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I'm embedding IronPython (2.6.1) in a C# assembly and exposing several objects to scripts which are executed with PythonEngine.ExecuteFile. I expose them either with scope.SetVariable("SomeObject", new SomeObject()) or engine.Execute("from MyNamespace import SomeObject", scope) depending on how the scripts use them. My application assembly is added to the engine with engine.Runtime.LoadAssembly(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()) Now a script can execute help(SomeObject) and dump the nice little help info(*), however it's incomplete . None of the object's events or properties (public of course) show up and many of the 'built-in' members are missing as well. Here's the odd part; If I fire up ipy.exe and execute the following: import sys sys.path.append('<location of my app>') import clr clr.AddReferenceToFile('myapp.exe') from MyNamespace import SomeObject help(SomeObject) I get a different dump, complete with all the missing members! Why do the two differ? Bonus question : Assuming I get it working correctly, is it possible to add descriptive text on my CLR objects to the output of help()? Like you can from within the script, on your python-native types? My first guess was the DescriptionAttribute, but that didn't work. (*) Obviously a final, working script wouldn't do this but it is exceedingly helpful while writing/testing the script. Answered Here is a complete console program that illustrates how to import the site which replaces the usless internal help() with the standard python library help(). using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Reflection; using IronPython.Hosting; using IronPython.Runtime; using Microsoft.Scripting.Hosting.Providers; namespace MyApp { clas

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