diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/add/babel.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/add/babel.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/astro/src/core/add/babel.ts
rename to packages/astro/src/cli/add/babel.ts
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/add/imports.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/add/imports.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/astro/src/core/add/imports.ts
rename to packages/astro/src/cli/add/imports.ts
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/add/index.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts
rename to packages/astro/src/cli/add/index.ts
index 9c7c701af..f9ab4e6f9 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/add/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/cli/add/index.ts
@@ -9,35 +9,36 @@ import preferredPM from 'preferred-pm';
 import prompts from 'prompts';
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import type yargs from 'yargs-parser';
-import { loadTSConfig, resolveConfigPath } from '../config/index.js';
+import { loadTSConfig, resolveConfigPath } from '../../core/config/index.js';
 import {
 	defaultTSConfig,
 	presets,
 	updateTSConfigForFramework,
 	type frameworkWithTSSettings,
-} from '../config/tsconfig.js';
-import { debug, info, type LogOptions } from '../logger/core.js';
-import * as msg from '../messages.js';
-import { printHelp } from '../messages.js';
-import { appendForwardSlash } from '../path.js';
-import { apply as applyPolyfill } from '../polyfill.js';
-import { parseNpmName } from '../util.js';
+} from '../../core/config/tsconfig.js';
+import { debug, info, type LogOptions } from '../../core/logger/core.js';
+import * as msg from '../../core/messages.js';
+import { printHelp } from '../../core/messages.js';
+import { appendForwardSlash } from '../../core/path.js';
+import { apply as applyPolyfill } from '../../core/polyfill.js';
+import { parseNpmName } from '../../core/util.js';
 import { generate, parse, t, visit } from './babel.js';
 import { ensureImport } from './imports.js';
 import { wrapDefaultExport } from './wrapper.js';
 
-export interface AddOptions {
+interface AddOptions {
 	logging: LogOptions;
 	flags: yargs.Arguments;
 	cwd?: string;
 }
 
-export interface IntegrationInfo {
+interface IntegrationInfo {
 	id: string;
 	packageName: string;
 	dependencies: [name: string, version: string][];
 	type: 'integration' | 'adapter';
 }
+
 const ALIASES = new Map([
 	['solid', 'solid-js'],
 	['tailwindcss', 'tailwind'],
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ async function getRegistry(): Promise<string> {
 	}
 }
 
-export default async function add(names: string[], { cwd, flags, logging }: AddOptions) {
+export async function add(names: string[], { cwd, flags, logging }: AddOptions) {
 	applyPolyfill();
 	if (flags.help || names.length === 0) {
 		printHelp({
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/add/wrapper.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/add/wrapper.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/astro/src/core/add/wrapper.ts
rename to packages/astro/src/cli/add/wrapper.ts
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/docs/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/docs/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd6325577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/cli/docs/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import type yargs from 'yargs-parser';
+import { printHelp } from '../../core/messages.js';
+import { openInBrowser } from './open.js';
+
+interface DocsOptions {
+	flags: yargs.Arguments;
+}
+
+export async function docs({ flags }: DocsOptions) {
+	if (flags.help || flags.h) {
+		printHelp({
+			commandName: 'astro docs',
+			tables: {
+				Flags: [['--help (-h)', 'See all available flags.']],
+			},
+			description: `Launches the Astro Docs website directly from the terminal.`,
+		});
+		return;
+	}
+
+	return await openInBrowser('https://docs.astro.build/');
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/open.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/docs/open.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/astro/src/cli/open.ts
rename to packages/astro/src/cli/docs/open.ts
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/index.ts
index e4358ca24..60a8f3c32 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import fs from 'fs';
 import * as colors from 'kleur/colors';
-import { arch, platform } from 'node:os';
 import type { Arguments as Flags } from 'yargs-parser';
 import yargs from 'yargs-parser';
 import { ZodError } from 'zod';
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ import { enableVerboseLogging, nodeLogDestination } from '../core/logger/node.js
 import { formatConfigErrorMessage, formatErrorMessage, printHelp } from '../core/messages.js';
 import * as event from '../events/index.js';
 import { eventConfigError, eventError, telemetry } from '../events/index.js';
-import { openInBrowser } from './open.js';
 
 type Arguments = yargs.Arguments;
 type CLICommand =
@@ -69,62 +67,11 @@ function printAstroHelp() {
 }
 
 /** Display --version flag */
-async function printVersion() {
+function printVersion() {
 	console.log();
 	console.log(`  ${colors.bgGreen(colors.black(` astro `))} ${colors.green(`v${ASTRO_VERSION}`)}`);
 }
 
