diff --git a/src/lib/deploy-cli-command.ts b/src/lib/deploy-cli-command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0763fa8ee7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/deploy-cli-command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+/* v8 ignore start -- thin oclif adapter covered through CLI integration tests. */
+
+import { Args, Command, Flags } from "@oclif/core";
+
+type RuntimeBridge = {
+  deploy: (instanceName?: string) => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+function getRuntimeBridge(): RuntimeBridge {
+  return require("../nemoclaw") as RuntimeBridge;
+}
+
+export default class DeployCliCommand extends Command {
+  static id = "deploy";
+  static strict = true;
+  static summary = "Deprecated Brev-specific bootstrap path";
+  static description = "Deprecated compatibility command for Brev-specific deployment.";
+  static usage = ["deploy [instance-name]"];
+  static args = {
+    instanceName: Args.string({
+      name: "instance-name",
+      description: "Brev instance name",
+      required: false,
+    }),
+  };
+  static flags = {
+    help: Flags.help({ char: "h" }),
+  };
+
+  public async run(): Promise<void> {
+    const { args } = await this.parse(DeployCliCommand);
+    await getRuntimeBridge().deploy(args.instanceName);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts b/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts
index fb08cc9eb6a..8f41e580370 100644
--- a/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts
+++ b/src/lib/oclif-commands.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from "./credentials-cli-command";
 import ConnectCliCommand from "./connect-cli-command";
 import DebugCliCommand from "./debug-cli-command";
+import DeployCliCommand from "./deploy-cli-command";
 import DestroyCliCommand from "./destroy-cli-command";
 import GatewayTokenCliCommand from "./gateway-token-cli-command";
 import ListCommand from "./list-command";
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export default {
   "credentials:list": CredentialsListCommand,
   "credentials:reset": CredentialsResetCommand,
   debug: DebugCliCommand,
+  deploy: DeployCliCommand,
   list: ListCommand,
   "sandbox:channels:add": ChannelsAddCommand,
   "sandbox:channels:list": SandboxChannelsListCommand,
diff --git a/src/nemoclaw.ts b/src/nemoclaw.ts
index 4d4a3fa2955..fc699b8ac51 100644
--- a/src/nemoclaw.ts
+++ b/src/nemoclaw.ts
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ async function recoverRegistryEntries({
 
 exports.captureOpenshell = captureOpenshell;
 exports.backupAll = backupAll;
+exports.deploy = deploy;
 exports.garbageCollectImages = garbageCollectImages;
 exports.recoverNamedGatewayRuntime = recoverNamedGatewayRuntime;
 exports.recoverRegistryEntries = recoverRegistryEntries;
@@ -4786,7 +4787,7 @@ const mainPromise = (async () => {
         await setupSpark(args);
         break;
       case "deploy":
-        await deploy(args[0]);
+        await runOclif("deploy", args);
         break;
       case "start":
         await start(args);
diff --git a/test/cli.test.ts b/test/cli.test.ts
index c8fb6458ce4..0d5a2f90cd3 100644
--- a/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -851,6 +851,13 @@ describe("CLI dispatch", () => {
     expect(r.out.includes("No resumable onboarding session was found")).toBeTruthy();
   });
 
+  it("deploy --help exits 0 and shows deprecated usage", () => {
+    const r = run("deploy --help");
+    expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+    expect(r.out).toContain("deploy [instance-name]");
+    expect(r.out).toContain("Deprecated Brev-specific bootstrap path");
+  });
+
   it("debug --help exits 0 and shows usage", () => {
     const r = run("debug --help");
     expect(r.code).toBe(0);