diff --git a/src/commands/specs/list.ts b/src/commands/specs/list.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67600950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/specs/list.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import { Command } from "commander";
+import { loadConfig } from "../../utils/config.js";
+import { getSpecNames, loadLocalSpecsSet } from "../../runtime/runtime.js";
+import { getAliasNames, loadAliases } from "../../runtime/alias.js";
+import { aliasSupportedShells, Shell } from "../../utils/shell.js";
+
+const supportedShells = aliasSupportedShells.join(", ");
+
+type ListCommandOptions = {
+  shell: Shell | undefined;
+};
+
+const action = (program: Command) => async (options: ListCommandOptions) => {
+  await loadConfig(program);
+  await loadLocalSpecsSet();
+
+  const { shell } = options;
+  if (shell && !aliasSupportedShells.map((s) => s.valueOf()).includes(shell)) {
+    program.error(`Unsupported shell: '${shell}', supported shells: ${supportedShells}`, { exitCode: 1 });
+  }
+  if (shell) {
+    await loadAliases(shell);
+  }
+  process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify([...getAliasNames(), ...getSpecNames()]));
+  process.exit(0);
+};
+
+const cmd = new Command("list");
+cmd.description(`list the names of all available specs`);
+cmd.option("-s, --shell <shell>", `shell to use alias specs, supported shells: ${supportedShells}`);
+cmd.action(action(cmd));
+
+export default cmd;
diff --git a/src/commands/specs/root.ts b/src/commands/specs/root.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5d3649c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/specs/root.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+import { Command } from "commander";
+import list from "./list.js";
+
+const cmd = new Command("specs");
+cmd.description(`manage specs`);
+cmd.addCommand(list);
+
+export default cmd;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 7ed815b7..05234c81 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Command, Option } from "commander";
 import complete from "./commands/complete.js";
 import uninstall from "./commands/uninstall.js";
 import init from "./commands/init.js";
+import specs from "./commands/specs/root.js";
 import { action, supportedShells } from "./commands/root.js";
 import { getVersion } from "./utils/version.js";
 
@@ -31,10 +32,12 @@ program
   .option("-c, --check", `check if shell is in an inshellisense session`)
   .addOption(hiddenOption("-T, --test", "used to make e2e tests reproducible across machines"))
   .option("-V, --verbose", `enable verbose logging`)
-  .showHelpAfterError("(add --help for additional information)");
+  .showHelpAfterError("(add --help for additional information)")
+  .passThroughOptions();
 
 program.addCommand(complete);
 program.addCommand(uninstall);
 program.addCommand(init);
+program.addCommand(specs);
 
 program.parse();
diff --git a/src/runtime/alias.ts b/src/runtime/alias.ts
index 4621b6cd..6491ae6d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/alias.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/alias.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ export const loadAliases = async (shell: Shell) => {
   return [];
 };
 
+export const getAliasNames = () => Object.keys(loadedAliases);
+
 export const aliasExpand = (command: CommandToken[]): CommandToken[] => {
   if (!command.at(0)?.complete) return command;
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.ts b/src/runtime/runtime.ts
index 98cabb10..b77d0f02 100644
--- a/src/runtime/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/runtime.ts
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ export const getSuggestions = async (cmd: string, cwd: string, shell: Shell): Pr
   return { ...result, charactersToDrop };
 };
 
+export const getSpecNames = (): string[] => {
+  return Object.keys(specSet).filter((spec) => !spec.startsWith("@") && spec != "-");
+};
+
 const getPersistentOptions = (persistentOptions: Fig.Option[], options?: Fig.Option[]) => {
   const persistentOptionNames = new Set(persistentOptions.map((o) => (typeof o.name === "string" ? [o.name] : o.name)).flat());
   return persistentOptions.concat(
diff --git a/src/utils/shell.ts b/src/utils/shell.ts
index 396c5e00..7d2d4daf 100644
--- a/src/utils/shell.ts
+++ b/src/utils/shell.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export const supportedShells = [
 ].filter((shell) => shell != null) as Shell[];
 
 export const initSupportedShells = supportedShells.filter((shell) => shell != Shell.Cmd);
+export const aliasSupportedShells = [Shell.Bash, Shell.Zsh];
 
 export const userZdotdir = process.env?.ZDOTDIR ?? os.homedir() ?? `~`;
 export const zdotdir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `is-zsh`);