diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/entry/main.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/entry/main.tsx
index 41c46f94cd4..985b97ecd26 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/entry/main.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/entry/main.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  * The body of `run` does not change when the backend swaps — that's the point of
  * the layer; only `makeAppLayer(...)` differs at the edge.
  */
+import { createDefaultOpenTuiKeymap } from '@opentui/keymap/opentui'
+import { KeymapProvider } from '@opentui/keymap/solid'
 import { render } from '@opentui/solid'
 import { Deferred, Duration, Effect } from 'effect'
 import { writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
@@ -289,6 +291,11 @@ export const run = Effect.fn('Tui.run')(function* (input: TuiInput) {
         if (!renderer.isDestroyed) renderer.destroy()
       }
 
+      // Native keymap host (Phase 3): one keymap bound to this renderer, provided
+      // to the whole Solid tree via <KeymapProvider>. Overlays/prompts register
+      // close (and confirm) layers against it through useCloseLayer/useBindings.
+      const keymap = createDefaultOpenTuiKeymap(renderer)
+
       // Submit a user turn: the service value is in hand, so `gateway.request(...)`
       // is Effect<…, never> — fire it detached with runFork; failures are logged.
       const submitPrompt = (text: string) => {
@@ -384,19 +391,21 @@ export const run = Effect.fn('Tui.run')(function* (input: TuiInput) {
       yield* Effect.promise(() =>
         render(
           () => (
-            <ThemeProvider theme={() => store.state.theme}>
-              <App
-                store={store}
-                onSubmit={submit}
-                onType={onType}
-                onRespond={respond}
-                onResume={onResume}
-                sessionId={() => gateway.sessionId()}
-                history={history}
-                onImagePaste={onImagePaste}
-                pasteStore={pasteStore}
-              />
-            </ThemeProvider>
+            <KeymapProvider keymap={keymap}>
+              <ThemeProvider theme={() => store.state.theme}>
+                <App
+                  store={store}
+                  onSubmit={submit}
+                  onType={onType}
+                  onRespond={respond}
+                  onResume={onResume}
+                  sessionId={() => gateway.sessionId()}
+                  history={history}
+                  onImagePaste={onImagePaste}
+                  pasteStore={pasteStore}
+                />
+              </ThemeProvider>
+            </KeymapProvider>
           ),
           renderer
         )
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/keymap.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/keymap.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcd71c1c90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/keymap.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/**
+ * keymap.tsx — thin Solid helpers over the native `@opentui/keymap` (Phase 3).
+ *
+ * `useCloseLayer` is the shared CLOSE binding for overlays/prompts: a `close`
+ * command bound to Esc and Ctrl+C, scoped to the overlay's root box via a
+ * `focus-within` layer (the default when a `target` accessor is present). The
+ * box itself isn't focused — the native `<select>`/`<textarea>` inside it is —
+ * so `focus-within` is what makes the layer active while the overlay owns the
+ * screen. The keymap host is provided once at the entry by `<KeymapProvider>`.
+ */
+import type { BoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
+import { useBindings } from '@opentui/keymap/solid'
+
+/**
+ * Bind Esc / Ctrl+C → `onClose`, scoped to the given root box (focus-within).
+ * Until the ref resolves the layer simply isn't registered (useBindings waits).
+ */
+export function useCloseLayer(target: () => BoxRenderable | undefined, onClose: () => void): void {
+  useBindings<BoxRenderable>(() => ({
+    target,
+    commands: [{ name: 'close', run() { onClose() } }],
+    bindings: [
+      { key: 'escape', cmd: 'close' },
+      { key: { name: 'c', ctrl: true }, cmd: 'close' }
+    ]
+  }))
+}
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/agentsDashboard.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/agentsDashboard.tsx
index 4f956619c6c..d72ae293833 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/agentsDashboard.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/agentsDashboard.tsx
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@
  *   - bottom: the SELECTED subagent's live trace (goal · status · model, latest
  *     thought, and the tool/progress/summary log) — sticky-bottom so it follows
  *     live; PgUp/PgDn scroll it.
- * Esc/q close. §8 #2 scrollbox gotchas (minHeight:0, sticky bottom).
+ * Esc/Ctrl+C close (native keymap). §8 #2 scrollbox gotchas (minHeight:0, sticky bottom).
  */
-import { type ScrollBoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
+import { type BoxRenderable, type ScrollBoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
 import { useKeyboard } from '@opentui/solid'
-import { createSignal, For, Show } from 'solid-js'
+import { createSignal, For, onMount, Show } from 'solid-js'
 
