diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b74174a4..df60f48c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1123,12 +1123,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "harmont-cloud",
+ "harmont-cloud-raw",
  "hex",
  "hm-common",
  "hm-core",
  "hm-dsl-engine",
  "hm-pipeline-ir",
- "hm-plugin-cloud",
  "hm-plugin-protocol",
  "hm-render",
  "hm-vm",
@@ -1342,29 +1342,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hm-plugin-cloud"
-version = "0.0.0-dev"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "base64",
- "chrono",
- "clap",
- "dialoguer",
- "harmont-cloud",
- "harmont-cloud-raw",
- "hm-core",
- "hm-plugin-protocol",
- "hm-render",
- "rstest",
- "secrecy",
- "serde_json",
- "tokio",
- "tracing",
- "uuid",
- "webbrowser",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hm-plugin-protocol"
 version = "0.0.0-dev"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1b450bb8..89451b21 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ members = [
     "crates/hm-core",
     "crates/hm-plugin-protocol",
     "crates/hm-pipeline-ir",
-    "crates/hm-plugin-cloud",
     "crates/hm-dsl-engine",
     "crates/hm-render",
     "crates/hm-vm",
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ default-members = [
     "crates/hm-core",
     "crates/hm-plugin-protocol",
     "crates/hm-pipeline-ir",
-    "crates/hm-plugin-cloud",
     "crates/hm-dsl-engine",
     "crates/hm-render",
     "crates/hm-vm",
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ repository = "https://github.com/harmont-dev/harmont-cli"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 hm-core            = { path = "crates/hm-core",           version = "0.0.0-dev" }
 hm-plugin-protocol = { path = "crates/hm-plugin-protocol", version = "0.0.0-dev" }
-hm-plugin-cloud    = { path = "crates/hm-plugin-cloud",    version = "0.0.0-dev" }
 hm-pipeline-ir     = { path = "crates/hm-pipeline-ir",     version = "0.0.0-dev" }
 hm-dsl-engine      = { path = "crates/hm-dsl-engine",     version = "0.0.0-dev" }
 hm-render          = { path = "crates/hm-render",          version = "0.0.0-dev" }
diff --git a/crates/hm-core/src/exec/cloud/mod.rs b/crates/hm-core/src/exec/cloud/mod.rs
index b4b0c491..22fcb0ac 100644
--- a/crates/hm-core/src/exec/cloud/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/hm-core/src/exec/cloud/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Cloud execution backend (submit + watch over the SDK).
-pub mod watch; // pub: hm-plugin-cloud's `build watch`/`job log` verbs reuse it
+pub mod watch; // pub: the CLI's `cloud build watch`/`cloud job log` verbs reuse it
 
 mod backend;
 pub use backend::CloudBackend;
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/Cargo.toml b/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d700f94..00000000
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "hm-plugin-cloud"
-version = "0.0.0-dev"
-edition.workspace = true
-license.workspace = true
-repository.workspace = true
-description = "Cloud client library for the hm CLI."
-keywords = ["ci", "harmont", "cloud"]
-categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
-
-[lib]
-path = "src/lib.rs"
-
-[dependencies]
-secrecy           = "0.10"
-harmont-cloud      = { workspace = true }
-harmont-cloud-raw  = { workspace = true }
-hm-core            = { workspace = true }
-hm-render          = { workspace = true }
-hm-plugin-protocol = { workspace = true }
-serde_json         = { workspace = true }
-chrono             = { workspace = true }
-uuid               = { workspace = true }
-clap               = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
-anyhow             = "1"
-base64             = "0.22"
-tokio              = { version = "1", features = ["net", "rt", "time", "sync", "macros"] }
-webbrowser         = "1"
-dialoguer          = "0.11"
-tracing            = { workspace = true }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-rstest = { workspace = true }
-
-[lints]
-workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/hm-render/src/lib.rs b/crates/hm-render/src/lib.rs
index da22dada..42d4599d 100644
--- a/crates/hm-render/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hm-render/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Build-event renderers shared by the `hm` CLI and `hm-plugin-cloud`.
+//! Build-event renderers shared across the `hm` CLI's local and cloud paths.
 //!
 //! This crate owns the output layer: the [`OutputRenderer`] trait, the
 //! [`OutputMode`] selection enum, and the concrete renderers
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use hm_plugin_protocol::BuildEvent;
 /// the `NO_COLOR` env convention, and whether stderr is a TTY.
 ///
 /// Single source of truth for the color rule, shared by the `hm` run
-/// context and `hm-plugin-cloud`'s render preferences.
+/// context and the cloud commands' render preferences.
