diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fc43b7..d1de82b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ This format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and adheres
   ([#214](https://github.com/Azure/agentops/issues/214))
 
 ### Fixed
+- **Clean installs now include the pager dependency used by explain commands.**
+  `agentops explain`, `agentops init explain`, and `agentops doctor explain`
+  import Click directly to render long manual output, so `click>=8.1,<9` is now
+  declared as a runtime dependency instead of relying on transitive installs.
+
 - **`agentops eval init` now works with both old and new `azure.ai.agents` azd
   extensions.** Version 0.1.40 of the extension renamed the eval subcommand from
   `azd ai agent eval init` to `azd ai agent eval generate`, which made
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 60627a7..674e857 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
   "typer>=0.12,<1.0",
+  "click>=8.1,<9",
   "pydantic>=2,<3",
   "ruamel.yaml>=0.18,<1.0",
   "azure-ai-projects>=2.0.1,<3.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index fee103f..242b1c5 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ name = "agentops-accelerator"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "azure-ai-projects" },
+    { name = "click" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
     { name = "ruamel-yaml" },
     { name = "typer" },
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "azure-monitor-opentelemetry", marker = "extra == 'agent'", specifier = ">=1.6,<2.0" },
     { name = "azure-monitor-opentelemetry", marker = "extra == 'foundry'", specifier = ">=1.6,<2.0" },
     { name = "azure-monitor-query", marker = "extra == 'agent'", specifier = ">=1.3,<3.0" },
+    { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.1,<9" },
     { name = "cryptography", marker = "extra == 'agent'", specifier = ">=42" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'agent'", specifier = ">=0.110,<1.0" },
     { name = "httpx", marker = "extra == 'agent'", specifier = ">=0.27,<1.0" },