diff --git a/bin/omarchy-npm-install b/bin/omarchy-npm-install
index 3f1371ce..5c5f7b5b 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-npm-install
+++ b/bin/omarchy-npm-install
@@ -1,76 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# omarchy:summary=Install a pnpm dlx wrapper for a given npm package.
-# omarchy:args=<package> [command-name]
+# omarchy:summary=Install a small pnpm dlx wrapper for a given npm package.
+# omarchy:args=<package> [command-name [bin-name]]
 
 if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: omarchy-npm-install <package> [command-name]"
+  echo "Usage: omarchy-npm-install <package> [command-name [bin-name]]"
   exit 1
 fi
 
 package=$1
 command=${2:-$1}
+bin=${3:-$command}
 
 mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
 
-cat > "$HOME/.local/bin/$command" <<EOF
+cat >"$HOME/.local/bin/$command" <<EOF
 #!/bin/bash
-package="$package"
-command="$command"
-
-if ! node_root="\$(mise where node@latest 2>/dev/null)"; then
-  mise use -g node@latest >/dev/null
-  node_root="\$(mise where node@latest)"
-fi
-
-if omarchy-cmd-missing pnpm; then
-  echo "Installing pnpm for \$package..."
-  omarchy-pkg-add pnpm
-  hash -r
-fi
-
-# pnpm reads npm_config_* env vars for CLI configuration.
-export npm_config_minimum_release_age=7200
-export npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age=7200
-
-ensure_bin_runtime() {
-  local bin_path=\$1
-  local shebang
-
-  IFS= read -r shebang < "\$bin_path"
-
-  if [[ \$shebang == "#!"*"/bun"* || \$shebang == "#!"*"/env bun"* ]]; then
-    if omarchy-cmd-missing bun; then
-      echo "Installing bun runtime for \$package..."
-      omarchy-pkg-add bun
-      hash -r
-    fi
-  fi
-}
-
-exec_package_bin() {
-  local package_bin_path=\$1
-  shift
-
-  if [[ -n \$package_bin_path ]]; then
-    ensure_bin_runtime "\$package_bin_path"
-    PATH="\$node_root/bin:\$PATH" exec "\$package_bin_path" "\$@"
-  fi
-}
-
-# Resolve the package bin inside pnpm dlx, then run it with node@latest available for node shebangs.
-# Some wrappers are aliases, e.g. playwright-cli wraps the playwright bin.
-PATH="\$node_root/bin:\$PATH" pnpm dlx --package "\$package" true
-
-package_bin_path=\$(PATH="\$node_root/bin:\$PATH" pnpm dlx --package "\$package" which "\$package" 2>/dev/null)
-exec_package_bin "\$package_bin_path" "\$@"
-
-# Scoped packages like @openai/codex expose an unscoped bin like codex.
-package_bin_path=\$(PATH="\$node_root/bin:\$PATH" pnpm dlx --package "\$package" which "\$command" 2>/dev/null)
-exec_package_bin "\$package_bin_path" "\$@"
-
-echo "Could not resolve npm bin for \$package / \$command" >&2
-exit 127
+exec omarchy-npm-run "$package" "$command" "$bin" "\$@"
 EOF
 
 chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/$command"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-npm-run b/bin/omarchy-npm-run
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9d84a67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-npm-run
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Run a pnpm dlx-backed npm package wrapper.
+# omarchy:args=<package> <command-name> <bin-name> [args...]
+# omarchy:hidden=true
+
+if (($# < 3)); then
+  echo "Usage: omarchy-npm-run <package> <command-name> <bin-name> [args...]"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+package=$1
+command=$2
+bin=$3
+shift 3
+
+package_spec=$package
+state_dir="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/omarchy/npm-wrappers"
+version_file="$state_dir/$command.version"
+pin_ttl=7200
+uses_pinned_version=0
+
+if [[ -s $version_file ]]; then
+  now=$(date +%s)
+  pinned_at=$(stat -c %Y "$version_file" 2>/dev/null || printf '0\n')
+
+  if ((now - pinned_at < pin_ttl)); then
+    pinned_version=$(<"$version_file")
+    package_spec="$package@$pinned_version"
+    uses_pinned_version=1
+  else
+    rm -f "$version_file"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if ! node_root=$(mise where node@latest 2>/dev/null); then
+  mise use -g node@latest >/dev/null
+  node_root=$(mise where node@latest)
+fi
+
+export PATH="$node_root/bin:$PATH"
+
+if omarchy-cmd-missing pnpm; then
+  echo "Installing pnpm for $package..."
+  omarchy-pkg-add pnpm
+  hash -r
+fi
+
+# pnpm reads npm_config_* env vars for CLI configuration.
+export npm_config_minimum_release_age=$pin_ttl
+export npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age=$pin_ttl
+
+if (( uses_pinned_version )); then
+  export npm_config_minimum_release_age=0
+fi
+
+if (($# == 1)) && [[ $1 == "update" ]]; then
+  export npm_config_minimum_release_age=0
+  export npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age=0
+
+  if ! latest_version=$(env -u npm_config_minimum_release_age -u npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age pnpm view "$package@latest" version); then
+    echo "Could not resolve latest npm version for $package" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p "$state_dir"
+  printf '%s\n' "$latest_version" >"$version_file"
+  package_spec="$package@$latest_version"
+
+  pnpm dlx --package "$package_spec" true
+
+  echo "Updated $command to $latest_version"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+exec pnpm dlx --package "$package_spec" "$bin" "$@"
diff --git a/install/packaging/npm.sh b/install/packaging/npm.sh
index 7ffdc315..65478fbd 100644
--- a/install/packaging/npm.sh
+++ b/install/packaging/npm.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ omarchy-npm-install @openai/codex codex
 omarchy-npm-install @google/gemini-cli gemini
 omarchy-npm-install @github/copilot copilot
 omarchy-npm-install opencode-ai opencode
-omarchy-npm-install playwright playwright-cli
+omarchy-npm-install playwright playwright-cli playwright
 omarchy-npm-install @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent pi
 omarchy-npm-install @kitlangton/ghui ghui
 omarchy-npm-install hunkdiff hunk
diff --git a/test/omarchy-npm-install-test.sh b/test/omarchy-npm-install-test.sh
index 6b5dd9ad..42b47488 100644
--- a/test/omarchy-npm-install-test.sh
+++ b/test/omarchy-npm-install-test.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ fail() {
   exit 1
 }
 
+assert_file_contains() {
+  local description="$1"
+  local file="$2"
+  local expected="$3"
+
+  if ! grep -Fq "$expected" "$file"; then
+    printf 'Expected %s to contain: %s\n' "$file" "$expected" >&2
+    printf 'Actual file:\n' >&2
+    sed -n '1,120p' "$file" >&2
+    fail "$description"
+  fi
+
+  pass "$description"
+}
+
 cleanup() {
   [[ -n $TMPDIR && -d $TMPDIR ]] && rm -rf "$TMPDIR"
 }
@@ -24,60 +39,51 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
 TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
 HOME="$TMPDIR/home" "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-npm-install" @openai/codex codex
 wrapper="$TMPDIR/home/.local/bin/codex"
+runtime="$ROOT/bin/omarchy-npm-run"
 
 [[ -x $wrapper ]] || fail "npm wrapper is generated"
 pass "npm wrapper is generated"
 
-if ! grep -q "npm_config_minimum_release_age=7200" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper configures pnpm minimum release age"
-fi
-pass "npm wrapper configures pnpm minimum release age"
+assert_file_contains "npm wrapper defaults bin to command name" "$wrapper" 'exec omarchy-npm-run "@openai/codex" "codex" "codex" "$@"'
 
-if ! grep -q "npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age=7200" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper configures pnpm dlx cache max age"
+if grep -q "pnpm dlx" "$wrapper"; then
+  fail "npm wrapper does not inline pnpm runtime"
 fi
-pass "npm wrapper configures pnpm dlx cache max age"
+pass "npm wrapper does not inline pnpm runtime"
 
-if grep -q "PNPM_CONFIG_MINIMUM_RELEASE_AGE" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper does not use ignored PNPM_CONFIG env vars"
+HOME="$TMPDIR/home" "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-npm-install" playwright playwright-cli playwright
+assert_file_contains "npm wrapper records explicit package bin" "$TMPDIR/home/.local/bin/playwright-cli" 'exec omarchy-npm-run "playwright" "playwright-cli" "playwright" "$@"'
+
+assert_file_contains "npm runtime defines pin ttl" "$runtime" "pin_ttl=7200"
+assert_file_contains "npm runtime configures pnpm minimum release age" "$runtime" 'npm_config_minimum_release_age=$pin_ttl'
+assert_file_contains "npm runtime configures pnpm dlx cache max age" "$runtime" 'npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age=$pin_ttl'
+
+if grep -q "PNPM_CONFIG_MINIMUM_RELEASE_AGE" "$runtime"; then
+  fail "npm runtime does not use ignored PNPM_CONFIG env vars"
 fi
-pass "npm wrapper does not use ignored PNPM_CONFIG env vars"
+pass "npm runtime does not use ignored PNPM_CONFIG env vars"
 
 removed_flag="--force""-update"
 
