diff --git a/src/smallestai/cli/agent_crew.py b/src/smallestai/cli/agent_crew.py
index 8c2a8fa7..968d8b65 100644
--- a/src/smallestai/cli/agent_crew.py
+++ b/src/smallestai/cli/agent_crew.py
@@ -584,6 +584,42 @@ async def async_build_logs(build_id: str | None, agent_id_arg: Optional[str] = N
             console.print(f"[red]Error streaming build logs: {e}[/red]")
             raise typer.Exit(1)
 
+    @app.command("cancel")
+    def cancel_build(
+        build_id: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Build ID to cancel."),
+        agent_id: Optional[str] = typer.Option(
+            None, "--agent-id", help="Agent id (defaults to the linked project agent)."
+        ),
+        yes: bool = typer.Option(False, "--yes", "-y", help="Skip the confirmation prompt."),
+    ):
+        """Cancel a build that is stuck in QUEUED or BUILDING.
+
+        Frees the agent's build queue when a build hangs. A build that has already
+        finished, failed, or is deploying can't be cancelled.
+        """
+        if not yes and sys.stdin.isatty():
+            typer.confirm(f"Cancel build {build_id}?", abort=True)
+        asyncio.run(async_cancel_build(build_id, agent_id))
+
+    async def async_cancel_build(build_id: str, agent_id_arg: Optional[str] = None):
+        agent_id = _resolve_agent_id(agent_id_arg)
+
+        credentials = auth_client.get_credentials()
+        if not credentials or not credentials.get("access_token"):
+            console.print("[red]Error: You must be logged in first. Run 'smallestai auth login'[/red]")
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+        access_token = credentials["access_token"]
+
+        try:
+            message = await atoms_client.cancel_agent_build(
+                agent_id=agent_id, build_id=build_id, api_key=access_token
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            console.print(f"[red]Could not cancel build {build_id[:12]}...: {e}[/red]")
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+        console.print(f"[bold green]✓ {message}[/bold green] [dim]({build_id[:12]}...)[/dim]")
+
     @app.command()
     def doctor(
         agent_id: Optional[str] = typer.Option(
diff --git a/src/smallestai/cli/lib/atoms.py b/src/smallestai/cli/lib/atoms.py
index 32bc0866..1b06c7b8 100644
--- a/src/smallestai/cli/lib/atoms.py
+++ b/src/smallestai/cli/lib/atoms.py
@@ -306,6 +306,41 @@ async def update_agent_build(
 
             return update_build_response.data
 
+    async def cancel_agent_build(
+        self,
+        agent_id: str,
+        build_id: str,
+        api_key: str,
+    ) -> str:
+        """Cancel a build stuck in QUEUED/BUILDING. Returns the server's message.
+
+        Raises with the API's reason when the build can't be cancelled (e.g. it
+        is already terminal or deploying, which the backend returns as HTTP 409).
+        """
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+            response = await client.post(
+                f"{self.base_url}/atoms/v1/sdk/agents/{agent_id}/builds/{build_id}/cancel",
+                headers={
+                    "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
+                },
+            )
+
+            body = None
+            try:
+                body = response.json()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+            if response.status_code >= 400:
+                errors = body.get("errors") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
+                if isinstance(errors, list):
+                    errors = "; ".join(str(e) for e in errors)
+                raise Exception(errors or f"cancel failed (HTTP {response.status_code}).")
+
+            data = body.get("data") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
+            message = data.get("message") if isinstance(data, dict) else None
+            return message or "Build cancelled"
+
     async def _stream_sse(self, url: str, access_token: str):
         """Open an SSE stream and yield each `data:` frame as a parsed dict.