diff --git a/cmd/ansible-operator/main.go b/cmd/ansible-operator/main.go
index 85325ee..99c5215 100644
--- a/cmd/ansible-operator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ansible-operator/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
 
 	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/run"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/scaffold"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/version"
 )
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ operator project's image entrypoint
 
 	root.AddCommand(run.NewCmd())
 	root.AddCommand(version.NewCmd())
+	root.AddCommand(scaffold.NewCmd())
 
 	if err := root.Execute(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/hack/generate/samples/ansible/generate.go b/hack/generate/samples/ansible/generate.go
index c797f4d..01a56dc 100644
--- a/hack/generate/samples/ansible/generate.go
+++ b/hack/generate/samples/ansible/generate.go
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/cli"
-	cfgv3 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/config/v3"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/plugin"
-	kustomizev2 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v2"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/plugins/golang"
 
 	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/hack/generate/samples/internal/pkg"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/pkg/plugins/ansible/v1"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/scaffold"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/pkg/testutils/command"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/pkg/testutils/e2e"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/pkg/testutils/sample"
@@ -43,24 +39,7 @@ var memcachedGVK = schema.GroupVersionKind{
 }
 
 func getCli() *cli.CLI {
-	ansibleBundle, _ := plugin.NewBundleWithOptions(
-		plugin.WithName(golang.DefaultNameQualifier),
-		plugin.WithVersion(ansible.Plugin{}.Version()),
-		plugin.WithPlugins(kustomizev2.Plugin{}, ansible.Plugin{}),
-	)
-
-	c, err := cli.New(
-		cli.WithCommandName("cli"),
-		cli.WithVersion("v0.0.0"),
-		cli.WithPlugins(
-			ansibleBundle,
-		),
-		cli.WithDefaultPlugins(cfgv3.Version, ansibleBundle),
-		cli.WithDefaultProjectVersion(cfgv3.Version),
-		cli.WithCompletion(),
-	)
-	pkg.CheckError("getting cli implementation:", err)
-	return c
+	return scaffold.GetPluginsCLI()
 }
 
 func GenerateMemcachedSamples(rootPath string) []sample.Sample {
diff --git a/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/scaffold/cmd.go b/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/scaffold/cmd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c67a2c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cmd/ansible-operator/scaffold/cmd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Operator-SDK Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package scaffold
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/pkg/plugins/ansible/v1"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	ver "github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/internal/version"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/cli"
+	cfgv3 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/config/v3"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/plugin"
+	kustomizev2 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v2"
+)
+
+func NewCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cli := GetPluginsCLI()
+	return cli.Command()
+}
+
+func GetPluginsCLI() *cli.CLI {
+	ansibleBundle, _ := plugin.NewBundleWithOptions(
+		plugin.WithName(ansible.Plugin{}.Name()),
+		plugin.WithVersion(ansible.Plugin{}.Version()),
+		plugin.WithPlugins(
+			kustomizev2.Plugin{},
+			ansible.Plugin{},
+		),
+	)
+
+	c, err := cli.New(
+		cli.WithCommandName("scaffold"),
+		cli.WithDescription("scaffolds ansible-operator"),
+		cli.WithVersion(makeVersionString()),
+		cli.WithPlugins(
+			ansibleBundle,
+		),
+		cli.WithDefaultPlugins(cfgv3.Version, ansibleBundle),
+		cli.WithDefaultProjectVersion(cfgv3.Version),
+		cli.WithCompletion(),
+	)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return c
+}
+
+func makeVersionString() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("scaffold version: %q, commit: %q, kubernetes version: %q, go version: %q, GOOS: %q, GOARCH: %q",
+		ver.GitVersion, ver.GitCommit, ver.KubernetesVersion, runtime.Version(), runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/ansible/v1/plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/ansible/v1/plugin.go
index f712b2e..20ba9df 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/ansible/v1/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/ansible/v1/plugin.go
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/config"
 	cfgv3 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/config/v3"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v4/pkg/plugin"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/ansible-operator-plugins/pkg/plugins"
 )
 
-const pluginName = "base.ansible" + plugins.DefaultNameQualifier
+const pluginName = "ansible.operatorframework.io"
 
 var (
 	pluginVersion            = plugin.Version{Number: 1}
diff --git a/testdata/memcached-molecule-operator/PROJECT b/testdata/memcached-molecule-operator/PROJECT
index f1aba08..da1a95d 100644
--- a/testdata/memcached-molecule-operator/PROJECT
+++ b/testdata/memcached-molecule-operator/PROJECT
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # More info: https://book.kubebuilder.io/reference/project-config.html
 domain: example.com
 layout:
-- go.kubebuilder.io/v1
+- ansible.operatorframework.io/v1
 multigroup: true
 projectName: memcached-molecule-operator
 resources: