diff --git a/configs/paths.ts b/configs/paths.ts
index 373b0c6..bc37eff 100644
--- a/configs/paths.ts
+++ b/configs/paths.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const PATHS = {
   composeFile: resolve(ROOT, 'deployments/docker/docker-compose.yml'),
   envDev: resolve(ROOT, 'deployments/docker/.env.dev'),
   envProd: resolve(ROOT, 'deployments/docker/.env.prod'),
+  envStaging: resolve(ROOT, 'deployments/docker/.env.staging'),
 
   // Config
   portsFile: resolve(ROOT, 'deployments/ports.yaml'),
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/@core/group-resolver.ts b/run/cli/commands/@core/group-resolver.ts
index c183f1a..ed25be0 100644
--- a/run/cli/commands/@core/group-resolver.ts
+++ b/run/cli/commands/@core/group-resolver.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ const DEFAULT_GROUP = '_platform';
  * Load a DeploymentRegistry for the given environment.
  */
 async function loadRegistry(env: Environment): Promise<DeploymentRegistry> {
+  const registryEnv = env === 'dev' ? 'dev' : env === 'staging' ? 'staging' : 'production';
   const registry = new DeploymentRegistry({
-    environment: env === 'prod' ? 'production' : 'dev',
+    environment: registryEnv,
     deploymentsDir: REGISTRY_PATHS.deploymentsPath,
     sharedServicesDir: REGISTRY_PATHS.sharedServicesPath,
   });
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/health.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/health.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6947480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/health.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * Staging health command
+ *
+ * Probes next.* staging URLs on black (VPN required).
+ */
+
+import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
+import { colors } from '../../../utils/colors';
+import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
+
+const logger = new Logger({ context: 'Staging' });
+
+const STAGING_URLS = [
+  { url: 'https://next.www.atlilith.com', description: 'Landing' },
+  { url: 'https://next.www.trustedmeet.com', description: 'Marketplace (TrustedMeet)' },
+  { url: 'https://next.status.atlilith.com', description: 'Status Dashboard' },
+  { url: 'https://next.admin.atlilith.com', description: 'Platform Admin' },
+  { url: 'http://next.ml.atlilith.com', description: 'ML Service' },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Run staging health checks against next.* URLs
+ */
+export async function stagingHealth(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  logger.header('Staging Health Check');
+  logger.info('Probing next.* staging URLs (VPN required)...');
+  logger.blank();
+
+  let failures = 0;
+  const nameWidth = Math.max(...STAGING_URLS.map(u => u.description.length), 20);
+
+  for (const { url, description } of STAGING_URLS) {
+    try {
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 10000);
+
+      const response = await fetch(url, {
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        redirect: 'follow',
+      });
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+
+      const status = response.status;
+      const isHealthy = status >= 200 && status < 400;
+
+      if (isHealthy) {
+        logger.info(`  ${colors.healthy('●')} ${description.padEnd(nameWidth)}  ${colors.muted(url)}  ${colors.healthy(String(status))}`);
+      } else {
+        logger.info(`  ${colors.unhealthy('●')} ${description.padEnd(nameWidth)}  ${colors.muted(url)}  ${colors.unhealthy(String(status))}`);
+        failures++;
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      const short = message.includes('abort') ? 'timeout' : message.split('\n')[0]!.slice(0, 40);
+      logger.info(`  ${colors.unhealthy('●')} ${description.padEnd(nameWidth)}  ${colors.muted(url)}  ${colors.unhealthy(short)}`);
+      failures++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  logger.blank();
+
+  if (failures > 0) {
+    logger.warn(`${failures}/${STAGING_URLS.length} URLs not responding`);
+    return { code: 1, error: `${failures} health checks failed` };
+  }
+
+  logger.success(`All ${STAGING_URLS.length} staging URLs healthy`);
+  return { code: 0 };
+}
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/index.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18cb319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Staging commands (deploy to black LAN)
+ *
+ * Commands:
+ * - staging         Deploy staging cluster to black
+ * - staging:stop    Stop staging services
+ * - staging:status  Show staging status
+ * - staging:logs    View staging logs
+ * - staging:restart Rolling restart
+ * - staging:health  Health check staging URLs
+ */
+
+export { staging } from './start';
+export { stagingStop } from './stop';
+export { stagingStatus } from './status';
+export { stagingLogs } from './logs';
+export { stagingRestart } from './restart';
+export { stagingHealth } from './health';
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/logs.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/logs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74ce7f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/logs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Staging logs command
+ */
+
+import { DockerOps } from '../../../core/docker';
+import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
+import { loadConfig } from '../../../utils/config';
+import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
+
+const logger = new Logger({ context: 'Staging' });
+const docker = new DockerOps(logger);
+const config = loadConfig();
+
+/**
+ * View staging logs
+ */
+export async function stagingLogs(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  try {
+    const serviceName = ctx.args[0];
+
+    await docker.logs({
+      envFile: config.envStaging,
+      follow: true,
+      serviceName,
+    });
+
+    return { code: 0 };
