diff --git a/apps/cli/package.json b/apps/cli/package.json
index e1612942..1b246793 100644
--- a/apps/cli/package.json
+++ b/apps/cli/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     "@fastify/static": "^9.1.3",
     "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core": "0.74.2",
     "@earendil-works/pi-ai": "0.74.2",
-    "@huggingface/transformers": "^4.2.0",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.12.1",
     "better-sqlite3": "^12.4.6",
     "commander": "^13.1.0",
diff --git a/apps/cli/tsup.config.ts b/apps/cli/tsup.config.ts
index 2c74d350..8f061c59 100644
--- a/apps/cli/tsup.config.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/tsup.config.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
   noExternal: [/^@openchatlab\/(?!parser-native)/, 'chatlab-mcp', 'stream-json'],
   // parser-native 是本地构建的可选 Rust 内核：不打包也不声明依赖，
   // 运行时 require 失败会自动回退 TS 解析器。
-  // sqlite-vec / @huggingface/transformers 依赖按平台分发的原生包（sqlite-vec-*、onnxruntime-node、sharp），
-  // 必须作为真实依赖随 npm 安装，不能内联进 bundle
-  external: ['better-sqlite3', '@node-rs/jieba', 'sqlite-vec', '@huggingface/transformers', '@openchatlab/parser-native'],
+  // sqlite-vec resolves its platform extension through sqlite-vec-* and must remain an external production dependency.
+  // Keep Transformers bundled until CLI local embeddings have an on-demand runtime;
+  // externalizing it makes every CLI installation pull the full ONNX runtime.
+  external: ['better-sqlite3', '@node-rs/jieba', 'sqlite-vec', '@openchatlab/parser-native'],
   banner: {
     js: [
       "import { createRequire as __createRequire } from 'module';",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 41d84e79..a83d7170 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ importers:
       '@fastify/static':
         specifier: ^9.1.3
         version: 9.1.3
-      '@huggingface/transformers':
-        specifier: ^4.2.0
-        version: 4.2.0
       '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk':
         specifier: ^1.12.1
         version: 1.29.0(zod@3.25.76)