diff --git a/src/App.zig b/src/App.zig
index 4f339803f..947e2e2e2 100644
--- a/src/App.zig
+++ b/src/App.zig
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn init(allocator: Allocator, config: *const Config) !*App {
 
     app.app_dir_path = getAndMakeAppDir(allocator);
 
-    app.telemetry = try Telemetry.init(app, config.mode, config.interactive());
+    app.telemetry = try Telemetry.init(app, config.command, config.interactive());
     errdefer app.telemetry.deinit(allocator);
 
     app.arena_pool = ArenaPool.init(allocator, .{});
diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index cc825192b..726f95b03 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ const Commands = cli.Builder(.{
         },
         .shared_options = CommonOptions,
     },
+    .{
+        // Normalized to `.agent` in `parseArgs`; intentionally no LLM options.
+        .name = "run",
+        .positional = .{ .name = "script_file", .type = ?[:0]const u8 },
+        .options = .{},
+        .shared_options = CommonOptions,
+    },
     .{ .name = "version", .options = .{
         .{ .name = "check", .type = bool },
     } },
@@ -273,6 +280,9 @@ pub const Mode = Commands.Union;
 pub const Agent = @FieldType(Mode, "agent");
 
 mode: Mode,
+// The command as typed. Mirrors `mode`, except `run` normalizes to `.agent`
+// for execution while this keeps `.run` for telemetry.
+command: RunMode,
 exec_name: []const u8,
 http_headers: HttpHeaders,
 
@@ -287,6 +297,7 @@ fn modeNeedsHttp(mode: Mode) bool {
 pub fn init(allocator: Allocator, exec_name: []const u8, mode: Mode) !Config {
     var config = Config{
         .mode = mode,
+        .command = std.meta.activeTag(mode),
         .exec_name = exec_name,
         .http_headers = undefined,
     };
@@ -713,7 +724,7 @@ pub fn printUsageAndExit(self: *const Config, help_for: RunMode, success: bool)
             , .{Help.general});
             std.debug.print(template, .{exec_name});
         },
-        inline .fetch, .serve, .mcp, .agent => |tag| {
+        inline .fetch, .serve, .mcp, .agent, .run => |tag| {
             const template = comptimePrint(
                 \\{s}
                 \\
@@ -735,11 +746,28 @@ pub fn printUsageAndExit(self: *const Config, help_for: RunMode, success: bool)
 }
 
 pub fn parseArgs(allocator: Allocator) !Config {
-    const exec_name, const command = try Commands.parse(allocator);
+    const exec_name, var command = try Commands.parse(allocator);
     if (command == .serve and command.serve.timeout != null) {
         log.warn(.app, "--timeout is deprecated", .{});
     }
-    return .init(allocator, exec_name, command);
+    const invoked = std.meta.activeTag(command);
+    // Rewrite `run` to `.agent` so nothing downstream needs a `.run` case.
+    if (command == .run) {
+        const run = command.run;
+        if (run.script_file == null) {
+            log.fatal(.app, "missing script file", .{ .hint = "usage: lightpanda run <script.js>" });
+            return error.MissingArgument;
+        }
+        // run's fields are a strict subset of Agent's (compile error otherwise).
+        var agent_opts: Agent = .{};
+        inline for (@typeInfo(@TypeOf(run)).@"struct".fields) |f| {
+            @field(agent_opts, f.name) = @field(run, f.name);
+        }
+        command = .{ .agent = agent_opts };
+    }
+    var config = try Config.init(allocator, exec_name, command);
+    config.command = invoked;
+    return config;
 }
 
 pub fn validateUserAgent(ua: []const u8) !void {
diff --git a/src/help.zon b/src/help.zon
index 1163f001c..eb4023a9c 100644
--- a/src/help.zon
+++ b/src/help.zon
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     \\  fetch       fetches the specified URL
     \\  help        displays this message
     \\  mcp         starts an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server over stdio
+    \\  run         runs a saved script (no LLM), then exits
     \\  serve       starts a WebSocket CDP server
     \\  version     displays the version of {0s}
     \\
@@ -143,14 +144,15 @@
     \\  {0s} agent --provider huggingface         (HF serverless router, HF_TOKEN)
     \\  {0s} agent --provider ollama --model qwen3.5:latest
     \\  {0s} agent --no-llm                       (basic slash-command-only REPL)
-    \\  {0s} agent script.js                      (run a saved script, then exit)
+    \\  {0s} run script.js                        (replay a saved script; see `run`)
     \\  {0s} agent --task "..." --save out.js      (synthesize a replayable script)
     \\
     \\Arguments:
     \\[SCRIPT]
     \\          Optional path to a .js script. Runs the script (no LLM calls) and
-    \\          exits. With no script and no --task, the REPL starts; from there
-    \\          /load runs a script and /save exports the session to a file.
+    \\          exits; `{0s} run SCRIPT` is the preferred spelling. With no script
+    \\          and no --task, the REPL starts; from there /load runs a script and
+    \\          /save exports the session to a file.
     \\          Caution: .js files can contain evaluate(...) calls that run
     \\          arbitrary JavaScript in the page. Only run scripts you trust, the
     \\          same way you would a shell script.
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@
     \\  --save <PATH>
     \\          Synthesize a replayable .js script from the --task run and write
     \\          it to PATH, instead of printing the answer. Replay it later with
-    \\          `agent PATH` (no LLM calls). Overwrites PATH if it exists.
+    \\          `run PATH` (no LLM calls). Overwrites PATH if it exists.
     \\          Requires --task.
     \\  --system-prompt <STRING>
     \\          Override the default system prompt.
@@ -237,6 +239,25 @@
     \\MISTRAL_API_KEY. The local servers (Ollama, llama.cpp) do not require an
     \\API key.
     ,
+    .run =
+    \\run command
+    \\Runs a saved script, then exits. No LLM calls, no API key needed.
+    \\
+    \\Usage:
+    \\  {0s} run <SCRIPT> [COMMON_OPTIONS]
+    \\
+    \\Examples:
+    \\  {0s} run script.js                        (replay a saved script)
+    \\
+    \\Arguments:
+    \\<SCRIPT>
+    \\          Path to a .js script to run, then exit. Produce one with
+    \\          `{0s} agent --task "..." --save script.js`, or `/save` from the
+    \\          agent REPL.
+    \\          Caution: .js files can contain evaluate(...) calls that run
+    \\          arbitrary JavaScript in the page. Only run scripts you trust, the
+    \\          same way you would a shell script.
+    ,
     .version =
     \\usage:  {0s} version [OPTIONS]
     \\
diff --git a/src/telemetry/lightpanda.zig b/src/telemetry/lightpanda.zig
index c0a56c587..ef741d37a 100644
--- a/src/telemetry/lightpanda.zig
+++ b/src/telemetry/lightpanda.zig
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub fn init(self: *LightPanda, app: *App, iid: ?[36]u8, run_mode: Config.RunMode
             .fetch => "F",
             .serve => "S",
             .agent => if (interactive == false) "AR" else "A",
+            .run => "R",
             .mcp => "M",
             .version => "V",
             .help => "H",