diff --git a/.changeset/fix-pino-pretty-runtime.md b/.changeset/fix-pino-pretty-runtime.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e61e4ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-pino-pretty-runtime.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Fix server startup from npm-installed CLI packages when pretty logging is enabled.
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/package.json b/apps/kimi-code/package.json
index 304efbb67..b9226eb74 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/package.json
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "cli-highlight": "^2.1.11",
     "commander": "^13.1.0",
     "pathe": "^2.0.3",
+    "pino-pretty": "^13.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.7.4",
     "smol-toml": "^1.6.1",
     "zod": "^4.3.6"
diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/test/cli/server/server.test.ts b/apps/kimi-code/test/cli/server/server.test.ts
index 677d4b92b..0e1b0b072 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/test/cli/server/server.test.ts
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/test/cli/server/server.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * Foreground startup behavior is exercised end-to-end in `server-e2e/`.
  */
 
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
 import { Command } from 'commander';
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
@@ -21,6 +23,14 @@ function makeProgram(): Command {
 }
 
 describe('kimi server', () => {
+  it('declares the pino pretty transport as a CLI runtime dependency', () => {
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+      readFileSync(new URL('../../../package.json', import.meta.url), 'utf-8'),
+    ) as { dependencies?: Record<string, string> };
+
+    expect(packageJson.dependencies).toHaveProperty('pino-pretty');
+  });
+
   it('registers `server` with all six lifecycle subcommands plus `run`', () => {
     const program = makeProgram();
     const server = program.commands.find((c) => c.name() === 'server');
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f827d5180..35847e49b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ importers:
       pathe:
         specifier: ^2.0.3
         version: 2.0.3
+      pino-pretty:
+        specifier: ^13.0.0
+        version: 13.1.3
       semver:
         specifier: ^7.7.4
         version: 7.7.4