diff --git a/src/client/endpoints.ts b/src/client/endpoints.ts
index b8337a0..058229a 100644
--- a/src/client/endpoints.ts
+++ b/src/client/endpoints.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export function musicEndpoint(baseUrl: string): string {
   return `${baseUrl}/v1/music_generation`;
 }
 
+export function musicCoverPreprocessEndpoint(baseUrl: string): string {
+  return `${baseUrl}/v1/music_cover_preprocess`;
+}
+
 export function searchEndpoint(baseUrl: string): string {
   return `${baseUrl}/v1/coding_plan/search`;
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/music/cover.ts b/src/commands/music/cover.ts
index 451d66d..b65f3f5 100644
--- a/src/commands/music/cover.ts
+++ b/src/commands/music/cover.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import { defineCommand } from '../../command';
 import { CLIError } from '../../errors/base';
 import { ExitCode } from '../../errors/codes';
 import { request, requestJson } from '../../client/http';
-import { musicEndpoint } from '../../client/endpoints';
+import { musicCoverPreprocessEndpoint, musicEndpoint } from '../../client/endpoints';
 import { formatOutput, detectOutputFormat } from '../../output/formatter';
 import { saveAudioOutput } from '../../output/audio';
 import { MUSIC_FORMATS, formatList, validateAudioFormat } from '../../utils/audio-formats';
 import { pipeAudioStream } from '../../utils/audio-stream';
 import type { Config } from '../../config/schema';
 import type { GlobalFlags } from '../../types/flags';
-import type { MusicRequest, MusicResponse } from '../../types/api';
+import type { CoverPreprocessRequest, CoverPreprocessResponse, MusicRequest, MusicResponse } from '../../types/api';
 import { musicCoverModel } from './models';
 
 export default defineCommand({
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ export default defineCommand({
     { flag: '--prompt <text>', description: 'Target cover style, e.g. "Indie folk, acoustic guitar, warm male vocal"' },
     { flag: '--audio <url>', description: 'URL of the reference audio (mp3, wav, flac, etc. — 6s to 6min, max 50MB)' },
     { flag: '--audio-file <path>', description: 'Local reference audio file (auto base64-encoded)' },
-    { flag: '--lyrics <text>', description: 'Cover lyrics. If omitted, extracted from reference audio via ASR.' },
-    { flag: '--lyrics-file <path>', description: 'Read lyrics from file (use - for stdin)' },
+    { flag: '--lyrics <text>', description: 'Cover lyrics. If provided, CLI auto-runs cover preprocess first. If omitted, lyrics are extracted from reference audio via ASR.' },
+    { flag: '--lyrics-file <path>', description: 'Read lyrics from file (use - for stdin). Triggers cover preprocess automatically.' },
     { flag: '--seed <number>', description: 'Random seed 0–1000000 for reproducible results', type: 'number' },
     { flag: '--format <fmt>', description: `Audio format: ${formatList(MUSIC_FORMATS)} (default: mp3)` },
     { flag: '--sample-rate <hz>', description: 'Sample rate: 16000, 24000, 32000, 44100 (default: 44100)', type: 'number' },
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ export default defineCommand({
         'mmx music cover --model music-cover',
       );
     }
+    const audioSource: Pick<MusicRequest, 'audio_url' | 'audio_base64'> = audioUrl
+      ? { audio_url: audioUrl }
+      : { audio_base64: readFileSync(audioFile!).toString('base64') };
+
     const body: MusicRequest = {
       model,
       prompt,
@@ -93,21 +97,41 @@ export default defineCommand({
       },
       output_format: 'hex',
       stream: flags.stream === true,
+      ...audioSource,
     };
 
-    if (audioUrl) {
-      body.audio_url = audioUrl;
-    } else {
-      body.audio_base64 = readFileSync(audioFile!).toString('base64');
+    const needsPreprocess = Boolean(lyrics?.trim());
+    const preprocessBody: CoverPreprocessRequest | undefined = needsPreprocess
+      ? {
+          model: 'music-cover',
+          ...audioSource,
+        }
+      : undefined;
+
+    if (needsPreprocess) {
+      delete body.audio_url;
+      delete body.audio_base64;
+      body.cover_feature_id = '__cover_feature_id_from_preprocess__';
     }
 
     if (config.dryRun) {
-      console.log(formatOutput({ request: body }, format));
+      console.log(formatOutput(needsPreprocess ? { preprocess_request: preprocessBody, request: body } : { request: body }, format));
       return;
     }
 
     const url = musicEndpoint(config.baseUrl);
 
+    if (needsPreprocess) {
+      const preprocessUrl = musicCoverPreprocessEndpoint(config.baseUrl);
+      const preprocessResponse = await requestJson<CoverPreprocessResponse>(config, {
+        url: preprocessUrl,
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: preprocessBody,
+      });
+
+      body.cover_feature_id = preprocessResponse.cover_feature_id;
+    }
+
     if (flags.stream) {
       const res = await request(config, { url, method: 'POST', body, stream: true });
       await pipeAudioStream(res);
diff --git a/src/types/api.ts b/src/types/api.ts
index ac0e998..8d60b2b 100644
--- a/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/src/types/api.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ export interface MusicRequest {
   lyrics_optimizer?: boolean;
   audio_url?: string;
   audio_base64?: string;
+  cover_feature_id?: string;
   seed?: number;
   audio_setting?: {
     format?: string;
@@ -239,6 +240,21 @@ export interface MusicResponse {
   };
 }
 
+export interface CoverPreprocessRequest {
+  model: 'music-cover';
+  audio_url?: string;
+  audio_base64?: string;
+}
+
+export interface CoverPreprocessResponse {
+  cover_feature_id: string;
+  formatted_lyrics?: string;
+  structure_result?: string;
+  audio_duration?: number;
+  trace_id?: string;
+  base_resp: BaseResp;
+}
+
 // ---- Quota ----
 
 export interface QuotaResponse {
diff --git a/test/commands/music/cover.test.ts b/test/commands/music/cover.test.ts
index d812683..05d8fed 100644
--- a/test/commands/music/cover.test.ts
+++ b/test/commands/music/cover.test.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ describe('music cover command', () => {
 
     console.log = origLog;
     const parsed = JSON.parse(captured);
+    expect(parsed.preprocess_request.model).toBe('music-cover');
+    expect(parsed.preprocess_request.audio_url).toBe('https://example.com/ref.mp3');
     expect(parsed.request.lyrics).toBe('New lyrics here');
+    expect(parsed.request.cover_feature_id).toBe('__cover_feature_id_from_preprocess__');
+    expect(parsed.request.audio_url).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it('accepts optional --seed', async () => {