diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3059ecd..008fa68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ A CLI for smarter package manager operations (especially in monorepos).
 
 - **Package manager agnostic** — works with pnpm and bun, no need to remember which one your project uses
 - **Scoped installs by default** — automatically installs only the current package, no more accidental full-monorepo installs
+- **Clean signal handling** — `Ctrl+C` properly shuts down the entire process tree, no orphaned dev servers
 - **Easy navigation** — jump to any workspace package from anywhere
 
 https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3d5496a9-91be-47dc-9e01-db8c5052c7c5
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ pm add <pkg>             Add a dependency (-D for dev)
 pm remove <pkg>          Remove a dependency
 pm ls                    List workspace packages as a tree
 pm cd <pkg>              cd into a workspace package
+pm run <script>           Run a package.json script
+pm <script>               Shorthand for pm run
 ```
 
 ## Monorepo-aware install
diff --git a/src/commands/run-shell-command.ts b/src/commands/run-shell-command.ts
index 64b0300..5d7fce0 100644
--- a/src/commands/run-shell-command.ts
+++ b/src/commands/run-shell-command.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,120 @@
 import { Command as ShellCommand } from '@effect/platform';
-import { Effect } from 'effect';
+import { execSync, spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { Effect, HashMap, Option } from 'effect';
 
+function getDescendantPids(pid: number): number[] {
+	if (process.platform === 'win32') return [];
+	try {
+		const children = execSync(`pgrep -P ${pid}`, {
+			encoding: 'utf-8',
+			timeout: 3000,
+		})
+			.trim()
+			.split('\n')
+			.filter(Boolean)
+			.map(Number);
+		return children.flatMap((child) => [child, ...getDescendantPids(child)]);
+	} catch {
+		return [];
+	}
+}
+
+function killTree(pid: number, signal: NodeJS.Signals) {
+	const pids = [pid, ...getDescendantPids(pid)];
+	for (const p of pids) {
+		try {
+			process.kill(p, signal);
+		} catch {}
+	}
+}
+
+/** Finds descendant PIDs that are in a different process group than the root */
+function getOtherGroupDescendants(rootPid: number): number[] {
+	if (process.platform === 'win32') return [];
+	const descendants = getDescendantPids(rootPid);
+	if (descendants.length === 0) return [];
+	try {
+		const allPids = [rootPid, ...descendants];
+		const output = execSync(
+			`ps -o pid=,pgid= -p ${allPids.join(',')}`,
+			{ encoding: 'utf-8', timeout: 3000 },
+		);
+		const rootPgid = rootPid; // detached child is its own process group leader
+		return output
+			.trim()
+			.split('\n')
+			.map((line) => {
+				const parts = line.trim().split(/\s+/);
+				return { pid: Number(parts[0]), pgid: Number(parts[1]) };
+			})
+			.filter((p) => p.pgid !== rootPgid && p.pid !== rootPid)
+			.map((p) => p.pid);
+	} catch {
+		return descendants;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Spawns with detached: true so only pm receives terminal SIGINT.
+ * On Ctrl+C, sends SIGTERM only to descendant processes in other process groups
+ * (e.g. vite), avoiding signaling pnpm which would kill bun before it can clean up.
+ * The exit cascades naturally: vite exits → bun exits → pnpm exits.
+ */
 export const runShellCommand = (cmd: ShellCommand.Command) =>
-	Effect.scoped(
-		Effect.gen(function* () {
-			const process = yield* cmd.pipe(
-				ShellCommand.stdin('inherit'),
-				ShellCommand.stdout('inherit'),
-				ShellCommand.stderr('inherit'),
-				ShellCommand.start,
-			);
-			return yield* process.exitCode;
+	Effect.uninterruptible(
+		Effect.async<number, Error>((resume) => {
+			if ('_tag' in cmd && cmd._tag !== 'StandardCommand') {
+				throw new Error(`PipedCommand is not supported`);
+			}
+			const standard = cmd as ShellCommand.StandardCommand;
+			const env = Object.fromEntries(HashMap.toEntries(standard.env));
+			const child = spawn(standard.command, standard.args as string[], {
+				stdio: 'inherit',
+				detached: true,
+				cwd: Option.getOrUndefined(standard.cwd),
+				env: { ...process.env, ...env },
+				shell: standard.shell,
+			});
+
+			if (child.pid === undefined) {
+				resume(
+					Effect.fail(
+						new Error(`Failed to spawn process: ${standard.command}`),
+					),
+				);
+				return;
+			}
+			const pid = child.pid;
+
+			const forwardSigint = () => {
+				const otherGroupPids = getOtherGroupDescendants(pid);
+				if (otherGroupPids.length > 0) {
+					for (const p of otherGroupPids) {
+						try {
+							process.kill(p, 'SIGTERM');
+						} catch {}
+					}
+				} else {
+					// All descendants share the child's process group (detached: true makes
+					// the child its own group leader). Sending SIGINT to the group (-pid) is
+					// equivalent to terminal Ctrl+C — it atomically signals every process in
+					// the group, unlike killTree which walks processes sequentially.
+					try { process.kill(-pid, 'SIGINT'); } catch {}
+				}
+			};
+			process.on('SIGINT', forwardSigint);
+
+			child.on('close', (code) => {
+				process.removeListener('SIGINT', forwardSigint);
+				resume(Effect.succeed(code ?? 1));
+			});
+			child.on('error', (err) => {
+				process.removeListener('SIGINT', forwardSigint);
+				resume(Effect.fail(err));
+			});
+			return Effect.sync(() => {
+				process.removeListener('SIGINT', forwardSigint);
+				killTree(pid, 'SIGTERM');
+			});
 		}),
 	);