     expect(stdout).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/command-metadata.spec.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/command-metadata.spec.ts
index 76830669b..8b5bf11e5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/command-metadata.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/command-metadata.spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import ImportCommit from '../import/commit.js'
 import ImportCancel from '../import/cancel.js'
 import PwTest from '../pw-test.js'
 import SyncPlaywright from '../sync-playwright.js'
+import Skills from '../skills/index.js'
 import SkillsInstall from '../skills/install.js'
 import AccountPlan from '../account/plan.js'
 import Members from '../members.js'
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ const commands: Array<[string, typeof BaseCommand]> = [
   ['import cancel', ImportCancel],
   ['pw-test', PwTest],
   ['sync-playwright', SyncPlaywright],
+  ['skills', Skills],
   ['skills install', SkillsInstall],
 ]
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/skills/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/skills/index.ts
index 9a39fb506..a4fd117ef 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/skills/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/skills/index.ts
@@ -10,18 +10,57 @@ const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
 
 const REFERENCES_DIR = join(__dirname, '../../ai-context/skills-command/references')
 
+function referenceShortId (actionId: string, referenceId: string): string {
+  return referenceId.replace(`${actionId}-`, '')
+}
+
+function formatAvailableActionTree (): string {
+  return [
+    '  checkly skills',
+    ...ACTIONS.flatMap(action => {
+      const actionLine = `  |- ${action.id}`
+      if (!('references' in action)) {
+        return [actionLine]
+      }
+
+      const references = action.references
+        .map(reference => `  |  |- ${referenceShortId(action.id, reference.id)}`)
+      return [actionLine, ...references]
+    }),
+  ].join('\n')
+}
+
 export default class Skills extends BaseCommand {
   static hidden = false
-  static description = 'Show Checkly AI skills, actions and their references.'
+  static readOnly = true
+  static destructive = false
+  static idempotent = true
+  static description = [
+    'Show Checkly AI skills, actions and their references.',
+    '',
+    'Run `checkly skills` to print the full catalog, `checkly skills <action>` for an action guide, or `checkly skills <action> <reference>` for a specific reference.',
+    '',
+    'Available actions and references:',
+    formatAvailableActionTree(),
+    '',
+    'Use `checkly skills <action>` or `checkly skills <action> <reference>` to open the detailed guidance.',
+  ].join('\n')
+
+  static examples = [
+    'checkly skills',
+    'checkly skills configure',
+    'checkly skills configure api-checks',
+    'checkly skills investigate alerting',
+  ]
 
   static args = {
     action: Args.string({
       required: false,
-      description: 'The action name (e.g. "configure", "initialize").',
+      description: 'Action to open. Available actions are listed below.',
     }),
     reference: Args.string({
       required: false,
-      description: 'A specific reference within the action (e.g. "api-checks").',
+      description: 'Reference to open for the selected action. Available references are listed below.',
     }),
   }
 
@@ -75,7 +114,7 @@ export default class Skills extends BaseCommand {
       this.log(`  $ checkly skills ${action.id}`)
       if ('references' in action) {
         const firstRef = action.references[0]
-        const refId = firstRef.id.replace(`${action.id}-`, '')
+        const refId = referenceShortId(action.id, firstRef.id)
         this.log(`  $ checkly skills ${action.id} ${refId}`)
       }
     }
@@ -98,7 +137,7 @@ export default class Skills extends BaseCommand {
       this.log(`References for "${action.id}":\n`)
 
       const refs = action.references.map(r => ({
-        shortId: r.id.replace(`${action.id}-`, ''),
+        shortId: referenceShortId(action.id, r.id),
         description: r.description,
       }))
       const maxRefLen = Math.max(...refs.map(r => r.shortId.length))