diff --git a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/deploy/main.py b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/deploy/main.py
index 820296b24..1049752f0 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/deploy/main.py
+++ b/lib/cli/src/crewai_cli/deploy/main.py
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@ from rich.console import Console
 from crewai_cli import git
 from crewai_cli.command import BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin
 from crewai_cli.deploy.archive import create_project_zip
-from crewai_cli.deploy.validate import validate_project
+from crewai_cli.deploy.validate import DeployValidator, Severity, render_report
 from crewai_cli.utils import fetch_and_json_env_file, get_project_name
 
 
 console = Console()
+_MISSING_LOCKFILE_ERROR_CODES = {"missing_lockfile"}
 
 
-def _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate: bool) -> bool:
+def _run_predeploy_validation(
+    skip_validate: bool,
+    ignored_error_codes: set[str] | None = None,
+) -> bool:
     """Run pre-deploy validation unless skipped.
 
     Returns True if deployment should proceed, False if it should abort.
@@ -27,8 +31,22 @@ def _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate: bool) -> bool:
         return True
 
     console.print("Running pre-deploy validation...", style="bold blue")
-    validator = validate_project()
-    if not validator.ok:
+    validator = DeployValidator()
+    validator.run()
+
+    ignored_error_codes = ignored_error_codes or set()
+    visible_results = [
+        result
+        for result in validator.results
+        if result.severity is not Severity.ERROR
+        or result.code not in ignored_error_codes
+    ]
+    render_report(visible_results)
+
+    blocking_errors = [
+        result for result in validator.errors if result.code not in ignored_error_codes
+    ]
+    if blocking_errors:
         console.print(
             "\n[bold red]Pre-deploy validation failed. "
             "Fix the issues above or re-run with --skip-validate.[/bold red]"
@@ -61,12 +79,17 @@ def _env_summary(env_vars: dict[str, str]) -> str:
     return f"{len(env_vars)} env vars: {keys}"
 
 
+def _needs_lockfile_for_deploy(project_root: Path | None = None) -> bool:
+    """Return True when deploy should create the project's first lockfile."""
+    root = project_root or Path.cwd()
+    if not (root / "pyproject.toml").is_file():
+        return False
+    return not (root / "uv.lock").is_file() and not (root / "poetry.lock").is_file()
+
+
 def _ensure_lockfile_for_deploy() -> None:
     """Create a uv lockfile before deploy when a project has not been run yet."""
-    project_root = Path.cwd()
-    if not (project_root / "pyproject.toml").is_file():
-        return
-    if (project_root / "uv.lock").is_file() or (project_root / "poetry.lock").is_file():
+    if not _needs_lockfile_for_deploy():
         return
 
     from crewai_cli.install_crew import install_crew
@@ -83,6 +106,28 @@ def _ensure_lockfile_for_deploy() -> None:
         raise SystemExit(1) from e
 
 
+def _prepare_project_for_deploy(skip_validate: bool) -> bool:
+    """Validate deploy inputs before creating a missing lockfile."""
+    if skip_validate:
+        _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate)
+        _ensure_lockfile_for_deploy()
+        return True
+
+    needs_lockfile = _needs_lockfile_for_deploy()
+    ignored_error_codes = _MISSING_LOCKFILE_ERROR_CODES if needs_lockfile else None
+    if not _run_predeploy_validation(
+        skip_validate,
+        ignored_error_codes=ignored_error_codes,
+    ):
+        return False
+
+    if not needs_lockfile:
+        return True
+
+    _ensure_lockfile_for_deploy()
+    return _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate)
+
+
 class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
     """
     A class to handle deployment-related operations for CrewAI projects.
@@ -141,8 +186,7 @@ class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
             uuid (Optional[str]): The UUID of the crew to deploy.
             skip_validate (bool): Skip pre-deploy validation checks.
         """
-        _ensure_lockfile_for_deploy()
-        if not _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate):
+        if not _prepare_project_for_deploy(skip_validate):
             return
         self._telemetry.start_deployment_span(uuid)
         console.print("Starting deployment...", style="bold blue")
@@ -194,8 +238,7 @@ class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
             confirm (bool): Whether to skip the interactive confirmation prompt.
             skip_validate (bool): Skip pre-deploy validation checks.
         """
-        _ensure_lockfile_for_deploy()
-        if not _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate):
+        if not _prepare_project_for_deploy(skip_validate):
             return
         self._telemetry.create_crew_deployment_span()
         console.print("Creating deployment...", style="bold blue")
diff --git a/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_deploy_main.py b/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_deploy_main.py
index 85c2cef0a..7d91c77f3 100644
--- a/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_deploy_main.py
+++ b/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_deploy_main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import json
 
 import crewai_cli.deploy.main as deploy_main
 import httpx
+from crewai_cli.deploy.validate import Severity, ValidationResult
 from crewai_cli.utils import parse_toml
 
