diff --git a/apps/cli/cordis.yml b/apps/cli/cordis.yml
index b89df77c46..f3f03c388f 100644
--- a/apps/cli/cordis.yml
+++ b/apps/cli/cordis.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
     apiKey: !!js process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
     baseURL: !!js process.env.DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL
 
+# Transient-failure recovery around the loop's model calls (same policy as
+# the TUI's agent-spine composition; defaults: 2 retries, 500ms→10s backoff).
+- id: llm-retry
+  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry'
+
 - id: session-persistence-jsonl
   name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl'
   config:
diff --git a/apps/cli/package.json b/apps/cli/package.json
index e1c07f90b5..6cf696f542 100644
--- a/apps/cli/package.json
+++ b/apps/cli/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-host-webserver": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek": "workspace:^",
+    "@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session": "workspace:^",
     "@deepseek-ai/dsh-session-persistence-jsonl": "workspace:^",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7f19dcce27..0e1bb2260f 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ importers:
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-deepseek':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/llm/llm-deepseek
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-retry':
+        specifier: workspace:^
+        version: link:../../packages/llm/llm-retry
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-paths':
         specifier: workspace:^
         version: link:../../packages/util/paths