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error(`Failed to get staging logs: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    return { code: 1, error: String(err) };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/restart.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/restart.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c51fd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/restart.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Staging restart command
+ */
+
+import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
+import { loadConfig } from '../../../utils/config';
+import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
+
+const logger = new Logger({ context: 'Staging' });
+const config = loadConfig();
+
+/**
+ * Rolling restart staging cluster
+ */
+export async function stagingRestart(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  logger.header('Rolling Restart Staging Cluster');
+
+  logger.info('Running zero-downtime rolling restart...');
+
+  const { exec } = await import('node:child_process');
+  const { promisify } = await import('node:util');
+  const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+
+  try {
+    await execAsync('npx tsx tooling/scripts/orchestration/rolling-restart.ts --env staging', {
+      cwd: config.projectRoot,
+    });
+  } catch {
+    logger.error('Rolling restart failed');
+    return { code: 1, error: 'Rolling restart failed' };
+  }
+
+  return { code: 0 };
+}
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/start.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/start.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b08daa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/start.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Staging start command
+ *
+ * Deploys the staging cluster to black (LAN) using the DeploymentOrchestrator.
+ * Accepts an optional group argument: ./run staging [group]
+ * Default group: platform (_platform manifest)
+ */
+
+import { DeploymentOrchestrator } from '../../../core/deployment-orchestrator';
+import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
+import { resolveGroup } from '../@core';
+import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
+
+const logger = new Logger({ context: 'Staging' });
+
+/**
+ * Deploy staging cluster to black
+ */
+export async function staging(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  const groupArg = ctx.args.find(a => !a.startsWith('-'));
+  let deploymentName: string;
+  try {
+    deploymentName = await resolveGroup(groupArg, 'staging');
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+    return { code: 1, error: String(err) };
+  }
+
+  const orchestrator = new DeploymentOrchestrator({
+    deploymentName,
+    environment: 'staging',
+  });
+  return orchestrator.start();
+}
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/status.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1275c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * Staging status command
+ */
+
+import { DockerOps } from '../../../core/docker';
+import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
+import { colors } from '../../../utils/colors';
+import { loadConfig } from '../../../utils/config';
+import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
+
+const logger = new Logger({ context: 'Staging' });
+const docker = new DockerOps(logger);
+const config = loadConfig();
+
+/**
+ * Show staging cluster status
+ */
+export async function stagingStatus(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  try {
+    logger.header('Staging Cluster Status');
+
+    logger.blank();
+    logger.info('Docker Containers:');
+
+    const containers = await docker.status({ envFile: config.envStaging });
+
+    if (containers.length === 0) {
+      logger.info('  No containers running');
+    } else {
+      const nameWidth = Math.max(...containers.map(c => c.name.length), 20);
+      const header = `${'NAME'.padEnd(nameWidth)}  STATUS`;
+      logger.info(`  ${colors.muted(header)}`);
+
+      for (const c of containers) {
+        const healthIcon =
+          c.health === 'healthy'
+            ? colors.healthy('●')
+            : c.health === 'unhealthy'
+              ? colors.unhealthy('●')
+              : colors.starting('●');
+
+        logger.info(`  ${healthIcon} ${c.name.padEnd(nameWidth)}  ${c.status}`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    logger.blank();
+
+    return { code: 0 };
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error(`Failed to get staging status: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    return { code: 1, error: String(err) };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/run/cli/commands/staging/stop.ts b/run/cli/commands/staging/stop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dff3222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cli/commands/staging/stop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Staging stop command
+ */
+
+import { DockerOps } from '../../../core/docker';
+import { Logger } from '../../../utils/logger';
+import { loadConfig } from '../../../utils/config';
+import type { CommandContext, CommandResult } from '../@core';
+
+const logger = new Logger({ context: 'Staging' });
+const docker = new DockerOps(logger);
+const config = loadConfig();
+
+/**
+ * Stop staging cluster
+ */
+export async function stagingStop(ctx: CommandContext): Promise<CommandResult> {
+  try {
+    logger.header('Stopping Staging Cluster');
+
+    logger.info('Stopping Docker containers...');
+    await docker.down({ envFile: config.envStaging });
+
+    logger.blank();
+    logger.success('Staging cluster stopped');
+    logger.blank();
+
+    return { code: 0 };
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error(`Failed to stop staging cluster: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
+    return { code: 1, error: String(err) };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/run/cli/index.ts b/run/cli/index.ts
index c952ac1..f3ceca6 100644
--- a/run/cli/index.ts
+++ b/run/cli/index.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ const lazyCommands: Record<string, [string, string]> = {
   'prod:restart': ['./commands/prod/index', 'prodRestart'],
   'prod:health': ['./commands/prod/index', 'prodHealth'],
 
