diff --git a/src/commands/bar/help-subcommand.ts b/src/commands/bar/help-subcommand.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..139dd234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/bar/help-subcommand.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { color, dim, header, initUI, subheader } from '../../utils/ui';
+
+export async function showHelp(): Promise<void> {
+  await initUI();
+  console.log('');
+  console.log(header('CCS Bar (macOS Menu Bar App)'));
+  console.log('');
+  console.log(subheader('Usage:'));
+  console.log(`  ${color('ccs bar', 'command')} [command] [options]`);
+  console.log('');
+
+  const sections: [string, [string, string][]][] = [
+    [
+      'Commands:',
+      [
+        ['launch', 'Start the web-server, write ~/.ccs/bar.json, and open the app (default)'],
+        ['install', 'Download CCS Bar from the ccs-bar-latest GitHub release into ~/Applications'],
+        ['uninstall', 'Remove the app and version pin'],
+        ['version', 'Show CLI and installed app versions'],
+      ],
+    ],
+    [
+      'Options:',
+      [
+        ['--help, -h', 'Show this help message'],
+        ['--version', 'Show CLI and installed app versions'],
+      ],
+    ],
+    [
+      'Examples:',
+      [
+        ['ccs bar', 'Start the web-server and open CCS Bar (default launch)'],
+        ['ccs bar install', 'Download and install CCS Bar into ~/Applications'],
+        ['ccs bar version', 'Show CLI and installed app versions'],
+        ['ccs bar uninstall', 'Remove CCS Bar and its version pin'],
+      ],
+    ],
+  ];
+
+  for (const [title, rows] of sections) {
+    console.log(subheader(title));
+    const width = Math.max(...rows.map(([command]) => command.length));
+    for (const [command, description] of rows) {
+      console.log(`  ${color(command.padEnd(width + 2), 'command')} ${description}`);
+    }
+    console.log('');
+  }
+
+  console.log(dim('  macOS only. The app communicates with the CCS web-server on localhost only.'));
+  console.log(
+    dim(
+      '  Ad-hoc signed builds may require right-click > Open or `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine` on first launch.'
+    )
+  );
+  console.log('');
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/bar/index.ts b/src/commands/bar/index.ts
index 717aaff3..6ae1e57f 100644
--- a/src/commands/bar/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/bar/index.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@
  * `ccs bar` command dispatcher
  *
  * Mirrors the pattern in src/commands/docker/index.ts.
- * Subcommands: launch (default), install, uninstall, version / --version.
+ * Subcommands: launch (default), install, uninstall, version / --version, help / --help / -h.
  */
 
+import { hasAnyFlag } from '../arg-extractor';
+
 export async function handleBarCommand(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
   const subcommand = args[0];
 
+  // --help / -h anywhere in args (e.g. `ccs bar install --help`) → show help.
+  // Mirrors docker/index.ts: hasAnyFlag(normalizedArgs, ['--help', '-h']).
+  // Also dispatch bare `help` subcommand for symmetry.
+  if (hasAnyFlag(args, ['--help', '-h']) || subcommand === 'help') {
+    const { showHelp } = await import('./help-subcommand');
+    await showHelp();
+    return;
+  }
+
   // --version / version are aliases for the version subcommand
   if (subcommand === '--version' || subcommand === 'version') {
     const { handleBarVersion } = await import('./version-subcommand');
@@ -39,7 +50,7 @@ export async function handleBarCommand(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
   const handler = commandHandlers[subcommand];
   if (!handler) {
     console.error(`[X] Unknown bar subcommand: ${subcommand}`);
-    console.error('[i] Usage: ccs bar [launch|install|uninstall|--version]');
+    console.error('[i] Usage: ccs bar [launch|install|uninstall|version|--help]');
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/command-catalog.ts b/src/commands/command-catalog.ts
index 3f54961e..4043a68e 100644
--- a/src/commands/command-catalog.ts
+++ b/src/commands/command-catalog.ts
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ export const COMMAND_FLAG_SUGGESTIONS: Readonly<Record<string, readonly string[]
   '--shell-completion': ['--bash', '--zsh', '--fish', '--powershell', '--force', '-f'],
   auth: ['--help', '-h'],
   api: ['--help', '-h'],
+  bar: ['launch', 'install', 'uninstall', 'version', '--version', '--help', '-h'],
   cleanup: CLEANUP_FLAGS,
   config: ['--help', '-h', '--port', '-p', '--host', '-H', '--dev'],
   cursor: ['--help', '-h'],
diff --git a/src/commands/help-command.ts b/src/commands/help-command.ts
index 4dd736fb..c5fd340b 100644
--- a/src/commands/help-command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/help-command.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ export async function handleHelpCommand(writeLine: HelpWriter = console.log): Pr
       },
       { name: 'ccs proxy --help', summary: 'Deep help for the OpenAI-compatible local proxy' },
       { name: 'ccs docker --help', summary: 'Deep help for Docker deployment commands' },
+      { name: 'ccs bar --help', summary: 'Deep help for the CCS Bar macOS menu bar app' },
       { name: 'ccs cursor --help', summary: 'Deep help for Cursor runtime/admin commands' },
       { name: 'ccs copilot --help', summary: 'Deep help for deprecated GitHub Copilot commands' },
     ],
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ export async function handleHelpRoute(
     cursor: async () => await showProviderShortcutHelp('cursor', writeLine),
     proxy: async () =>
       process.exit(await (await import('./proxy-command')).handleProxyCommand(['--help'])),
+    bar: async () => (await import('./bar/help-subcommand')).showHelp(),
     docker: async () => (await import('./docker/help-subcommand')).showHelp(),
     migrate: async () => (await import('./migrate-command')).printMigrateHelp(),
     setup: async () => (await import('./setup-command')).handleSetupCommand(['--help']),