diff --git a/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts b/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts
index 12f69fe247f..d7dd4abd953 100644
--- a/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/commandPalette/actions/staticActions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { NavModelItem } from '@grafana/data';
+import { enrichHelpItem } from 'app/core/components/AppChrome/MegaMenu/utils';
 import { t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
 import { changeTheme } from 'app/core/services/theme';
 
@@ -13,11 +14,16 @@ function idForNavItem(navItem: NavModelItem) {
 function navTreeToActions(navTree: NavModelItem[], parents: NavModelItem[] = []): CommandPaletteAction[] {
   const navActions: CommandPaletteAction[] = [];
 
-  for (const navItem of navTree) {
-    const { url, target, text, isCreateAction, children } = navItem;
+  for (let navItem of navTree) {
+    // help node needs enriching with the frontend links
+    if (navItem.id === 'help') {
+      navItem = enrichHelpItem({ ...navItem });
+      delete navItem.url;
+    }
+    const { url, target, text, isCreateAction, children, onClick } = navItem;
     const hasChildren = Boolean(children?.length);
 
-    if (!(url || hasChildren)) {
+    if (!(url || onClick || hasChildren)) {
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -28,13 +34,14 @@ function navTreeToActions(navTree: NavModelItem[], parents: NavModelItem[] = [])
     const priority = isCreateAction ? ACTIONS_PRIORITY : DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
 
     const subtitle = parents.map((parent) => parent.text).join(' > ');
-    const action = {
+    const action: CommandPaletteAction = {
       id: idForNavItem(navItem),
       name: text,
       section: section,
       url,
       target,
       parent: parents.length > 0 && !isCreateAction ? idForNavItem(parents[parents.length - 1]) : undefined,
+      perform: onClick,
       priority: priority,
       subtitle: isCreateAction ? undefined : subtitle,
     };