diff --git a/apps/kimi-code/scripts/dev.mjs b/apps/kimi-code/scripts/dev.mjs
index 1e9ca8c3f..3f50b969c 100644
--- a/apps/kimi-code/scripts/dev.mjs
+++ b/apps/kimi-code/scripts/dev.mjs
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 import { startPluginMarketplaceServer } from './dev-plugin-marketplace-server.mjs';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const SCRIPT_DIR = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const APP_ROOT = resolve(SCRIPT_DIR, '..');
+// Monorepo root. Used as the dev CLI's working directory so `make dev` opens
+// the whole repo instead of just apps/kimi-code.
+const REPO_ROOT = resolve(APP_ROOT, '../..');
 // Runtime variable the CLI reads to locate the marketplace JSON.
 const MARKETPLACE_ENV = 'KIMI_CODE_PLUGIN_MARKETPLACE_URL';
 // Opt-in for dev: point this run at an external marketplace instead of a local one.
@@ -48,14 +51,14 @@ const child = spawn(
     // esbuild transform sees `experimentalDecorators: true` for DI parameter
     // decorators in agent-core. Mirrors `dev:server` in package.json.
     '--tsconfig',
-    './tsconfig.dev.json',
+    resolve(APP_ROOT, 'tsconfig.dev.json'),
     '--import',
-    '../../build/register-raw-text-loader.mjs',
-    './src/main.ts',
+    pathToFileURL(resolve(REPO_ROOT, 'build/register-raw-text-loader.mjs')).href,
+    resolve(APP_ROOT, 'src/main.ts'),
     ...cliArgs,
   ],
   {
-    cwd: APP_ROOT,
+    cwd: REPO_ROOT,
     env,
     stdio: 'inherit',
   },