diff --git a/shell/cmdhelp.zsh b/shell/cmdhelp.zsh
index 0f447d5..1fef8cb 100644
--- a/shell/cmdhelp.zsh
+++ b/shell/cmdhelp.zsh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ _cmdhelp_widget() {
   {
     print -rn -- "$saved_buffer" > "$task_dir/input"
     zle -I
-    if cmdhelp ui --mode "$1" --buffer-file "$task_dir/input" --output-file "$task_dir/result" < /dev/tty > /dev/tty; then
+    # Bun on macOS does not receive stdin events through /dev/tty.
+    # Zsh's TTY names the concrete device (e.g. /dev/ttys001).
+    if cmdhelp ui --mode "$1" --buffer-file "$task_dir/input" --output-file "$task_dir/result" < "$TTY" > "$TTY"; then
       if [[ -s "$task_dir/result" ]]; then
         selected=$(<"$task_dir/result")
         BUFFER=$selected
diff --git a/test/installation.test.ts b/test/installation.test.ts
index cb83fcd..7d81b57 100644
--- a/test/installation.test.ts
+++ b/test/installation.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 const root = fileURLToPath(new URL('../', import.meta.url));
+test('zsh widgets accept keyboard input through Bun in a real terminal', () => {
+  const output = execFileSync('zsh', [join(root, 'test/interactive.zsh')], { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 20_000 });
+  assert.match(output, /Interactive checks passed/);
+}, 25_000);
+
 test('CLI and zsh initialization work from a relocated installation with quotes/spaces', async () => {
   const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "cmdhelp user's app-"));
   try {
diff --git a/test/interactive.zsh b/test/interactive.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dbe7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/interactive.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+set -eu
+zmodload zsh/zpty
+zmodload zsh/zselect
+
+root=${0:A:h:h}
+fixture=$(mktemp -d)
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$fixture CMDHELP_PI_PROFILE=$fixture
+export CMDHELP_PROVIDER=cmdhelp-test-invalid CMDHELP_MODEL=cmdhelp-test-invalid
+export TERM=xterm-256color
+
+# Exercise real ZLE and Bun input, without credentials or model requests.
+expect_output() {
+  local expected=$1 chunk transcript='' attempt
+  for attempt in {1..500}; do
+    while zpty -r cmdhelp_test chunk; do
+      transcript+=$chunk
+      [[ $transcript == *"$expected"* ]] && return 0
+    done
+    zselect -t 1 || true
+  done
+  print -ru2 -- "Timed out waiting for: $expected"
+  print -ru2 -- "$transcript"
+  return 1
+}
+
+{
+  zpty -b cmdhelp_test zsh -f
+  zpty -w cmdhelp_test "PS1='CMDHELP_READY> '; source ${(q)root}/shell/cmdhelp.zsh"
+  expect_output 'CMDHELP_READY> '
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\x18\x07'
+  expect_output 'Enter: send'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test 'keyboard-probe'
+  expect_output '> keyboard-probe'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\r'
+  expect_output 'Tab: follow-up'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\t'
+  expect_output 'Enter: send'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test 'followup-probe'
+  expect_output '> followup-probe'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\e'
+  expect_output 'CMDHELP_READY> '
+  # Explain auto-submits the existing buffer, then accepts Tab and Escape.
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'echo preserved\x18\x05'
+  expect_output 'Tab: follow-up'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\t'
+  expect_output 'Enter: send'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test 'explain-probe'
+  expect_output '> explain-probe'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\e'
+  expect_output 'echo preserved'
+  zpty -w -n cmdhelp_test $'\x15exit\r'
+  print 'Interactive checks passed: text, Enter, Tab, Escape, and buffer restoration in both widgets.'
+} always {
+  zpty -d cmdhelp_test 2>/dev/null || true
+  command rm -rf -- "$fixture"
+}