diff --git a/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.test.ts b/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.test.ts
index f990110d..7050d4fe 100644
--- a/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ describe('extractXhsUserNotes', () => {
         title: 'First note',
         type: 'video',
         likes: '4.6万',
+        cover: '',
         url: 'https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/user-1/note-1?xsec_token=abc&xsec_source=pc_user',
       },
       {
@@ -82,11 +83,33 @@ describe('extractXhsUserNotes', () => {
         title: 'Second note',
         type: 'normal',
         likes: '42',
+        cover: '',
         url: 'https://www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/fallback-user/note-2',
       },
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('extracts cover urls with fallback priority urlDefault -> urlPre -> url', () => {
+    const rows = extractXhsUserNotes(
+      {
+        noteGroups: [
+          [
+            { noteCard: { noteId: 'cover-1', cover: { urlDefault: 'https://img.example/default.jpg', urlPre: 'https://img.example/pre.jpg', url: 'https://img.example/raw.jpg' } } },
+            { noteCard: { noteId: 'cover-2', cover: { urlPre: 'https://img.example/pre-only.jpg', url: 'https://img.example/raw-only.jpg' } } },
+            { noteCard: { noteId: 'cover-3', cover: { url: 'https://img.example/raw-fallback.jpg' } } },
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
+      'fallback-user'
+    );
+
+    expect(rows.map(row => row.cover)).toEqual([
+      'https://img.example/default.jpg',
+      'https://img.example/pre-only.jpg',
+      'https://img.example/raw-fallback.jpg',
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it('deduplicates repeated notes by note id', () => {
     const rows = extractXhsUserNotes(
       {
diff --git a/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.ts b/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.ts
index b5ddb9c0..9bf1ac5c 100644
--- a/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/clis/xiaohongshu/user-helpers.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export interface XhsUserNoteRow {
   title: string;
   type: string;
   likes: string;
+  cover: string;
   url: string;
 }
 
@@ -72,11 +73,14 @@ export function extractXhsUserNotes(snapshot: XhsUserPageSnapshot, fallbackUserI
     const xsecToken = toCleanString(entry?.xsecToken ?? entry?.xsec_token ?? noteCard.xsecToken ?? noteCard.xsec_token);
     const likes = toCleanString(noteCard.interactInfo?.likedCount ?? noteCard.interact_info?.liked_count ?? 0) || '0';
 
+    const cover = toCleanString(noteCard.cover?.urlDefault ?? noteCard.cover?.urlPre ?? noteCard.cover?.url ?? '');
+
     rows.push({
       id: noteId,
       title: toCleanString(noteCard.displayTitle ?? noteCard.display_title ?? noteCard.title),
       type: toCleanString(noteCard.type),
       likes,
+      cover,
       url: buildXhsNoteUrl(userId || fallbackUserId, noteId, xsecToken),
     });
   }