 import type { SubagentInfo } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { useCloseLayer } from '../keymap.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
 
 const PAGE = 8
@@ -28,17 +29,21 @@ function statusColor(status: string, theme: ReturnType<typeof useTheme>): string
 export function AgentsDashboard(props: { subagents: SubagentInfo[]; onClose: () => void }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
   const [sel, setSel] = createSignal(0)
+  let rootRef: BoxRenderable | undefined
   let traceBox: ScrollBoxRenderable | undefined
 
   const count = () => props.subagents.length
   const selected = () => Math.min(sel(), Math.max(0, count() - 1))
   const current = () => props.subagents[selected()]
 
+  // Close (Esc/Ctrl+C) is the native keymap; select + scroll stay in the raw global
+  // handler below. Focus the root box on mount so the focus-within close layer is active.
+  onMount(() => rootRef?.focus())
+  useCloseLayer(() => rootRef, () => props.onClose())
+
   useKeyboard(key => {
-    if (key.name === 'escape' || key.name === 'q' || (key.ctrl && key.name === 'c')) {
-      props.onClose()
-      return
-    }
+    // `q` closes (footer advertises "Esc/q close"); Esc/Ctrl+C close via the keymap.
+    if (key.name === 'q') return props.onClose()
     if (key.name === 'up') setSel(s => Math.max(0, s - 1))
     else if (key.name === 'down') setSel(s => Math.min(Math.max(0, count() - 1), s + 1))
     else if (key.name === 'pageup') traceBox?.scrollBy(-PAGE)
@@ -46,7 +51,12 @@ export function AgentsDashboard(props: { subagents: SubagentInfo[]; onClose: ()
   })
 
   return (
-    <box style={{ borderColor: theme().color.accent, flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minHeight: 0 }} border>
+    <box
+      ref={el => (rootRef = el)}
+      focusable
+      style={{ borderColor: theme().color.accent, flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minHeight: 0 }}
+      border
+    >
       <box style={{ flexShrink: 0, paddingLeft: 1 }}>
         <text fg={theme().color.accent}>
           <b>
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/pager.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/pager.tsx
index 41e0b343302..efb2491d0e4 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/pager.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/pager.tsx
@@ -4,28 +4,35 @@
  * /tools) at once. Replaces the transcript+composer while open (the App swaps it
  * in on `store.state.pager`).
  *
- * Scrolling is driven explicitly via `useKeyboard` → `scrollBy`/`scrollTo` (no
- * reliance on scrollbox auto-focus); Esc/q/Ctrl+C close. Carries the §8 #2
+ * Scrolling is driven explicitly via a GLOBAL `useKeyboard` → `scrollBy`/`scrollTo`
+ * (no reliance on focus); Esc/Ctrl+C close via the native keymap. Carries the §8 #2
  * scrollbox gotchas (minHeight:0 wrapper+box, NO flexDirection on the box root).
  */
-import { type ScrollBoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
+import { type BoxRenderable, type ScrollBoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
 import { useKeyboard } from '@opentui/solid'
-import { For } from 'solid-js'
+import { For, onMount } from 'solid-js'
 
