diff --git a/docs/talos/reference/cli/sidebar.ts b/docs/talos/reference/cli/sidebar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97185c68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/talos/reference/cli/sidebar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Hand-maintained navigation tree for the auto-generated Talos CLI reference.
+//
+// The CLI docs (talos-*.md in this directory) are generated from Cobra and ship
+// without a sidebar, so this file mirrors the `talos --help` command hierarchy.
+// When commands are added/removed, update this tree to match the generated pages.
+//
+// Imported by sidebars-oss.ts and sidebars-oel.ts and rendered as the
+// "CLI reference" category (linked to the root `talos` command page).
+const id = (name: string) => `talos/reference/cli/${name}`
+
+const talosCliReference = {
+  type: "category",
+  label: "CLI reference",
+  link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos") },
+  items: [
+    {
+      type: "category",
+      label: "talos jwk",
+      link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-jwk") },
+      items: [
+        {
+          type: "category",
+          label: "talos jwk generate",
+          link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-jwk-generate") },
+          items: [
+            id("talos-jwk-generate-ecdsa"),
+            id("talos-jwk-generate-eddsa"),
+            id("talos-jwk-generate-hmac"),
+            id("talos-jwk-generate-rsa"),
+          ],
+        },
+        id("talos-jwk-get"),
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      type: "category",
+      label: "talos keys",
+      link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-keys") },
+      items: [
+        id("talos-keys-issue"),
+        id("talos-keys-verify"),
+        id("talos-keys-batch-verify"),
+        id("talos-keys-derive-token"),
+        id("talos-keys-self-revoke"),
+        {
+          type: "category",
+          label: "talos keys issued",
+          link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-keys-issued") },
+          items: [
+            id("talos-keys-issued-issue"),
+            id("talos-keys-issued-get"),
+            id("talos-keys-issued-list"),
+            id("talos-keys-issued-update"),
+            id("talos-keys-issued-rotate"),
+            id("talos-keys-issued-revoke"),
+          ],
+        },
+        {
+          type: "category",
+          label: "talos keys imported",
+          link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-keys-imported") },
+          items: [
+            id("talos-keys-imported-import"),
+            id("talos-keys-imported-batch-import"),
+            id("talos-keys-imported-get"),
+            id("talos-keys-imported-list"),
+            id("talos-keys-imported-update"),
+            id("talos-keys-imported-revoke"),
+            id("talos-keys-imported-delete"),
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      type: "category",
+      label: "talos migrate",
+      link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-migrate") },
+      items: [
+        id("talos-migrate-up"),
+        id("talos-migrate-down"),
+        id("talos-migrate-status"),
+        id("talos-migrate-force"),
+      ],
+    },
+    id("talos-proxy"),
+    {
+      type: "category",
+      label: "talos serve",
+      link: { type: "doc", id: id("talos-serve") },
+      items: [id("talos-serve-public"), id("talos-serve-admin")],
+    },
+  ],
+}
+
+export default talosCliReference
diff --git a/sidebars-oel.ts b/sidebars-oel.ts
index e5d194c13..e9bf9182e 100644
--- a/sidebars-oel.ts
+++ b/sidebars-oel.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,25 @@ import {
   SidebarItem,
   SidebarItemConfig,
 } from "@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/types"
+import talosApiSidebar from "./docs/talos/reference/api/sidebar"
+import talosCliReference from "./docs/talos/reference/cli/sidebar"
 
 type SidebarItemsConfig = SidebarItemConfig[]
 
+// The generated Talos API sidebar is [overview doc, { category "ApiKeys", items: [...methods] }].
+// Lift the methods into a single "API reference" category linked to the overview page so the
+// navigation reads cleanly instead of exposing the raw OpenAPI tag name.
+const talosApiReference = {
+  type: "category",
+  label: "API reference",
+  link: { type: "doc", id: "talos/reference/api/ory-talos-api" },
+  items: talosApiSidebar.flatMap((item: any) =>
+    typeof item === "object" && "items" in item && Array.isArray(item.items)
+      ? item.items
+      : [],
+  ),
+}
+
 const oelSidebar = [
   {
     type: "category",
@@ -576,8 +592,8 @@ const oelSidebar = [
             label: "Reference",
             items: [
               "talos/reference/index",
-              "talos/reference/api/ory-talos-api",
-              "talos/reference/cli/talos",
+              talosApiReference,
+              talosCliReference,
               "talos/reference/config",
               "talos/reference/token-format",
               "talos/reference/events",
diff --git a/sidebars-oss.ts b/sidebars-oss.ts
index dd5fc2db8..6f6ae58d1 100644
--- a/sidebars-oss.ts
+++ b/sidebars-oss.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+import talosApiSidebar from "./docs/talos/reference/api/sidebar"
+import talosCliReference from "./docs/talos/reference/cli/sidebar"
+
+// The generated Talos API sidebar is [overview doc, { category "ApiKeys", items: [...methods] }].
+// Lift the methods into a single "API reference" category linked to the overview page so the
+// navigation reads cleanly instead of exposing the raw OpenAPI tag name.
+const talosApiReference = {
+  type: "category",
+  label: "API reference",
+  link: { type: "doc", id: "talos/reference/api/ory-talos-api" },
+  items: talosApiSidebar.flatMap((item: any) =>
+    typeof item === "object" && "items" in item && Array.isArray(item.items)
+      ? item.items
+      : [],
+  ),
+}
+
 const ossSidebar = [
   {
     type: "category",
@@ -582,8 +599,8 @@ const ossSidebar = [
             label: "Reference",
             items: [
               "talos/reference/index",
-              "talos/reference/api/ory-talos-api",
-              "talos/reference/cli/talos",
+              talosApiReference,
+              talosCliReference,
               "talos/reference/config",
               "talos/reference/token-format",
               "talos/reference/events",