diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a45fd52cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+24
diff --git a/apps/daemon/tests/agents.test.ts b/apps/daemon/tests/agents.test.ts
index b3789b974..b1f98123d 100644
--- a/apps/daemon/tests/agents.test.ts
+++ b/apps/daemon/tests/agents.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const originalAgentHome = process.env.OD_AGENT_HOME;
 const originalDaemonUrl = process.env.OD_DAEMON_URL;
 const originalToolToken = process.env.OD_TOOL_TOKEN;
 const originalNpmConfigPrefix = process.env.NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX;
+const originalVpHome = process.env.VP_HOME;
 const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ afterEach(() => {
   } else {
     process.env.NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX = originalNpmConfigPrefix;
   }
+  if (originalVpHome == null) {
+    delete process.env.VP_HOME;
+  } else {
+    process.env.VP_HOME = originalVpHome;
+  }
   globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
 });
 
@@ -1156,6 +1162,46 @@ fsTest(
   },
 );
 
+fsTest(
+  'resolveAgentExecutable searches ~/.vite-plus/bin under a minimal GUI-launched PATH (vp global install)',
+  () => {
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'od-agents-vp-home-'));
+    try {
+      const dir = join(home, '.vite-plus', 'bin');
+      mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(join(dir, 'vp-cli-probe'), '');
+      chmodSync(join(dir, 'vp-cli-probe'), 0o755);
+      process.env.OD_AGENT_HOME = home;
+      process.env.PATH = '/usr/bin:/bin';
+
+      const resolved = resolveAgentExecutable({ bin: 'vp-cli-probe' });
+      assert.equal(resolved, join(dir, 'vp-cli-probe'));
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
+fsTest(
+  'resolveAgentExecutable honors $VP_HOME/bin when the custom Vite+ home is outside PATH',
+  () => {
+    const vpHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'od-agents-vp-custom-'));
+    try {
+      const dir = join(vpHome, 'bin');
+      mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(join(dir, 'vp-cli-probe'), '');
+      chmodSync(join(dir, 'vp-cli-probe'), 0o755);
+      process.env.PATH = '/usr/bin:/bin';
+      process.env.VP_HOME = vpHome;
+
+      const resolved = resolveAgentExecutable({ bin: 'vp-cli-probe' });
+      assert.equal(resolved, join(dir, 'vp-cli-probe'));
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(vpHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
 // Test isolation: when OD_AGENT_HOME points at a sandbox, an exported
 // $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX / $npm_config_prefix on the developer's or CI
 // runner's environment must not leak a real <prefix>/bin into the
@@ -1200,6 +1246,34 @@ fsTest(
   },
 );
 
+fsTest(
+  'OD_AGENT_HOME isolates resolution from $VP_HOME leakage',
+  () => {
+    const sandbox = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'od-agents-vp-sandbox-'));
+    const realVpHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'od-agents-vp-real-home-'));
+    const realVpBin = join(realVpHome, 'bin');
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(realVpBin, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(join(realVpBin, 'vp-cli-probe'), '');
+      chmodSync(join(realVpBin, 'vp-cli-probe'), 0o755);
+
+      process.env.OD_AGENT_HOME = sandbox;
+      process.env.PATH = '/usr/bin:/bin';
+      process.env.VP_HOME = realVpHome;
+
+      const resolved = resolveAgentExecutable({ bin: 'vp-cli-probe' });
+      assert.equal(
+        resolved,
+        null,
+        `OD_AGENT_HOME sandbox must not see the real $VP_HOME bin; got ${resolved}`,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(sandbox, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      rmSync(realVpHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
 // DeepSeek TUI's exec subcommand requires the prompt as a positional
 // argument (no `-` stdin sentinel; clap declares `prompt: String` as a
 // required field). `--auto` enables agentic mode with auto-approval —
diff --git a/apps/packaged/src/sidecars.ts b/apps/packaged/src/sidecars.ts
index e0005f3e8..6fbd73beb 100644
--- a/apps/packaged/src/sidecars.ts
+++ b/apps/packaged/src/sidecars.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import type { PackagedWebOutputMode } from "./config.js";
 import type { PackagedNamespacePaths } from "./paths.js";
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-const PACKAGED_CHILD_ENV_ALLOWLIST = ["HOME", "LANG", "LC_ALL", "LOGNAME", "TMPDIR", "USER"] as const;
+const PACKAGED_CHILD_ENV_ALLOWLIST = ["HOME", "LANG", "LC_ALL", "LOGNAME", "TMPDIR", "USER", "VP_HOME"] as const;
 
 function shouldForwardPackagedChildEnv(key: string, includeProviderSecrets = false): boolean {
   return (
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function extractPort(url: string): string {
 // resolver and this PATH builder cannot drift again. See issue #442.
 const PACKAGED_POSIX_SYSTEM_BINS = ["/usr/bin", "/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/sbin"] as const;
 
