diff --git a/configurations/tsconfig.json b/configurations/tsconfig.json
index d9f19af433a..456af0c28c5 100644
--- a/configurations/tsconfig.json
+++ b/configurations/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
       "jsx": "react",
       "paths": {
+        "@shopify/cli-kit": ["../packages/cli-kit/src/index"],
         "@shopify/cli-kit/*": ["../packages/cli-kit/src/public/*"],
         "@shopify/theme/*": ["../packages/theme/src/*"],
         "@shopify/cli-kit/typing/*": ["../packages/cli-kit/src/typing/*"],
diff --git a/docs/cli/testing-strategy.md b/docs/cli/testing-strategy.md
index 6244f7a2a9a..2db6f850741 100644
--- a/docs/cli/testing-strategy.md
+++ b/docs/cli/testing-strategy.md
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ pnpm test path/to/my.test.ts
 If the subject under testing does a filesystem I/O operation, we recommend not stubbing that behavior instead of hitting the filesystem. Create a temporary directory whose lifecycle is tied to the lifecycle of the test:
 
 ```ts
-import {file, path} from "@shopify/cli-kit"
+import {exists, inTemporaryDirectory, writeFile} from "@shopify/cli-kit/node/fs"
+import {joinPath} from "@shopify/cli-kit/node/path"
 
 test("writes", async () => {
-    await file.inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmpDir: string) => {
+  await inTemporaryDirectory(async (tmpDir: string) => {
     // Given
-    const outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, "output")
+    const outputPath = joinPath(tmpDir, "output")
 
     // When
-    await file.write(outputPath, "content")
+    await writeFile(outputPath, "content")
 
     // Then
-    const exists = await file.exists(outputPath)
-    expect(exists).toBe(true)
+    expect(await exists(outputPath)).toBe(true)
   })
 })
 ```
diff --git a/packages/cli-kit/src/index.test.ts b/packages/cli-kit/src/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dba38017100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-kit/src/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {file, path} from './index.js'
+import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest'
+
+describe('root exports', () => {
+  test('exposes documented filesystem and path helpers', () => {
+    expect(file.inTemporaryDirectory).toBeTypeOf('function')
+    expect(path.joinPath).toBeTypeOf('function')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/cli-kit/src/index.ts b/packages/cli-kit/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb5a357d16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-kit/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * as file from './public/node/fs.js'
+export * as path from './public/node/path.js'