diff --git a/src/cli/handlers/project.ts b/src/cli/handlers/project.ts
index 84ff3cd3a24..cc5f32e2cd2 100644
--- a/src/cli/handlers/project.ts
+++ b/src/cli/handlers/project.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type {
   Project,
   ProjectHostSetup,
+  ProjectHostSetupCloneArgs,
   ProjectHostSetupCreateArgs,
   ProjectHostSetupCreateResult,
   ProjectHostSetupDeleteResult,
@@ -66,6 +67,26 @@ export const PROJECT_HANDLERS: Record<string, CommandHandler> = {
     )
     printResult(result, json, formatProjectHostSetupResult)
   },
+  'project setup-clone': async ({ flags, client, cwd, json }) => {
+    const rawDestination = getRequiredStringFlag(flags, 'destination')
+    const args: ProjectHostSetupCloneArgs = {
+      projectId: getRequiredStringFlag(flags, 'project'),
+      hostId: getRequiredStringFlag(flags, 'host') as ProjectHostSetupCloneArgs['hostId'],
+      url: getRequiredStringFlag(flags, 'url'),
+      destination: resolveRepoPathArgument(
+        rawDestination,
+        cwd,
+        client.isRemote,
+        'Project setup clone'
+      ),
+      displayName: getOptionalStringFlag(flags, 'display-name')
+    }
+    const result = await client.call<{ result: ProjectHostSetupResult }>(
+      'projectHostSetup.clone',
+      args
+    )
+    printResult(result, json, formatProjectHostSetupResult)
+  },
   'project setup-create': async ({ flags, client, cwd, json }) => {
     const path = getOptionalStringFlag(flags, 'path')
     const args: ProjectHostSetupCreateArgs = {
diff --git a/src/cli/help.ts b/src/cli/help.ts
index 33f69965fda..4c87a4d5cbd 100644
--- a/src/cli/help.ts
+++ b/src/cli/help.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Projects:
   project list              List durable projects known to Orca
   project setups            List project host setups
   project setup-existing-folder Make a project available on a host by importing an existing folder
+  project setup-clone       Make a project available on a host by cloning a repository
   project setup-create      Create independent project host setup metadata
   project setup-update      Update project host setup metadata
   project setup-delete      Remove a project host setup
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ Common Commands:
   orca project list [--json]
   orca project setups [--project <id>] [--host <host-id>] [--json]
   orca project setup-existing-folder --project <id> --host <host-id> --path <path> [--kind git|folder] [--display-name <name>] [--json]
+  orca project setup-clone --project <id> --host <host-id> --url <clone-url> --destination <path> [--display-name <name>] [--json]
   orca project setup-create --project <id> --host <host-id> [--setup-id <id>] [--path <path>] [--kind git|folder] [--display-name <name>] [--worktree-base-path <path>] [--git-username <name>] [--state ready|not-set-up|setting-up|error|unsupported] [--method imported-existing-folder|cloned|provisioned] [--json]
   orca project setup-update --setup <setup-id> [--display-name <name>] [--path <path>] [--worktree-base-path <path>] [--git-username <name>] [--kind git|folder] [--state ready|not-set-up|setting-up|error|unsupported] [--method legacy-repo|imported-existing-folder|cloned|provisioned] [--json]
   orca project setup-delete --setup <setup-id> [--json]
diff --git a/src/cli/specs/project.ts b/src/cli/specs/project.ts
index 8b4e4d576d8..f9070da9f40 100644
--- a/src/cli/specs/project.ts
+++ b/src/cli/specs/project.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ export const PROJECT_COMMAND_SPECS: CommandSpec[] = [
       'orca project setup-existing-folder --project github:stablyai/orca --host runtime:gpu --path /home/me/orca --kind git --json'
     ]
   },
+  {
+    path: ['project', 'setup-clone'],
+    summary: 'Make a project available on a host by cloning a repository',
+    usage:
+      'orca project setup-clone --project <id> --host <host-id> --url <clone-url> --destination <path> [--display-name <name>] [--json]',
+    allowedFlags: [...GLOBAL_FLAGS, 'project', 'host', 'url', 'destination', 'display-name'],
+    notes: [
+      'For remote runtimes, --destination must be an absolute parent directory on the remote server.',
+      'SSH targets are cloned through the desktop UI because the desktop client owns SSH connections.'
+    ],
+    examples: [
+      'orca project setup-clone --project github:stablyai/orca --host local --url https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git --destination ~/src',
+      'orca project setup-clone --project github:stablyai/orca --host runtime:gpu --url https://github.com/stablyai/orca.git --destination /srv --json'
+    ]
+  },
   {
     path: ['project', 'setup-create'],
     summary: 'Create independent project host setup metadata',
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
index c7e8e7d7e36..07ed509c5f8 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
@@ -6520,6 +6520,18 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeService {
     return { project, setup, repo }
   }
 
+  async setupProjectClone(args: ProjectHostSetupCloneArgs): Promise<ProjectHostSetupResult> {
+    const repo = await this.cloneRepo(args.url, args.destination)
+    return await this.setupProjectExistingFolder({
+      projectId: args.projectId,
+      hostId: args.hostId,
+      path: repo.path,
+      kind: 'git',
+      displayName: args.displayName,
+      setupMethod: 'cloned'
+    })
+  }
+
   updateProjectHostSetup(args: ProjectHostSetupUpdateArgs): ProjectHostSetupUpdateResult {
     if (!this.store?.updateProjectHostSetup) {
       throw new Error('runtime_unavailable')
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/project-runtime-rpc-methods.ts b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/project-runtime-rpc-methods.ts
index 93f64b35f7c..ba874fda2da 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/project-runtime-rpc-methods.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/rpc/methods/project-runtime-rpc-methods.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,21 @@ const ProjectHostSetupExistingFolder = z.object({
   setupMethod: z.enum(['imported-existing-folder', 'cloned']).optional()
 })
 
+const ProjectHostSetupClone = z.object({
+  projectId: requiredString('Missing project ID'),
+  hostId: requiredString('Missing host ID').transform((value, ctx) => {
+    const hostId = normalizeExecutionHostId(value)
+    if (!hostId) {
+      ctx.addIssue({ code: 'custom', message: 'Invalid host ID' })
+      return z.NEVER
+    }
+    return hostId
+  }),
+  url: requiredString('Missing clone URL'),
+  destination: requiredString('Missing clone destination'),
+  displayName: OptionalString
+})
+
 const ProjectHostSetupCreate = z.object({
   projectId: requiredString('Missing project ID'),
   hostId: requiredString('Missing host ID').transform((value, ctx) => {
@@ -83,6 +98,13 @@ export const PROJECT_RUNTIME_METHODS: RpcMethod[] = [
       result: await runtime.setupProjectExistingFolder(params)
     })
   }),
+  defineMethod({
+    name: 'projectHostSetup.clone',
+    params: ProjectHostSetupClone,
+    handler: async (params, { runtime }) => ({
+      result: await runtime.setupProjectClone(params)
+    })
+  }),
   defineMethod({
     name: 'projectHostSetup.update',
     params: ProjectHostSetupUpdate,