diff --git a/API.php b/API.php
index 13e6eb1..c3dfcde 100644
--- a/API.php
+++ b/API.php
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ public function getAllowedPlugins(): array
         return $this->getPluginListProvider()->getAllowedPlugins();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns metadata for the plugins used by OpenApiDocs spec generation.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, array{description: string}>
+     */
+    public function getAllowedPluginMetadata(): array
+    {
+        Piwik::checkUserHasSomeViewAccess();
+
+        return $this->getPluginListProvider()->getAllowedPluginMetadata();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a previously generated OpenAPI specification for a plugin.
      *
diff --git a/Generation/PluginListProvider.php b/Generation/PluginListProvider.php
index 19d024c..14d3fce 100644
--- a/Generation/PluginListProvider.php
+++ b/Generation/PluginListProvider.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 namespace Piwik\Plugins\OpenApiDocs\Generation;
 
+use Piwik\API\Proxy;
+use Piwik\API\Request;
 use Piwik\Piwik;
 use Piwik\Plugin\Manager;
 
@@ -42,6 +44,28 @@ public function getAllowedPlugins(): array
         }));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{description: string}>
+     */
+    public function getAllowedPluginMetadata(): array
+    {
+        $metadata = [];
+
+        foreach ($this->getAllowedPlugins() as $pluginName) {
+            try {
+                $description = $this->getPluginDescription($pluginName);
+            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                $description = '';
+            }
+
+            $metadata[$pluginName] = [
+                'description' => $description,
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return $metadata;
+    }
+
     private function shouldIncludeEventProvidedPlugin(string $pluginName): bool
     {
         if (!$this->pluginManager->isPluginInFilesystem($pluginName)) {
@@ -55,6 +79,15 @@ protected function pluginHasApiFile(string $pluginName): bool
         return is_file(Manager::getPluginDirectory($pluginName) . '/API.php');
     }
 
+    protected function getPluginDescription(string $pluginName): string
+    {
+        $apiClassName = Request::getClassNameAPI($pluginName);
+        Proxy::getInstance()->registerClass($apiClassName);
+        $documentation = Proxy::getInstance()->getMetadata()[$apiClassName]['__documentation'] ?? '';
+
+        return is_string($documentation) ? trim(strip_tags($documentation)) : '';
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string[] $pluginNames
      */
diff --git a/tests/Unit/APITest.php b/tests/Unit/APITest.php
index 5feff55..cb20b02 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/APITest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/APITest.php
@@ -77,6 +77,27 @@ public function testGetAllowedPluginsReturnsProviderValues(): void
         $this->assertSame(['Login', 'ActivityLog'], $api->getAllowedPlugins());
     }
 
+    public function testGetAllowedPluginMetadataReturnsProviderValues(): void
+    {
+        $provider = $this->createMock(PluginListProvider::class);
+        $provider->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('getAllowedPluginMetadata')
+            ->willReturn([
+                'Login' => ['description' => 'Login API description'],
+                'ActivityLog' => ['description' => ''],
+            ]);
+
+        $api = $this->getMockBuilder(API::class)
+            ->onlyMethods(['getPluginListProvider'])
+            ->getMock();
+        $api->method('getPluginListProvider')->willReturn($provider);
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            'Login' => ['description' => 'Login API description'],
+            'ActivityLog' => ['description' => ''],
+        ], $api->getAllowedPluginMetadata());
+    }
+
     public function testGetOpenApiSpecThrowsExceptionWhenFileMissing()
     {
         $api = $this->buildApiMock('/tmp/CustomAlerts_openapi_spec_v1.0.0.json', false);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Generation/PluginListProviderTest.php b/tests/Unit/Generation/PluginListProviderTest.php
index 3c0e1a2..a18c9a3 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Generation/PluginListProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Generation/PluginListProviderTest.php
@@ -107,6 +107,67 @@ static function (string $eventName, array $params): void {
         $this->assertSame(['HasApi', 'Login', 'InactivePlugin'], $provider->getAllowedPlugins());
     }
 
+    public function testGetAllowedPluginMetadataReturnsDescriptionPerAllowedPlugin(): void
+    {
+        $provider = $this->getMockBuilder(PluginListProvider::class)
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->onlyMethods(['getAllowedPlugins', 'getPluginDescription'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $provider->method('getAllowedPlugins')
+            ->willReturn(['Login', 'ActivityLog']);
+        $provider->method('getPluginDescription')
+            ->willReturnMap([
+                ['Login', 'Login API description'],
+                ['ActivityLog', 'Activity log API description'],
+            ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            'Login' => ['description' => 'Login API description'],
+            'ActivityLog' => ['description' => 'Activity log API description'],
+        ], $provider->getAllowedPluginMetadata());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetAllowedPluginMetadataReturnsEmptyStringWhenDescriptionMissing(): void
+    {
+        $provider = $this->getMockBuilder(PluginListProvider::class)
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->onlyMethods(['getAllowedPlugins', 'getPluginDescription'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $provider->method('getAllowedPlugins')
+            ->willReturn(['Login']);
+        $provider->method('getPluginDescription')
+            ->willReturn('');
+
+        $this->assertSame(['Login' => ['description' => '']], $provider->getAllowedPluginMetadata());
+    }
+
+    public function testGetAllowedPluginMetadataContinuesWhenOnePluginDescriptionFails(): void
+    {
+        $provider = $this->getMockBuilder(PluginListProvider::class)
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->onlyMethods(['getAllowedPlugins', 'getPluginDescription'])
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $provider->method('getAllowedPlugins')
+            ->willReturn(['Login', 'BrokenPlugin', 'ActivityLog']);
+        $provider->method('getPluginDescription')
+            ->willReturnCallback(static function (string $pluginName): string {
+                if ($pluginName === 'BrokenPlugin') {
+                    throw new \RuntimeException('Could not register API class');
+                }
+
+                return $pluginName === 'Login' ? 'Login API description' : 'Activity log API description';
+            });
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            'Login' => ['description' => 'Login API description'],
+            'BrokenPlugin' => ['description' => ''],
+            'ActivityLog' => ['description' => 'Activity log API description'],
+        ], $provider->getAllowedPluginMetadata());
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param string[] $activatedPlugins
      * @param array<string, bool> $inFilesystemByPlugin