-function resolvePackagedPathEnv(basePath = process.env.PATH ?? ""): string {
+export function resolvePackagedPathEnv(basePath = process.env.PATH ?? ""): string {
   const candidates = [
     ...basePath.split(delimiter),
     ...wellKnownUserToolchainBins(),
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ function resolvePackagedPathEnv(basePath = process.env.PATH ?? ""): string {
   return [...new Set(candidates.filter((entry) => entry.length > 0))].join(delimiter);
 }
 
-function resolvePackagedChildBaseEnv(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,includeProviderSecrets = false,): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
+export function resolvePackagedChildBaseEnv(
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+  includeProviderSecrets = false,
+): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
   const baseEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = {};
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(env)) {
     if (value != null && value.length > 0 && shouldForwardPackagedChildEnv(key, includeProviderSecrets)) {
diff --git a/apps/packaged/tests/sidecars.test.ts b/apps/packaged/tests/sidecars.test.ts
index b4f30656b..af1fa0ca1 100644
--- a/apps/packaged/tests/sidecars.test.ts
+++ b/apps/packaged/tests/sidecars.test.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,17 @@
  * @see https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/issues/710
  */
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { delimiter, join } from 'node:path';
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-import { resolveDaemonStatusTimeoutMs, waitForStatus } from '../src/sidecars.js';
+import {
+  resolveDaemonStatusTimeoutMs,
+  resolvePackagedChildBaseEnv,
+  resolvePackagedPathEnv,
+  waitForStatus,
+} from '../src/sidecars.js';
 
 describe('resolveDaemonStatusTimeoutMs', () => {
   it('uses the default 35-second budget for normal cold boots', () => {
@@ -54,6 +62,40 @@ describe('resolveDaemonStatusTimeoutMs', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('packaged child Vite+ environment forwarding', () => {
+  it('keeps VP_HOME in the packaged child base env without forwarding unrelated variables', () => {
+    const env = resolvePackagedChildBaseEnv({
+      HOME: '/Users/tester',
+      LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
+      RANDOM_INTERNAL_FLAG: 'drop-me',
+      VP_HOME: '/Users/tester/.custom-vite-plus',
+    });
+
+    expect(env).toMatchObject({
+      HOME: '/Users/tester',
+      LANG: 'en_US.UTF-8',
+      VP_HOME: '/Users/tester/.custom-vite-plus',
+    });
+    expect(env.RANDOM_INTERNAL_FLAG).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('adds custom VP_HOME/bin to the packaged PATH builder', () => {
+    const vpHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'od-packaged-vp-home-'));
+    const originalVpHome = process.env.VP_HOME;
+    try {
+      process.env.VP_HOME = vpHome;
+      const pathEntries = resolvePackagedPathEnv('/usr/bin').split(delimiter);
+
+      expect(pathEntries).toContain('/usr/bin');
+      expect(pathEntries).toContain(join(vpHome, 'bin'));
+    } finally {
+      if (originalVpHome == null) delete process.env.VP_HOME;
+      else process.env.VP_HOME = originalVpHome;
+      rmSync(vpHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 /**
  * Build a child-process stand-in that satisfies the `watch.child`
  * shape `waitForStatus` consumes. We only use `once('exit')`,
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/index.ts b/packages/platform/src/index.ts
index 10cbd96f7..59b18ff6f 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { execFile, spawn, type ChildProcess, type StdioOptions } from "node:chil
 import { existsSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { isAbsolute, join } from "node:path";
 import { setTimeout as sleep } from "node:timers/promises";
 
 export type CommandInvocation = {
@@ -429,6 +429,17 @@ export type WellKnownUserToolchainOptions = {
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 };
 
