diff --git a/scripts/agentrun-cli-contract-test.ts b/scripts/agentrun-cli-contract-test.ts
index 602fccca..82d49e84 100644
--- a/scripts/agentrun-cli-contract-test.ts
+++ b/scripts/agentrun-cli-contract-test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ assertCondition(
   agentRunUsage,
 );
 
+assertCondition(
+  agentRunUsage.some((line) => line.includes("queue submit --json-file <task.json> --dry-run"))
+    && agentRunUsage.some((line) => line.includes("queue dispatch <taskId> --json-file <dispatch.json> --dry-run"))
+    && agentRunUsage.some((line) => line.includes("queue commander --reader-id cli --limit 20")),
+  "AgentRun help must expose queue dry-run and compact commander usage",
+  agentRunUsage,
+);
+
 const globalHelp = JSON.stringify(rootHelp());
 
 assertCondition(
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@ console.log(JSON.stringify({
   ok: true,
   checks: [
     "AgentRun command help exposes cleanup-runs and cleanup-released-pvs",
+    "AgentRun command help exposes queue dry-run and compact commander usage",
     "global help indexes AgentRun v0.1 entrypoints",
     "AgentRun control-plane status degrades empty runtime JSON snippets",
   ],
diff --git a/scripts/src/agentrun.ts b/scripts/src/agentrun.ts
index 924ee7ca..6d19c74e 100644
--- a/scripts/src/agentrun.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/agentrun.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ export function agentRunHelp(): unknown {
     output: "json",
     usage: [
       "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue commander --reader-id cli",
+      "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue commander --reader-id cli --limit 20",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue submit --json-file <task.json>",
+      "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue submit --json-file <task.json> --dry-run",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue dispatch <taskId> --json-file <dispatch.json>",
-      "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue cancel <taskId> --reason <text>",
+      "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue dispatch <taskId> --json-file <dispatch.json> --dry-run",
+      "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 queue cancel <taskId> --reason <text> --dry-run",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 sessions trace <sessionId> --after-seq 0 --limit 100",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 sessions output <sessionId> --after-seq 0 --limit 100",
       "bun scripts/cli.ts agentrun v01 sessions steer <sessionId> --prompt-file <path>",