diff --git a/src/cli/program/register.status-health-sessions.ts b/src/cli/program/register.status-health-sessions.ts
index 3478df29c..52ad7176a 100644
--- a/src/cli/program/register.status-health-sessions.ts
+++ b/src/cli/program/register.status-health-sessions.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Command } from "commander";
 import { healthCommand } from "../../commands/health.js";
 import { sessionsCommand } from "../../commands/sessions.js";
 import { statusCommand } from "../../commands/status.js";
+import { monitorCommand } from "../../commands/monitor.command.js";
 import { setVerbose } from "../../globals.js";
 import { defaultRuntime } from "../../runtime.js";
 import { formatDocsLink } from "../../terminal/links.js";
@@ -77,6 +78,28 @@ export function registerStatusHealthSessionsCommands(program: Command) {
       });
     });
 
+  program
+    .command("monitor")
+    .description("Live TUI dashboard for monitoring Moltbot status")
+    .option("--interval <ms>", "Refresh interval in milliseconds", "2000")
+    .addHelpText(
+      "after",
+      () =>
+        `\n${theme.heading("Examples:")}\n${formatHelpExamples([
+          ["moltbot monitor", "Start the live monitor."],
+          ["moltbot monitor --interval 5000", "Update every 5 seconds."],
+        ])}\n`,
+    )
+    .action(async (opts) => {
+      const interval = parseTimeoutMs(opts.interval);
+      if (interval === null) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await runCommandWithRuntime(defaultRuntime, async () => {
+        await monitorCommand({ intervalMs: interval }, defaultRuntime);
+      });
+    });
+
   program
     .command("health")
     .description("Fetch health from the running gateway")
diff --git a/src/commands/monitor.command.ts b/src/commands/monitor.command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..290d56fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/monitor.command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
+import { runMonitorTui } from "../tui/monitor.js";
+
+export async function monitorCommand(
+  opts: { intervalMs?: number },
+  runtime: RuntimeEnv,
+) {
+  await runMonitorTui(runtime, { intervalMs: opts.intervalMs ?? 2000 });
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/monitor.ts b/src/tui/monitor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf4ce0641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/monitor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { Container, Text, TUI, ProcessTerminal } from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
+import { scanStatus } from "../commands/status.scan.js";
+import { theme } from "./theme/theme.js";
+import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
+import { formatDuration } from "../commands/status.format.js";
+import { resolveUpdateAvailability } from "../commands/status.update.js";
+
+export async function runMonitorTui(runtime: RuntimeEnv, opts: { intervalMs: number }) {
+  const tui = new TUI(new ProcessTerminal());
+  const root = new Container();
+
+  const header = new Text("", 1, 0);
+  const statusLine = new Text("", 1, 0);
+  const resourcesLine = new Text("", 1, 0);
+  const agentsHeader = new Text(theme.header("Agents & Sessions"), 1, 0);
+  const agentsText = new Text("", 10, 0); // Fixed height for now
+  const footer = new Text("", 1, 0);
+
+  root.addChild(header);
+  root.addChild(statusLine);
+  root.addChild(resourcesLine);
+  root.addChild(new Text(" ", 1, 0)); // Spacer
+  root.addChild(agentsHeader);
+  root.addChild(agentsText);
+  root.addChild(new Text(" ", 1, 0)); // Spacer
+  root.addChild(footer);
+
+  tui.addChild(root);
+
+  let running = true;
+  let lastUpdate = 0;
+
+  const refresh = async () => {
+    if (!running) return;
+    try {
+      const now = Date.now();
+      const status = await scanStatus({ json: true, timeoutMs: opts.intervalMs - 200 }, runtime);
+
+      const latency = status.gatewayProbe?.connectLatencyMs
+        ? formatDuration(status.gatewayProbe.connectLatencyMs)
+        : "N/A";
+
+      const gatewayState = status.gatewayReachable
+        ? theme.success("Online")
+        : theme.error("Offline");
+
+      const updateLatency = Date.now() - now;
+      lastUpdate = now;
+
+      const updates = resolveUpdateAvailability(status.update);
+      const updateMsg = updates.available ? ` • ${theme.accent("UPDATE AVAILABLE")}` : "";
+
+      header.setText(
+        theme.header(`Moltbot Monitor • ${new Date().toLocaleTimeString()}${updateMsg}`),
+      );
+
+      statusLine.setText(
+        `Gateway: ${gatewayState} • Latency: ${latency} • Ver: ${status.gatewaySelf?.version ?? "unknown"} • Mode: ${status.gatewayMode}`,
+      );
+
+      const mem = status.memory;
+      const memStatus = mem ? `${mem.files} files, ${mem.chunks} chunks` : "Disabled/Unknown";
+      resourcesLine.setText(`Memory: ${memStatus} • OS: ${status.osSummary.label}`);
+
+      // Agents & Sessions
+      const agents = status.agentStatus.agents;
+      const sessions = status.summary.sessions.recent;
+
+      let agentLines: string[] = [];
+      if (agents.length === 0) {
+        agentLines.push(theme.dim("No agents found."));
+      } else {
+        agentLines.push(`${agents.length} Agent(s) Active`);
+      }
+
+      if (sessions.length > 0) {
+        agentLines.push("");
+        agentLines.push("Recent Sessions:");
+        for (const s of sessions.slice(0, 5)) {
+          agentLines.push(`• ${s.key} (${s.model ?? "default"}) - ${formatDuration(s.age)} ago`);
+        }
+      } else {
+        agentLines.push("");
+        agentLines.push(theme.dim("No active sessions."));
+      }
+
+      agentsText.setText(agentLines.join("\n"));
+
+      footer.setText(theme.dim(`Update took ${updateLatency}ms. Press Ctrl+C to exit.`));
+
+      tui.requestRender();
+    } catch (err) {
+      footer.setText(theme.error(`Error: ${err}`));
+    }
+
+    if (running) {
+      setTimeout(refresh, opts.intervalMs);
+    }
+  };
+
+  tui.start();
+  refresh();
+
+  process.on("SIGINT", () => {
+    running = false;
+    tui.stop();
+    process.exit(0);
+  });
+}