diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9fc8ee7..9973f45 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ agent-term-dispatch = "agent_term.dispatch_cli:main"
 agent-term-matrix = "agent_term.matrix_cli:main"
 agent-term-smoke = "agent_term.operator_smoke_cli:main"
 agent-term-snapshot = "agent_term.snapshot_cli:main"
+agent-term-version = "agent_term.version_cli:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
diff --git a/src/agent_term/release.py b/src/agent_term/release.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a447af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agent_term/release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""Release and command-index helpers for AgentTerm."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+
+PACKAGE_NAME = "agent-term"
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CommandInfo:
+    """Installed AgentTerm command metadata."""
+
+    name: str
+    summary: str
+    smoke: str | None = None
+
+
+COMMANDS: tuple[CommandInfo, ...] = (
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term",
+        summary="Core local event-log CLI and minimal interactive shell.",
+        smoke="agent-term --help",
+    ),
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term-check",
+        summary="Preflight Matrix, Agent Registry, and Policy Fabric service seams.",
+        smoke="agent-term-check --config configs/agent-term.local.example.json",
+    ),
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term-dispatch",
+        summary="Dispatch one event through Matrix posture, Agent Registry, Policy Fabric, adapters, EventStore, and snapshot generation.",
+        smoke="agent-term-dispatch --help",
+    ),
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term-matrix",
+        summary="Matrix send, sync normalization, durable sync state, and incremental sync helper.",
+        smoke="agent-term-matrix --help",
+    ),
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term-smoke",
+        summary="Run the local end-to-end operator smoke flow using offline fixtures.",
+        smoke="agent-term-smoke --workdir .agent-term/smoke",
+    ),
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term-snapshot",
+        summary="Render a dependency-light operator snapshot from the local EventStore.",
+        smoke="agent-term-snapshot --help",
+    ),
+    CommandInfo(
+        name="agent-term-version",
+        summary="Print installed AgentTerm package version and command index.",
+        smoke="agent-term-version",
+    ),
+)
+
+
+def package_version() -> str:
+    """Return the installed AgentTerm package version."""
+
+    try:
+        return version(PACKAGE_NAME)
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        return "0.0.0+unknown"
+
+
+def render_command_index() -> str:
+    """Render a terminal-friendly command index."""
+
+    lines = [f"AgentTerm {package_version()}", "", "Commands:"]
+    for command in COMMANDS:
+        lines.append(f"  {command.name}\n    {command.summary}")
+        if command.smoke:
+            lines.append(f"    smoke: {command.smoke}")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
diff --git a/src/agent_term/version_cli.py b/src/agent_term/version_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2abf14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/agent_term/version_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""CLI entry point for AgentTerm version and command-index output."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+from agent_term.release import package_version, render_command_index
+
+
+def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="agent-term-version",
+        description="Print AgentTerm package version and command index.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--short", action="store_true", help="Print only the package version.")
+    return parser
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
+    args = build_parser().parse_args(argv)
+    if args.short:
+        print(package_version())
+    else:
+        print(render_command_index())
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))