diff --git a/src/olmo_eval/cli/utils.py b/src/olmo_eval/cli/utils.py
index ba0ad2f0e..6fdd193cc 100644
--- a/src/olmo_eval/cli/utils.py
+++ b/src/olmo_eval/cli/utils.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import click
-from rich.console import Console
 
 from olmo_eval.common import types
+from olmo_eval.common.console import console
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from olmo_eval.evals.external.base import ExternalEval
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
     from olmo_eval.launch.beaker.launcher import BeakerJobConfig
 
 
-console = Console(force_terminal=True, width=120)
-
-
 @dataclass
 class FlaggedArg:
     """Argument with its flag type for order tracking."""
diff --git a/src/olmo_eval/common/console.py b/src/olmo_eval/common/console.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9106ccff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/olmo_eval/common/console.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""Shared Rich console singleton.
+
+Lives in `common` (not `cli`) so non-CLI modules can import it without pulling in
+the CLI package and triggering circular imports through `harness.presets`.
+"""
+
+from rich.console import Console
+
+console = Console(force_terminal=True, width=120)
diff --git a/src/olmo_eval/common/inspection.py b/src/olmo_eval/common/inspection.py
index 28ef63fc1..f49b80a55 100644
--- a/src/olmo_eval/common/inspection.py
+++ b/src/olmo_eval/common/inspection.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 from rich.table import Table
 from rich.text import Text
 
+from olmo_eval.common.console import console as shared_console
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from olmo_eval.common.types import Instance, LMRequest, Response
 
@@ -161,8 +163,6 @@ def inspect_object(
         show_none: Whether to show fields with None values.
     """
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     if not is_dataclass(obj) or isinstance(obj, type):
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@ def inspect_instance(
     import json
 
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     renderables: list[Any] = []
@@ -308,8 +306,6 @@ def inspect_request(
         max_string_length: Maximum length for string values.
     """
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     renderables: list[Any] = []
@@ -832,8 +828,6 @@ def inspect_formatted_request(
             When truncating, shows first half and last half.
     """
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     # Pattern to match common special tokens
@@ -909,8 +903,6 @@ def inspect_tokens(
         show_decoded: Whether to show decoded token values.
     """
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     # Get special token IDs
@@ -1051,8 +1043,6 @@ def inspect_response(
     import json
 
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     renderables: list[Any] = []
@@ -1153,8 +1143,6 @@ def inspect_task_instances(
     logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
     if console is None:
-        from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console as shared_console
-
         console = shared_console
 
     tokenizer = None
diff --git a/src/olmo_eval/runners/common/mixins.py b/src/olmo_eval/runners/common/mixins.py
index 14a685e9c..26fb3dc52 100644
--- a/src/olmo_eval/runners/common/mixins.py
+++ b/src/olmo_eval/runners/common/mixins.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
-from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console
+from olmo_eval.common.console import console
 from olmo_eval.common.logging import get_logger
 from olmo_eval.runners.common.models import (
     MetricsOutput,
diff --git a/src/olmo_eval/runners/io/storage.py b/src/olmo_eval/runners/io/storage.py
index f7dd48f96..3228efb82 100644
--- a/src/olmo_eval/runners/io/storage.py
+++ b/src/olmo_eval/runners/io/storage.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
-from olmo_eval.cli.utils import console
+from olmo_eval.common.console import console
 from olmo_eval.common.logging import get_logger
 from olmo_eval.runners.common.models import S3Config
 from olmo_eval.runners.io.formatting import build_s3_prefix