+  // Staging
+  'staging': ['./commands/staging/index', 'staging'],
+  'staging:platform': ['./commands/staging/index', 'staging'],
+  'staging:stop': ['./commands/staging/index', 'stagingStop'],
+  'staging:status': ['./commands/staging/index', 'stagingStatus'],
+  'staging:logs': ['./commands/staging/index', 'stagingLogs'],
+  'staging:restart': ['./commands/staging/index', 'stagingRestart'],
+  'staging:health': ['./commands/staging/index', 'stagingHealth'],
+
   // Domain-specific startup (up:*)
   'up:status': ['./commands/up/index', 'upStatus'],
   'up:admin': ['./commands/up/index', 'upAdmin'],
@@ -258,6 +267,15 @@ ${colors.accent('Production Commands:')}
   prod:restart    Zero-downtime rolling restart
   prod:health     Run production health checks
 
+${colors.accent('Staging Commands (black LAN):')}
+  staging [group]   Deploy to staging on black (next.* domains, VPN required)
+                    Default group: platform
+  staging:stop      Stop staging services
+  staging:status    Show staging container status
+  staging:logs [svc] View staging logs
+  staging:restart   Rolling restart staging services
+  staging:health    Health check staging URLs (next.*.atlilith.com, next.*.trustedmeet.com)
+
 ${colors.accent('Workspace Commands:')}
   install, i      Install all workspace dependencies (bun install at root)
   update          Update all workspace dependencies recursively
@@ -402,7 +420,7 @@ export async function main(args: string[]): Promise<void> {
     // Create context
     const ctx: CommandContext = {
       args: commandArgs.filter(arg => !['--verbose', '-v', '--json'].includes(arg)),
-      env: command.startsWith('prod') ? 'prod' : 'dev',
+      env: command.startsWith('prod') ? 'prod' : command.startsWith('staging') ? 'staging' : 'dev',
       verbose: commandArgs.includes('--verbose') || commandArgs.includes('-v'),
       json: commandArgs.includes('--json'),
     };
diff --git a/run/core/deployment-orchestrator.ts b/run/core/deployment-orchestrator.ts
index 92c7d90..ffef3e0 100644
--- a/run/core/deployment-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/run/core/deployment-orchestrator.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class DeploymentOrchestrator {
     this.services = new ServiceManager(this.logger);
     this.config = loadConfig();
     this.deploymentRegistry = new DeploymentRegistry({
-      environment: this.environment === 'prod' ? 'production' : this.environment,
+      environment: this.environment === 'dev' ? 'dev' : this.environment === 'staging' ? 'staging' : 'production',
       deploymentsDir: REGISTRY_PATHS.deploymentsPath,
       sharedServicesDir: REGISTRY_PATHS.sharedServicesPath,
     });
diff --git a/run/utils/config.ts b/run/utils/config.ts
index 14e353a..5bc44f7 100644
--- a/run/utils/config.ts
+++ b/run/utils/config.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export interface RunConfig {
   envDev: string;
   /** Prod environment file */
   envProd: string;
+  /** Staging environment file */
+  envStaging: string;
   /** Codebase directory */
   codebaseDir: string;
   /** Features directory */
@@ -55,13 +57,14 @@ export function loadConfig(): RunConfig {
     composeFile: PATHS.composeFile,
     envDev: PATHS.envDev,
     envProd: PATHS.envProd,
+    envStaging: PATHS.envStaging,
     codebaseDir: PATHS.codebase,
     featuresDir: PATHS.features,
     portsFile: PATHS.portsFile,
   };
 }
 
-import { isDev, type Environment } from './env';
+import { isDev, isStaging, type Environment } from './env';
 
 /**
  * Get the environment file path for a given environment
@@ -69,8 +72,9 @@ import { isDev, type Environment } from './env';
 export function getEnvFile(env?: Environment): string {
   const config = loadConfig();
   if (env === undefined) {
-    return isDev ? config.envDev : config.envProd;
+    return isDev ? config.envDev : isStaging ? config.envStaging : config.envProd;
   }
+  if (env === 'staging') return config.envStaging;
   return env === 'dev' ? config.envDev : config.envProd;
 }
 
diff --git a/run/utils/env.ts b/run/utils/env.ts
index 0a42d74..d84e165 100644
--- a/run/utils/env.ts
+++ b/run/utils/env.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Types
 // =============================================================================
 
-export type Environment = 'dev' | 'prod';
+export type Environment = 'dev' | 'prod' | 'staging';
 
 // =============================================================================
 // Environment Detection
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type Environment = 'dev' | 'prod';
 export function getEnvironment(): Environment {
   const env = process.env.LILITH_ENV;
   if (env === 'prod') return 'prod';
+  if (env === 'staging') return 'staging';
   return 'dev';
 }
 
@@ -32,3 +33,6 @@ export const isDev = environment === 'dev';
 
 /** True if running in production mode */
 export const isProd = environment === 'prod';
+
+/** True if running in staging mode */
+export const isStaging = environment === 'staging';