 
@@ -79,6 +80,93 @@ def test_ensure_lockfile_for_deploy_failure_exits_nonzero(
     assert exc_info.value.code == 42
 
 
+class _FakeDeployValidator:
+    def __init__(self, results: list[ValidationResult]):
+        self.results = results
+
+    @property
+    def errors(self) -> list[ValidationResult]:
+        return [
+            result
+            for result in self.results
+            if result.severity is Severity.ERROR
+        ]
+
+    def run(self) -> list[ValidationResult]:
+        return self.results
+
+
+def test_prepare_project_for_deploy_blocks_install_when_validation_fails(
+    monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path
+):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text("[project]\nname = 'demo'\n")
+    install_calls = []
+    rendered_results = []
+    missing_lockfile = ValidationResult(
+        Severity.ERROR,
+        "missing_lockfile",
+        "Expected to find a lockfile",
+    )
+    invalid_config = ValidationResult(
+        Severity.ERROR,
+        "invalid_crew_json",
+        "crew.jsonc has invalid configuration",
+    )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        deploy_main,
+        "DeployValidator",
+        lambda: _FakeDeployValidator([missing_lockfile, invalid_config]),
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(deploy_main, "render_report", rendered_results.append)
+
+    def fake_install_crew(proxy_options, *, raise_on_error=False):
+        install_calls.append((proxy_options, raise_on_error))
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("crewai_cli.install_crew.install_crew", fake_install_crew)
+
+    assert deploy_main._prepare_project_for_deploy(skip_validate=False) is False
+
+    assert install_calls == []
+    assert [[result.code for result in results] for results in rendered_results] == [
+        ["invalid_crew_json"]
+    ]
+
+
+def test_prepare_project_for_deploy_creates_missing_lock_after_validation(
+    monkeypatch, tmp_path: Path
+):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text("[project]\nname = 'demo'\n")
+    install_calls = []
+    missing_lockfile = ValidationResult(
+        Severity.ERROR,
+        "missing_lockfile",
+        "Expected to find a lockfile",
+    )
+    validators = [
+        _FakeDeployValidator([missing_lockfile]),
+        _FakeDeployValidator([]),
+    ]
+
+    def fake_validator():
+        return validators.pop(0)
+
+    def fake_install_crew(proxy_options, *, raise_on_error=False):
+        install_calls.append((proxy_options, raise_on_error))
+        (tmp_path / "uv.lock").write_text("# lock\n")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(deploy_main, "DeployValidator", fake_validator)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(deploy_main, "render_report", lambda results: None)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("crewai_cli.install_crew.install_crew", fake_install_crew)
+
+    assert deploy_main._prepare_project_for_deploy(skip_validate=False) is True
+
+    assert install_calls == [([], True)]
+    assert validators == []
+
+
 class TestDeployCommand(unittest.TestCase):
     @patch("crewai_cli.command.get_auth_token")
     @patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.get_project_name")
diff --git a/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_validate.py b/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_validate.py
index 64c1ffbcc..07ceef14f 100644
--- a/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_validate.py
+++ b/lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_validate.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def test_modern_crewai_pin_does_not_warn(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
 
 def test_create_crew_aborts_on_validation_error(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     """`crewai deploy create` must not contact the API when validation fails."""
-    from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch as mock_patch
+    from unittest.mock import patch as mock_patch
 
     from crewai_cli.deploy.main import DeployCommand
 
@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ def test_create_crew_aborts_on_validation_error(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         mock_patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.get_project_name", return_value="p"),
         mock_patch("crewai_cli.command.PlusAPI") as mock_api,
         mock_patch(
-            "crewai_cli.deploy.main.validate_project"
-        ) as mock_validate,
+            "crewai_cli.deploy.main._prepare_project_for_deploy",
+            return_value=False,
+        ),
     ):
-        mock_validate.return_value = MagicMock(ok=False)
         cmd = DeployCommand()
         cmd.create_crew()
         assert not cmd.plus_api_client.create_crew.called