+import { useCloseLayer } from '../keymap.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
 
 const PAGE = 10
 
 export function Pager(props: { title: string; text: string; onClose: () => void }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
+  let rootRef: BoxRenderable | undefined
   let box: ScrollBoxRenderable | undefined
   const lines = () => props.text.split('\n')
 
+  // Close (Esc/Ctrl+C) is the native keymap; scroll keys stay in the raw global
+  // handler below. Focus the root box on mount so the focus-within close layer is
+  // active (the scrollbox isn't focused — scroll is global, not focus-gated).
+  onMount(() => rootRef?.focus())
+  useCloseLayer(() => rootRef, () => props.onClose())
+
   useKeyboard(key => {
-    if (key.name === 'escape' || key.name === 'q' || (key.ctrl && key.name === 'c')) {
-      props.onClose()
-      return
-    }
+    // `q` closes (the footer advertises "Esc/q close"); Esc/Ctrl+C close via the
+    // keymap layer above. Scroll stays raw (not focus-gated).
+    if (key.name === 'q') return props.onClose()
     if (!box) return
     if (key.name === 'up') box.scrollBy(-1)
     else if (key.name === 'down') box.scrollBy(1)
@@ -36,7 +43,12 @@ export function Pager(props: { title: string; text: string; onClose: () => void
   })
 
   return (
-    <box style={{ borderColor: theme().color.accent, flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minHeight: 0 }} border>
+    <box
+      ref={el => (rootRef = el)}
+      focusable
+      style={{ borderColor: theme().color.accent, flexDirection: 'column', flexGrow: 1, minHeight: 0 }}
+      border
+    >
       <box style={{ flexShrink: 0, paddingLeft: 1 }}>
         <text fg={theme().color.accent}>
           <b>{props.title}</b>
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/picker.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/picker.tsx
index abb848a5169..9abd5f7d3b6 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/picker.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/picker.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
  * Native select nav (↑↓/j/k/Enter); a small useKeyboard adds Esc/Ctrl+C close.
  * Replaces the composer while open.
  */
-import { useKeyboard } from '@opentui/solid'
+import type { BoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
 import { createMemo } from 'solid-js'
 
 import type { PickerItem } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { useCloseLayer } from '../keymap.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
 
 export function Picker(props: {
@@ -17,9 +18,9 @@ export function Picker(props: {
   onClose: () => void
 }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
-  useKeyboard(key => {
-    if (key.name === 'escape' || (key.ctrl && key.name === 'c')) props.onClose()
-  })
+  let rootRef: BoxRenderable | undefined
+  // Native select handles ↑↓/j/k/Enter; the keymap owns Esc/Ctrl+C close.
+  useCloseLayer(() => rootRef, () => props.onClose())
 
   const options = createMemo(() =>
     props.items.map(it => ({ description: it.description ?? '', name: it.label, value: it.value }))
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export function Picker(props: {
 
   return (
     <box
+      ref={el => (rootRef = el)}
       style={{ borderColor: theme().color.border, flexDirection: 'column', flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 1, padding: 1 }}
       border
     >
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/sessionSwitcher.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/sessionSwitcher.tsx
index 8c09e0577c6..6d4162ed0ae 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/sessionSwitcher.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/overlays/sessionSwitcher.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
  * Enter resumes the chosen session (the entry runs the same resume-hydrate path
  * as launch), Esc/Ctrl+C closes. Replaces the composer while open.
  */
-import { useKeyboard } from '@opentui/solid'
+import type { BoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
 import { createMemo } from 'solid-js'
 
 import type { SessionItem } from '../../logic/store.ts'
+import { useCloseLayer } from '../keymap.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
 
 export function SessionSwitcher(props: {
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ export function SessionSwitcher(props: {
   onClose: () => void
 }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
-  useKeyboard(key => {
-    if (key.name === 'escape' || (key.ctrl && key.name === 'c')) props.onClose()
-  })
+  let rootRef: BoxRenderable | undefined
+  // Native select handles ↑↓/Enter; the keymap owns Esc/Ctrl+C close.
+  useCloseLayer(() => rootRef, () => props.onClose())
 
