diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/__init__.py b/airbyte_cdk/__init__.py
index 262d162cc..50fe2e21a 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/__init__.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/__init__.py
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
 - `airbyte_cdk.models.airbyte_protocol`
 - `airbyte_cdk.models.airbyte_protocol_serializers`
 
+## Using the CLI (`airbyte_cdk.cli`)
+
+The Airbyte CDK provides two command-line interfaces (CLIs) for interacting with the framework.
+
+- `airbyte-cdk`: This is the main CLI for the Airbyte CDK. It provides commands for building
+  and testing connectors, as well as other utilities. See the `airbyte_cdk.cli.airbyte_cdk` module
+  for more details.
+- `source-declarative-manifest`: This command allows you to run declarative manifests directly.
+  See the `airbyte_cdk.cli.source_declarative_manifest` module for more details.
+
 ---
 
 API Reference
diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/README.md b/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1182a54e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Source Declarative Manifest CLI
+
+The source-declarative-manifest CLI is included in the airbyte-cdk package.
+This CLI enables connector interfaces to be run locally on manifest-only connectors,
+much like we already do with Python connectors.
+
+## Installation
+
+The airbyte-cdk library can be installed globally using pipx:
+
+```bash
+pipx install airbyte-cdk
+```
+
+If you are using a cloned airbyte-python-cdk repo locally,
+you can also create a virtual environment to enable the CLI.
+From the root directory of airbyte-python-cdk:
+
+```bash
+python -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+### Options
+
+--help: displays the list of available commands
+
+### Commands
+
+- spec: Outputs the JSON configuration specification. NOTE: This currently just outputs the base source-declarative-manifest spec
+- check: Runs a connection_check to verify a connection can be made with the passed config
+- discover: Outputs a catalog describing the source's schema
+- read: Reads the source using the passed config and catalog, and outputs messages to STDOUT
+
+### Command options
+
+- --config: The relative path to the config to inject into SDM.
+- --catalog: The relative path to the configured catalog.
+- --state: The relative path to the state object to pass. Only used when running an incremental read.
+- --manifest-path: The relative path to the local YAML manifest to inject into SDM.
+- --components-path: The relative path to the custom components to mount, if they exist.
+
+| Option              | spec | check    | discover | read     |
+| ------------------- | ---- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
+| `--config`          | ❌   | required | required | required |
+| `--catalog`         | ❌   | ❌       | required | required |
+| `--state`           | ❌   | ❌       | ❌       | optional |
+| `--manifest-path`   | ❌   | required | required | required |
+| `--components-path` | ❌   | optional | optional | optional |
+
+### Examples
+
+Here are some basic examples of how to run source-declarative-manifest commands locally.
+Note that the paths are relative. These examples assume the user is currently at the root level of a connector dir:
+
+```bash
+source-declarative-manifest check --config secrets/config.json --manifest-path manifest.yaml
+```
+
+```bash
+source-declarative-manifest read --config secrets/config.json --catalog integration_tests/configured_catalog.json --manifest-path manifest.yaml --components-path components.py
+```
diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/__init__.py b/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/__init__.py
index 0ea86fa7b..2cf049795 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/__init__.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+"""
+.. include:: ./README.md
+   :start-line: 2
+"""
+
 from airbyte_cdk.cli.source_declarative_manifest._run import run
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/_run.py b/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/_run.py
index 1ea91248f..f7a1c47e3 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/_run.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/cli/source_declarative_manifest/_run.py
@@ -299,5 +299,9 @@ def _register_components_from_file(filepath: str) -> None:
 
 
 def run() -> None:
+    """Run the `source-declarative-manifest` CLI.
+
+    Args are detected from the command line, and the appropriate command is executed.
+    """
     args: list[str] = sys.argv[1:]
     handle_command(args)