diff --git a/packages/sim-cli/scripts/print-command-inventory.ts b/packages/sim-cli/scripts/print-command-inventory.ts
index 7fe511d2080..861e273c7ce 100644
--- a/packages/sim-cli/scripts/print-command-inventory.ts
+++ b/packages/sim-cli/scripts/print-command-inventory.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ interface InventoryCommand extends CommandReference {
   mothershipUnavailable?: true
   /** In a group hidden from `--help` until launch; the worker exposes it only when Sim enables it. */
   unpublished?: true
+  /**
+   * The commander aliases of each `path` segment, aligned with `path` (`kb` for `knowledge`,
+   * `ls` for `list`), so the worker reads `sim kb folders ls` as the command it runs. Absent
+   * when no segment has one.
+   */
+  pathAliases?: string[][]
+  /**
+   * Paths this command used to have (`tables count create` for `tables rows count`). The CLI
+   * still runs each as this command, hidden from help, so the worker reads it as this one.
+   */
+  renamedFrom?: string[][]
 }
 
 function isHiddenCommand(command: Command): boolean {
@@ -75,10 +86,17 @@ function subcommands(command: Command, atRoot: boolean): Command[] {
   )
 }
 
-function collectLeaves(command: Command, prefix: string[]): { path: string[]; command: Command }[] {
-  const children = subcommands(command, prefix.length === 0)
-  if (children.length === 0) return [{ path: prefix, command }]
-  return children.flatMap((child) => collectLeaves(child, [...prefix, child.name()]))
+interface Leaf {
+  path: string[]
+  /** The commands `path` names, outermost first. */
+  chain: Command[]
+  command: Command
+}
+
+function collectLeaves(command: Command, chain: Command[]): Leaf[] {
+  const children = subcommands(command, chain.length === 0)
+  if (children.length === 0) return [{ path: chain.map((node) => node.name()), chain, command }]
+  return children.flatMap((child) => collectLeaves(child, [...chain, child]))
 }
 
 /**
@@ -135,7 +153,7 @@ function mothershipRefuses(operations: readonly V2OperationName[]): boolean {
 
 const program = buildProgram()
 const inventory: InventoryCommand[] = collectLeaves(program, []).map(
-  ({ path: cmdPath, command }) => {
+  ({ path: cmdPath, chain, command }) => {
     const args: InventoryArgument[] = command.registeredArguments.map((argument) => ({
       name: argument.name(),
       required: argument.required,
@@ -173,6 +191,13 @@ const inventory: InventoryCommand[] = collectLeaves(program, []).map(
       ? commandReference(OPENAPI_DOCS, op, jsonFields, cursorSlot(op) !== null)
       : {}
     const called = calledOperations(command) ?? []
+    const pathAliases = chain.map((node) => node.aliases())
+    const contract = operation ? CLI_CONTRACT[operation] : undefined
+    const renamedFrom =
+      contract?.renamedFrom &&
+      (contract.command === undefined || contract.command === cmdPath.join(' '))
+        ? contract.renamedFrom.map((from) => from.split(' '))
+        : []
     return {
       path: cmdPath,
       description: command.description(),
@@ -181,6 +206,8 @@ const inventory: InventoryCommand[] = collectLeaves(program, []).map(
       ...reference,
       ...(mothershipRefuses(called) ? { mothershipUnavailable: true as const } : {}),
       ...(UNPUBLISHED_GROUPS.has(cmdPath[0] ?? '') ? { unpublished: true as const } : {}),
+      ...(pathAliases.some((aliases) => aliases.length > 0) ? { pathAliases } : {}),
+      ...(renamedFrom.length > 0 ? { renamedFrom } : {}),
     }
   }
 )
diff --git a/packages/sim-cli/src/contract/reference.test.ts b/packages/sim-cli/src/contract/reference.test.ts
index 478d9e185f7..0ed4d6c4001 100644
--- a/packages/sim-cli/src/contract/reference.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sim-cli/src/contract/reference.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import type { Command } from 'commander'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import {
   commandReference,
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { runEmbeddedCli } from '#sim-cli/embed'
 import { V2_OPERATIONS } from '#sim-cli/generated/v2-api'
 import { buildProgram, UNPUBLISHED_GROUPS } from '#sim-cli/program'
+import { operationOf } from '#sim-cli/runtime/called-operations'
 import { cursorSlot } from '#sim-cli/runtime/request'
 
