diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.test.ts
index 2278d868..4cd36d70 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { shipCmd } from './ship.js';
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { readTargetSummary, shipCmd } from './ship.js';
 
 describe('shipCmd', () => {
   it('is registered as a top-level command named "ship"', () => {
@@ -34,4 +37,61 @@ describe('shipCmd', () => {
     expect(optNames).toContain('--dry-run');
     expect(optNames).toContain('--skip-lint');
   });
+
+  it('ignores targets examples inside comments when reading configured targets', () => {
+    const cwd = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'sh1pt-targets-'));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(cwd, 'sh1pt.config.ts'),
+      `
+        // Example only: targets: { fake: { use: 'wrong' } }
+        export default {
+          targets: {
+            web: { use: 'next', enabled: false }
+          }
+        };
+      `,
+    );
+
+    expect(readTargetSummary(cwd, 'sh1pt.config.ts')).toEqual([
+      { id: 'web', use: 'next', enabled: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('reads string values that contain the opposite quote delimiter', () => {
+    const cwd = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'sh1pt-targets-'));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(cwd, 'sh1pt.config.ts'),
+      `
+        export default {
+          targets: {
+            web: { use: "foo'adapter" }
+          }
+        };
+      `,
+    );
+
+    expect(readTargetSummary(cwd, 'sh1pt.config.ts')).toEqual([
+      { id: 'web', use: "foo'adapter", enabled: true },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('closes strings after an even run of backslashes before a quote', () => {
+    const cwd = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'sh1pt-targets-'));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(cwd, 'sh1pt.config.ts'),
+      `
+        export default {
+          targets: {
+            web: { use: "path\\\\", enabled: true },
+            api: { use: 'node' }
+          }
+        };
+      `,
+    );
+
+    expect(readTargetSummary(cwd, 'sh1pt.config.ts')).toEqual([
+      { id: 'web', use: 'path\\\\', enabled: true },
+      { id: 'api', use: 'node', enabled: true },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.ts
index aab088ff..909bf82d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/ship.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import kleur from 'kleur';
 import { lint } from '@profullstack/sh1pt-policy';
@@ -10,6 +11,27 @@ async function loadManifest(): Promise<Manifest> {
   return { name: 'stub', version: '0.0.0', channels: ['stable', 'beta', 'canary'], targets: {} };
 }
 
+type TargetSummary = {
+  id: string;
+  use: string;
+  enabled: boolean;
+};
+
+export function readTargetSummary(cwd: string, configPath: string): TargetSummary[] {
+  const path = configPath.startsWith('/') ? configPath : join(cwd, configPath);
+  if (!existsSync(path)) {
+    throw new Error(`No ${configPath} found. Run sh1pt ship init first or pass --config <path>.`);
+  }
+  const source = readFileSync(path, 'utf8');
+  const targets = readObjectBody(source, 'targets');
+  if (!targets) return [];
+  return readTopLevelObjectEntries(targets).map(({ key, body }) => ({
+    id: key,
+    use: readStringProperty(body, 'use') ?? key,
+    enabled: readBooleanProperty(body, 'enabled') ?? true,
+  }));
+}
+
 export const shipCmd = new Command('ship')
   .description('Publish built artifacts to their target stores and registries')
   .option('-t, --target <id...>', 'target ids to ship (default: all enabled)')
@@ -120,8 +142,29 @@ targetSubCmd
 targetSubCmd
   .command('list')
   .description('List enabled targets for this project')
-  .action(() => {
-    console.log(kleur.dim('[stub] target list — read sh1pt.config.ts'));
+  .option('--json', 'print machine-readable output')
+  .option('--config <path>', 'config file to read', 'sh1pt.config.ts')
+  .action((opts: { json?: boolean; config: string }) => {
+    try {
+      const targets = readTargetSummary(process.cwd(), opts.config);
+      if (opts.json) {
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({ targets }, null, 2));
+        return;
+      }
+      if (targets.length === 0) {
+        console.log(kleur.dim('No targets configured.'));
+        return;
+      }
+      console.log(kleur.bold('Targets'));
+      for (const target of targets) {
+        const icon = target.enabled ? kleur.green('●') : kleur.gray('○');
+        const status = target.enabled ? kleur.green('enabled') : kleur.gray('disabled');
+        console.log(`  ${icon} ${kleur.bold(target.id)}  ${kleur.dim(target.use)}  ${status}`);
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(kleur.red(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)));
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
   });
 
