diff --git a/packages/shell/src/api/workspace.ts b/packages/shell/src/api/workspace.ts
index 8192ac67d..d51f670e9 100644
--- a/packages/shell/src/api/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/shell/src/api/workspace.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@ export class Workspace implements IPublicApiWorkspace {
     return new ShellWindow(this[workspaceSymbol].window);
   }
 
+  get resourceTypeList() {
+    return Array.from(this[workspaceSymbol].resourceTypeMap.values()).map((d) => {
+      const { name: resourceName, type: resourceType } = d;
+      const {
+        description,
+      } = d.resourceTypeModel({} as any, {});
+
+      return {
+        resourceName,
+        resourceType,
+        description,
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
   onWindowRendererReady(fn: () => void): IPublicTypeDisposable {
     return this[workspaceSymbol].onWindowRendererReady(fn);
   }
diff --git a/packages/shell/src/model/resource.ts b/packages/shell/src/model/resource.ts
index 43f28fbd8..6a1a07e49 100644
--- a/packages/shell/src/model/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/shell/src/model/resource.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export class Resource implements IPublicModelResource {
     return this[resourceSymbol].category;
   }
 
+  get description() {
+    return this[resourceSymbol].description;
+  }
+
   get children() {
     return this[resourceSymbol].children.map((child) => new Resource(child));
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/shell/model/resource.ts b/packages/types/src/shell/model/resource.ts
index 1f59845e6..0d791412b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/shell/model/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/shell/model/resource.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export interface IBaseModelResource<
 
   get viewName(): string | undefined;
 
+  get description(): string | undefined;
+
   get config(): {
     disableBehaviors?: ('copy' | 'remove')[];
   } | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/resource.ts b/packages/workspace/src/resource.ts
index 4b695d036..1d328b6c6 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/resource.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export interface IBaseResource<T> extends IBaseModelResource<T> {
 
   skeleton: ISkeleton;
 
+  description?: string;
+
   get editorViews(): IPublicTypeEditorView[];
 
   get defaultViewType(): string;
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/workspace.ts b/packages/workspace/src/workspace.ts
index 46c8c4a0e..bedae8680 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/workspace.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export interface IWorkspace extends Omit<IPublicApiWorkspace<
 
   plugins: ILowCodePluginManager;
 
+  resourceTypeMap: Map<string, ResourceType>;
+
   getResourceList(): IResource[];
 
   getResourceType(resourceName: string): IResourceType;
@@ -55,12 +57,12 @@ export class Workspace implements IWorkspace {
 
   enableAutoOpenFirstWindow: boolean;
 
+  resourceTypeMap: Map<string, ResourceType> = new Map();
+
   private emitter: IEventBus = createModuleEventBus('workspace');
 
   private _isActive = false;
 
-  private resourceTypeMap: Map<string, ResourceType> = new Map();
-
   private resourceList: IResource[] = [];
 
   get skeleton() {