diff --git a/src/cli/daemon.rs b/src/cli/daemon.rs
index f6b0a74e..3c008be4 100644
--- a/src/cli/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/cli/daemon.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ pub enum DaemonSubcommand {
     Status,
     Enable,
     Disable,
+    /// Print the current daemon session's stdout+stderr (bridge activity,
+    /// dashboard startup, etc). Truncated fresh on every start/restart.
+    Logs {
+        /// Keep printing new lines as the daemon writes them.
+        #[arg(short, long)]
+        follow: bool,
+    },
 }
 
 impl DaemonArgs {
@@ -25,6 +32,7 @@ impl DaemonArgs {
             DaemonSubcommand::Status => cmd_status(),
             DaemonSubcommand::Enable => cmd_enable(),
             DaemonSubcommand::Disable => cmd_disable(),
+            DaemonSubcommand::Logs { follow } => cmd_logs(follow),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -70,6 +78,38 @@ fn cmd_status() {
     }
 }
 
+fn cmd_logs(follow: bool) {
+    use std::io::{Read, Write};
+    let path = crate::daemon::daemon_log_path();
+    let mut file = match std::fs::File::open(&path) {
+        Ok(f) => f,
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("error: {}: {e}", path.display());
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    };
+    let mut buf = String::new();
+    let _ = file.read_to_string(&mut buf);
+    print!("{buf}");
+    let _ = std::io::stdout().flush();
+    if !follow {
+        return;
+    }
+    // Simplest portable tail -f: re-read from the current position on the
+    // same handle, which reflects append-mode writes made by a different
+    // process to the same file. Not robust to the daemon restarting mid-tail
+    // (a fresh log truncates the same path) -- good enough for `-f` used
+    // interactively, same tradeoff `agentflare work`'s own log tailing makes.
+    loop {
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500));
+        let mut chunk = String::new();
+        if file.read_to_string(&mut chunk).is_ok() && !chunk.is_empty() {
+            print!("{chunk}");
+            let _ = std::io::stdout().flush();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn cmd_enable() {
     match crate::daemon_autostart::install() {
         Ok(()) => println!("autostart enabled"),
diff --git a/src/daemon.rs b/src/daemon.rs
index 81811df8..29c8976e 100644
--- a/src/daemon.rs
+++ b/src/daemon.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ pub fn daemon_pid_path() -> PathBuf {
         .unwrap_or_else(|| std::env::temp_dir().join("agentflare-daemon.pid"))
 }
 
+/// stdout+stderr of the current daemon session — truncated fresh on every
+/// `start`/`restart` (see `spawn_detached`), same lifetime as the runtime
+/// dir it lives in. Not a rotated history: `agentflare daemon logs` is for
+/// seeing what THIS run of the daemon is doing, not an audit trail.
+pub fn daemon_log_path() -> PathBuf {
+    dirs::runtime_dir()
+        .map(|d| d.join("agentflare").join("daemon.log"))
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| std::env::temp_dir().join("agentflare-daemon.log"))
+}
+
 pub fn daemon_start_lock_path() -> PathBuf {
     dirs::runtime_dir()
         .map(|d| d.join("agentflare").join("daemon.start.lock"))
@@ -122,12 +132,17 @@ pub fn start_daemon() -> Result<u32, String> {
     }
 
     let binary = std::env::current_exe().map_err(|e| format!("current_exe: {e}"))?;
+    let log_path = daemon_log_path();
+    if let Some(parent) = log_path.parent() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(|e| format!("create log dir {parent:?}: {e}"))?;
+    }
     // Must match the `ExecStart`/`ProgramArguments` invocation the installed
     // systemd/launchd units use (see `daemon_autostart.rs`) — both spawn
     // `serve --_foreground-daemon`, not just the bare flag.
     let _pid = process::spawn_detached(
         &binary.to_string_lossy(),
         &["serve", "--_foreground-daemon"],
+        Some(&log_path),
     )?;
 
     for _ in 0..20 {
diff --git a/src/ipc/process.rs b/src/ipc/process.rs
index 080da8a2..ad464c59 100644
--- a/src/ipc/process.rs
+++ b/src/ipc/process.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,35 @@ pub fn is_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn spawn_detached(binary: &str, args: &[&str]) -> Result<u32, String> {
+/// Spawns `binary` detached from the calling process. `log_path`, if given,
+/// is truncated and used for both the child's stdout and stderr — `None`
+/// discards them, same as before this parameter existed.
+pub fn spawn_detached(
+    binary: &str,
+    args: &[&str],
+    log_path: Option<&std::path::Path>,
+) -> Result<u32, String> {
+    // One shared `File` cloned for both streams: two independent
+    // `File::create` handles to the same path would each get their own
+    // write cursor at 0 and clobber each other instead of interleaving,
+    // the same reason a shell needs `2>&1` rather than two redirects.
+    let (out, err) = match log_path {
+        Some(p) => {
+            let f = std::fs::File::create(p)
+                .map_err(|e| format!("open log file {}: {e}", p.display()))?;
+            let f2 = f
+                .try_clone()
+                .map_err(|e| format!("open log file {}: {e}", p.display()))?;
+            (std::process::Stdio::from(f), std::process::Stdio::from(f2))
+        }
+        None => (std::process::Stdio::null(), std::process::Stdio::null()),
+    };
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
         let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new(binary);
         cmd.args(args);
+        cmd.stdout(out);
+        cmd.stderr(err);
         cmd.creation_flags(
             windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
                 | windows_sys::Win32::System::Threading::DETACHED_PROCESS,
@@ -44,8 +68,8 @@ pub fn spawn_detached(binary: &str, args: &[&str]) -> Result<u32, String> {
         let child = std::process::Command::new(binary)
             .args(args)
             .stdin(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .stdout(std::process::Stdio::null())
-            .stderr(std::process::Stdio::null())
+            .stdout(out)
+            .stderr(err)
             .spawn()
             .map_err(|e| format!("spawn: {e}"))?;
         Ok(child.id())