 targetSubCmd
@@ -130,3 +173,140 @@ targetSubCmd
   .action(() => {
     console.log(kleur.dim('[stub] target available — fetch from registry'));
   });
+
+function readObjectBody(source: string, property: string): string | undefined {
+  source = stripComments(source);
+  const match = new RegExp(`(?:^|[,{\\s])${escapeRegExp(property)}\\s*:`).exec(source);
+  if (!match) return undefined;
+  const open = source.indexOf('{', match.index + match[0].length);
+  if (open === -1) return undefined;
+  const close = findMatchingBrace(source, open);
+  return close === -1 ? undefined : source.slice(open + 1, close);
+}
+
+function readTopLevelObjectEntries(source: string): Array<{ key: string; body: string }> {
+  source = stripComments(source);
+  const entries: Array<{ key: string; body: string }> = [];
+  const keyRe = /(?:^|,)\s*(['"]?[A-Za-z0-9_-]+['"]?)\s*:/g;
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  while ((match = keyRe.exec(source))) {
+    const rawKey = match[1];
+    if (!rawKey) continue;
+    const open = source.indexOf('{', keyRe.lastIndex);
+    if (open === -1) continue;
+    const between = source.slice(keyRe.lastIndex, open).trim();
+    if (between.length > 0) continue;
+    const close = findMatchingBrace(source, open);
+    if (close === -1) continue;
+    entries.push({ key: rawKey.replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, ''), body: source.slice(open + 1, close) });
+    keyRe.lastIndex = close + 1;
+  }
+  return entries;
+}
+
+function stripComments(source: string): string {
+  let result = '';
+  let quote: '"' | "'" | '`' | undefined;
+  let lineComment = false;
+  let blockComment = false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < source.length; i += 1) {
+    const ch = source[i];
+    const prev = source[i - 1];
+    const next = source[i + 1];
+    if (lineComment) {
+      if (ch === '\n') {
+        lineComment = false;
+        result += ch;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (blockComment) {
+      if (prev === '*' && ch === '/') blockComment = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (quote) {
+      result += ch;
+      if (ch === quote && !isEscaped(source, i)) quote = undefined;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '/' && next === '/') {
+      lineComment = true;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '/' && next === '*') {
+      blockComment = true;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '"' || ch === "'" || ch === '`') quote = ch;
+    result += ch;
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+function findMatchingBrace(source: string, open: number): number {
+  let depth = 0;
+  let quote: '"' | "'" | '`' | undefined;
+  let lineComment = false;
+  let blockComment = false;
+  for (let i = open; i < source.length; i += 1) {
+    const ch = source[i];
+    const prev = source[i - 1];
+    const next = source[i + 1];
+    if (lineComment) {
+      if (ch === '\n') lineComment = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (blockComment) {
+      if (prev === '*' && ch === '/') blockComment = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (quote) {
+      if (ch === quote && !isEscaped(source, i)) quote = undefined;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '/' && next === '/') {
+      lineComment = true;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '/' && next === '*') {
+      blockComment = true;
+      i += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '"' || ch === "'" || ch === '`') {
+      quote = ch;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '{') depth += 1;
+    if (ch === '}') {
+      depth -= 1;
+      if (depth === 0) return i;
+    }
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+function readStringProperty(source: string, key: string): string | undefined {
+  const match = new RegExp(`${escapeRegExp(key)}\\s*:\\s*(?:'([^']*)'|"([^"]*)")`).exec(source);
+  return match?.[1] ?? match?.[2];
+}
+
+function readBooleanProperty(source: string, key: string): boolean | undefined {
+  const match = new RegExp(`${escapeRegExp(key)}\\s*:\\s*(true|false)`).exec(source);
+  return match?.[1] === undefined ? undefined : match[1] === 'true';
+}
+
+function escapeRegExp(input: string): string {
+  return input.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+}
+
+function isEscaped(source: string, index: number): boolean {
+  let slashCount = 0;
+  for (let i = index - 1; i >= 0 && source[i] === '\\'; i -= 1) {
+    slashCount += 1;
+  }
+  return slashCount % 2 === 1;
+}