diff --git a/clawdhub b/clawdhub
index 006e1b1f..8229010b 100755
--- a/clawdhub
+++ b/clawdhub
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bun
-import './packages/clawdhub/bin/clawdhub.js'
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
+const distCliUrl = new URL('./packages/clawdhub/dist/cli.js', import.meta.url)
+const distCliPath = fileURLToPath(distCliUrl)
+const srcCliPath = fileURLToPath(new URL('./packages/clawdhub/src/cli.ts', import.meta.url))
+
+const shouldBuild = await (async () => {
+  if (!existsSync(distCliPath)) return true
+  try {
+    const [src, dist] = await Promise.all([stat(srcCliPath), stat(distCliPath)])
+    return src.mtimeMs > dist.mtimeMs
+  } catch {
+    return true
+  }
+})()
+
+if (shouldBuild) {
+  const proc = Bun.spawn(['bunx', 'tsc', '-p', 'packages/clawdhub/tsconfig.json'], {
+    stdin: 'inherit',
+    stdout: 'inherit',
+    stderr: 'inherit',
+  })
+  const code = await proc.exited
+  if (code !== 0) process.exit(code)
+}
+
+await import(distCliUrl.href)
diff --git a/docs/refactor/jan4.md b/docs/refactor/jan4.md
index b1c2ffe5..f4a5d24e 100644
--- a/docs/refactor/jan4.md
+++ b/docs/refactor/jan4.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 - [ ] Browser-based CLI login (`clawdhub auth login`) via loopback + auto token creation (deps: none)
 - [ ] Web route `/cli/auth` to mint API token + redirect back to CLI (deps: none)
-- [ ] Local repo shortcut `bun clawdhub …` with auto-build of CLI dist (deps: none)
+- [x] ~~Local repo shortcut `bun clawdhub …` with auto-build of CLI dist (deps: none)~~
 - [ ] CLI: prefer stored `registry` from global config for all network commands (deps: none)
 - [ ] Confirm shared runtime schemas are used across CLI + Convex (`@clawdhub/schema`, `arktype`)
 - [ ] Dependency audit/update (deps: `@biomejs/biome`, `oxlint`, `vitest`, etc.)