 #[must_use]
 pub fn color_enabled(no_color_flag: bool) -> bool {
     !no_color_flag && std::env::var_os("NO_COLOR").is_none() && std::io::stderr().is_terminal()
diff --git a/crates/hm/Cargo.toml b/crates/hm/Cargo.toml
index 77510047..2301d04c 100644
--- a/crates/hm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hm/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ hm-pipeline-ir     = { workspace = true }
 hm-plugin-protocol = { workspace = true }
 hm-common = { workspace = true }
 hm-core = { workspace = true }
-hm-plugin-cloud = { workspace = true }
-harmont-cloud   = { workspace = true }
+harmont-cloud     = { workspace = true }
+harmont-cloud-raw = { workspace = true }
 hm-vm           = { workspace = true, features = ["docker-backend"] }
 hm-dsl-engine   = { workspace = true }
 hm-render       = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/hm/README.md b/crates/hm/README.md
index 50c84c27..27efe862 100644
--- a/crates/hm/README.md
+++ b/crates/hm/README.md
@@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ hm run --help                          # full flag reference
 ## Cloud
 
 `hm cloud <verb>` talks to the hosted Harmont API at `api.harmont.dev`.
-Every cloud verb is delivered by the embedded `hm-plugin-cloud` crate
-(no separate install step):
+Every cloud verb is built into the `hm` binary (no separate install step):
 
 ```sh
 hm cloud login                  # browser-loopback OAuth (or --paste to
diff --git a/crates/hm/src/cli/mod.rs b/crates/hm/src/cli/mod.rs
index 5932bd59..60fe3b8a 100644
--- a/crates/hm/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub enum Command {
 
     /// Interact with the Harmont cloud API.
     #[command(subcommand)]
-    Cloud(hm_plugin_cloud::cli::CloudCommand),
+    Cloud(crate::commands::cloud::cli::CloudCommand),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Subcommand)]
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub async fn dispatch(command: Command, ctx: RunContext<'_>) -> Result<i32> {
         Command::Plugin(cmd) => plugin::run(cmd).await.map(|()| 0),
         Command::Cloud(cmd) => {
             let env = std::env::vars().collect();
-            hm_plugin_cloud::cli::dispatch_command(cmd, env, app).await
+            crate::commands::cloud::cli::dispatch_command(cmd, env, app).await
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/login.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/login.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/login.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/login.rs
index 22a66d99..f1200ddd 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/login.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/login.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use anyhow::{Result, bail};
 use harmont_cloud::{HarmontClient, HarmontError};
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 
 pub(crate) async fn run(
     env: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/logout.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/logout.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/logout.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/logout.rs
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/mod.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/mod.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/mod.rs
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/whoami.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/whoami.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/whoami.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/whoami.rs
index 1548e419..1a5911e4 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/auth/whoami.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/auth/whoami.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 
 pub(crate) async fn run(_env: &BTreeMap<String, String>, app: &AppCtx) -> Result<()> {
     let (client, _ctx) = settings::client(app).await?;
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/cli.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/cli.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/cli.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/cli.rs
index b7e11cb0..915fa3aa 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/cli.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Subcommand;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 
-use crate::{auth, verbs};
+use crate::commands::cloud::{auth, verbs};
 
 /// Process exit status for the cloud subcommands.
 enum ExitCode {
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/lib.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/mod.rs
similarity index 81%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/lib.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/mod.rs
index 979e7f7e..cb5a8a40 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-//! Cloud client library for the hm CLI.
-//!
-//! Implements `hm cloud {login,logout,whoami,org,pipeline,build,job,billing,run}`.
+//! `hm cloud {login,logout,whoami,org,pipeline,build,job,billing,run}`.
 
 pub mod cli;
 pub mod settings;
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/settings.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/settings.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/settings.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/settings.rs
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/billing.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/billing.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/billing.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/billing.rs
index badea99b..dff8bd4a 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/billing.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/billing.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use harmont_cloud::HarmontClient;
 
-use crate::cli::BillingCommand;
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::cli::BillingCommand;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 
 /// Convert an integer cent amount to dollars for display.
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/build.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/build.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/build.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/build.rs
index 856006e1..fe0d3577 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/build.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/build.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use harmont_cloud::HarmontClient;
 
-use crate::cli::BuildCommand;
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::cli::BuildCommand;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 use hm_core::exec::cloud::watch::watch_build;
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async fn watch(client: &HarmontClient, org: &str, pipe: &str, number: i64) -> Re
     // Render the live build through the shared `hm-render` renderers (the same
     // ones a local `hm run` uses), driven by the `BuildEvent`s `watch_build`
     // emits over an mpsc channel.