-async function printInfo({
-	cwd,
-	flags,
-	logging,
-}: {
-	cwd?: string;
-	flags?: Flags;
-	logging: LogOptions;
-}) {
-	const whichPm = await import('which-pm');
-	const packageManager = await whichPm.default(process.cwd());
-	let adapter = "Couldn't determine.";
-	let integrations = [];
-
-	const MAX_PADDING = 25;
-	function printRow(label: string, value: string) {
-		const padding = MAX_PADDING - label.length;
-		console.log(`${colors.bold(label)}` + ' '.repeat(padding) + `${colors.green(value)}`);
-	}
-
-	try {
-		const { userConfig } = await openConfig({
-			cwd,
-			flags,
-			cmd: 'info',
-			logging,
-		});
-		if (userConfig.adapter?.name) {
-			adapter = userConfig.adapter.name;
-		}
-		if (userConfig.integrations) {
-			integrations = (userConfig?.integrations ?? [])
-				.filter(Boolean)
-				.flat()
-				.map((i: any) => i?.name);
-		}
-	} catch (_e) {}
-	console.log();
-	const packageManagerName = packageManager?.name ?? "Couldn't determine.";
-	printRow('Astro version', `v${ASTRO_VERSION}`);
-	printRow('Package manager', packageManagerName);
-	printRow('Platform', platform());
-	printRow('Architecture', arch());
-	printRow('Adapter', adapter);
-	let integrationsString = "None or couldn't determine.";
-	if (integrations.length > 0) {
-		integrationsString = integrations.join(', ');
-	}
-	printRow('Integrations', integrationsString);
-}
-
 /** Determine which command the user requested */
 function resolveCommand(flags: Arguments): CLICommand {
 	const cmd = flags._[2] as string;
@@ -171,24 +118,40 @@ async function handleConfigError(
  **/
 async function runCommand(cmd: string, flags: yargs.Arguments) {
 	const root = flags.root;
-	// logLevel
-	let logging: LogOptions = {
-		dest: nodeLogDestination,
-		level: 'info',
-	};
+
+	// These commands can run directly without parsing the user config.
 	switch (cmd) {
 		case 'help':
 			printAstroHelp();
-			return process.exit(0);
+			return;
 		case 'version':
-			await printVersion();
-			return process.exit(0);
+			printVersion();
+			return;
 		case 'info': {
-			await printInfo({ cwd: root, flags, logging });
-			return process.exit(0);
+			const { printInfo } = await import('./info/index.js');
+			await printInfo({ cwd: root, flags });
+			return;
+		}
+		case 'docs': {
+			telemetry.record(event.eventCliSession(cmd));
+			const { docs } = await import('./docs/index.js');
+			await docs({ flags });
+			return;
+		}
+		case 'telemetry': {
+			// Do not track session start, since the user may be trying to enable,
+			// disable, or modify telemetry settings.
+			const { update } = await import('./telemetry/index.js');
+			const subcommand = flags._[3]?.toString();
+			await update(subcommand, { flags });
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 
+	const logging: LogOptions = {
+		dest: nodeLogDestination,
+		level: 'info',
+	};
 	if (flags.verbose) {
 		logging.level = 'debug';
 		enableVerboseLogging();
@@ -196,39 +159,15 @@ async function runCommand(cmd: string, flags: yargs.Arguments) {
 		logging.level = 'silent';
 	}
 
