diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/graph/agui/cli_renderer.py b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/graph/agui/cli_renderer.py
index 03a60bb4..3ff21abc 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/graph/agui/cli_renderer.py
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/haiku/rag/graph/agui/cli_renderer.py
@@ -67,11 +67,17 @@ class AGUIConsoleRenderer:
 
         return result
 
-    def _render_run_started(self, _event: AGUIEvent) -> None:
+    def _render_run_started(self, event: AGUIEvent) -> None:
         """Render run start event."""
+        run_id = event.get("runId", "")
+        if run_id:
+            # Show shortened run ID (first 8 chars like our UUIDs)
+            short_id = run_id[:8] if len(run_id) > 8 else run_id
+            self.console.print(f"[bold green][RUN_STARTED][/bold green] Run {short_id}")
 
     def _render_run_finished(self) -> None:
         """Render run completion."""
+        self.console.print("[bold green][RUN_FINISHED][/bold green] Completed")
 
     def _render_error(self, event: AGUIEvent) -> None:
         """Render error event."""
@@ -87,8 +93,12 @@ class AGUIConsoleRenderer:
                 f"\n[bold cyan][STEP_STARTED][/bold cyan] {display_name}"
             )
 
-    def _render_step_finished(self, _event: AGUIEvent) -> None:
+    def _render_step_finished(self, event: AGUIEvent) -> None:
         """Render step finish event."""
+        step_name = event.get("stepName", "")
+        if step_name:
+            display_name = step_name.replace("_", " ").title()
+            self.console.print(f"[cyan][STEP_FINISHED][/cyan] {display_name}")
 
     def _render_text_message(self, event: AGUIEvent) -> None:
         """Render complete text message."""
diff --git a/tests/graph/agui/test_cli_renderer.py b/tests/graph/agui/test_cli_renderer.py
index 2f21e904..b6552bda 100644
--- a/tests/graph/agui/test_cli_renderer.py
+++ b/tests/graph/agui/test_cli_renderer.py
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ async def test_renderer_basic_flow():
     renderer = AGUIConsoleRenderer(console)
 
     events = [
-        emit_run_started("t1", "r1"),
+        emit_run_started("t1", "r1-test-run-id"),
         emit_state_snapshot(SimpleState(value=1)),
         emit_step_started("plan"),
+        emit_step_finished("plan"),
         emit_activity("m1", "planning", "Planning research"),
         emit_run_finished("t1", "r1", {"status": "complete"}),
     ]
@@ -183,3 +184,21 @@ async def test_renderer_state_delta_without_initial():
 
     result = await renderer.render(async_gen(events))
     assert result == {"ok": True}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_renderer_lifecycle_events():
+    """Test that lifecycle events are rendered properly."""
+    renderer = AGUIConsoleRenderer()
+
+    events = [
+        emit_run_started("thread-123", "run-abc-def-ghi"),  # Long run ID
+        emit_step_started("search_one"),
+        emit_step_finished("search_one"),
+        emit_step_started("analyze_insights"),
+        emit_step_finished("analyze_insights"),
+        emit_run_finished("thread-123", "run-abc-def-ghi", {"complete": True}),
+    ]
+
+    result = await renderer.render(async_gen(events))
+    assert result == {"complete": True}