-    let prefs = crate::settings::RenderPrefs::detect();
+    let prefs = crate::commands::cloud::settings::RenderPrefs::detect();
     let renderer = hm_render::renderer_for("human", prefs.color, prefs.logs)?;
     let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(1024);
     let driver = tokio::spawn(hm_render::drive(renderer, rx));
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/job.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/job.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/job.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/job.rs
index 379d1777..86649ae6 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/job.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/job.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use hm_plugin_protocol::events::{BuildEvent, PlanSummary};
 use hm_plugin_protocol::ir::DurationMs;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::cli::JobCommand;
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::cli::JobCommand;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 use hm_core::exec::cloud::watch::stream_job_logs_as_events;
 
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/mod.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/mod.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/mod.rs
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/org.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/org.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/org.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/org.rs
index 67b090f2..7ff04df4 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/org.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/org.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 use hm_core::config::domain::BackendConfig;
 use hm_core::config::user::UserCloudConfig;
 
-use crate::cli::OrgCommand;
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::cli::OrgCommand;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 
 pub(crate) async fn run(
     _env: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/pipeline.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/pipeline.rs
similarity index 94%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/pipeline.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/pipeline.rs
index 7ce476a0..ebd95556 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/pipeline.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use harmont_cloud::HarmontClient;
 
-use crate::cli::PipelineCommand;
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::cli::PipelineCommand;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 
 pub(crate) async fn run(
diff --git a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/run.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/run.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/run.rs
rename to crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/run.rs
index 82b92c3a..700a0496 100644
--- a/crates/hm-plugin-cloud/src/verbs/run.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/cloud/verbs/run.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 use harmont_cloud::builds::NewBuild;
 use hm_core::app_ctx::AppCtx;
 
-use crate::settings;
+use crate::commands::cloud::settings;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Parser)]
 pub struct RunArgs {
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(env: &BTreeMap<String, String>, args: RunArgs, app: &App
     if args.no_watch {
         return Ok(());
     }
-    crate::verbs::build::run(
+    crate::commands::cloud::verbs::build::run(
         env,
-        crate::cli::BuildCommand::Watch {
+        crate::commands::cloud::cli::BuildCommand::Watch {
             pipeline: args.pipeline.clone(),
             number: build.number,
         },
diff --git a/crates/hm/src/commands/init.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/init.rs
index 0bead8d5..b7462e01 100644
--- a/crates/hm/src/commands/init.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/init.rs
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ async fn prompt_cloud_registration(
             return Ok(());
         }
 
-        hm_plugin_cloud::login_interactive(app).await?;
+        crate::commands::cloud::login_interactive(app).await?;
     }
 
-    let (client, _ctx) = hm_plugin_cloud::settings::client(app)
+    let (client, _ctx) = crate::commands::cloud::settings::client(app)
         .await
         .context("could not build authenticated cloud client")?;
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ async fn prompt_cloud_registration(
         .raw()
         .list_organizations(None, None)
         .await
-        .map_err(hm_plugin_cloud::settings::map_raw)
+        .map_err(crate::commands::cloud::settings::map_raw)
         .context("fetching organizations")?
         .into_inner();
 
diff --git a/crates/hm/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/mod.rs
index 52773b1e..cb82e75c 100644
--- a/crates/hm/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub mod cache;
+pub mod cloud;
 pub mod init;
 pub mod run;
diff --git a/crates/hm/src/commands/run/mod.rs b/crates/hm/src/commands/run/mod.rs
index 3445a731..5aa6fb0d 100644
--- a/crates/hm/src/commands/run/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/hm/src/commands/run/mod.rs
@@ -485,12 +485,12 @@ async fn register_remoteless_pipeline(
                 .raw()
                 .create_pipeline(org, &body)
                 .await
-                .map_err(hm_plugin_cloud::settings::map_raw)
+                .map_err(crate::commands::cloud::settings::map_raw)
                 .with_context(|| format!("registering pipeline '{pipeline_name}' in org {org}"))?;
             created.into_inner().slug
         }
         Err(e) => {
-            return Err(hm_plugin_cloud::settings::map_raw(e))
+            return Err(crate::commands::cloud::settings::map_raw(e))
                 .with_context(|| format!("looking up pipeline '{pipeline_name}' in org {org}"));
         }
     };
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ async fn resolve_or_create_cloud_pipeline(
         Ok(p) => return Ok(Some(p.into_inner().slug)),
         Err(e) if e.status().is_some_and(|s| s.as_u16() == 404) => {} // truly absent → create
         Err(e) => {
-            return Err(hm_plugin_cloud::settings::map_raw(e))
+            return Err(crate::commands::cloud::settings::map_raw(e))
                 .with_context(|| format!("looking up pipeline '{}' in org {}", ac.name, ac.org));
         }
     }
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ async fn resolve_or_create_cloud_pipeline(
         .raw()
         .create_pipeline(&ac.org, &body)
         .await
-        .map_err(hm_plugin_cloud::settings::map_raw)
+        .map_err(crate::commands::cloud::settings::map_raw)
         .with_context(|| format!("creating pipeline '{}' in org {}", ac.name, ac.org))?;
     let slug = created.into_inner().slug;
     tracing::info!("created pipeline '{slug}' — submitting build");