diff --git a/apps/tenant-router/README.md b/apps/tenant-router/README.md
index 5ef80773..348e9e48 100644
--- a/apps/tenant-router/README.md
+++ b/apps/tenant-router/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ It preserves the original host as `X-Forwarded-Host` so:
 
 ## Deploy
 
+`deploy` runs `predeploy`, which builds `@cio/utils` first (Wrangler resolves `@cio/utils/constants/*` from `dist/`).
+
 ```bash
 pnpm --filter @cio/tenant-router deploy
 ```
diff --git a/apps/tenant-router/package.json b/apps/tenant-router/package.json
index dc8e626d..d0175928 100644
--- a/apps/tenant-router/package.json
+++ b/apps/tenant-router/package.json
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "wrangler dev",
+    "predev": "pnpm --filter @cio/utils build",
     "deploy": "wrangler deploy",
+    "predeploy": "pnpm --filter @cio/utils build",
     "tail": "wrangler tail",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
+    "pretypecheck": "pnpm --filter @cio/utils build",
     "format": "prettier --write ."
   },
   "dependencies": {