+function resolveUserScopedHome(raw: string | undefined, home: string): string | null {
+  if (typeof raw !== "string") return null;
+  const value = raw.trim();
+  if (value.length === 0) return null;
+  if (value === "~") return home;
+  if (value.startsWith("~/") || value.startsWith("~\\")) {
+    return join(home, value.slice(2));
+  }
+  return isAbsolute(value) ? value : null;
+}
+
 // Single source of truth for "user-level CLI install locations the daemon
 // must search even when launched with a minimal PATH". GUI launchers
 // (macOS .app bundles, Linux .desktop files) typically inherit a stripped
@@ -445,6 +456,14 @@ export function wellKnownUserToolchainBins(
   const includeSystemBins = options.includeSystemBins ?? process.platform !== "win32";
   const env = options.env ?? process.env;
   const dirs: string[] = [];
+  // Vite+ global installs expose CLI shims from VP_HOME/bin (default
+  // ~/.vite-plus/bin). An explicit VP_HOME is the most specific signal for
+  // vp-managed shims, so it wins over other global package-manager prefixes
+  // when a CLI name exists in multiple stores.
+  const vpHome = resolveUserScopedHome(env.VP_HOME, home);
+  if (vpHome) {
+    dirs.push(join(vpHome, "bin"));
+  }
   // The user's *explicit* npm prefix outranks every conventional
   // location below — including `~/.local/bin`. The env var is the
   // user's current npm configuration, so a binary installed via
@@ -469,6 +488,7 @@ export function wellKnownUserToolchainBins(
   }
   dirs.push(
     join(home, ".local", "bin"),
+    join(home, ".vite-plus", "bin"),
     join(home, ".opencode", "bin"),
     join(home, ".bun", "bin"),
     join(home, ".volta", "bin"),
diff --git a/packages/platform/tests/index.test.ts b/packages/platform/tests/index.test.ts
index 5907718a9..955a7e063 100644
--- a/packages/platform/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -338,6 +338,16 @@ describe("wellKnownUserToolchainBins", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("includes ~/.vite-plus/bin so vp-managed global shims resolve under GUI launchers", () => {
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-vp-"));
+    try {
+      const dirs = wellKnownUserToolchainBins({ home, env: {}, includeSystemBins: false });
+      expect(dirs).toContain(join(home, ".vite-plus", "bin"));
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("appends $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin when set so corporate prefixes resolve", () => {
     const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-prefix-"));
     const customPrefix = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-custom-"));
@@ -370,6 +380,41 @@ describe("wellKnownUserToolchainBins", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("prepends $VP_HOME/bin and expands ~/ so custom Vite+ homes outrank the default", () => {
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-vp-home-"));
+    try {
+      const dirs = wellKnownUserToolchainBins({
+        home,
+        env: { VP_HOME: "~/custom-vp-home" },
+        includeSystemBins: false,
+      });
+      expect(dirs[0]).toBe(join(home, "custom-vp-home", "bin"));
+      expect(dirs).toContain(join(home, ".vite-plus", "bin"));
+      expect(dirs.indexOf(join(home, ".vite-plus", "bin"))).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("places $VP_HOME/bin before $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin when both explicit homes are set", () => {
+    const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-vp-npm-order-"));
+    const npmPrefix = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-vp-npm-prefix-"));
+    try {
+      const dirs = wellKnownUserToolchainBins({
+        home,
+        env: { NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: npmPrefix, VP_HOME: "~/custom-vp-home" },
+        includeSystemBins: false,
+      });
+      const vpIdx = dirs.indexOf(join(home, "custom-vp-home", "bin"));
+      const npmIdx = dirs.indexOf(join(npmPrefix, "bin"));
+      expect(vpIdx).toBe(0);
+      expect(npmIdx).toBeGreaterThan(vpIdx);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      rmSync(npmPrefix, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("does not append a prefix entry when neither env var is set", () => {
     const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-noprefix-"));
     try {
@@ -390,7 +435,7 @@ describe("wellKnownUserToolchainBins", () => {
   // including ~/.local/bin (which is also a shared pip --user / cargo
   // install dumping ground). Conventional locations frequently retain
   // *stale* binaries from an older prefix.
-  it("places $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin before every conventional location, including ~/.local/bin", () => {
+  it("places $NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX/bin before every conventional location when VP_HOME is unset", () => {
     const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-prefix-order-"));
     const customPrefix = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "wkutb-custom-order-"));
     try {