diff --git a/src/commands/metrics.ts b/src/commands/metrics.ts
index abe4dfb..5209f18 100644
--- a/src/commands/metrics.ts
+++ b/src/commands/metrics.ts
@@ -78,10 +78,30 @@ export async function usage(opts: { from?: string; to?: string; json?: boolean;
   }
 }
 
+// pure: platform path for a compute deploy-events request (used by `insta logs --deploy`).
+export function deployEventsPath(projectId: string, opts: { group?: string; branch?: string; limit?: string; instance?: string }): string {
+  return `/projects/${projectId}/deploy-events${qs({ group: opts.group, branch: opts.branch, limit: opts.limit, instance: opts.instance })}`
+}
+
+// pure: render one deploy event as a log-style line.
+export function deployEventLine(ev: { ts?: string; origin?: string; type?: string; status?: string; instance?: string }): string {
+  const inst = ev.instance ? `  (${ev.instance})` : ''
+  return `${ev.ts ?? ''}  [${ev.origin ?? ''}] ${ev.type ?? ''}: ${ev.status ?? ''}${inst}`
+}
+
 // insta logs <db|compute> [group]
-export async function logs(component: string, group: string | undefined, opts: { branch?: string; limit?: string; region?: string; instance?: string; json?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
+export async function logs(component: string, group: string | undefined, opts: { branch?: string; limit?: string; region?: string; instance?: string; json?: boolean; deploy?: boolean }): Promise<void> {
   const api = await ApiClient.load()
   const p = await requireProject()
+  if (opts.deploy) {
+    if (component !== 'compute') return info('deploy events are only available for compute')
+    const res = await api.request('GET', deployEventsPath(p.projectId, { group, branch: opts.branch ?? p.branch, limit: opts.limit, instance: opts.instance }))
+    if (opts.json) return printJson(res)
+    if (res.note) info(`note: ${res.note}`)
+    if (!res.events?.length) return info('(no deploy events)')
+    for (const ev of res.events) info(deployEventLine(ev))
+    return
+  }
   const res = await api.request('GET', `/projects/${p.projectId}/logs${qs({ component, group, branch: opts.branch ?? p.branch, limit: opts.limit, region: opts.region, instance: opts.instance })}`)
   if (opts.json) return printJson(res)
   if (res.note) info(`note: ${res.note}`)
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b494e9b..8ccdc6b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ program.command('regions').description('List regions available for postgres/comp
 program.command('metrics <target> [group]').description('Service metrics (target: db|compute)')
   .option('--branch <b>').option('--from <unix>').option('--to <unix>').option('--step <s>').option('--json')
   .action(guard((target, group, o) => obs.metrics(target, group, o)))
-program.command('logs <target> [group]').description('Service runtime logs (target: db|compute)')
-  .option('--branch <b>').option('--limit <n>').option('--region <r>').option('--instance <i>').option('--json')
+program.command('logs <target> [group]').description('Service logs (runtime by default; --deploy = compute deploy events; target: db|compute)')
+  .option('--branch <b>').option('--limit <n>').option('--region <r>').option('--instance <i>').option('--deploy', 'show compute deploy events (machine lifecycle) instead of runtime logs').option('--json')
   .action(guard((target, group, o) => obs.logs(target, group, o)))
 program.command('usage').description('Usage for the current billing cycle by billing dimension (org by default; --proj for one project)')
   .option('--from <unix>').option('--to <unix>').option('--proj [id]', 'show one project (the linked one, or a given id) instead of the whole org').option('--json')
diff --git a/test/logs-deploy.test.ts b/test/logs-deploy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d64e482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/logs-deploy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// `insta logs --deploy` targets /deploy-events and renders each machine event as one line.
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { deployEventsPath, deployEventLine } from '../src/commands/metrics.js'
+
+describe('deployEventsPath', () => {
+  it('targets /deploy-events with defined params in order', () => {
+    expect(deployEventsPath('p1', { group: 'api', branch: 'main', limit: '50' }))
+      .toBe('/projects/p1/deploy-events?group=api&branch=main&limit=50')
+  })
+  it('omits undefined/empty params', () => {
+    expect(deployEventsPath('p1', {})).toBe('/projects/p1/deploy-events')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('deployEventLine', () => {
+  it('renders [origin] type: status with the instance suffix', () => {
+    expect(deployEventLine({ ts: 'T', origin: 'flyd', type: 'start', status: 'started', instance: 'm-1' }))
+      .toBe('T  [flyd] start: started  (m-1)')
+  })
+  it('omits the instance suffix when absent', () => {
+    expect(deployEventLine({ ts: 'T', origin: 'user', type: 'launch', status: 'created' }))
+      .toBe('T  [user] launch: created')
+  })
+})