diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 534142f5a..8adee6045 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ metadata and the backend fallback mirror it.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Agent CLI discovery prefers the newest installed NVM Node release when launched from the desktop — thanks @rudycelekli! (#2644)
+
 - MCP speech tools wait through model loading and progress-extended CPU renders instead of timing out before the backend (#2609)
 
 ## [0.5.7] — 2026-10-05
diff --git a/docs/electron-repair.md b/docs/electron-repair.md
index 74eae5bcd..341ccd4aa 100644
--- a/docs/electron-repair.md
+++ b/docs/electron-repair.md
@@ -125,3 +125,7 @@ Automatic renderer-crash repair uses the source workspace. Without an attached
 checkout, it opens the source-folder controls and preserves the request; choose
 a checkout and press Send to continue. Explicit app action requests continue to
 use the app workspace without a checkout.
+
+For a GUI launch on macOS or Linux, CLI discovery searches inherited PATH entries
+first, then standard user install locations. NVM release folders are searched
+from the newest numeric Node version to the oldest.
diff --git a/electron/src/main/tool-path.test.ts b/electron/src/main/tool-path.test.ts
index 849475e05..f89cdf94d 100644
--- a/electron/src/main/tool-path.test.ts
+++ b/electron/src/main/tool-path.test.ts
@@ -43,3 +43,22 @@ describe('toolSearchDirs', () => {
     expect(env.Path).toContain('npm');
   });
 });
+
+it('searches NVM releases by numeric version, keeping an inherited Node first', async () => {
+  const { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, rmSync } = await import('node:fs');
+  const { tmpdir } = await import('node:os');
+  const home = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'voice-tool-path-'));
+  try {
+    for (const version of ['v9.11.2', 'v22.9.0', 'v22.10.0', 'v24.1.0'])
+      mkdirSync(join(home, '.nvm', 'versions', 'node', version, 'bin'), { recursive: true });
+    const dirs = toolSearchDirs({ env: { PATH: '/chosen/node/bin' }, platform: 'darwin', home });
+    expect(dirs[0]).toBe('/chosen/node/bin');
+    expect(dirs.filter((path) => path.includes('/.nvm/'))).toEqual(
+      ['v24.1.0', 'v22.10.0', 'v22.9.0', 'v9.11.2'].map((version) =>
+        join(home, '.nvm', 'versions', 'node', version, 'bin'),
+      ),
+    );
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
diff --git a/electron/src/main/tool-path.ts b/electron/src/main/tool-path.ts
index 74c2a0bf0..c82c1cea6 100644
--- a/electron/src/main/tool-path.ts
+++ b/electron/src/main/tool-path.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ function nvmBinDirs(home: string): string[] {
   const root = join(home, '.nvm', 'versions', 'node');
   try {
     return readdirSync(root)
-      .sort()
-      .reverse()
+      .filter((version) => /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(version))
+      .sort((left, right) => right.localeCompare(left, 'en', { numeric: true }))
       .map((version) => join(root, version, 'bin'));
   } catch {
     return [];