diff --git a/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/__tests__/copy-readme-to-output.test.ts b/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/__tests__/copy-readme-to-output.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87de480e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/__tests__/copy-readme-to-output.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { OUTPUT_DIR } from 'twenty-shared/application';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  copyReadmeToOutput,
+  findReadmeFileName,
+} from '@/cli/utilities/build/common/copy-readme-to-output';
+import { pathExists } from '@/cli/utilities/file/fs-utils';
+
+describe('findReadmeFileName', () => {
+  it('should match readme files regardless of case', () => {
+    expect(findReadmeFileName(['README.md'])).toBe('README.md');
+    expect(findReadmeFileName(['readme.md'])).toBe('readme.md');
+    expect(findReadmeFileName(['Readme.txt'])).toBe('Readme.txt');
+    expect(findReadmeFileName(['README'])).toBe('README');
+  });
+
+  it('should prefer the markdown readme over other variants', () => {
+    expect(findReadmeFileName(['README.txt', 'README.md'])).toBe('README.md');
+  });
+
+  it('should ignore unrelated files', () => {
+    expect(
+      findReadmeFileName(['index.ts', 'package.json', 'readme-notes.md']),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('copyReadmeToOutput', () => {
+  let appPath: string;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    appPath = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'readme-test-'));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await rm(appPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('should copy the readme into the output directory', async () => {
+    await writeFile(join(appPath, 'README.md'), '# My App', 'utf-8');
+
+    await copyReadmeToOutput(appPath);
+
+    const copiedReadme = await readFile(
+      join(appPath, OUTPUT_DIR, 'README.md'),
+      'utf-8',
+    );
+
+    expect(copiedReadme).toBe('# My App');
+  });
+
+  it('should do nothing when the app has no readme', async () => {
+    await writeFile(join(appPath, 'package.json'), '{}', 'utf-8');
+
+    await copyReadmeToOutput(appPath);
+
+    expect(await pathExists(join(appPath, OUTPUT_DIR))).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/build-application.ts b/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/build-application.ts
index e30b972e82..b24a05e84d 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/build-application.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/build-application.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'twenty-shared/application';
 import { FileFolder } from 'twenty-shared/types';
 
+import { copyReadmeToOutput } from '@/cli/utilities/build/common/copy-readme-to-output';
 import { type GeneratedAsset } from '@/cli/utilities/build/cover/generated-asset.type';
 import { esbuildOneShotBuild } from '@/cli/utilities/build/common/esbuild-one-shot-build';
 import { LOGIC_FUNCTION_EXTERNAL_MODULES } from '@/cli/utilities/build/common/esbuild-watcher';
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ export const buildApplication = async (
     });
   }
 
+  await copyReadmeToOutput(options.appPath);
+
   return { builtFileInfos };
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/copy-readme-to-output.ts b/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/copy-readme-to-output.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a86d8b7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/twenty-sdk/src/cli/utilities/build/common/copy-readme-to-output.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { readdir } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { OUTPUT_DIR } from 'twenty-shared/application';
+
+import { copy, ensureDir } from '@/cli/utilities/file/fs-utils';
+
+// npm only ships a README when the file lives in the package root, so the
+// app's readme has to be copied into the build output that gets published.
+const README_FILE_NAME_REGEX = /^readme(\.[^.]+)?$/i;
+
+export const findReadmeFileName = (
+  entries: string[],
+): string | undefined => {
+  const readmeFileNames = entries.filter((entry) =>
+    README_FILE_NAME_REGEX.test(entry),
+  );
+
+  // Prefer markdown, matching how npm ranks README candidates.
+  return (
+    readmeFileNames.find((entry) => /\.md$/i.test(entry)) ?? readmeFileNames[0]
+  );
+};
+
+export const copyReadmeToOutput = async (appPath: string): Promise<void> => {
+  const readmeFileName = findReadmeFileName(await readdir(appPath));
+
+  if (readmeFileName === undefined) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const outputDir = join(appPath, OUTPUT_DIR);
+
+  await ensureDir(outputDir);
+  await copy(join(appPath, readmeFileName), join(outputDir, readmeFileName));
+};