-if grep -q -- "$removed_flag" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper does not expose removed force update flag"
+if grep -q -- "$removed_flag" "$runtime"; then
+  fail "npm runtime does not expose removed force update flag"
 fi
-pass "npm wrapper does not expose removed force update flag"
+pass "npm runtime does not expose removed force update flag"
 
-if ! grep -q "npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age=0" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper update bypasses dlx cache"
+if grep -q " which " "$runtime"; then
+  fail "npm runtime does not discover package bins dynamically"
 fi
-pass "npm wrapper update bypasses dlx cache"
-
-if ! grep -q "npm_config_minimum_release_age=0" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper update bypasses minimum release age"
-fi
-pass "npm wrapper update bypasses minimum release age"
-
-if ! grep -q "wrapper_update=1" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper maps update to wrapper update"
-fi
-pass "npm wrapper maps update to wrapper update"
-
-if ! grep -q "version_file=" "$wrapper"; then
-  fail "npm wrapper persists update version"
-fi
-pass "npm wrapper persists update version"
+pass "npm runtime does not discover package bins dynamically"
 
 stub_bin="$TMPDIR/bin"
 node_root="$TMPDIR/node"
-package_bin="$TMPDIR/package-bin"
+state_home="$TMPDIR/state"
 pnpm_log="$TMPDIR/pnpm.log"
 package_args="$TMPDIR/package-args"
+version_file="$state_home/omarchy/npm-wrappers/codex.version"
 mkdir -p "$stub_bin" "$node_root/bin"
 
-cat > "$stub_bin/mise" <<'SH'
+cat >"$stub_bin/mise" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
 if [[ $1 == "where" && $2 == "node@latest" ]]; then
   printf '%s\n' "$OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_NODE_ROOT"
@@ -87,12 +93,12 @@ fi
 exit 1
 SH
 
-cat > "$stub_bin/omarchy-cmd-missing" <<'SH'
+cat >"$stub_bin/omarchy-cmd-missing" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
 exit 1
 SH
 
-cat > "$stub_bin/pnpm" <<'SH'
+cat >"$stub_bin/pnpm" <<'SH'
 #!/bin/bash
 printf 'min_age=%s dlx_cache=%s args=%s\n' "${npm_config_minimum_release_age:-}" "${npm_config_dlx_cache_max_age:-}" "$*" >>"$OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PNPM_LOG"
 
@@ -101,57 +107,79 @@ if [[ $1 == "view" ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-if [[ $1 == "dlx" && $4 == "true" ]]; then
-  exit 0
-fi
+if [[ $1 == "dlx" ]]; then
+  if [[ $4 == "true" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
 
-if [[ $1 == "dlx" && $4 == "which" ]]; then
-  printf '%s\n' "$OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_BIN"
+  shift 4
+  printf '%s\n' "$*" >"$OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS"
   exit 0
 fi
 
 exit 1
 SH
 
-cat > "$package_bin" <<'SH'
-#!/bin/bash
-printf '%s\n' "$*" >"$OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS"
-SH
-
-chmod +x "$stub_bin/mise" "$stub_bin/omarchy-cmd-missing" "$stub_bin/pnpm" "$package_bin"
+chmod +x "$stub_bin/mise" "$stub_bin/omarchy-cmd-missing" "$stub_bin/pnpm"
 
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_NODE_ROOT="$node_root" \
-OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_BIN="$package_bin" \
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS="$package_args" \
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PNPM_LOG="$pnpm_log" \
+HOME="$TMPDIR/home" \
+XDG_STATE_HOME="$state_home" \
 PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" \
   "$wrapper" -s danger-full-access update alpha beta
 
-if ! grep -q "dlx_cache=0" "$pnpm_log"; then
-  fail "update sets pnpm dlx cache age to zero"
+if ! grep -Fq "args=dlx --package @openai/codex codex -s danger-full-access update alpha beta" "$pnpm_log"; then
+  fail "non-leading update is forwarded to package bin"
 fi
-pass "update sets pnpm dlx cache age to zero"
+pass "non-leading update is forwarded to package bin"
 
-if ! grep -q "min_age=0" "$pnpm_log"; then
-  fail "update sets pnpm minimum release age to zero"
+if ! grep -q "dlx_cache=7200" "$pnpm_log"; then
+  fail "normal run uses pnpm dlx cache age"
 fi
-pass "update sets pnpm minimum release age to zero"
+pass "normal run uses pnpm dlx cache age"
 
