diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cmd/project/delete.ts b/packages/cli/src/cmd/project/delete.ts
index dbe45bf6e..588821205 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cmd/project/delete.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cmd/project/delete.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import * as tui from '../../tui.ts';
 import { projectDelete, projectList, projectGet } from '@agentuity/server';
 import enquirer from 'enquirer';
 import { getCommand } from '../../command-prefix.ts';
+import { isDryRunMode, outputDryRun } from '../../explain.ts';
+import { isJSONMode } from '../../output.ts';
 
 interface ProjectDisplayInfo {
 	id: string;
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ export const deleteSubcommand = createSubcommand({
 		},
 		{
 			command: getCommand('--dry-run project delete proj_abc123def456'),
-			description: 'Delete item',
+			description: 'Preview project deletion without making changes',
 		},
 	],
 	schema: {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ export const deleteSubcommand = createSubcommand({
 	},
 
 	async handler(ctx) {
-		const { args, opts, apiClient } = ctx;
+		const { args, opts, apiClient, options } = ctx;
 
 		let projectsToDelete: ProjectDisplayInfo[] = [];
 
@@ -136,6 +138,17 @@ export const deleteSubcommand = createSubcommand({
 			return { success: false, projectIds: [], count: 0 };
 		}
 
+		if (isDryRunMode(options)) {
+			const projectLabel = projectsToDelete.length === 1 ? 'project' : 'projects';
+			const projectDisplay = projectsToDelete.map(formatProjectDisplay).join(', ');
+			outputDryRun(`Would delete ${projectLabel}: ${projectDisplay}`, options);
+			if (!isJSONMode(options)) {
+				tui.newline();
+				tui.info('[DRY RUN] Project deletion skipped');
+			}
+			return { success: false, projectIds: [], count: 0 };
+		}
+
 		const skipConfirm = opts?.confirm === true;
 
 		if (!process.stdout.isTTY && !skipConfirm) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/cmd/project/delete.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/cmd/project/delete.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c49e4b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/test/cmd/project/delete.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join, resolve } from 'node:path';
+
+const CLI_ROOT = resolve(import.meta.dir, '..', '..', '..');
+const SRC_ENTRY = join(CLI_ROOT, 'src', 'main.ts');
+const SERVER_ENTRY = join(CLI_ROOT, '..', 'server', 'dist', 'index.js');
+const PROJECT_ID = 'proj_dry_run_test';
+
+interface RecordedRequest {
+	readonly method: string;
+	readonly pathname: string;
+}
+
+interface CliRunResult {
+	readonly exitCode: number;
+	readonly stdout: string;
+	readonly stderr: string;
+}
+
+let configDir: string;
+let server: ReturnType<typeof Bun.serve> | undefined;
+let requests: RecordedRequest[];
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+	if (existsSync(SERVER_ENTRY)) return;
+
+	const build = Bun.spawn(['bun', 'run', 'build'], {
+		cwd: CLI_ROOT,
+		stdout: 'inherit',
+		stderr: 'inherit',
+	});
+	const exitCode = await build.exited;
+	if (exitCode !== 0) {
+		throw new Error(`bun run build failed with exit code ${exitCode}`);
+	}
+});
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+	configDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'agentuity-project-delete-test-'));
+	requests = [];
+	server = Bun.serve({
+		port: 0,
+		fetch(request) {
+			const url = new URL(request.url);
+			requests.push({ method: request.method, pathname: url.pathname });
+
+			if (request.method === 'GET' && url.pathname === `/cli/project/${PROJECT_ID}`) {
+				return Response.json({
+					success: true,
+					data: {
+						id: PROJECT_ID,
+						name: 'Dry Run Test',
+						orgId: 'org_test',
+					},
+				});
+			}
+
+			if (request.method === 'DELETE' && url.pathname === '/cli/project') {
+				return Response.json({ success: true, data: [PROJECT_ID] });
+			}
+
+			return Response.json({ success: false, message: 'Not found' }, { status: 404 });
+		},
+	});
+});
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+	server?.stop(true);
+	server = undefined;
+	await rm(configDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+async function runCLI(args: readonly string[]): Promise<CliRunResult> {
+	if (!server) {
+		throw new Error('Test server is not running');
+	}
+
+	const env: Record<string, string> = {
+		AGENTUITY_AGENT_MODE: 'none',
+		AGENTUITY_API_KEY: 'ag_test',
+		AGENTUITY_API_URL: `http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}`,
+		AGENTUITY_CONFIG_DIR: configDir,
+		AGENTUITY_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK: '1',
+	};
+	if (process.env.HOME) env.HOME = process.env.HOME;
+	if (process.env.PATH) env.PATH = process.env.PATH;
+	if (process.env.TMPDIR) env.TMPDIR = process.env.TMPDIR;
+
+	const proc = Bun.spawn(['bun', SRC_ENTRY, ...args], {
+		cwd: configDir,
+		env,
+		stdout: 'pipe',
+		stderr: 'pipe',
+	});
+	const [exitCode, stdout, stderr] = await Promise.all([
+		proc.exited,
+		new Response(proc.stdout).text(),
+		new Response(proc.stderr).text(),
+	]);
+	return { exitCode, stdout, stderr };
+}
+
+describe('project delete command', () => {
+	test('dry run resolves the project without deleting it', async () => {
+		const result = await runCLI(['--dry-run', 'project', 'delete', PROJECT_ID, '--confirm']);
+
+		expect(result).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ exitCode: 0 }));
+		expect(requests).toEqual([{ method: 'GET', pathname: `/cli/project/${PROJECT_ID}` }]);
+		expect(result.stdout).toContain(
+			`[DRY RUN] Would delete project: Dry Run Test (${PROJECT_ID})`
+		);
+		expect(result.stderr).toContain('[DRY RUN] Project deletion skipped');
+	});
+
+	test('dry run does not require deletion confirmation', async () => {
+		const result = await runCLI(['--dry-run', 'project', 'delete', PROJECT_ID]);
+
+		expect(result).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ exitCode: 0 }));
+		expect(result.stdout).toContain('[DRY RUN]');
+		expect(result.stderr).not.toContain('no TTY and --confirm is false');
+		expect(requests).toEqual([{ method: 'GET', pathname: `/cli/project/${PROJECT_ID}` }]);
+	});
+});