diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2184474..cc0fdfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ You can see an example by running `cliffs` in this directory. Running the execut
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 ```
 
-You can press the up / down arrow to select different scripts.
\ No newline at end of file
+You can press the up / down arrow to select different scripts.
+
+[`brick`]: https://github.com/jtdaugherty/brick
+[scripts to rule them all]: https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
index e8d8a96..fc1c7d5 100644
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import Control.Monad (void)
 import Data.Text (pack)
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
 import Lib
-  ( Script (Script),
-    Scripts (Scripts),
+  ( AppState (..),
+    Script (Script),
     appEvent,
     drawUi,
     emphAttr,
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ import Lib
 import System.Directory (listDirectory)
 import System.FilePath (takeFileName)
 
-app :: M.App Scripts e ()
+app :: M.App AppState (IO ()) ()
 app =
   M.App
     { M.appDraw = drawUi,
       M.appStartEvent = return,
       M.appHandleEvent = appEvent,
+      -- A function from an app state to a map from attributes (string classses basically)
+      -- to modifications to rendering
       M.appAttrMap = const $ attrMap V.defAttr [(emphAttr, V.white `on` V.blue)],
       M.appChooseCursor = M.neverShowCursor
     }
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ main :: IO ()
 main = do
   scriptFileNames <- listDirectory "./scripts"
   let scripts =
-        Scripts
+        AppState
           ((\n -> Script False (pack $ takeFileName n) "description goes here") <$> scriptFileNames)
           Nothing
    in void $ M.defaultMain app scripts
diff --git a/cliffs.cabal b/cliffs.cabal
index cd9c8f8..147ae9e 100644
--- a/cliffs.cabal
+++ b/cliffs.cabal
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ library
   build-depends:
       base >=4.7 && <5
     , brick
+    , command
     , directory
     , filepath
     , microlens
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ executable cliffs-exe
       base >=4.7 && <5
     , brick
     , cliffs
+    , command
     , directory
     , filepath
     , microlens
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ test-suite cliffs-test
       base >=4.7 && <5
     , brick
     , cliffs
+    , command
     , directory
     , filepath
     , microlens
diff --git a/haskell.nix b/haskell.nix
index af37e82..422fd67 100644
--- a/haskell.nix
+++ b/haskell.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ with import <nixpkgs> { };
 pkgs.haskellPackages.ghcWithPackages (ps: with ps; [
   # actual project dependencies
   brick
+  command
   directory
   filepath
   microlens
diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 24e274b..b0570b8 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ghc-options:
 dependencies:
   - base >= 4.7 && < 5
   - brick
+  - command
   - directory
   - filepath
   - microlens
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap b/scripts/bootstrap
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index dc1df54..c93bd6e
--- a/scripts/bootstrap
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # description: Pulls/builds necessary containers
+
+function usage() {
+    echo -n \
+        "Usage: $(basename "$0")
+Like Elvis Costello, start it up, in the narrow sense of pulling containers
+"
+}
+
+if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "${0}" ]; then
+    if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ]; then
+        usage
+    else
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/server b/scripts/server
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 755a184..1c910bc
--- a/scripts/server
+++ b/scripts/server
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# description: Starts a development server
\ No newline at end of file
+# description: Starts a development server
+
+function usage() {
+    echo -n \
+        "Usage: $(basename "$0")
+Start up a server, running on port 8080, with all of those dependencies
+for sure, dependencies all day.
+
+Man, lots of dependencies, and all these lines describing them.
+"
+}
+
+if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "${0}" ]; then
+    if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ]; then
+        usage
+    else
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/update b/scripts/update
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 800ed97..8774384
--- a/scripts/update
+++ b/scripts/update
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# description: Runs migrations, installs dependencies, etc.
\ No newline at end of file
+# description: Runs migrations, installs dependencies, etc.
+function usage() {
+    echo -n \
+        "Usage: $(basename "$0")
+Update project dependencies -- migrations, libraries, etc.
+"
+}
+
+if [ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" = "${0}" ]; then
+    if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ]; then
+        usage
+    else
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
diff --git a/src/Lib.hs b/src/Lib.hs
index 90d9f0d..a20bbce 100644
--- a/src/Lib.hs
+++ b/src/Lib.hs
@@ -3,20 +3,41 @@
 
 module Lib where
 
-import Brick (AttrName, BrickEvent (VtyEvent), Widget, padLeftRight, str, txt, withAttr, withBorderStyle)
+import Brick (AttrName, BrickEvent (VtyEvent), Widget, hLimit, padLeftRight, str, strWrap, txt, vBox, withAttr, withBorderStyle)
 import qualified Brick.Main as M
 import qualified Brick.Types as T
 import Brick.Widgets.Border (borderWithLabel)
 import qualified Brick.Widgets.Border.Style
 import qualified Brick.Widgets.Center as C
 import Brick.Widgets.Table (Table, renderTable, rowBorders, surroundingBorder, table)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty ((:|)), toList)
-import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import Data.Text (Text, unpack)
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
+import System.Command (Stdout (Stdout), command)
 
