diff --git a/action/README.md b/action/README.md
index f8ebcb8e..6c2db0f2 100644
--- a/action/README.md
+++ b/action/README.md
@@ -134,18 +134,25 @@ jobs:
           flux tag artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) --tag staging
 ```
 
-Example workflow for publishing Kubernetes manifests bundled as OCI artifacts to Docker Hub:
+### Push and sign Kubernetes manifests to container registries
+
+Example workflow for publishing Kubernetes manifests bundled as OCI artifacts
+which are signed with Cosign and GitHub OIDC:
 
 ```yaml
-name: push-artifact-production
+name: push-sign-artifact
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+
+permissions:
+  packages: write # needed for ghcr.io access
+  id-token: write # needed for keyless signing
 
 env:
-  OCI_REPO: "oci://docker.io/my-org/app-config"
+  OCI_REPO: "oci://ghcr.io/my-org/manifests/${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
 
 jobs:
   kubernetes:
@@ -155,23 +162,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Setup Flux CLI
         uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+      - name: Setup Cosign
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@main
+      - name: Login to GHCR
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
         with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Generate manifests
-        run: |
-          kustomize build ./manifests/production > ./deploy/app.yaml
-      - name: Push manifests
-        run: |
-          flux push artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git tag --points-at HEAD) \
-            --path="./deploy" \
-            --source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
-            --revision="$(git tag --points-at HEAD)/$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-      - name: Deploy manifests to production
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Push and sign manifests
         run: |
-          flux tag artifact $OCI_REPO:$(git tag --points-at HEAD) --tag production
+          digest_url=$(flux push artifact \
+          $OCI_REPO:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
+          --path="./manifests" \
+          --source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
+          --revision="$(git branch --show-current)/$(git rev-parse HEAD)" |\
+          jq -r '. | .repository + "@" + .digest')
+
+          cosign sign $digest_url
 ```
 
 ### End-to-end testing
diff --git a/cmd/flux/push_artifact.go b/cmd/flux/push_artifact.go
index 66d6807b..6664c201 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/push_artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/push_artifact.go
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/internal/flags"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
+	reg "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 
 	oci "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci/client"
 )
@@ -40,6 +43,16 @@ The command can read the credentials from '~/.docker/config.json' but they can a
 	--source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
 	--revision="$(git branch --show-current)/$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
 
+  # Push and sign artifact with cosign
+  digest_url = $(flux push artifact \
+	oci://ghcr.io/org/config/app:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
+	--source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
+	--revision="$(git branch --show-current)/$(git rev-parse HEAD)" \
+	--path="./path/to/local/manifest.yaml" \
+	--output json | \
+	jq -r '. | .repository + "@" + .digest')
+  cosign sign $digest_url
+
   # Push manifests passed into stdin to GHCR
   kustomize build . | flux push artifact oci://ghcr.io/org/config/app:$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) -p - \ 
     --source="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)" \
@@ -85,6 +98,7 @@ type pushArtifactFlags struct {
 	creds       string
 	provider    flags.SourceOCIProvider
 	ignorePaths []string
+	output      string
 }
 
 var pushArtifactArgs = newPushArtifactFlags()
@@ -102,6 +116,8 @@ func init() {
 	pushArtifactCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pushArtifactArgs.creds, "creds", "", "credentials for OCI registry in the format <username>[:<password>] if --provider is generic")
 	pushArtifactCmd.Flags().Var(&pushArtifactArgs.provider, "provider", pushArtifactArgs.provider.Description())
 	pushArtifactCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&pushArtifactArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", excludeOCI, "set paths to ignore in .gitignore format")
+	pushArtifactCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&pushArtifactArgs.output, "output", "o", "",
+		"the format in which the artifact digest should be printed, can be 'json' or 'yaml'")
 
 	pushCmd.AddCommand(pushArtifactCmd)
 }
@@ -172,14 +188,54 @@ func pushArtifactCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	logger.Actionf("pushing artifact to %s", url)
+	if pushArtifactArgs.output == "" {
+		logger.Actionf("pushing artifact to %s", url)
+	}
 
-	digest, err := ociClient.Push(ctx, url, path, meta, pushArtifactArgs.ignorePaths)
+	digestURL, err := ociClient.Push(ctx, url, path, meta, pushArtifactArgs.ignorePaths)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("pushing artifact failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	logger.Successf("artifact successfully pushed to %s", digest)
+	digest, err := reg.NewDigest(digestURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("artifact digest parsing failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	tag, err := reg.NewTag(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("artifact tag parsing failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	info := struct {
+		URL        string `json:"url"`
+		Repository string `json:"repository"`
+		Tag        string `json:"tag"`
+		Digest     string `json:"digest"`
+	}{
+		URL:        fmt.Sprintf("oci://%s", digestURL),
+		Repository: digest.Repository.Name(),
+		Tag:        tag.TagStr(),
+		Digest:     digest.DigestStr(),
+	}
+
+	switch pushArtifactArgs.output {
+	case "json":
+		marshalled, err := json.MarshalIndent(&info, "", "  ")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("artifact digest JSON conversion failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		marshalled = append(marshalled, "\n"...)
+		rootCmd.Print(string(marshalled))
+	case "yaml":
+		marshalled, err := yaml.Marshal(&info)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("artifact digest YAML conversion failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		rootCmd.Print(string(marshalled))
+	default:
+		logger.Successf("artifact successfully pushed to %s", digestURL)
+	}
 
 	return nil
 }