diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc780fd2a..22d6474f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - macOS: strip prerelease/build suffixes when parsing gateway semver patches. (#1110) — thanks @zerone0x.
 - macOS: keep CLI install pinned to the full build suffix. (#1111) — thanks @artuskg.
 - CLI: surface update availability in `clawdbot status`.
+- CLI: add `clawdbot memory status --deep/--index` probes.
 
 ### Fixes
 - Doctor: avoid re-adding WhatsApp ack reaction config when only legacy auth files exist. (#1087) — thanks @YuriNachos.
diff --git a/docs/cli/memory.md b/docs/cli/memory.md
index 89fb5bf39..5be472d4c 100644
--- a/docs/cli/memory.md
+++ b/docs/cli/memory.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Related:
 
 ```bash
 clawdbot memory status
+clawdbot memory status --deep
+clawdbot memory status --deep --index
 clawdbot memory index
 clawdbot memory search "release checklist"
 ```
-
diff --git a/src/cli/memory-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/memory-cli.test.ts
index 45638257d..5397878f2 100644
--- a/src/cli/memory-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/memory-cli.test.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,78 @@ describe("memory cli", () => {
     expect(close).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("prints embeddings status when deep", async () => {
+    const { registerMemoryCli } = await import("./memory-cli.js");
+    const { defaultRuntime } = await import("../runtime.js");
+    const close = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const probeEmbeddingAvailability = vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true }));
+    getMemorySearchManager.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      manager: {
+        probeVectorAvailability: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        probeEmbeddingAvailability,
+        status: () => ({
+          files: 1,
+          chunks: 1,
+          dirty: false,
+          workspaceDir: "/tmp/clawd",
+          dbPath: "/tmp/memory.sqlite",
+          provider: "openai",
+          model: "text-embedding-3-small",
+          requestedProvider: "openai",
+          vector: { enabled: true, available: true },
+        }),
+        close,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const log = vi.spyOn(defaultRuntime, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.name("test");
+    registerMemoryCli(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(["memory", "status", "--deep"], { from: "user" });
+
+    expect(probeEmbeddingAvailability).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("Embeddings: ready"));
+    expect(close).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("reindexes on status --index", async () => {
+    const { registerMemoryCli } = await import("./memory-cli.js");
+    const { defaultRuntime } = await import("../runtime.js");
+    const close = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const sync = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    const probeEmbeddingAvailability = vi.fn(async () => ({ ok: true }));
+    getMemorySearchManager.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      manager: {
+        probeVectorAvailability: vi.fn(async () => true),
+        probeEmbeddingAvailability,
+        sync,
+        status: () => ({
+          files: 1,
+          chunks: 1,
+          dirty: false,
+          workspaceDir: "/tmp/clawd",
+          dbPath: "/tmp/memory.sqlite",
+          provider: "openai",
+          model: "text-embedding-3-small",
+          requestedProvider: "openai",
+          vector: { enabled: true, available: true },
+        }),
+        close,
+      },
+    });
+
+    vi.spyOn(defaultRuntime, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const program = new Command();
+    program.name("test");
+    registerMemoryCli(program);
+    await program.parseAsync(["memory", "status", "--index"], { from: "user" });
+
+    expect(sync).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ reason: "cli" });
+    expect(probeEmbeddingAvailability).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(close).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("closes manager after index", async () => {
     const { registerMemoryCli } = await import("./memory-cli.js");
     const { defaultRuntime } = await import("../runtime.js");
diff --git a/src/cli/memory-cli.ts b/src/cli/memory-cli.ts
index 0daef475f..9861a60ae 100644
--- a/src/cli/memory-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/memory-cli.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { colorize, isRich, theme } from "../terminal/theme.js";
 type MemoryCommandOptions = {
   agent?: string;
   json?: boolean;
+  deep?: boolean;
+  index?: boolean;
 };
 
 function resolveAgent(cfg: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>, agent?: string) {
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ export function registerMemoryCli(program: Command) {
     .description("Show memory search index status")
     .option("--agent <id>", "Agent id (default: default agent)")
     .option("--json", "Print JSON")
+    .option("--deep", "Probe embedding provider availability")
+    .option("--index", "Reindex if dirty (implies --deep)")
     .action(async (opts: MemoryCommandOptions) => {
       const cfg = loadConfig();
       const agentId = resolveAgent(cfg, opts.agent);
@@ -43,9 +47,33 @@ export function registerMemoryCli(program: Command) {
       }
       try {
         await manager.probeVectorAvailability();
+        const deep = Boolean(opts.deep || opts.index);
+        const embeddingProbe = deep ? await manager.probeEmbeddingAvailability() : undefined;
+        let indexError: string | undefined;
+        if (opts.index) {
+          try {
+            await manager.sync({ reason: "cli" });
+          } catch (err) {
+            indexError = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+            defaultRuntime.error(`Memory index failed: ${indexError}`);
+            process.exitCode = 1;
+          }
+        }
         const status = manager.status();
         if (opts.json) {
-          defaultRuntime.log(JSON.stringify(status, null, 2));
+          defaultRuntime.log(
+            JSON.stringify(
+              {
+                ...status,
+                embeddings: embeddingProbe
+                  ? { ok: embeddingProbe.ok, error: embeddingProbe.error }
+                  : undefined,
+                indexError,
+              },
+              null,
+              2,
+            ),
+          );
           return;
         }
         const rich = isRich();
@@ -68,6 +96,14 @@ export function registerMemoryCli(program: Command) {
           `${label("Store")} ${info(status.dbPath)}`,
           `${label("Workspace")} ${info(status.workspaceDir)}`,
         ].filter(Boolean) as string[];
+        if (embeddingProbe) {
+          const state = embeddingProbe.ok ? "ready" : "unavailable";
+          const stateColor = embeddingProbe.ok ? theme.success : theme.warn;
+          lines.push(`${label("Embeddings")} ${colorize(rich, stateColor, state)}`);
+          if (embeddingProbe.error) {
+            lines.push(`${label("Embeddings error")} ${warn(embeddingProbe.error)}`);
+          }
+        }
         if (status.sourceCounts?.length) {
           lines.push(label("By source"));
           for (const entry of status.sourceCounts) {
@@ -104,6 +140,9 @@ export function registerMemoryCli(program: Command) {
         if (status.fallback?.reason) {
           lines.push(muted(status.fallback.reason));
         }
+        if (indexError) {
+          lines.push(`${label("Index error")} ${warn(indexError)}`);
+        }
         defaultRuntime.log(lines.join("\n"));
       } finally {
         await manager.close();
diff --git a/src/memory/manager.ts b/src/memory/manager.ts
index e01e27376..ed979f0d5 100644
--- a/src/memory/manager.ts
+++ b/src/memory/manager.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,16 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     return this.ensureVectorReady();
   }
 
+  async probeEmbeddingAvailability(): Promise<{ ok: boolean; error?: string }> {
+    try {
+      await this.provider.embedQuery("ping");
+      return { ok: true };
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      return { ok: false, error: message };
+    }
+  }
+
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.closed) return;
     this.closed = true;