diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index b33d5cf0b..645a941b0 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Enabled Node's persistent compile cache before loading the bundled CLI runtime, reducing repeat launch time.
 - Made `--resume` session results appear progressively, using file modification times to prioritize all-folder loading and cancelling outstanding transcript reads after selection.
 - Reduced `--continue` startup time by checking candidate session headers in modification-time order and stopping after the newest matching session.
 - Replaced the external native clipboard dependency with bundled asynchronous macOS, Windows, and X11 helpers while preserving platform command and OSC 52 fallbacks ([#9163](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/pull/9163)).
diff --git a/scripts/build-coding-agent-bundle.mjs b/scripts/build-coding-agent-bundle.mjs
index aac3dd6e5..028b0b6a6 100644
--- a/scripts/build-coding-agent-bundle.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-coding-agent-bundle.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { chmodSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { isBuiltin } from "node:module";
 import { dirname, join, relative, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const mainResult = await build({
 	...commonBuildOptions(),
 	entryNames: "[name]",
 	entryPoints: {
-		cli: join(codingAgentDistDir, "cli.js"),
+		"cli-runtime": join(codingAgentDistDir, "cli.js"),
 		index: join(codingAgentDistDir, "index.js"),
 		"rpc-entry": join(codingAgentDistDir, "rpc-entry.js"),
 	},
@@ -206,9 +206,17 @@ if (dirname(imageResizeOutput) !== dirname(imageResizeWorkerOutput)) {
 }
 
 validateExternalImports([mainResult.metafile, lazyResult.metafile]);
+const cliLauncher = `#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { createRequire, enableCompileCache } from "node:module";
+
+enableCompileCache();
+createRequire(import.meta.url)("./cli-runtime.js");
+`;
+writeFileSync(join(bundleDir, "cli.js"), cliLauncher);
 chmodSync(join(bundleDir, "cli.js"), 0o755);
 chmodSync(join(bundleDir, "rpc-entry.js"), 0o755);
 
-const files = new Set([...Object.keys(mainResult.metafile.outputs), ...Object.keys(lazyResult.metafile.outputs)]).size;
-const mib = outputBytes([mainResult.metafile, lazyResult.metafile]) / (1024 * 1024);
+const files =
+	new Set([...Object.keys(mainResult.metafile.outputs), ...Object.keys(lazyResult.metafile.outputs)]).size + 1;
+const mib = (outputBytes([mainResult.metafile, lazyResult.metafile]) + cliLauncher.length) / (1024 * 1024);
 console.log(`Built ${relative(repoRoot, bundleDir)} (${files} files, ${mib.toFixed(1)} MiB)`);