diff --git a/cmd/cloud.go b/cmd/cloud.go
index 02df3077..4beb803f 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud.go
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ type startAgent struct {
 }
 
 type startRequest struct {
-	Agents    []startAgent       `json:"agents"`
-	Resources *Resources         `json:"resources,omitempty"`
-	Metadata  *deployer.Metadata `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+	Agents         []startAgent       `json:"agents"`
+	Resources      *Resources         `json:"resources,omitempty"`
+	Metadata       *deployer.Metadata `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+	Tags           []string           `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	TagDescription string             `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	TagMessage     string             `json:"message,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func ShowNewProjectImport(ctx context.Context, logger logger.Logger, cmd *cobra.Command, apiUrl, apikey, projectId string, project *project.Project, dir string, isImport bool) {
@@ -153,6 +156,18 @@ Examples:
 		ciMessage, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("ci-message")
 		ciGitProvider, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("ci-git-provider")
 		ciLogsUrl, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("ci-logs-url")
+		tags, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray("tag")
+		description, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("description")
+		message, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("message")
+
+		// remove duplicates and empty strings
+		tags = util.RemoveDuplicates(tags)
+		tags = util.RemoveEmpty(tags)
+
+		// If no tags are provided, default to ["latest"]
+		if len(tags) == 0 {
+			tags = []string{"latest"}
+		}
 
 		deploymentConfig := project.NewDeploymentConfig()
 		client := util.NewAPIClient(ctx, logger, apiUrl, token)
@@ -400,6 +415,10 @@ Examples:
 			},
 		}
 
+		startRequest.Tags = tags
+		startRequest.TagDescription = description
+		startRequest.TagMessage = message
+
 		// Start deployment
 		if err := client.Do("PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/cli/deploy/start/%s%s", theproject.ProjectId, deploymentId), startRequest, &startResponse); err != nil {
 			errsystem.New(errsystem.ErrDeployProject, err,
@@ -664,6 +683,9 @@ func init() {
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().String("ci-message", "", "Used to set the commit message for your deployment metadata")
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().String("ci-git-provider", "", "Used to set the git provider for your deployment metadata")
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().String("ci-logs-url", "", "Used to set the CI logs URL for your deployment metadata")
+	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().StringArray("tag", nil, "Tag(s) to associate with this deployment (can be specified multiple times)")
+	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().String("description", "", "Description for the deployment")
+	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().String("message", "", "A shorter description for the deployment")
 
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("deploymentId")
 	cloudDeployCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("ci")
diff --git a/internal/mcp/deploy.go b/internal/mcp/deploy.go
index 50610775..4cde417b 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/deploy.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/deploy.go
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type DeployArguments struct {
-	Directory string `json:"directory" jsonschema:"required,description=The directory where the project is located"`
+	Directory   string   `json:"directory" jsonschema:"required,description=The directory where the project is located"`
+	Tags        []string `json:"tags,omitempty" jsonschema:"description=Tags to associate with this deployment"`
+	Description string   `json:"description,omitempty" jsonschema:"description=Description for the deployment tag(s)"`
+	Message     string   `json:"message,omitempty" jsonschema:"description=Message for the deployment tag(s)"`
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -22,7 +25,17 @@ func init() {
 			if resp := ensureProject(&c); resp != nil {
 				return resp, nil
 			}
-			result, err := execCommand(ctx, c.ProjectDir, "deploy", "--format", "json", "--dir", c.ProjectDir)
+			argsList := []string{"deploy", "--format", "json", "--dir", c.ProjectDir}
+			for _, tag := range args.Tags {
+				argsList = append(argsList, "--tag", tag)
+			}
+			if args.Description != "" {
+				argsList = append(argsList, "--description", args.Description)
+			}
+			if args.Message != "" {
+				argsList = append(argsList, "--message", args.Message)
+			}
+			result, err := execCommand(ctx, c.ProjectDir, argsList[0], argsList[1:]...)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/internal/util/slice.go b/internal/util/slice.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa6fd987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/slice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package util
+
+func RemoveDuplicates[T comparable](slice []T) []T {
+	uniqueMap := make(map[T]bool)
+	uniqueSlice := []T{}
+	for _, item := range slice {
+		if !uniqueMap[item] {
+			uniqueMap[item] = true
+			uniqueSlice = append(uniqueSlice, item)
+		}
+	}
+	return uniqueSlice
+}
+
+func RemoveEmpty[T comparable](slice []T) []T {
+	var zero T
+	nonEmptySlice := []T{}
+	for _, item := range slice {
+		if item != zero {
+			nonEmptySlice = append(nonEmptySlice, item)
+		}
+	}
+	return nonEmptySlice
+}
diff --git a/internal/util/slice_test.go b/internal/util/slice_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91ebe3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/slice_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRemoveDuplicates_String(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []string{"a", "b", "a", "c", "b", "d"}
+	want := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
+	got := RemoveDuplicates(input)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("RemoveDuplicates(strings) = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoveDuplicates_Int(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []int{1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 4}
+	want := []int{1, 2, 3, 4}
+	got := RemoveDuplicates(input)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("RemoveDuplicates(ints) = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoveEmpty_String(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []string{"a", "", "b", "", "c"}
+	want := []string{"a", "b", "c"}
+	got := RemoveEmpty(input)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("RemoveEmpty(strings) = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoveEmpty_Int(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []int{0, 1, 2, 0, 3}
+	want := []int{1, 2, 3}
+	got := RemoveEmpty(input)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("RemoveEmpty(ints) = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoveDuplicates_AlreadyUnique(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []string{"x", "y", "z"}
+	want := []string{"x", "y", "z"}
+	got := RemoveDuplicates(input)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("RemoveDuplicates(already unique) = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoveEmpty_NoEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []int{1, 2, 3}
+	want := []int{1, 2, 3}
+	got := RemoveEmpty(input)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("RemoveEmpty(no empty) = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}