-	// Special CLI Commands: "add", "docs", "telemetry"
-	// These commands run before the user's config is parsed, and may have other special
-	// conditions that should be handled here, before the others.
-	//
+	// These commands can also be run directly without parsing the user config,
+	// but they rely on parsing the `logging` first.
 	switch (cmd) {
 		case 'add': {
-			const { default: add } = await import('../core/add/index.js');
-
 			telemetry.record(event.eventCliSession(cmd));
+			const { add } = await import('./add/index.js');
 			const packages = flags._.slice(3) as string[];
-			return await add(packages, { cwd: root, flags, logging });
-		}
-		case 'docs': {
-			telemetry.record(event.eventCliSession(cmd));
-			if (flags.help || flags.h) {
-				printHelp({
-					commandName: 'astro docs',
-					tables: {
-						Flags: [['--help (-h)', 'See all available flags.']],
-					},
-					description: `Launches the Astro Docs website directly from the terminal.`,
-				});
-				return;
-			}
-			return await openInBrowser('https://docs.astro.build/');
-		}
-		case 'telemetry': {
-			const telemetryHandler = await import('./telemetry.js');
-
-			// Do not track session start, since the user may be trying to enable,
-			// disable, or modify telemetry settings.
-			const subcommand = flags._[3]?.toString();
-			return await telemetryHandler.update(subcommand, { flags });
+			await add(packages, { cwd: root, flags, logging });
+			return;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -241,7 +180,6 @@ async function runCommand(cmd: string, flags: yargs.Arguments) {
 		cwd: root,
 		flags,
 		cmd,
-		logging,
 	}).catch(async (e) => {
 		await handleConfigError(e, { cmd, cwd: root, flags, logging });
 		return {} as any;
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/info/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/info/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed2ffd289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/cli/info/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { arch, platform } from 'node:os';
+import * as colors from 'kleur/colors';
+import whichPm from 'which-pm';
+import type yargs from 'yargs-parser';
+import { openConfig } from '../../core/config/index.js';
+import { ASTRO_VERSION } from '../../core/constants.js';
+
+interface InfoOptions {
+	cwd?: string;
+	flags: yargs.Arguments;
+}
+
+export async function printInfo({ cwd, flags }: InfoOptions) {
+	const packageManager = await whichPm(process.cwd());
+	let adapter = "Couldn't determine.";
+	let integrations = [];
+
+	const MAX_PADDING = 25;
+	function printRow(label: string, value: string) {
+		const padding = MAX_PADDING - label.length;
+		console.log(`${colors.bold(label)}` + ' '.repeat(padding) + `${colors.green(value)}`);
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const { userConfig } = await openConfig({
+			cwd,
+			flags,
+			cmd: 'info',
+		});
+		if (userConfig.adapter?.name) {
+			adapter = userConfig.adapter.name;
+		}
+		if (userConfig.integrations) {
+			integrations = (userConfig?.integrations ?? [])
+				.filter(Boolean)
+				.flat()
+				.map((i: any) => i?.name);
+		}
+	} catch (_e) {}
+	console.log();
+	const packageManagerName = packageManager?.name ?? "Couldn't determine.";
+	printRow('Astro version', `v${ASTRO_VERSION}`);
+	printRow('Package manager', packageManagerName);
+	printRow('Platform', platform());
+	printRow('Architecture', arch());
+	printRow('Adapter', adapter);
+	let integrationsString = "None or couldn't determine.";
+	if (integrations.length > 0) {
+		integrationsString = integrations.join(', ');
+	}
+	printRow('Integrations', integrationsString);
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/cli/telemetry.ts b/packages/astro/src/cli/telemetry/index.ts
similarity index 87%
rename from packages/astro/src/cli/telemetry.ts
rename to packages/astro/src/cli/telemetry/index.ts
index 7a5bfd469..5ff71f5bf 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/cli/telemetry.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/cli/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import type yargs from 'yargs-parser';
-import * as msg from '../core/messages.js';
-import { telemetry } from '../events/index.js';
+import * as msg from '../../core/messages.js';
+import { telemetry } from '../../events/index.js';
 
-export interface TelemetryOptions {
+interface TelemetryOptions {
 	flags: yargs.Arguments;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/config/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/config/index.ts
index bdd3c492f..53183912a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/config/index.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ export function getViteConfig(inlineConfig: UserConfig) {
 			dest: nodeLogDestination,
 			level: 'info',
 		};
-		const { astroConfig: config } = await openConfig({
-			cmd,
-			logging,
-		});
+		const { astroConfig: config } = await openConfig({ cmd });
 		const settings = createSettings(config, inlineConfig.root);
 		await runHookConfigSetup({ settings, command: cmd, logging });
 		const viteConfig = await createVite(
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/config/config.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/config/config.ts
index 46fea5159..4395dceae 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/config/config.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/config/config.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import path from 'path';
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import { mergeConfig as mergeViteConfig } from 'vite';
 import { AstroError, AstroErrorData } from '../errors/index.js';
-import type { LogOptions } from '../logger/core.js';
 import { arraify, isObject, isURL } from '../util.js';
 import { createRelativeSchema } from './schema.js';
 import { loadConfigWithVite } from './vite-load.js';
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ interface LoadConfigOptions {
 	flags?: Flags;
 	cmd: string;
 	validate?: boolean;
-	logging: LogOptions;
 	/** Invalidate when reloading a previously loaded config */
 	isRestart?: boolean;
 	fsMod?: typeof fs;
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/dev/restart.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/dev/restart.ts
index 6e4c0b16f..d96cc0b50 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/dev/restart.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/dev/restart.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ export async function restartContainer({
 			cwd: resolvedRoot,
 			flags,
 			cmd: 'dev',
-			logging,
 			isRestart: true,
 			fsMod: container.fs,
 		});