diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index c137b229b..9c78f68f3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openrouter/spawn",
-  "version": "1.0.32",
+  "version": "1.0.33",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "spawn": "cli.js"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/export.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/export.test.ts
index 5bfc088ab..60a84a9f9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/__tests__/export.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/__tests__/export.test.ts
@@ -317,22 +317,44 @@ describe("cmdExport", () => {
     expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
   });
 
-  it("filters out sprite-console connections", async () => {
-    const spriteConsole: SpawnRecord = {
+  it("includes sprite-console connections (sprite has its own runner)", async () => {
+    const spriteRecord: SpawnRecord = {
       ...baseRecord,
+      cloud: "sprite",
       connection: {
         ...baseRecord.connection!,
+        cloud: "sprite",
         ip: "sprite-console",
       },
     };
+    // The injected runner short-circuits the sprite-module import, so we just
+    // need cmdExport to attempt the export rather than filtering the record out.
+    const ranWith: {
+      script?: string;
+    } = {};
+    const stubRunner = {
+      runServer: async (cmd: string) => {
+        ranWith.script = cmd;
+      },
+      uploadFile: async () => {},
+      // downloadFile must succeed so the parser sees a result file. Make it
+      // throw a recognisable error and assert we got past the filter step.
+      downloadFile: async () => {
+        throw new Error("__downloadFile_called__");
+      },
+    };
     await expect(
       cmdExport(undefined, {
         records: [
-          spriteConsole,
+          spriteRecord,
         ],
+        visibility: "private",
+        makeRunner: () => stubRunner,
       }),
     ).rejects.toThrow("__exit__");
-    expect(exitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1);
+    // The script ran (record passed the filter), then the download stub threw,
+    // which cmdExport surfaces as exit(1). What matters: ranWith.script is set.
+    expect(ranWith.script).toBeDefined();
   });
 
   it("errors with a target hint when the named spawn doesn't exist", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts
index 63756dd15..64485683a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ const ResultSchema = v.union([
   }),
 ]);
 
-/** Filter to records the export can actually drive: claude, with a live SSH
- *  connection, not deleted, not sprite-console. */
+/** Filter to records the export can actually drive: claude, with a live
+ *  connection (SSH or sprite-console), not deleted. */
 function exportableClaudeRecords(records: SpawnRecord[]): SpawnRecord[] {
   return records.filter((r) => {
     if (r.agent !== CLAUDE_AGENT) {
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ function exportableClaudeRecords(records: SpawnRecord[]): SpawnRecord[] {
     if (c.deleted) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (c.ip === "sprite-console") {
-      return false;
-    }
     return true;
   });
 }
@@ -322,6 +319,37 @@ function shSingleQuote(s: string): string {
   return `'${s.replace(/'/g, "'\\''")}'`;
 }
 
+interface ExportRunner {
+  runServer: (cmd: string, timeoutSecs?: number) => Promise<void>;
+  uploadFile: (localPath: string, remotePath: string) => Promise<void>;
+  downloadFile: (remotePath: string, localPath: string) => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+/** Build the runner for a specific spawn record. Sprite has its own exec
+ *  channel (`sprite exec`, etc.); everything else uses SSH. */
+async function buildRunnerForRecord(record: SpawnRecord): Promise<ExportRunner> {
+  const conn = record.connection;
+  if (!conn) {
+    throw new Error("Cannot build runner: spawn has no connection info.");
+  }
+  if (record.cloud === "sprite") {
+    if (!conn.server_name) {
+      throw new Error("Cannot export sprite: connection is missing server_name.");
+    }
+    const sprite = await import("../sprite/sprite.js");
+    await sprite.ensureSpriteCli();
+    await sprite.ensureSpriteAuthenticated();
+    sprite.setSpriteName(conn.server_name);
+    return {
+      runServer: sprite.runSprite,
+      uploadFile: sprite.uploadFileSprite,
+      downloadFile: sprite.downloadFileSprite,
+    };
+  }
+  const keyOpts = getSshKeyOpts(await ensureSshKeys());
+  return makeSshRunner(conn.ip, conn.user, keyOpts);
+}
+
 /** Pick one record from a list of claude spawns. */
 async function pickOne(records: SpawnRecord[]): Promise<SpawnRecord | null> {
   const options = records.map((r) => ({
@@ -428,11 +456,9 @@ export async function cmdExport(target: string | undefined, options?: ExportOpti
     resultPath: REMOTE_RESULT_PATH,
   });
 
-  // SSH runner
-  const keyOpts = options?.makeRunner ? [] : getSshKeyOpts(await ensureSshKeys());
-  const runner = options?.makeRunner
-    ? options.makeRunner(conn.ip, conn.user, keyOpts)
-    : makeSshRunner(conn.ip, conn.user, keyOpts);
+  // Pick a runner: tests inject one; sprite uses sprite's exec channel; everything
+  // else goes over SSH using the connection's ip/user.
+  const runner = options?.makeRunner ? options.makeRunner(conn.ip, conn.user, []) : await buildRunnerForRecord(r);
 
   // Run the export script. 10-min timeout — large repos take time to push.
   p.log.step("Running export on the VM (claude is naming the repo)...");
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/sprite/sprite.ts b/packages/cli/src/sprite/sprite.ts
index c9107ff9d..d69bba4a2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/sprite/sprite.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/sprite/sprite.ts
@@ -270,6 +270,16 @@ function orgFlags(): string[] {
 
 // ─── Server Name ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+/** Set the active sprite name for subsequent runSprite/uploadFileSprite/
+ *  downloadFileSprite calls. Used by reconnect-style flows (e.g. spawn export)
+ *  that operate on an existing sprite without going through createSprite. */
+export function setSpriteName(name: string): void {
+  if (!name || !/^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$/.test(name)) {
+    throw new Error("setSpriteName: name must be non-empty and match [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+");
+  }
+  _state.name = name;
+}
+
 export async function promptSpawnName(): Promise<void> {
   return promptSpawnNameShared("Sprite");
 }