diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/catalog/register.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/catalog/register.ts
index 7cf1ac2120..654b2c954d 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/catalog/register.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/catalog/register.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function createCatalogRegisterAction(options: {
     | { repoContentsUrl: string; catalogInfoPath?: string }
   >({
     id: 'catalog:register',
+    description: 'Registers entity in the software catalog.',
     schema: {
       input: {
         oneOf: [
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts
index 2a04ed301d..32c374f659 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/cookiecutter.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export function createFetchCookiecutterAction(options: {
     values: JsonObject;
   }>({
     id: 'fetch:cookiecutter',
+    description:
+      "Downloads template from 'url' and templates with cookiecutter",
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.ts
index 1eb1a6dc82..cae7364255 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/fetch/plain.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export function createFetchPlainAction(options: {
 
   return createTemplateAction<{ url: string; targetPath?: string }>({
     id: 'fetch:plain',
+    description:
+      "Downloads content and places it in the workspacePath or optionally in a subdirectory specified by the 'targetPath' input option.",
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.ts
index 5eaba05ea0..dc66c710fc 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/azure.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export function createPublishAzureAction(options: {
     description?: string;
   }>({
     id: 'publish:azure',
+    description:
+      'Initializes a git repository of contents in workspacePath and publishes to Azure.',
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/bitbucket.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/bitbucket.ts
index 4c3cf30ecd..842dee0df9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/bitbucket.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/bitbucket.ts
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ export function createPublishBitbucketAction(options: {
     repoVisibility: 'private' | 'public';
   }>({
     id: 'publish:bitbucket',
+    description:
+      'Initializes a git repository of contents in workspacePath and publishes to Bitbucket.',
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/github.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/github.ts
index be0820d0b1..258f0625ca 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/github.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/github.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export function createPublishGithubAction(options: {
     repoVisibility: 'private' | 'internal' | 'public';
   }>({
     id: 'publish:github',
+    description:
+      'Initializes a git repository of contents in workspacePath and publishes to GitHub.',
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
index 9122c828a0..10113b324a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ export function createPublishGitlabAction(options: {
     repoVisibility: 'private' | 'internal' | 'public';
   }>({
     id: 'publish:gitlab',
+    description:
+      'Initializes a git repository of contents in workspacePath and publishes to GitLab.',
     schema: {
       input: {
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts
index 20b7696d70..955cb72de9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/types.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export type ActionContext<Input extends InputBase> = {
 
 export type TemplateAction<Input extends InputBase> = {
   id: string;
+  description?: string;
   schema?: {
     input?: Schema;
     output?: Schema;
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
index b77c832ca1..81be03730b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ export async function createRouter(
       const actionsList = actionRegistry.list().map(action => {
         return {
           id: action.id,
+          description: action.description,
           schema: action.schema,
         };
       });
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/types.ts
index 886650859a..6a2c2eede4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/types.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export type ScaffolderTask = {
 
 export type ListActionsResponse = Array<{
   id: string;
+  description?: string;
   schema?: {
     input?: JSONSchema;
     output?: JSONSchema;