diff --git a/.changeset/complete-synthetic-key-events.md b/.changeset/complete-synthetic-key-events.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9c53bfb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/complete-synthetic-key-events.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"hunkdiff": patch
+---
+
+Provide complete key event data to command matchers and programmatically invoked handlers.
diff --git a/src/lib/commandKeys.test.ts b/src/lib/commandKeys.test.ts
index 121d849f0..54c451581 100644
--- a/src/lib/commandKeys.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/commandKeys.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { matchesKeyChord, parseKeyChord, synthesizeKeyEvent, toKeyChordList } from "./commandKeys";
+import { KeyEvent } from "@opentui/core";
+import { matchesKeyChord, parseKeyChord, toKeyChordList } from "./commandKeys";
+import { synthesizeKeyEvent } from "../ui/lib/syntheticKeyEvent";
 
 /**
  * The internal-only pieces of chord handling.
@@ -23,6 +25,25 @@ describe("synthesizeKeyEvent", () => {
       expect(matchesKeyChord(parsed(chord), synthesizeKeyEvent(parsed(chord)))).toBe(true);
     }
   });
+
+  test("returns a complete key event", () => {
+    const event = synthesizeKeyEvent(parsed("ctrl+r"));
+
+    expect(event).toBeInstanceOf(KeyEvent);
+    expect({ eventType: event.eventType, source: event.source }).toEqual({
+      eventType: "press",
+      source: "raw",
+    });
+    event.preventDefault();
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    expect({
+      defaultPrevented: event.defaultPrevented,
+      propagationStopped: event.propagationStopped,
+    }).toEqual({
+      defaultPrevented: true,
+      propagationStopped: true,
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("toKeyChordList", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/commandKeys.ts b/src/lib/commandKeys.ts
index 65c9143f7..f9de7322f 100644
--- a/src/lib/commandKeys.ts
+++ b/src/lib/commandKeys.ts
@@ -20,39 +20,6 @@ import { matchesKeyChord, parseKeyChord, type ParsedKeyChord } from "../extensio
 export { matchesKeyChord, parseKeyChord } from "../extension-api/keys";
 export type { ParsedKeyChord } from "../extension-api/keys";
 
-/**
- * Build a synthetic key event that would satisfy the parsed chord.
- *
- * This exists for conflict detection: a command may match with a predicate
- * rather than chords, so the only way to ask "would this chord collide with an
- * existing binding?" is to synthesize the event the chord describes and run it
- * through every matcher.
- */
-export function synthesizeKeyEvent(parsed: ParsedKeyChord): KeyEvent {
-  // Chord bases are either one literal character or a validated named key, so
-  // length alone separates the two without re-consulting the named-key table.
-  const isNamed = parsed.base.length > 1;
-  const isLetter = /^[a-z]$/.test(parsed.base);
-  const sequence = isNamed
-    ? ""
-    : parsed.shift && isLetter
-      ? parsed.base.toUpperCase()
-      : parsed.base;
-
-  return {
-    name: isNamed || isLetter ? parsed.base : sequence,
-    sequence,
-    raw: sequence,
-    ctrl: parsed.ctrl,
-    meta: parsed.meta,
-    option: parsed.option,
-    shift: parsed.shift,
-    number: false,
-    preventDefault: () => {},
-    stopPropagation: () => {},
-  } as unknown as KeyEvent;
-}
-
 /**
  * Normalize one declared binding into the list of chords it names.
  *
diff --git a/src/ui/lib/appCommands.ts b/src/ui/lib/appCommands.ts
index 036d8f7bb..5590e0f3b 100644
--- a/src/ui/lib/appCommands.ts
+++ b/src/ui/lib/appCommands.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@ import {
 import type { ReviewSelectionScope } from "../../core/review/navigation";
 import type { CursorLine, LayoutMode } from "../../core/types";
 import type { ExtensionCommandExecutionOptions } from "../../extension-api/types";
-import {
-  matchesAnyKeyChord,
-  parseKeyChordOrUndefined,
-  synthesizeKeyEvent,
-} from "../../lib/commandKeys";
+import { matchesAnyKeyChord, parseKeyChordOrUndefined } from "../../lib/commandKeys";
 import { formatKeyChord, type CommandKeyDefaults } from "./keymap";
+import { synthesizeKeyEvent } from "./syntheticKeyEvent";
 
 type ScrollUnit = "step" | "viewport" | "content" | "half";
 
diff --git a/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.test.ts b/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.test.ts
index bca467243..4f3caef36 100644
--- a/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.test.ts
+++ b/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import type { RegisteredCommand } from "../../extensions/types";
-import { synthesizeKeyEvent, parseKeyChord } from "../../lib/commandKeys";
+import { parseKeyChord } from "../../lib/commandKeys";
+import { synthesizeKeyEvent } from "./syntheticKeyEvent";
 import { builtinCommandMatchProbes, dispatchAppCommand } from "./appCommands";
 import { buildExtensionAppCommands } from "./extensionCommands";
 
diff --git a/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.ts b/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.ts
index 2208c532e..0c0306ade 100644
--- a/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.ts
+++ b/src/ui/lib/extensionCommands.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 import type { KeyEvent } from "@opentui/core";
 import type { RegisteredCommand } from "../../extensions/types";
-import {
-  matchesKeyChord,
-  parseKeyChordOrUndefined,
-  synthesizeKeyEvent,
-  toKeyChordList,
-} from "../../lib/commandKeys";
+import { matchesKeyChord, parseKeyChordOrUndefined, toKeyChordList } from "../../lib/commandKeys";
 import type { AppCommand, ResolvedCommandKeys } from "./appCommands";
 import { formatKeyChord } from "./keymap";
+import { synthesizeKeyEvent } from "./syntheticKeyEvent";
 
 /** One extension binding refused because its chord is already taken. */
 export interface ExtensionCommandConflict {
diff --git a/src/ui/lib/syntheticKeyEvent.ts b/src/ui/lib/syntheticKeyEvent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee75af75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/lib/syntheticKeyEvent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { KeyEvent } from "@opentui/core";
+import type { ParsedKeyChord } from "../../lib/commandKeys";
+
+/** Build a synthetic key event for interactive command conflict detection. */
+export function synthesizeKeyEvent(parsed: ParsedKeyChord): KeyEvent {
+  const isNamed = parsed.base.length > 1;
+  const isLetter = /^[a-z]$/.test(parsed.base);
+  const sequence = isNamed
+    ? ""
+    : parsed.shift && isLetter
+      ? parsed.base.toUpperCase()
+      : parsed.base;
+
+  return new KeyEvent({
+    name: isNamed || isLetter ? parsed.base : sequence,
+    sequence,
+    raw: sequence,
+    ctrl: parsed.ctrl,
+    meta: parsed.meta,
+    option: parsed.option,
+    shift: parsed.shift,
+    number: false,
+    eventType: "press",
+    source: "raw",
+  });
+}