diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ab7616c5..0ec9cca6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify package contents
         run: npm pack --workspace=@codeburn/core --dry-run
 
+  cli:
+    name: cli (node ${{ matrix.node }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node: ['22.13.x', '24.x']
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+
+      - name: Check workspace versions
+        run: npm run check:workspace-versions
+
+      - name: Install from lockfile
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build core
+        run: npm run build --workspace=@codeburn/core
+
+      - name: Test cli
+        run: npm test --workspace=codeburn
+
   semgrep:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a8ebd7e..738923e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "build:cli": "npm run build:cli -w codeburn",
     "build:dash": "npm run build:dash -w codeburn",
     "dev": "npm run dev -w codeburn",
-    "test": "npm run test -w codeburn",
+    "test": "npm run build -w @codeburn/core && npm run test -w @codeburn/core && npm run test -w codeburn",
     "check:workspace-versions": "node scripts/check-workspace-versions.mjs"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 1f79d864..eb71b80b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "build:cli": "tsup && node -e \"const fs=require('fs'); fs.copyFileSync('src/cli.ts','dist/cli.js'); fs.chmodSync('dist/cli.js',0o755)\"",
     "build:dash": "cd ../../dash && npm install --no-audit --no-fund --silent && npm run build",
     "dev": "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-deprecation tsx src/cli.ts",
-    "test": "vitest",
+    "test": "vitest run",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "keywords": [