diff --git a/apps/tui/lib/coding-agent/package.json b/apps/tui/lib/coding-agent/package.json
index a5d763d8..5e45b58c 100644
--- a/apps/tui/lib/coding-agent/package.json
+++ b/apps/tui/lib/coding-agent/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 		"./auth-storage": "./src/core/auth-storage.ts",
 		"./model-registry": "./src/core/model-registry.ts",
 		"./settings-manager": "./src/core/settings-manager.ts",
+		"./slash-commands": "./src/core/slash-commands.ts",
 		"./timings": "./src/core/timings.ts",
 		"./messages": "./src/core/messages.ts",
 		"./theme": "./src/modes/interactive/theme/theme.ts"
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/native-agent-connection.ts b/apps/tui/src/native-agent-connection.ts
index b27cf8be..5630613c 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/native-agent-connection.ts
+++ b/apps/tui/src/native-agent-connection.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import type {
 } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent/agent-connection";
 import type { ThinkingLevel } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
 import type { ContextTreeNode } from "../lib/coding-agent/src/core/context-tree.js";
-import { PERMISSIONS_COMMAND_ENABLED } from "../lib/coding-agent/src/core/slash-commands.js";
+import { PERMISSIONS_COMMAND_ENABLED } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent/slash-commands";
 import type { BashResult } from "../lib/coding-agent/src/core/bash-executor.js";
 import { measureAsync } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent/timings";
 import { StdioJsonRpc, type JsonRpcId } from "./stdio-jsonrpc.js";
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/runtime-imports.test.ts b/apps/tui/src/runtime-imports.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8f660d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tui/src/runtime-imports.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+/**
+ * The release bundle deletes apps/tui's `lib/` directory after materializing
+ * the file: packages under node_modules (scripts/runtime/tui.ts). A runtime
+ * value import that escapes into `../lib/...` therefore only fails in the
+ * shipped product, never in the repo checkout. Keep value imports on package
+ * specifiers (`@earendil-works/...`); `import type` is erased at transpile and
+ * stays fine.
+ */
+const repoTui = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
+
+function collectSourceFiles(directory: string): string[] {
+  const files: string[] = [];
+  for (const item of readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    const path = join(directory, item.name);
+    if (item.isDirectory()) {
+      if (item.name !== "node_modules") files.push(...collectSourceFiles(path));
+    } else if (item.name.endsWith(".ts") && !/\.(test|spec|d)\.ts$/.test(item.name)) {
+      files.push(path);
+    }
+  }
+  return files;
+}
+
+test("runtime sources never value-import from the deleted lib directory", () => {
+  const offenders: string[] = [];
+  for (const path of collectSourceFiles(join(repoTui, "src"))) {
+    const text = readFileSync(path, "utf8");
+    for (const match of text.matchAll(/import\s+(type\s+)?([^"]*?)from\s+"(\.\.[/])+lib[/]/g)) {
+      const isTypeOnly = Boolean(match[1]) || /^type[\s{]/.test(match[2]);
+      if (!isTypeOnly) offenders.push(`${path.replace(repoTui + "/", "")}: ${match[0]}`);
+    }
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(offenders, []);
+});