diff --git a/bin/cli/commands/openapi.mjs b/bin/cli/commands/openapi.mjs
index 443a0910bb..0b1ced838e 100644
--- a/bin/cli/commands/openapi.mjs
+++ b/bin/cli/commands/openapi.mjs
@@ -41,11 +41,83 @@ function toYaml(obj, indent = 0) {
     .trimStart();
 }
 
+// Keys that live alongside operations inside a Path Item Object but are not
+// themselves operations (OpenAPI 3.x Path Item fields).
+const NON_OPERATION_PATH_KEYS = new Set([
+  "parameters",
+  "summary",
+  "description",
+  "servers",
+  "$ref",
+]);
+
+/**
+ * `GET /api/openapi/spec` answers with a compact catalog
+ * (`{ info, servers, tags, endpoints[], schemas }`) rather than an OpenAPI
+ * document with a `paths` object, while `dist/docs/openapi.yaml` is a real
+ * spec. Normalize either shape into the flat rows the CLI renders so the
+ * commands work against both instead of silently printing nothing.
+ */
+export function extractEndpoints(spec) {
+  if (!spec || typeof spec !== "object") return [];
+
+  if (spec.paths && typeof spec.paths === "object") {
+    const rows = [];
+    for (const [path, pathItem] of Object.entries(spec.paths)) {
+      if (!pathItem || typeof pathItem !== "object") continue;
+      for (const [method, def] of Object.entries(pathItem)) {
+        if (NON_OPERATION_PATH_KEYS.has(method)) continue;
+        if (!def || typeof def !== "object") continue;
+        rows.push({
+          method: method.toUpperCase(),
+          path,
+          summary: def.summary ?? def.description ?? "",
+          operationId: def.operationId,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    return rows;
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(spec.endpoints)) {
+    return spec.endpoints
+      .filter((entry) => entry && typeof entry === "object" && entry.path)
+      .map((entry) => ({
+        method: String(entry.method ?? "GET").toUpperCase(),
+        path: entry.path,
+        summary: entry.summary ?? entry.description ?? "",
+        operationId: entry.operationId,
+      }));
+  }
+
+  return [];
+}
+
+/** Sorted, de-duplicated list of paths across either shape. */
+export function extractPaths(spec) {
+  return [...new Set(extractEndpoints(spec).map((row) => row.path))].sort();
+}
+
+function matchesSearch(row, query) {
+  if (!query) return true;
+  const needle = query.toLowerCase();
+  return row.path.includes(query) || String(row.summary).toLowerCase().includes(needle);
+}
+
 function validateBasic(spec) {
   if (!spec || typeof spec !== "object") throw new Error("spec is not an object");
-  if (!spec.openapi && !spec.swagger) throw new Error("missing openapi/swagger version field");
   if (!spec.info) throw new Error("missing info object");
-  if (!spec.paths) throw new Error("missing paths object");
+
+  // A real OpenAPI document must carry a version field and a paths object.
+  if (spec.openapi || spec.swagger) {
+    if (!spec.paths) throw new Error("missing paths object");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The compact catalog served by /api/openapi/spec carries endpoints[] instead.
+  if (Array.isArray(spec.endpoints)) return;
+
+  throw new Error("missing openapi/swagger version field and no endpoints[] catalog");
 }
 
 const endpointSchema = [
@@ -132,20 +204,7 @@ export function registerOpenapi(program) {
         process.exit(1);
       }
       const spec = await res.json();
-      const rows = [];
-      for (const [path, methods] of Object.entries(spec.paths ?? {})) {
-        for (const [method, def] of Object.entries(methods)) {
-          if (["parameters", "summary"].includes(method)) continue;
-          const summary = def.summary ?? def.description ?? "";
-          if (
-            opts.search &&
-            !path.includes(opts.search) &&
-            !summary.toLowerCase().includes(opts.search.toLowerCase())
-          )
-            continue;
-          rows.push({ method: method.toUpperCase(), path, summary, operationId: def.operationId });
-        }
-      }
+      const rows = extractEndpoints(spec).filter((row) => matchesSearch(row, opts.search));
       emit(rows, cmd.optsWithGlobals(), endpointSchema);
     });
 
