diff --git a/.changeset/app-context-telemetry-everywhere.md b/.changeset/app-context-telemetry-everywhere.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d26ea7fd7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/app-context-telemetry-everywhere.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@shopify/app': patch
+---
+
+Attach local app metadata to analytics for any command run inside an app project.
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.test.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b52352b938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import gatherPublicMetadata from './public_metadata.js'
+import {localAppContext} from '../services/app-context.js'
+import metadata from '../metadata.js'
+import {describe, expect, test, vi, beforeEach} from 'vitest'
+import {cwd} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/path'
+
+vi.mock('../services/app-context.js')
+vi.mock('@shopify/cli-kit/node/path')
+
+describe('gatherPublicMetadata', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.mocked(cwd).mockReturnValue('/some/app/dir')
+    vi.mocked(localAppContext).mockResolvedValue({} as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof localAppContext>>)
+  })
+
+  test('opportunistically enriches metadata from the current directory and returns the public metadata', async () => {
+    // Given
+    vi.spyOn(metadata, 'getAllPublicMetadata').mockReturnValueOnce({}).mockReturnValue({api_key: 'from-loader'})
+
+    // When
+    const result = await (gatherPublicMetadata as () => Promise<unknown>)()
+
+    // Then
+    expect(localAppContext).toHaveBeenCalledWith({directory: '/some/app/dir', skipPrompts: true})
+    expect(result).toEqual(metadata.getAllPublicMetadata())
+  })
+
+  test('skips local app loading when api_key is already set', async () => {
+    // Given
+    vi.spyOn(metadata, 'getAllPublicMetadata').mockReturnValue({api_key: 'already-set'})
+
+    // When
+    const result = await (gatherPublicMetadata as () => Promise<unknown>)()
+
+    // Then
+    expect(localAppContext).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(result).toEqual(metadata.getAllPublicMetadata())
+  })
+
+  test('still returns metadata when best-effort app loading fails', async () => {
+    // Given
+    vi.spyOn(metadata, 'getAllPublicMetadata').mockReturnValue({})
+    vi.mocked(localAppContext).mockRejectedValue(new Error('not an app'))
+
+    // When
+    const result = await (gatherPublicMetadata as () => Promise<unknown>)()
+
+    // Then
+    expect(localAppContext).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(result).toEqual(metadata.getAllPublicMetadata())
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.ts
index 5448a5fb40b..03b0a8bc7b2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/hooks/public_metadata.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,31 @@
 import metadata from '../metadata.js'
+import {localAppContext} from '../services/app-context.js'
 import {FanoutHookFunction} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/plugins'
+import {cwd} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/path'
+
+const APP_CONTEXT_METADATA_TIMEOUT_MS = 3000
+
+async function logAppContextMetadata(directory: string): Promise<void> {
+  let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
+  try {
+    if (metadata.getAllPublicMetadata().api_key !== undefined) return
+
+    await Promise.race([
+      localAppContext({directory, skipPrompts: true}),
+      new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        timer = setTimeout(resolve, APP_CONTEXT_METADATA_TIMEOUT_MS)
+      }),
+    ])
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-catch-all/no-catch-all
+  } catch {
+    // Metadata is strictly best-effort: never surface errors or affect the command.
+  } finally {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer)
+  }
+}
 
 const gatherPublicMetadata: FanoutHookFunction<'public_command_metadata', '@shopify/app'> = async () => {
+  await logAppContextMetadata(cwd())
   return metadata.getAllPublicMetadata()
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.test.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.test.ts
index 904db5f86fc..f402aff0bb2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.test.ts
@@ -2276,6 +2276,7 @@ describe('load', () => {
     await loadTestingApp()
 
     expect(metadata.getAllPublicMetadata()).toMatchObject({
+      api_key: 'test-client-id',
       project_type: 'node',
       env_package_manager_workspaces: false,
       cmd_app_all_configs_any: true,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts
index e912099fb6d..28bac00d9d4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/models/app/loader.ts
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ async function logMetadataForLoadedApp(
 
   const appName = app.name
   const appDirectory = app.directory
+  const clientId = app.configuration.client_id
   const sortedAppScopes = getAppScopesArray(app.configuration).sort()
 
   await logMetadataForLoadedAppUsingRawValues(
@@ -1033,6 +1034,7 @@ async function logMetadataForLoadedApp(
     loadingStrategy,
     appName,
     appDirectory,
+    clientId,
     sortedAppScopes,
     usesWorkspaces,
   )
@@ -1044,6 +1046,7 @@ async function logMetadataForLoadedAppUsingRawValues(
   loadingStrategy: {usedCustomLayoutForWeb: boolean; usedCustomLayoutForExtensions: boolean},
   appName: string,
   appDirectory: string,
+  clientId: string,
   sortedAppScopes: string[],
   appUsesWorkspaces: boolean,
 ) {
@@ -1071,6 +1074,7 @@ async function logMetadataForLoadedAppUsingRawValues(
     }
 
     return {
+      api_key: clientId,
       project_type: projectType,
       app_extensions_any: extensionTotalCount > 0,
       app_extensions_breakdown: JSON.stringify(extensionsBreakdownMapping),
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app-context.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app-context.ts
index 8c980f1f309..4000c37764e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/services/app-context.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/services/app-context.ts
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ interface LoadedAppContextOptions {
  *
  * @param directory - The directory containing the app.
  * @param userProvidedConfigName - The name of an existing config file in the app, if not provided, the cached/default one will be used.
+ * @param skipPrompts - When true, never prompts the user (e.g. to re-select a config). Required for non-interactive callers such as telemetry.
  */
 interface LocalAppContextOptions {
   directory: string
   userProvidedConfigName?: string
+  skipPrompts?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -188,8 +190,9 @@ interface LocalAppContextOutput {
 export async function localAppContext({
   directory,
   userProvidedConfigName,
+  skipPrompts = false,
 }: LocalAppContextOptions): Promise<LocalAppContextOutput> {
-  const {project, activeConfig} = await getAppConfigurationContext(directory, userProvidedConfigName)
+  const {project, activeConfig} = await getAppConfigurationContext(directory, userProvidedConfigName, {skipPrompts})
 
   if (activeConfig.file.errors.length > 0) {
     throw new AbortError(activeConfig.file.errors.map((err) => err.message).join('\n'))