diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 12130c77..f03b0c98 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ program
     // guessing (pre-0.8 this silently wired every agent the machine had ever
     // installed — see --yes to get that back).
     const home = homedir();
-    const plan = planInit(repo, { home });
+    const plan = planInit(repo, { home, mcp: opts.mcp, hooks: opts.hooks, global: opts.global });
     const detectedIds = plan.filter((p) => p.detected).map((p) => p.id);
     const noAgents = (opts as { agents?: unknown }).agents === false;
 
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ program
     if (opts.dryRun) {
       console.error(formatPlan(plan, ids, repo, home));
       for (const child of children)
-        console.error(`\n— ${child}/ (workspace child)\n` + formatPlan(planInit(join(repo, child), { home }), ids, join(repo, child), home));
+        console.error(`\n— ${child}/ (workspace child)\n` + formatPlan(planInit(join(repo, child), { home, mcp: opts.mcp, hooks: opts.hooks, global: opts.global }), ids, join(repo, child), home));
       return;
     }
     if (ids.length === 0) {
@@ -1099,7 +1099,12 @@ function wireTarget(
       for (const m of r.mcp) console.error(`✓ mcp ${m.id}: ${m.path} (${m.action})`);
       for (const h of r.hooks) console.error(`✓ hook ${h.id}: ${h.path} (${h.action})`);
       // Only worth saying when there was actually something out-of-repo to skip.
-      if (opts.global === false && selectedWrites(plan, ids).some((w) => w.scope === "global"))
+      // `plan` already reflects --no-global, so ask the unsuppressed plan whether
+      // there was anything out-of-repo to skip.
+      if (
+        opts.global === false &&
+        selectedWrites(planInit(repo, { home, mcp: opts.mcp, hooks: opts.hooks }), ids).some((w) => w.scope === "global")
+      )
         console.error("· skipped out-of-repo writes (--no-global)");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/hosts/plan.ts b/src/hosts/plan.ts
index 38b225b3..a8ecb480 100644
--- a/src/hosts/plan.ts
+++ b/src/hosts/plan.ts
@@ -65,26 +65,55 @@ function instructionTarget(repo: string, host: HostTarget): PlannedWrite {
  * touch. Claude Code comes first — it's the deep integration and the picker's
  * default. `ids`, when given, restricts the plan to those hosts.
  */
-export function planInit(repo: string, opts: { home?: string; ids?: string[] } = {}): HostPlan[] {
+export interface PlanInitOptions {
+  home?: string;
+  ids?: string[];
+  /** `--no-mcp`: skip MCP server registration for the non-Claude hosts. */
+  mcp?: boolean;
+  /** `--no-hooks`: skip hook installation for the non-Claude hosts. */
+  hooks?: boolean;
+  /** `--no-global`: skip every write outside the repo. */
+  global?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The same predicates `runHostsInit()` applies when it writes, so `--dry-run`
+ * describes the operation the flags actually select (#329):
+ *  - `--no-mcp` drops the MCP registrations;
+ *  - `--no-hooks` drops the Codex and Cursor hooks;
+ *  - `--no-global` drops everything outside the repo: the `~/.claude` copy, the
+ *    global MCP configs (Codex, Antigravity), the Codex hooks and the
+ *    Antigravity skill. Cursor's hooks are repo-local and stay.
+ */
+export function planInit(repo: string, opts: PlanInitOptions = {}): HostPlan[] {
   const home = opts.home ?? homedir();
   const probe = probeFor(home, repo);
   const detected = new Set(detectHosts(probe).map((h) => h.id));
+  const withGlobal = opts.global !== false;
+  const withMcp = opts.mcp !== false;
+  const withHooks = opts.hooks !== false;
+  const inScope = (w: PlannedWrite) => withGlobal || w.scope !== 'global';
 
   const plans: HostPlan[] = [
     // Repo writes plus the user-level copy under `~/.claude` — the picker and
     // `--dry-run` render 'global' writes in their own section, so a user sees
     // what lands outside the repo before agreeing to it.