   const options = createMemo(() =>
     props.sessions.map(s => ({
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export function SessionSwitcher(props: {
 
   return (
     <box
+      ref={el => (rootRef = el)}
       style={{ borderColor: theme().color.border, flexDirection: 'column', flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 1, padding: 1 }}
       border
     >
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/approvalPrompt.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/approvalPrompt.tsx
index 3aabaad1ab4..eca9fb58287 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/approvalPrompt.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/approvalPrompt.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
  * adds the Esc/Ctrl+C → deny cancel path the select doesn't cover. Answered via
  * `approval.respond {choice, session_id}`.
  */
-import { useKeyboard } from '@opentui/solid'
+import type { BoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
 
+import { useCloseLayer } from '../keymap.tsx'
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
 
 const OPTIONS = [
@@ -22,12 +23,14 @@ export function ApprovalPrompt(props: {
   onCancel: () => void
 }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
-  useKeyboard(key => {
-    if (key.name === 'escape' || (key.ctrl && key.name === 'c')) props.onCancel()
-  })
+  let rootRef: BoxRenderable | undefined
+  // Native select handles ↑↓/j/k/Enter over the options; the keymap owns the
+  // Esc/Ctrl+C → deny cancel path the select doesn't cover.
+  useCloseLayer(() => rootRef, () => props.onCancel())
 
   return (
     <box
+      ref={el => (rootRef = el)}
       style={{ borderColor: theme().color.border, flexDirection: 'column', flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 1, padding: 1 }}
       border
     >
diff --git a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/confirmPrompt.tsx b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/confirmPrompt.tsx
index 94d02d3a7d1..49a7cfc6789 100644
--- a/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/confirmPrompt.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui-opentui-v2/src/view/prompts/confirmPrompt.tsx
@@ -3,19 +3,39 @@
  * callback, not an RPC: y/Enter → confirm, n/Esc/Ctrl+C → cancel. Used by client
  * slash commands like /clear and /new.
  */
-import { useKeyboard } from '@opentui/solid'
+import type { BoxRenderable } from '@opentui/core'
+import { useBindings } from '@opentui/keymap/solid'
+import { onMount } from 'solid-js'
 
 import { useTheme } from '../theme.tsx'
 
 export function ConfirmPrompt(props: { message: string; onYes: () => void; onNo: () => void }) {
   const theme = useTheme()
-  useKeyboard(key => {
-    if (key.name === 'y' || key.name === 'return') props.onYes()
-    else if (key.name === 'n' || key.name === 'escape' || (key.ctrl && key.name === 'c')) props.onNo()
-  })
+  let rootRef: BoxRenderable | undefined
+  // No focusable child here (unlike the <select> prompts), so focus the dialog box
+  // itself on mount — that makes the focus-within keymap layer below active.
+  onMount(() => rootRef?.focus())
+  // Local Y/N dialog: y/Enter → confirm, n/Esc/Ctrl+C → cancel, scoped to the
+  // dialog box (focus-within) via the native keymap.
+  useBindings<BoxRenderable>(() => ({
+    target: () => rootRef,
+    commands: [
+      { name: 'confirm', run() { props.onYes() } },
+      { name: 'cancel', run() { props.onNo() } }
+    ],
+    bindings: [
+      { key: 'y', cmd: 'confirm' },
+      { key: 'return', cmd: 'confirm' },
+      { key: 'n', cmd: 'cancel' },
+      { key: 'escape', cmd: 'cancel' },
+      { key: { name: 'c', ctrl: true }, cmd: 'cancel' }
+    ]
+  }))
 
   return (
     <box
+      ref={el => (rootRef = el)}
+      focusable
       style={{ borderColor: theme().color.border, flexDirection: 'column', flexShrink: 0, marginTop: 1, padding: 1 }}
       border
     >