diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b521169..9fb8148 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/firstbatchxyz/kai-evolve"
 Issues = "https://github.com/firstbatchxyz/kai-evolve/issues"
 
 [project.scripts]
-kai = "kaievolve.cli:cli_main"
+# The TUI command is `kaievolve`. It must NOT be named `kai`: kai-agent owns the
+# `kai` console script, and registering `kai` here shadows it on PATH (whoever
+# is installed last wins), so `kai` would launch this TUI instead of the agent.
+kaievolve = "kaievolve.cli:cli_main"
 kaievolve-run = "kaievolve.cli:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]