diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index 767b9a20..c41ffd60 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/transport"
 	"gitea.dev/tea/internal/version"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 // Dependencies supplies external boundaries for a fresh CLI invocation.
@@ -149,9 +150,37 @@ func NewRoot(deps Dependencies) *cobra.Command {
 	root.InitDefaultCompletionCmd()
 	root.SetVersionTemplate("{{.Version}}\n")
 	rejectUnknownSubcommands(root)
+	addVerbAliases(root)
 	return root
 }
 
+// verbAliases are the gh-style short names that every command with a common verb accepts (D6).
+// Commands add other gh verbs, such as new, co, add and get, to their own Aliases.
+var verbAliases = map[string]string{"list": "ls", "delete": "rm"}
+
+// addVerbAliases gives every list and delete command its short name.
+func addVerbAliases(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	if alias, ok := verbAliases[cmd.Name()]; ok && cmd.HasParent() && !slices.Contains(cmd.Aliases, alias) {
+		cmd.Aliases = append(cmd.Aliases, alias)
+	}
+	for _, child := range cmd.Commands() {
+		addVerbAliases(child)
+	}
+}
+
+// flagAliases makes the flags of cmd accept each key of aliases as another name of the flag it maps
+// to, without showing it in help. Renamed flags keep their old names working this way, such as the
+// plural --add-labels after the singular gh name --add-label became primary (D8).
+func flagAliases(cmd *cobra.Command, aliases map[string]string) {
+	normalize := cmd.Flags().GetNormalizeFunc()
+	cmd.Flags().SetNormalizeFunc(func(flags *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
+		if to, ok := aliases[name]; ok {
+			name = to
+		}
+		return normalize(flags, name)
+	})
+}
+
 // checkOutputFlags validates --json and --jq before a command runs. --jq alone selects every field,
 // except on commands that filter their raw JSON themselves (annotation tea.rawjson).
 func (a *application) checkOutputFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
diff --git a/internal/app/app_test.go b/internal/app/app_test.go
index 831e51be..1e8054c3 100644
--- a/internal/app/app_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/app_test.go
@@ -192,3 +192,39 @@ func TestRawJSONCommandsKeepJQToThemselves(t *testing.T) {
 	root.SetArgs([]string{"raw", "--json"})
 	require.ErrorContains(t, root.Execute(), "raw prints text; --json is not supported")
 }
+
+func TestVerbAndFlagAliases(t *testing.T) {
+	deps, _, _ := testDeps(t)
+	root := NewRoot(deps)
+	for _, args := range [][]string{{"issue", "ls"}, {"label", "rm"}, {"pr", "review", "ls"}} {
+		cmd, _, err := root.Find(args)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, map[string]string{"ls": "list", "rm": "delete"}[args[len(args)-1]], cmd.Name(), args)
+	}
+	// Aliases never shadow a sibling command.
+	walkCommands(root, func(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+		names := map[string]string{}
+		for _, child := range cmd.Commands() {
+			for _, name := range append([]string{child.Name()}, child.Aliases...) {
+				require.Empty(t, names[name], "%s %s is both %s and %s", cmd.CommandPath(), name, names[name], child.Name())
+				names[name] = child.Name()
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	var labels []string
+	edit := &cobra.Command{Use: "edit", RunE: func(*cobra.Command, []string) error { return nil }}
+	edit.Flags().StringSliceVar(&labels, "add-label", nil, "Add labels")
+	flagAliases(edit, map[string]string{"add-labels": "add-label"})
+	edit.SetArgs([]string{"--add-labels", "bug", "--add-label", "docs"})
+	require.NoError(t, edit.Execute())
+	require.Equal(t, []string{"bug", "docs"}, labels)
+	require.NotContains(t, edit.UsageString(), "add-labels")
+}
+
+// walkCommands calls visit for cmd and each of its descendants.
+func walkCommands(cmd *cobra.Command, visit func(*cobra.Command)) {
+	visit(cmd)
+	for _, child := range cmd.Commands() {
+		walkCommands(child, visit)
+	}
+}