diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/src/agent_cmd/tests.rs b/src/cortex-cli/src/agent_cmd/tests.rs
index e2ff07f9..18f7ba75 100644
--- a/src/cortex-cli/src/agent_cmd/tests.rs
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/src/agent_cmd/tests.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::agent_cmd::cli::{CopyArgs, ExportArgs};
-    use crate::agent_cmd::loader::{
-        load_builtin_agents, parse_frontmatter, read_file_with_encoding,
-    };
+    use crate::agent_cmd::loader::{load_builtin_agents, parse_frontmatter};
     use crate::agent_cmd::types::AgentMode;
+    use crate::utils::file::read_file_with_encoding;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_read_file_with_utf8() {
diff --git a/src/cortex-cli/src/compact_cmd.rs b/src/cortex-cli/src/compact_cmd.rs
index a908724c..ad1569df 100644
--- a/src/cortex-cli/src/compact_cmd.rs
+++ b/src/cortex-cli/src/compact_cmd.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub struct CompactCli {
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
 pub enum CompactSubcommand {
     /// Run a compaction cycle (logs + sessions)
+    #[command(visible_alias = "exec")]
     Run(CompactRunArgs),
 
     /// Prune old log files
@@ -732,6 +733,7 @@ use cortex_compact::AutoCompactionConfig;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use clap::Parser;
     use std::fs;
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
@@ -739,6 +741,17 @@ mod tests {
     // format_size tests
     // ========================================================================
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_compact_run_exec_alias() {
+        let cli = CompactCli::try_parse_from(["compact", "exec", "--dry-run"])
+            .expect("compact exec should parse as run alias");
+
+        match cli.subcommand {
+            Some(CompactSubcommand::Run(args)) => assert!(args.dry_run),
+            other => panic!("expected run subcommand, got {other:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_format_size_bytes() {
         assert_eq!(format_size(0), "0 B");