 const ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../../../', import.meta.url))
@@ -19,10 +21,30 @@ interface InventoryEntry {
   body?: string
   mothershipUnavailable?: true
   unpublished?: true
+  pathAliases?: string[][]
+  renamedFrom?: string[][]
 }
 
 let produced: InventoryEntry[] | undefined
 
+/** The requests the embedded CLI sends for `argv`, answered with one generic success. */
+async function requests(argv: string[]) {
+  const seen: string[] = []
+  const result = await runEmbeddedCli(['--output', 'json', ...argv], {
+    endpoint: 'https://sim.internal.test',
+    apiKey: 'test-key',
+    workspaceId: 'a2e3ab27-2f9d-4b8a-a2f2-3c47a1b0c9d1',
+    transport: async (input, init) => {
+      seen.push(`${init?.method ?? 'GET'} ${String(input)} ${String(init?.body ?? '')}`)
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify({ data: { id: 'folder-1', count: 0 } }), {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+      })
+    },
+  })
+  return { exitCode: result.exitCode, stderr: result.stderr, seen }
+}
+
 /** Read the actual producer, including command aliases and generated API documents. */
 function inventory(): InventoryEntry[] {
   produced ??= JSON.parse(
@@ -118,6 +140,55 @@ describe('CLI reference producer', () => {
     expect(flag('files get')).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
+  it('publishes the aliases of each path segment, which the real CLI runs as the command', async () => {
+    const commands = inventory()
+    const aliasesOf = (path: string) =>
+      commands.find((entry) => entry.path.join(' ') === path)?.pathAliases
+    expect(aliasesOf('files move')).toEqual([['file'], ['mv']])
+    expect(aliasesOf('knowledge folders list')).toEqual([['kb'], [], ['ls']])
+    expect(aliasesOf('workflows deploy')).toEqual([['workflow'], []])
+    expect(aliasesOf('blocks get')).toBeUndefined()
+
+    const canonical = await requests(['files', 'move', '--file-ids', 'f1', '--to', 'folder-1'])
+    expect(canonical.exitCode, canonical.stderr).toBe(0)
+    expect(canonical.seen.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    expect(await requests(['file', 'mv', '--file-ids', 'f1', '--to', 'folder-1'])).toEqual(
+      canonical
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('publishes each renamed path on the command the real CLI still runs it as', async () => {
+    const commands = inventory()
+    const renamed = commands.flatMap((entry) =>
+      (entry.renamedFrom ?? []).map((from) => ({ from, to: entry.path }))
+    )
+    expect(renamed.map(({ from }) => from.join(' ')).sort()).toEqual([
+      'files restore create',
+      'tables columns run',
+      'tables count create',
+      'tables rows find',
+      'workflows deployment list',
+    ])
+    const program = buildProgram()
+    const resolve = (path: readonly string[]) =>
+      path.reduce<Command | undefined>(
+        (node, name) =>
+          node?.commands.find((child) => child.name() === name || child.aliases().includes(name)),
+        program
+      )
+    for (const { from, to } of renamed) {
+      const old = resolve(from)
+      expect(old, from.join(' ')).toBeDefined()
+      expect(old && operationOf(old), from.join(' ')).toBe(operationOf(resolve(to) ?? program))
+    }
+
+    const current = await requests(['tables', 'rows', 'count', 'table-1'])
+    expect(current.exitCode, current.stderr).toBe(0)
+    const retired = await requests(['tables', 'count', 'create', 'table-1'])
+    expect(retired.exitCode, retired.stderr).toBe(0)
+    expect(retired.seen).toEqual(current.seen)
+  })
+
   it('the real CLI accepts both row bodies and prints their distinct 201 payloads', async () => {
     const identity = {
       endpoint: 'https://sim.internal.test',