-if ! grep -q "args=dlx --package @openai/codex@1.2.3 true" "$pnpm_log"; then
-  fail "update uses resolved latest package version"
+if ! grep -q "min_age=7200" "$pnpm_log"; then
+  fail "normal run uses pnpm minimum release age"
 fi
-pass "update uses resolved latest package version"
+pass "normal run uses pnpm minimum release age"
 
-if [[ -f $package_args ]]; then
-  fail "update does not run the package bin"
+if [[ $(<"$package_args") != "-s danger-full-access update alpha beta" ]]; then
+  fail "normal run forwards package args"
 fi
-pass "update does not run the package bin"
+pass "normal run forwards package args"
+
+if [[ -f $version_file ]]; then
+  fail "non-leading update does not pin wrapper version"
+fi
+pass "non-leading update does not pin wrapper version"
 
 rm -f "$pnpm_log" "$package_args"
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_NODE_ROOT="$node_root" \
-OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_BIN="$package_bin" \
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS="$package_args" \
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PNPM_LOG="$pnpm_log" \
+HOME="$TMPDIR/home" \
+XDG_STATE_HOME="$state_home" \
+PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" \
+  "$wrapper" update alpha
+
+if ! grep -Fq "args=dlx --package @openai/codex codex update alpha" "$pnpm_log"; then
+  fail "update with extra args is forwarded to package bin"
+fi
+pass "update with extra args is forwarded to package bin"
+
+if [[ -f $version_file ]]; then
+  fail "update with extra args does not pin wrapper version"
+fi
+pass "update with extra args does not pin wrapper version"
+
+rm -f "$pnpm_log" "$package_args"
+OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_NODE_ROOT="$node_root" \
+OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS="$package_args" \
+OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PNPM_LOG="$pnpm_log" \
+HOME="$TMPDIR/home" \
+XDG_STATE_HOME="$state_home" \
 PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" \
   "$wrapper" update
 
@@ -165,25 +193,31 @@ if ! grep -q "min_age=0" "$pnpm_log"; then
 fi
 pass "wrapper update bypasses pnpm minimum release age"
 
-if ! grep -q "args=dlx --package @openai/codex@1.2.3 true" "$pnpm_log"; then
+if ! grep -Fq "args=dlx --package @openai/codex@1.2.3 true" "$pnpm_log"; then
   fail "wrapper update uses resolved latest package version"
 fi
 pass "wrapper update uses resolved latest package version"
 
 if [[ -f $package_args ]]; then
-  fail "wrapper update does not run package self-updater"
+  fail "wrapper update does not run package bin"
 fi
-pass "wrapper update does not run package self-updater"
+pass "wrapper update does not run package bin"
+
+if [[ $(<"$version_file") != "1.2.3" ]]; then
+  fail "wrapper update persists resolved version"
+fi
+pass "wrapper update persists resolved version"
 
 rm -f "$pnpm_log" "$package_args"
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_NODE_ROOT="$node_root" \
-OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_BIN="$package_bin" \
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS="$package_args" \
 OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PNPM_LOG="$pnpm_log" \
+HOME="$TMPDIR/home" \
+XDG_STATE_HOME="$state_home" \
 PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" \
   "$wrapper" gamma
 
-if ! grep -q "args=dlx --package @openai/codex@1.2.3 true" "$pnpm_log"; then
+if ! grep -Fq "args=dlx --package @openai/codex@1.2.3 codex gamma" "$pnpm_log"; then
   fail "wrapper reuses pinned update version"
 fi
 pass "wrapper reuses pinned update version"
@@ -197,3 +231,28 @@ if [[ $(<"$package_args") != "gamma" ]]; then
   fail "wrapper forwards args after pinned update"
 fi
 pass "wrapper forwards args after pinned update"
+
+rm -f "$pnpm_log" "$package_args"
+touch -d "@$(($(date +%s) - 7201))" "$version_file"
+OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_NODE_ROOT="$node_root" \
+OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PACKAGE_ARGS="$package_args" \
+OMARCHY_NPM_TEST_PNPM_LOG="$pnpm_log" \
+HOME="$TMPDIR/home" \
+XDG_STATE_HOME="$state_home" \
+PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" \
+  "$wrapper" delta
+
+if ! grep -Fq "args=dlx --package @openai/codex codex delta" "$pnpm_log"; then
+  fail "wrapper drops expired pinned update version"
+fi
+pass "wrapper drops expired pinned update version"
+
+if ! grep -q "min_age=7200" "$pnpm_log"; then
+  fail "wrapper restores minimum release age after pin expiry"
+fi
+pass "wrapper restores minimum release age after pin expiry"
+
+if [[ -f $version_file ]]; then
+  fail "wrapper removes expired pinned version file"
+fi
+pass "wrapper removes expired pinned version file"