diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
index 486d80a988666..81a5ac4922881 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   createBrowseNavigationCoordinator,
   filterFilesystemBrowseEntries,
   getFilesystemBrowsePath,
+  getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion,
 } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/filesystem";
 import {
   isAtomCommandInterrupted,
@@ -2492,6 +2493,30 @@ function OpenCommandPaletteDialog(props: {
     }
 
     if (event.ctrlKey || event.shiftKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey) return;
+
+    if (event.key === "Tab" && isBrowsing && !relativePathNeedsActiveProject) {
+      if (event.nativeEvent.isComposing || event.keyCode === 229) return;
+      (event as typeof event & { preventBaseUIHandler?: () => void }).preventBaseUIHandler?.();
+      event.preventDefault();
+      if (highlightedItemValue === "browse:up") {
+        void browseUp();
+        return;
+      }
+      const highlightedEntry = visibleBrowseEntries.find(
+        (entry) => `browse:${entry.fullPath}` === highlightedItemValue,
+      );
+      const completion = highlightedEntry
+        ? { name: highlightedEntry.name, isComplete: true }
+        : getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion(visibleBrowseEntries, browsePath.filterQuery);
+      if (completion?.isComplete) {
+        void browseTo(completion.name);
+      } else if (completion && !pinnedCloneDirectoryName) {
+        setHighlightedItemValue(null);
+        setQuery(`${getBrowseDirectoryPath(query)}${completion.name}`);
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
     const firstItemValue = autoHighlightsFirstRow ? resultRows.itemValues[0] : undefined;
     if (
       event.key === "ArrowDown" &&
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.test.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.test.ts
index 6d1c22bb856d3..6c21c5d926919 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { AuthFilesystemReadScope, AuthOrchestrationReadScope } from "@t3tools/co
 import {
   createBrowseNavigationCoordinator,
   getFilesystemBrowsePath,
+  getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion,
   resolveFilesystemReadAccess,
 } from "./filesystem.ts";
 
@@ -79,6 +80,33 @@ describe("filesystem browse model", () => {
     expect(getFilesystemBrowsePath("C:\\Users\\test", "MacIntel").isBrowsing).toBe(false);
     expect(getFilesystemBrowsePath("~/projects/", "", false).isBrowsing).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("completes Tab like a shell", () => {
+    const entry = (name: string) => ({ name, fullPath: `/Users/me/${name}` });
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("Creations")], "Creation")).toEqual({
+      name: "Creations",
+      isComplete: true,
+    });
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("OpenSourced"), entry("OpenAI")], "op")).toEqual(
+      { name: "Open", isComplete: false },
+    );
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("Open"), entry("Opal")], "Op")).toBeNull();
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("openAI"), entry("OpenSource")], "o")).toEqual({
+      name: "open",
+      isComplete: false,
+    });
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("😀one"), entry("😁two")], "")).toBeNull();
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("ΟΣα"), entry("οσβ")], "ο")).toBeNull();
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("İfoo"), entry("İfar")], "i\u0307")).toEqual({
+      name: "İf",
+      isComplete: false,
+    });
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([entry("😀one"), entry("😀other")], "😀")).toEqual({
+      name: "😀o",
+      isComplete: false,
+    });
+    expect(getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion([], "x")).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("browse navigation", () => {
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.ts
index 90276fe21661e..03d9b27af57cd 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/filesystem.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,33 @@ export function filterFilesystemBrowseEntries(
   return { visibleEntries, exactEntry };
 }
 
+/** Shell-style Tab: a single match enters the directory, several extend to their common prefix. */
+export function getFilesystemBrowseTabCompletion(
+  visibleEntries: ReadonlyArray<FilesystemBrowseEntry>,
+  filterQuery: string,
+): { readonly name: string; readonly isComplete: boolean } | null {
+  const [first, ...rest] = visibleEntries;
+  if (first === undefined) return null;
+  if (rest.length === 0) return { name: first.name, isComplete: true };
+  let prefix = Array.from(first.name);
+  for (const entry of rest) {
+    const characters = Array.from(entry.name);
+    let length = 0;
+    while (
+      length < prefix.length &&
+      prefix[length]?.toLowerCase() === characters[length]?.toLowerCase()
+    )
+      length += 1;
+    prefix = prefix.slice(0, length);
+  }
+  const name = prefix.join("");
+  const lowerName = name.toLowerCase();
+  return lowerName.length > filterQuery.toLowerCase().length &&
+    visibleEntries.every((entry) => entry.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(lowerName))
+    ? { name, isComplete: false }
+    : null;
+}
+
 export function createBrowseNavigationCoordinator() {
   let generation = 0;