diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/create.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/create.ts
index d1bc60ad2..957722b70 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/create.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/create.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface ScheduleCreateOptions extends ScheduleCommandOptions {
   target?: string;
   provider?: string;
   mode?: string;
+  cwd?: string;
   maxRuns?: string;
   expiresIn?: string;
 }
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ export async function runCreateCommand(
     target: options.target,
     provider: options.provider,
     mode: options.mode,
+    cwd: options.cwd,
+    host: options.host,
     maxRuns: options.maxRuns,
     expiresIn: options.expiresIn,
   });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/index.ts
index b4a05ccff..9caee32d8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export function createScheduleCommand(): Command {
         "--mode <mode>",
         "Provider-specific mode (e.g. claude bypassPermissions, opencode build)",
       )
+      .option("--cwd <path>", "Working directory (default: current; required with --host)")
       .option("--max-runs <n>", "Maximum number of runs")
       .option("--expires-in <duration>", "Time to live for the schedule"),
   ).action(withOutput(runCreateCommand));
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81daab83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { parseScheduleCreateInput } from "./shared.js";
+
+const baseOptions = {
+  prompt: "do the thing",
+  every: "5m",
+  provider: "claude",
+};
+
+describe("parseScheduleCreateInput cwd/host validation", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue("/local/project");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  test("no host, no cwd → defaults to process.cwd()", () => {
+    const input = parseScheduleCreateInput(baseOptions);
+    expect(input.target).toEqual({
+      type: "new-agent",
+      config: { provider: "claude", cwd: "/local/project" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("no host, with cwd → uses provided cwd", () => {
+    const input = parseScheduleCreateInput({ ...baseOptions, cwd: "/some/other/path" });
+    expect(input.target).toEqual({
+      type: "new-agent",
+      config: { provider: "claude", cwd: "/some/other/path" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("host with cwd → uses provided cwd", () => {
+    const input = parseScheduleCreateInput({
+      ...baseOptions,
+      host: "dev:6767",
+      cwd: "/remote/project",
+    });
+    expect(input.target).toEqual({
+      type: "new-agent",
+      config: { provider: "claude", cwd: "/remote/project" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("host without cwd → throws MISSING_CWD", () => {
+    expect(() => parseScheduleCreateInput({ ...baseOptions, host: "dev:6767" })).toThrow(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        code: "MISSING_CWD",
+        message: expect.stringContaining("--cwd is required when --host is specified"),
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("host with whitespace-only cwd → throws MISSING_CWD", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      parseScheduleCreateInput({ ...baseOptions, host: "dev:6767", cwd: "   " }),
+    ).toThrow(expect.objectContaining({ code: "MISSING_CWD" }));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.ts
index b0c97d1f8..9e59d4944 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/schedule/shared.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ export function parseScheduleCreateInput(options: {
   target?: string;
   provider?: string;
   mode?: string;
+  cwd?: string;
+  host?: string;
   maxRuns?: string;
   expiresIn?: string;
 }): CreateScheduleInput {
@@ -154,6 +156,15 @@ export function parseScheduleCreateInput(options: {
     ? { type: "every", everyMs: parseDuration(options.every) }
     : { type: "cron", expression: options.cron!.trim() };
 
+  const cwdInput = options.cwd?.trim();
+  if (options.host !== undefined && !cwdInput) {
+    throw {
+      code: "MISSING_CWD",
+      message:
+        "--cwd is required when --host is specified (the local working directory will not exist on the remote daemon)",
+    } satisfies CommandError;
+  }
+
   const targetValue = options.target?.trim();
   const modeId = options.mode?.trim();
   const hasExplicitNewAgentOption = options.provider !== undefined || options.mode !== undefined;
@@ -165,7 +176,7 @@ export function parseScheduleCreateInput(options: {
       type: "new-agent",
       config: {
         provider: resolvedProviderModel.provider,
-        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        cwd: cwdInput ?? process.cwd(),
         ...(resolvedProviderModel.model ? { model: resolvedProviderModel.model } : {}),
         ...(modeId ? { modeId } : {}),
       },