@@ -159,9 +218,8 @@ export function registerOpenapi(program) {
         process.exit(1);
       }
       const spec = await res.json();
-      const paths = Object.keys(spec.paths ?? {}).sort();
       emit(
-        paths.map((p) => ({ path: p })),
+        extractPaths(spec).map((p) => ({ path: p })),
         cmd.optsWithGlobals()
       );
     });
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli-openapi-endpoints-shape-10082.test.ts b/tests/unit/cli-openapi-endpoints-shape-10082.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72e6d514cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/cli-openapi-endpoints-shape-10082.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+// #10082 — `GET /api/openapi/spec` answers with a compact catalog
+// ({ info, servers, tags, endpoints[], schemas }), not an OpenAPI document.
+// The CLI read `spec.paths`, so `openapi endpoints` and `openapi paths` printed
+// "(empty)" against a live server and `openapi validate` reported the API as
+// invalid, even though 318 endpoints were sitting in `spec.endpoints`.
+
+const { extractEndpoints, extractPaths } = await import("../../bin/cli/commands/openapi.mjs");
+
+const CATALOG_SHAPE = {
+  info: { title: "OmniRoute API", version: "3.8.50" },
+  servers: [{ url: "http://localhost:20128" }],
+  tags: ["Playground"],
+  endpoints: [
+    {
+      method: "POST",
+      path: "/api/playground/improve-prompt",
+      tags: ["Playground"],
+      summary: "Improve prompt via LLM",
+    },
+    { method: "GET", path: "/api/providers", summary: "List provider connections" },
+    { path: "/api/health", description: "Health probe" },
+  ],
+  schemas: {},
+};
+
+const SPEC_SHAPE = {
+  openapi: "3.1.0",
+  info: { title: "OmniRoute API", version: "3.8.50" },
+  paths: {
+    "/api/providers": {
+      // Path Item fields that sit alongside operations must not be treated as one.
+      parameters: [{ name: "limit", in: "query" }],
+      summary: "Provider connections",
+      get: { summary: "List provider connections", operationId: "listProviders" },
+      post: { description: "Create connection", operationId: "createProvider" },
+    },
+    "/api/health": { get: { summary: "Health probe" } },
+  },
+};
+
+test("extractEndpoints reads the compact catalog shape served by /api/openapi/spec", () => {
+  const rows = extractEndpoints(CATALOG_SHAPE);
+
+  assert.equal(rows.length, 3);
+  assert.deepEqual(rows[0], {
+    method: "POST",
+    path: "/api/playground/improve-prompt",
+    summary: "Improve prompt via LLM",
+    operationId: undefined,
+  });
+  // description is used when summary is absent, and method defaults to GET.
+  assert.deepEqual(rows[2], {
+    method: "GET",
+    path: "/api/health",
+    summary: "Health probe",
+    operationId: undefined,
+  });
+});
+
+test("extractEndpoints still reads a real OpenAPI document", () => {
+  const rows = extractEndpoints(SPEC_SHAPE);
+
+  assert.equal(rows.length, 3);
+  assert.ok(rows.every((r) => r.method !== "PARAMETERS" && r.method !== "SUMMARY"));
+  const get = rows.find((r) => r.path === "/api/providers" && r.method === "GET");
+  assert.equal(get?.operationId, "listProviders");
+  assert.equal(get?.summary, "List provider connections");
+});
+
+test("extractPaths returns sorted, de-duplicated paths for both shapes", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(extractPaths(CATALOG_SHAPE), [
+    "/api/health",
+    "/api/playground/improve-prompt",
+    "/api/providers",
+  ]);
+  // /api/providers has two operations but must appear once.
+  assert.deepEqual(extractPaths(SPEC_SHAPE), ["/api/health", "/api/providers"]);
+});
+
+test("extractEndpoints degrades to an empty list on junk instead of throwing", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(extractEndpoints(null), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(extractEndpoints({}), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(extractEndpoints({ info: {}, endpoints: "nope" }), []);
+  assert.deepEqual(extractEndpoints({ paths: { "/a": null } }), []);
+});