diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/errors.go b/cmd/entire/cli/errors.go
index 36e510d14..81764aeb5 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/cli/errors.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/errors.go
@@ -20,3 +20,25 @@ func (e *SilentError) Unwrap() error {
 func NewSilentError(err error) *SilentError {
 	return &SilentError{Err: err}
 }
+
+// ExitCodeError wraps an error with a specific process exit code.
+// Use this when a subcommand needs to exit with a code other than 1.
+// main.go checks for this type and uses ExitCode instead of the default 1.
+type ExitCodeError struct {
+	Err      error
+	ExitCode int
+}
+
+func (e *ExitCodeError) Error() string {
+	return e.Err.Error()
+}
+
+func (e *ExitCodeError) Unwrap() error {
+	return e.Err
+}
+
+// NewExitCodeError creates an ExitCodeError wrapping the given error
+// with the specified exit code.
+func NewExitCodeError(err error, code int) *ExitCodeError {
+	return &ExitCodeError{Err: err, ExitCode: code}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/entire/cli/errors_test.go b/cmd/entire/cli/errors_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a041db5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/entire/cli/errors_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSilentError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("wraps error message", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("something went wrong")
+		silent := NewSilentError(inner)
+
+		if silent.Error() != "something went wrong" {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", "something went wrong", silent.Error())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unwraps to inner error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("inner error")
+		silent := NewSilentError(inner)
+
+		if !errors.Is(silent, inner) {
+			t.Error("expected Unwrap to return inner error")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("detectable with errors.As", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("test")
+		silent := NewSilentError(inner)
+
+		var target *SilentError
+		if !errors.As(silent, &target) {
+			t.Error("expected errors.As to find SilentError")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestExitCodeError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("wraps error message", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("command failed")
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(inner, 2)
+
+		if exitErr.Error() != "command failed" {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", "command failed", exitErr.Error())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("stores exit code", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("test")
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(inner, 42)
+
+		if exitErr.ExitCode != 42 {
+			t.Errorf("expected exit code 42, got %d", exitErr.ExitCode)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("unwraps to inner error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("inner error")
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(inner, 1)
+
+		if !errors.Is(exitErr, inner) {
+			t.Error("expected Unwrap to return inner error")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("detectable with errors.As", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("test")
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(inner, 3)
+
+		var target *ExitCodeError
+		if !errors.As(exitErr, &target) {
+			t.Error("expected errors.As to find ExitCodeError")
+		}
+
+		if target.ExitCode != 3 {
+			t.Errorf("expected exit code 3, got %d", target.ExitCode)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("detectable when wrapped by SilentError", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("already printed")
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(inner, 5)
+		silent := NewSilentError(exitErr)
+
+		var target *ExitCodeError
+		if !errors.As(silent, &target) {
+			t.Error("expected errors.As to find ExitCodeError through SilentError")
+		}
+
+		if target.ExitCode != 5 {
+			t.Errorf("expected exit code 5, got %d", target.ExitCode)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("detectable when wrapping SilentError", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("already printed")
+		silent := NewSilentError(inner)
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(silent, 7)
+
+		var silentTarget *SilentError
+		if !errors.As(exitErr, &silentTarget) {
+			t.Error("expected errors.As to find SilentError through ExitCodeError")
+		}
+
+		var exitTarget *ExitCodeError
+		if !errors.As(exitErr, &exitTarget) {
+			t.Error("expected errors.As to find ExitCodeError")
+		}
+
+		if exitTarget.ExitCode != 7 {
+			t.Errorf("expected exit code 7, got %d", exitTarget.ExitCode)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("works with fmt.Errorf wrapping", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		inner := errors.New("root cause")
+		exitErr := NewExitCodeError(inner, 128)
+		wrapped := fmt.Errorf("command failed: %w", exitErr)
+
+		var target *ExitCodeError
+		if !errors.As(wrapped, &target) {
+			t.Error("expected errors.As to find ExitCodeError through fmt.Errorf wrapping")
+		}
+
+		if target.ExitCode != 128 {
+			t.Errorf("expected exit code 128, got %d", target.ExitCode)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cmd/entire/main.go b/cmd/entire/main.go
index caad2ea9d..9b20de8d2 100644
--- a/cmd/entire/main.go
+++ b/cmd/entire/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		cancel()
+
+		var exitCodeErr *cli.ExitCodeError
+		if errors.As(err, &exitCodeErr) {
+			os.Exit(exitCodeErr.ExitCode)
+		}
+
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	cancel() // Cleanup on successful exit