diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb3d3df9..32c66c01 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     "ci:version": "changeset version && pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile",
     "ci:publish": "pnpm publish -r && changeset tag",
     "examples": "turbo run build --filter=composable-cli... && pnpm run scaffold:local",
-    "scaffold:local": "pnpm ts-node ./scripts/generate-examples.ts"
+    "scaffold:local": "pnpm ts-node ./scripts/generate-examples.ts",
+    "generate:cli-docs": "pnpm ts-node ./scripts/generate-cli-docs.ts"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@angular-devkit/core": "^16.2.7",
diff --git a/scripts/generate-cli-docs.ts b/scripts/generate-cli-docs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc1ddf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-cli-docs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import util from "util"
+import child_process from "child_process"
+import path from "path"
+
+const exec = util.promisify(child_process.exec)
+
+/**
+ * TODO:
+ *  - Get top level help commands from help output
+ *    - alias are not being handled correctly
+ *  - Get sub commands using a recursive lookup on each command
+ *  - build markdown output from commands
+ */
+
+const getCommands = async (
+  cliName: string,
+  cliExe: string,
+  helpOutput: string,
+  depth = 1,
+  previousCommand = "",
+) => {
+  const commandSection = helpOutput
+    .split("\n\n")
+    .find((section) => section.startsWith("Commands:"))
+
+  const commands = commandSection
+    ? commandSection
+        .split("\n")
+        .slice(1)
+        .filter((commandString) => commandString.trim().startsWith(cliName))
+        .map((commandString) => {
+          const command = commandString
+            .trim()
+            .replace(`${cliName} ${previousCommand}`, "")
+            .trim()
+            .split(" ")[0]
+
+          return previousCommand ? `${previousCommand} ${command}` : command
+        })
+    : []
+
+  console.log("top level commands: ", commands)
+
+  return await Promise.all(
+    commands.map(
+      (command) =>
+        new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
+          try {
+            const { stdout, stderr } = await exec(`${cliExe} ${command} --help`)
+
+            if (stderr) {
+              reject(stderr)
+
+              return
+            }
+
+            console.log("calling for nested commands: ", command)
+            const nestedCommands = await getCommands(
+              cliName,
+              cliExe,
+              stdout,
+              depth + 1,
+              command,
+            )
+
+            resolve([
+              { name: command, depth, helpOutput: stdout },
+              nestedCommands,
+            ])
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.log("err", err)
+            reject(err)
+          }
+        }),
+    ),
+  )
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const relativeCliExe = "../packages/composable-cli/dist/bin/composable.js"
+  const resolvedCliExe = path.resolve(path.dirname(__filename), relativeCliExe)
+
+  console.log("pwd", resolvedCliExe)
+  const { stdout: helpOutput, stderr } = await exec(`${resolvedCliExe} --help`)
+
+  console.log("helpOutput", helpOutput)
+
+  const result = await getCommands("composable.js", resolvedCliExe, helpOutput)
+
+  console.log("result: ", result)
+}
+
+main()