diff --git a/contract.go b/contract.go
index 29c2617..38cc783 100644
--- a/contract.go
+++ b/contract.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/block/opencli-go"
 	"github.com/square/exit"
 	"github.com/square/exoskeleton/v2/pkg/shellcomp"
 )
@@ -187,6 +188,12 @@ type commandDescriptor struct {
 	Summary        *string              `json:"summary,omitempty"`
 	Commands       []*commandDescriptor `json:"commands,omitempty"`
 	DefaultCommand string               `json:"defaultCommand,omitempty"`
+
+	// openCLI holds the node's OpenCLI metadata (arguments, options, description,
+	// examples, exit codes, ...) captured from --help-opencli. Its Commands field
+	// is not populated; children are represented by Commands above. It is nil for
+	// commands discovered via contracts other than OpenCLI.
+	openCLI *opencli.Command
 }
 
 func readSummaryFromShellScript(cmd *shellScriptCommand) (string, error) {
diff --git a/contract_opencli.go b/contract_opencli.go
index 558eeac..8837b9d 100644
--- a/contract_opencli.go
+++ b/contract_opencli.go
@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@ import (
 // file extension. Any executable file is eligible.
 type OpenCLIContract struct{}
 
+// OpenCLIDescriber is implemented by Commands that can describe themselves
+// using the OpenCLI model (github.com/block/opencli-go). Not every Command
+// implements it; reflect on a discovered Command to obtain its metadata:
+//
+//	if d, ok := cmd.(OpenCLIDescriber); ok {
+//		if c, _ := d.OpenCLICommand(); c != nil {
+//			// c.Arguments, c.Options, c.Description, c.Examples, ...
+//		}
+//	}
+//
+// OpenCLICommand returns nil when the command has no OpenCLI metadata (for
+// example, a command discovered via a contract other than OpenCLI).
+//
+// The returned Command describes only this node; its Commands field is not
+// populated. Walk Subcommands() to describe the command tree.
+type OpenCLIDescriber interface {
+	OpenCLICommand() (*opencli.Command, error)
+}
+
 func (c *OpenCLIContract) BuildCommand(path string, info fs.DirEntry, parent Command, d DiscoveryContext) (Command, error) {
 	if info.IsDir() {
 		return nil, ErrNotApplicable
@@ -118,6 +137,14 @@ func opencliToDescriptor(cmd opencli.Command) *commandDescriptor {
 	if cmd.DefaultCommand != nil {
 		d.DefaultCommand = *cmd.DefaultCommand
 	}
+
+	// Retain the node's OpenCLI metadata so it can be surfaced via
+	// OpenCLIDescriber. Strip Commands: children are represented by
+	// d.Commands and reachable through Subcommands().
+	nodeLocal := cmd
+	nodeLocal.Commands = nil
+	d.openCLI = &nodeLocal
+
 	if len(cmd.Commands) > 0 {
 		d.Commands = make([]*commandDescriptor, len(cmd.Commands))
 		for i, sub := range cmd.Commands {
diff --git a/contract_opencli_test.go b/contract_opencli_test.go
index 98c0172..0cc7bdd 100644
--- a/contract_opencli_test.go
+++ b/contract_opencli_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,54 @@ func TestOpenCLICommandDiscovery(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "tidy", cmds[1].DefaultSubcommand().Name())
 }
 
+func TestOpenCLICommandExposesMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	contract := &OpenCLIContract{}
+	path := filepath.Join(fixtures, "opencli-tool")
+	info, err := os.Lstat(path)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	d := &discoverer{maxDepth: -1, executor: defaultExecutor}
+	cmd, err := contract.BuildCommand(path, fs.FileInfoToDirEntry(info), nil, d)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// The root command is an OpenCLIDescriber.
+	describer, ok := cmd.(OpenCLIDescriber)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+
+	// Root node metadata (triggers discovery). Commands are not populated on
+	// the node; they are reachable via Subcommands().
+	root, err := describer.OpenCLICommand()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "opencli-tool", root.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "An OpenCLI tool", *root.Summary)
+	assert.Empty(t, root.Commands)
+
+	cmds, err := cmd.Subcommands()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// The "hidden-cmd" subcommand carries options, arguments, and the hidden flag.
+	hidden, ok := cmds[2].(OpenCLIDescriber)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+	node, err := hidden.OpenCLICommand()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, node.Hidden)
+	assert.Len(t, node.Options, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "--verbose", node.Options[0].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"-v"}, node.Options[0].Aliases)
+	assert.Len(t, node.Arguments, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "file", node.Arguments[0].Name)
+	assert.Empty(t, node.Commands)
+}
+
+func TestOpenCLICommandForNonOpenCLIContract(t *testing.T) {
+	// A command that was not discovered via the OpenCLI contract has no
+	// OpenCLI metadata; its richer fields come from the Command interface.
+	cmd := &executableCommand{name: "plain", aliases: []string{"p"}}
+	node, err := cmd.OpenCLICommand()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, node)
+}
+
 func TestParseOpenCLI(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := &executableCommand{path: "/test"}
 	out := `{
diff --git a/executable_command.go b/executable_command.go
index b1e10cd..9d5d792 100644
--- a/executable_command.go
+++ b/executable_command.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 
+	"github.com/block/opencli-go"
 	"github.com/square/exoskeleton/v2/pkg/shellcomp"
 )
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type executableCommand struct {
 	cache             Cache
 	describe          describeFunc
 	contract          string
+	openCLI           *opencli.Command
 }
 
 func (cmd *executableCommand) Parent() Command      { return cmd.parent }
@@ -172,10 +174,30 @@ func (cmd *executableCommand) discover() error {
 
 	cmd.summary = descriptor.Summary
 	cmd.defaultSubcommand = descriptor.DefaultCommand
+	cmd.openCLI = descriptor.openCLI
 	cmd.cmds = toCommands(cmd, descriptor.Commands, nil, cmd.discoverer)
 	return nil
 }
 
+// OpenCLICommand returns this command's OpenCLI metadata (github.com/block/opencli-go),
+// or nil when it has none — for example, a command discovered via a contract
+// other than OpenCLI.
+//
+// The returned Command describes only this node. Its Commands field is not
+// populated; walk Subcommands() to describe the command tree.
+func (cmd *executableCommand) OpenCLICommand() (*opencli.Command, error) {
+	if cmd.openCLI == nil && cmd.discoverer != nil && cmd.cmds == nil {
+		if err := cmd.discover(); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if cmd.openCLI == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	node := *cmd.openCLI
+	return &node, nil
+}
+
 func toCommands(parent *executableCommand, descriptors []*commandDescriptor, args []string, d DiscoveryContext) Commands {
 	cmds := Commands{}
 	for _, descriptor := range descriptors {
@@ -188,6 +210,7 @@ func toCommands(parent *executableCommand, descriptors []*commandDescriptor, arg
 			aliases:           descriptor.Aliases,
 			summary:           descriptor.Summary,
 			defaultSubcommand: descriptor.DefaultCommand,
+			openCLI:           descriptor.openCLI,
 			executor:          parent.executor,
 			cache:             parent.cache,
 			contract:          parent.contract,