diff --git a/.changeset/static-imports-already-loaded.md b/.changeset/static-imports-already-loaded.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d079125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/static-imports-already-loaded.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/intent': patch
+---
+
+Make the installed package 16 kB smaller and load fewer files in each command. `intent validate` and `intent stale` imported modules a second time through a deferred import, although the same files had already loaded them. Those modules are now imported directly, so the bundle keeps only the parts of `yaml` that Intent uses; behavior does not change.
diff --git a/packages/intent/src/commands/support.ts b/packages/intent/src/commands/support.ts
index f6a600c..5ae96d9 100644
--- a/packages/intent/src/commands/support.ts
+++ b/packages/intent/src/commands/support.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { fail } from '../shared/cli-error.js'
 import { resolveProjectContext } from '../core/project-context.js'
 import { createIntentFsCache } from '../discovery/fs-cache.js'
+import {
+  findWorkspacePackages,
+  findWorkspaceRoot,
+} from '../setup/workspace-patterns.js'
 import type { IntentCoreOptions } from '../core/index.js'
 import type { IntentFsCache } from '../discovery/fs-cache.js'
 import type {
@@ -192,8 +196,6 @@ export async function resolveStaleTargets(
     }
   }
 
-  const { findWorkspaceRoot, findWorkspacePackages } =
-    await import('../setup/workspace-patterns.js')
   const workspaceRoot = findWorkspaceRoot(resolvedRoot)
   if (workspaceRoot) {
     const packageDirs = findWorkspacePackages(workspaceRoot)
diff --git a/packages/intent/src/commands/validate.ts b/packages/intent/src/commands/validate.ts
index 14796bc..197caff 100644
--- a/packages/intent/src/commands/validate.ts
+++ b/packages/intent/src/commands/validate.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import {
   statSync,
 } from 'node:fs'
 import { basename, dirname, join, relative, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { parseDocument, parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml'
 import { fail, isCliFailure } from '../shared/cli-error.js'
+import { readScalarField } from '../shared/utils.js'
 import { resolveProjectContext } from '../core/project-context.js'
 import { findWorkspacePackages } from '../setup/workspace-patterns.js'
 import { createIntentFsCache } from '../discovery/fs-cache.js'
@@ -280,11 +282,7 @@ function applyFrontmatterFixes(plans: Array<FrontmatterFixPlan>): void {
   )
 }
 
-async function applySetVersion(
-  plans: Array<SetVersionPlan>,
-  version: string,
-): Promise<void> {
-  const { parseDocument } = await import('yaml')
+function applySetVersion(plans: Array<SetVersionPlan>, version: string): void {
   const root = repairRoot()
   const changes: Array<FileChange> = []
 
@@ -433,10 +431,6 @@ async function runValidateCommandInternal(
   additionalDirs: Array<string> = [],
   exampleSummaries?: Map<string, string>,
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const [{ parse: parseYaml }, { readScalarField }] = await Promise.all([
-    import('yaml'),
-    import('../shared/utils.js'),
-  ])
   const { findSkillFiles } = createIntentFsCache()
   // Explicit directories are validated in one run, so a caller with several
   // skills roots gets every error in one report and one summary.
@@ -845,7 +839,7 @@ async function runValidateCommandInternal(
       console.log(`✅ Fixed ${fixPlans.length} skill files`)
     }
     if (willSetVersion) {
-      await applySetVersion(setVersionPlans, options.setVersion!)
+      applySetVersion(setVersionPlans, options.setVersion!)
       console.log(
         `✅ Set library_version to "${options.setVersion}" on ${setVersionPlans.length} skill files`,
       )