diff --git a/cmd/list/list.go b/cmd/list/list.go
index 1db503f5..d82f74b2 100644
--- a/cmd/list/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list/list.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/tableprinter"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/internal/azuremodels"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/pkg/command"
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/mgutz/ansi"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ func NewListCommand(cfg *command.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List available models",
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
+			Returns a list of models that are available to use via the CLI.
+
+			Values from the "MODEL NAME" column can be used as the %[1]s[model]%[1]s
+			argument in other commands.
+		`, "`"),
 		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx := cmd.Context()
diff --git a/cmd/list/list_test.go b/cmd/list/list_test.go
index a0c462ad..0b564e74 100644
--- a/cmd/list/list_test.go
+++ b/cmd/list/list_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 		err := listCmd.Help()
 
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Contains(t, outBuf.String(), "List available models")
+		require.Contains(t, outBuf.String(), "Returns a list of models that are available to use via the CLI.\n\nValues from the \"MODEL NAME\" column can be used as the `[model]`\nargument in other commands.")
 		require.Empty(t, errBuf.String())
 	})
 }
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 24f958f4..4b1775f1 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/internal/azuremodels"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/pkg/command"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -21,6 +22,16 @@ func NewRootCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "models",
 		Short: "GitHub Models extension",
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
+			GitHub Models CLI extension allows you to experiment with AI models from the command line.
+
+			To see a list of all available commands, run %[1]sgh models help%[1]s. To run the extension in
+			interactive mode, run %[1]sgh models run%[1]s. This will prompt you to select a model and then
+			enter a prompt. The extension will then return a response from the model.
+
+			For more information about what you can do with GitHub Models extension, see the manual
+			at https://github.com/github/gh-models/blob/main/README.md.
+		`, "`"),
 	}
 
 	terminal := term.FromEnv()
diff --git a/cmd/run/run.go b/cmd/run/run.go
index ad966263..fab9eee1 100644
--- a/cmd/run/run.go
+++ b/cmd/run/run.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/internal/sse"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/pkg/command"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
@@ -192,6 +193,19 @@ func NewRunCommand(cfg *command.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "run [model] [prompt]",
 		Short: "Run inference with the specified model",
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
+			Prompts the specified model with the given prompt.
+
+			Use %[1]sgh models run%[1]s to run in interactive mode. It will provide a list of the current
+			models and allow you to select the one you want to run an inference with. After you select the model
+			you will be able to enter the prompt you want to run via the selected model.
+
+			If you know which model you want to run inference with, you can run the request in a single command
+			as %[1]sgh models run [model] [prompt]%[1]s
+
+			The return value will be the response to your prompt from the selected model.
+		`, "`"),
+		Example: "gh models run gpt-4o-mini \"how many types of hyena are there?\"",
 		Args:  cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			cmdHandler := newRunCommandHandler(cmd, cfg, args)
diff --git a/cmd/run/run_test.go b/cmd/run/run_test.go
index a9f8da17..b9ae85d0 100644
--- a/cmd/run/run_test.go
+++ b/cmd/run/run_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestRun(t *testing.T) {
 
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		output := outBuf.String()
-		require.Contains(t, output, "Run inference with the specified model")
+		require.Contains(t, output, "Use `gh models run` to run in interactive mode. It will provide a list of the current\nmodels and allow you to select the one you want to run an inference with.")
 		require.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile(`--max-tokens string\s+Limit the maximum tokens for the model response\.`), output)
 		require.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile(`--system-prompt string\s+Prompt the system\.`), output)
 		require.Regexp(t, regexp.MustCompile(`--temperature string\s+Controls randomness in the response, use lower to be more deterministic\.`), output)
diff --git a/cmd/view/view.go b/cmd/view/view.go
index 1a547d62..89b24ab5 100644
--- a/cmd/view/view.go
+++ b/cmd/view/view.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/internal/azuremodels"
 	"github.com/github/gh-models/pkg/command"
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -15,6 +16,16 @@ func NewViewCommand(cfg *command.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "view [model]",
 		Short: "View details about a model",
+		Long: heredoc.Docf(`
+			Returns details about the specified model.
+
+			Use %[1]sgh models view%[1]s to run in interactive mode. It will provide a list of the current
+			models and allow you to select the one you want information about.
+
+			If you know which model you want information for, you can run the request in a single command
+			as %[1]sgh models view [model]%[1]s
+		`, "`"),
+		Example: "gh models view gpt-4o",
 		Args:  cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx := cmd.Context()
diff --git a/cmd/view/view_test.go b/cmd/view/view_test.go
index 537c968b..3cf252b3 100644
--- a/cmd/view/view_test.go
+++ b/cmd/view/view_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 		err := viewCmd.Help()
 
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Contains(t, outBuf.String(), "View details about a model")
+		require.Contains(t, outBuf.String(), "Use `gh models view` to run in interactive mode. It will provide a list of the current\nmodels and allow you to select the one you want information about.")
 		require.Empty(t, errBuf.String())
 	})
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b73ace2..27c75700 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.22.8
 
 require (
 	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7
+	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0
 	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.23.1
 	github.com/cli/cli/v2 v2.58.0
 	github.com/cli/go-gh/v2 v2.10.0