-data Script = Script {selected :: Bool, name :: Text, description :: Text} deriving (Eq, Show)
+data Script = Script
+  { selected :: Bool,
+    name :: Text,
+    description :: Text
+  }
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
 
-data Scripts = Scripts {availableScripts :: [Script], currentScript :: Maybe Script} deriving (Eq, Show)
+data ScriptWithOutput = ScriptWithOutput
+  { script :: Script,
+    output :: Maybe String
+  }
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+data AppState = AppState
+  { availableAppState :: [Script],
+    currentScript :: Maybe ScriptWithOutput
+  }
+  deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+scriptWithoutOutput :: Script -> ScriptWithOutput
+scriptWithoutOutput s = ScriptWithOutput s Nothing
 
 selectNext' :: NonEmpty Script -> (Script, NonEmpty Script)
 selectNext' (h :| []) =
@@ -31,21 +52,21 @@ selectNext' (h :| t : ts) =
       let (selectedScript, scripts) = selectNext' (t :| ts)
        in (selectedScript, h :| toList scripts)
 
-selectNext :: Scripts -> Scripts
-selectNext (Scripts [] _) = Scripts [] Nothing
-selectNext (Scripts xs@(h : t) _) =
+selectNext :: AppState -> AppState
+selectNext (AppState [] _) = AppState [] Nothing
+selectNext (AppState xs@(h : t) _) =
   if not $ any selected xs
     then
       let selectedScript = h {selected = True}
-       in Scripts (selectedScript : t) (Just selectedScript)
+       in AppState (selectedScript : t) (Just . scriptWithoutOutput $ selectedScript)
     else
       let (selectedScript, scripts) = selectNext' (h :| t)
-       in Scripts (toList scripts) (Just selectedScript)
+       in AppState (toList scripts) (Just . scriptWithoutOutput $ selectedScript)
 
-selectPrevious :: Scripts -> Scripts
-selectPrevious (Scripts xs s) =
-  let Scripts newElems selected = selectNext (Scripts (reverse xs) s)
-   in Scripts (reverse newElems) selected
+selectPrevious :: AppState -> AppState
+selectPrevious (AppState xs s) =
+  let AppState newElems selected = selectNext (AppState (reverse xs) s)
+   in AppState (reverse newElems) selected
 
 listDrawName :: Bool -> Text -> Widget a
 listDrawName selected name =
@@ -65,27 +86,48 @@ mkRow (Script {selected, name, description}) =
     listDrawDescription description
   ]
 
-drawTable :: Scripts -> Table a
-drawTable (Scripts {availableScripts}) =
-  table $ mkRow <$> availableScripts
+drawTable :: AppState -> Table a
+drawTable (AppState {availableAppState}) =
+  table $ mkRow <$> availableAppState
 
-drawUi :: Scripts -> [Widget ()]
-drawUi scripts =
+drawUi :: AppState -> [Widget ()]
+drawUi appState =
   let t =
         surroundingBorder False $
           rowBorders False $
-            drawTable scripts
+            drawTable appState
       attrs =
         C.hCenter $ borderWithLabel (str "Scripts") . renderTable $ t
+      helpBox =
+        let helpText = fromMaybe "No help text yet" (currentScript appState >>= output)
+         in C.hCenter . hLimit 90 . borderWithLabel (str "Help output") . strWrap $ helpText
       ui =
-        C.vCenter $
-          withBorderStyle Brick.Widgets.Border.Style.unicodeBold attrs
+        vBox
+          [ C.vCenter $
+              withBorderStyle Brick.Widgets.Border.Style.unicodeBold attrs,
+            C.vCenter helpBox
+          ]
    in [ui]
 
-appEvent :: Scripts -> BrickEvent () e -> T.EventM () (T.Next Scripts)
+getHelp :: Script -> IO Stdout
+getHelp Script {name} = command [] ("./scripts/" ++ unpack name) ["--help"]
+
+addHelpOutput :: (AppState -> AppState) -> AppState -> T.EventM e (T.Next AppState)
+addHelpOutput successorFunc state =
+  let nextScript = successorFunc state
+      nextSelected = currentScript nextScript
+   in ( liftIO $ do
+          helpOut <- traverse getHelp (script <$> nextSelected)
+          case helpOut of
+            Nothing -> pure nextScript
+            Just (Stdout helpText) -> pure nextScript {currentScript = (\x -> x {output = Just helpText}) <$> nextSelected}
+      )
+        >>= M.continue
+
+appEvent :: AppState -> BrickEvent () (IO ()) -> T.EventM () (T.Next AppState)
 appEvent i (VtyEvent (V.EvKey V.KEsc [])) = M.halt i
-appEvent i (VtyEvent (V.EvKey V.KDown [])) = M.continue (selectNext i)
-appEvent i (VtyEvent (V.EvKey V.KUp [])) = M.continue (selectPrevious i)
+appEvent i (VtyEvent (V.EvKey V.KDown [])) = addHelpOutput selectNext i
+appEvent i (VtyEvent (V.EvKey V.KUp [])) = addHelpOutput selectPrevious i
 appEvent i (VtyEvent (V.EvKey V.KEnter [])) = M.continue i
 appEvent i _ = M.continue i