diff --git a/src/puter-shell/main.js b/src/puter-shell/main.js
index 6c5675e..bef08d6 100644
--- a/src/puter-shell/main.js
+++ b/src/puter-shell/main.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { BetterReader } from 'dev-pty';
 import { MultiWriter } from '../ansi-shell/ioutil/MultiWriter.js';
 import { CompositeCommandProvider } from './providers/CompositeCommandProvider.js';
 import { ScriptCommandProvider } from './providers/ScriptCommandProvider.js';
+import { PuterAppCommandProvider } from './providers/PuterAppCommandProvider.js';
 
 const argparser_registry = {
     [SimpleArgParser.name]: SimpleArgParser
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ export const launchPuterShell = async (ctx) => {
     // const commandProvider = new BuiltinCommandProvider();
     const commandProvider = new CompositeCommandProvider([
         new BuiltinCommandProvider(),
+        // PuterAppCommandProvider is only usable on Puter
+        ...(ctx.platform.name === 'puter' ? [new PuterAppCommandProvider()] : []),
         new ScriptCommandProvider(),
     ]);
 
diff --git a/src/puter-shell/providers/PuterAppCommandProvider.js b/src/puter-shell/providers/PuterAppCommandProvider.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c72cbe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/puter-shell/providers/PuterAppCommandProvider.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024  Puter Technologies Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Phoenix Shell.
+ *
+ * Phoenix Shell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+const BUILTIN_APPS = [
+    'explorer',
+];
+
+function launch(name, path) {
+    return {
+        name,
+        path,
+        // TODO: Parameters and options?
+        async execute(ctx) {
+            console.log(`%cTrying to launch app: ${name}`, 'color:green');
+            const args = {}; // TODO: Passed-in parameters and options would go here
+            await puter.ui.launchApp(name, args);
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+export class PuterAppCommandProvider {
+
+    async lookup (id) {
+        // Built-in apps will not be returned by the fetch query below, so we handle them separately.
+        if (BUILTIN_APPS.includes(id)) {
+            return launch(id, 'Built-in Puter app');
+        }
+
+        const request = await fetch(`${puter.APIOrigin}/drivers/call`, {
+            "headers": {
+                "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                "Authorization": `Bearer ${puter.authToken}`,
+            },
+            "body": JSON.stringify({ interface: 'puter-apps', method: 'read', args: { id: { name: id } } }),
+            "method": "POST",
+        });
+
+        const { success, result } = await request.json();
+
+        if (!success) return;
+
+        const { name, index_url } = result;
+        return launch(name, index_url);
+    }
+
+    // Only a single Puter app can match a given name
+    async lookupAll (...a) {
+        const result = await this.lookup(...a);
+        if ( result ) {
+            return [ result ];
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}