diff --git a/src/cli/install.ts b/src/cli/install.ts
index f25f136a..a3f434f0 100644
--- a/src/cli/install.ts
+++ b/src/cli/install.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ import {
 } from "@johnlindquist/kit-internal/date-fns"
 import { KIT_FIRST_PATH } from "../core/utils.js"
 
+let workflowLog =
+	(color: "green" | "yellow" | "red" | "blue" | "magenta" | "cyan" | "white") =>
+	(...messages: any[]) => {
+		if (process.env.KIT_CONTEXT === "workflow") {
+			// if any of the message items are not a string, convert them to a string
+			for (let message of messages) {
+				if (typeof message !== "string") {
+					message = JSON.stringify(message)
+				}
+				global.echo(global.chalk`{${color} ${message}}`)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+let wlog = workflowLog("green")
+let wwarn = workflowLog("yellow")
+let werror = workflowLog("red")
+
 let install = async (packageNames) => {
 	let cwd = kenvPath()
 
@@ -28,8 +47,8 @@ let install = async (packageNames) => {
 	let packages = packageNames.join(" ")
 	let command = `${toolPath} ${toolArgs} -D ${packages}`.trim()
 
-	global.log(`Running: ${command}`)
-	global.log(`In: ${cwd}`)
+	wlog(`Running: ${command}`)
+	wlog(`In: ${cwd}`)
 
 	return await term({
 		name: "pnpm install",
@@ -84,6 +103,13 @@ let packages = await arg(
 
 let installNames = [...packages.split(" ")]
 if (process?.send) global.setChoices([])
+
+
+wlog(`Installing:`, {
+	installNames,
+	args,
+	argOpts
+})
 await install([...installNames, ...args, ...argOpts])
 
 export { packages }