-    { id: 'claude', name: 'Claude Code', detected: true, writes: [...claudeTargets(repo), ...claudeGlobalTargets(home)] },
+    {
+      id: 'claude',
+      name: 'Claude Code',
+      detected: true,
+      writes: [...claudeTargets(repo), ...(withGlobal ? claudeGlobalTargets(home) : [])],
+    },
     ...HOSTS.map((host) => ({
       id: host.id,
       name: host.name,
       detected: detected.has(host.id),
       writes: [
         instructionTarget(repo, host),
-        ...mcpTargets(repo, [host.id], { home }),
-        ...(host.id === 'agents' ? hookTargets(home) : []),
-        ...(host.id === 'cursor' ? cursorHookTargets(repo) : []),
-        ...(host.id === 'antigravity' ? antigravitySkillTargets(home) : []),
+        ...(withMcp ? mcpTargets(repo, [host.id], { home }).filter(inScope) : []),
+        ...(host.id === 'agents' && withHooks && withGlobal ? hookTargets(home) : []),
+        ...(host.id === 'cursor' && withHooks ? cursorHookTargets(repo) : []),
+        ...(host.id === 'antigravity' && withGlobal ? antigravitySkillTargets(home) : []),
       ],
     })),
   ];
diff --git a/test/hosts-plan.test.ts b/test/hosts-plan.test.ts
index bc3129a4..2cfbc11b 100644
--- a/test/hosts-plan.test.ts
+++ b/test/hosts-plan.test.ts
@@ -115,3 +115,32 @@ test('selectedWrites filters to the chosen hosts only', () => {
   const writes = selectedWrites(plan, ['claude', 'adal']);
   assert.deepEqual([...new Set(writes.map((w) => w.hostId))].sort(), ['adal', 'claude']);
 });
+
+test('planInit honors --no-mcp / --no-hooks / --no-global like runHostsInit does (#329)', () => {
+  const repo = fresh(); const home = fullHome();
+  const byId = (plan: ReturnType<typeof planInit>, id: string) => plan.find((p) => p.id === id)!.writes;
+
+  const full = planInit(repo, { home });
+  assert.ok(byId(full, 'agents').some((w) => w.scope === 'global'), 'default plan lists the ~/.codex writes');
+  assert.ok(byId(full, 'cursor').some((w) => w.path.endsWith('hooks.json')), 'default plan lists the Cursor hooks');
+
+  const noMcp = planInit(repo, { home, mcp: false });
+  for (const p of noMcp) for (const w of p.writes) {
+    if (p.id === 'claude') continue;
+    assert.ok(!/mcp|config\.toml|settings\.json/.test(w.path) || w.path.endsWith('hooks.json'), `--no-mcp still plans ${w.path}`);
+  }
+
+  const noHooks = planInit(repo, { home, hooks: false });
+  assert.ok(!byId(noHooks, 'agents').some((w) => /hooks/.test(w.path)), '--no-hooks drops the Codex hooks');
+  assert.ok(!byId(noHooks, 'cursor').some((w) => w.path.endsWith('hooks.json')), '--no-hooks drops the Cursor hooks');
+
+  const noGlobal = planInit(repo, { home, global: false });
+  for (const p of noGlobal) for (const w of p.writes) {
+    assert.notEqual(w.scope, 'global', `--no-global still plans ${w.path}`);
+    assert.ok(!toPosixPath(w.path).startsWith(toPosixPath(home)), `--no-global still plans ${w.path} under ~`);
+  }
+  assert.ok(byId(noGlobal, 'cursor').some((w) => w.path.endsWith('hooks.json')), 'Cursor hooks are repo-local and survive --no-global');
+
+  const suppressed = planInit(repo, { home, mcp: false, hooks: false, global: false });
+  assert.deepEqual(byId(suppressed, 'agents').map((w) => toPosixPath(w.path)), [toPosixPath(join(repo, 'AGENTS.md'))]);
+});