diff --git a/internal/agent/modes/interactive.go b/internal/agent/modes/interactive.go
index ad11137..f7b1378 100644
--- a/internal/agent/modes/interactive.go
+++ b/internal/agent/modes/interactive.go
@@ -1928,6 +1928,19 @@ func (i *Interactive) handleKey(ctx context.Context, k tui.Key) (done bool) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Tab-complete a path token in the editor when no popup is open.
+	// Recognises tokens that look like paths (start with ~, /, ./, ../
+	// or contain a slash); shell-style completion expands ~, lists the
+	// parent dir, and completes the basename to the longest common
+	// prefix. Single match: full replace and trailing / for dirs.
+	// No match: no-op. Plain bare words (no slash, no tilde) fall
+	// through so Tab keeps its current no-op behaviour outside paths.
+	if k.Kind == tui.KeyTab && !i.suggest.Active(i.ed.Value()) && !i.fileSuggest.Active(i.ed.Value()) {
+		if i.tryPathTabComplete() {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
 	if i.handleInputHistoryKey(k) {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -2399,6 +2412,186 @@ func buildStudyPrompt(arg, cwd string) string {
 	return "Read and understand everything in the directory " + display + "."
 }
 
+// tryPathTabComplete looks at the editor's current value, finds the
+// path-like token immediately before the cursor (in this codebase the
+// cursor is always at the end of the buffer after a keystroke, so
+// "before the cursor" is the trailing non-whitespace run), and rewrites
+// it to its shell-style completion against the filesystem.
+//
+// Returns true when it consumed the Tab keystroke (token recognised,
+// completion attempted — even if no candidates matched, the keystroke
+// is still consumed so it doesn't insert a literal tab character).
+// Returns false when the token doesn't look like a path; the caller
+// then lets Tab fall through to its normal no-op.
+//
+// Recognised path shapes:
+//   - ~ or ~/foo                  expanded via os.UserHomeDir()
+//   - /abs/path or /abs/path/foo  absolute
+//   - ./foo, ../foo, foo/bar      relative to i.cfg.CWD
+//
+// A bare word like "hello" is not treated as a path so plain text
+// keeps Tab as a literal no-op.
+func (i *Interactive) tryPathTabComplete() bool {
+	val := i.ed.Value()
+	// Find the trailing run of non-whitespace.
+	start := len(val)
+	for start > 0 {
+		r := val[start-1]
+		if r == ' ' || r == '\t' || r == '\n' {
+			break
+		}
+		start--
+	}
+	token := val[start:]
+	if token == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if !looksLikePathToken(token) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Resolve the absolute parent directory + base prefix to match.
+	parentAbs, basePrefix, displayParent, ok := resolvePathTabToken(token, i.cfg.CWD)
+	if !ok {
+		return true
+	}
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(parentAbs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	var names []string
+	var isDir []bool
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		name := e.Name()
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(name, basePrefix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Hide dotfiles unless the user explicitly typed a leading dot,
+		// mirroring bash's default behaviour.
+		if strings.HasPrefix(name, ".") && !strings.HasPrefix(basePrefix, ".") {
+			continue
+		}
+		names = append(names, name)
+		isDir = append(isDir, e.IsDir())
+	}
+	if len(names) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	var completed string
+	var completedIsDir bool
+	if len(names) == 1 {
+		completed = names[0]
+		completedIsDir = isDir[0]
+	} else {
+		completed = longestCommonPrefix(names)
+		if completed == basePrefix {
+			// Already at the deepest unambiguous prefix; nothing to add.
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Build the replacement token in the same display form the user
+	// typed (preserve ~ vs absolute vs relative).
+	newToken := displayParent + completed
+	if len(names) == 1 && completedIsDir {
+		newToken += "/"
+	}
+
+	i.ed.SetValue(val[:start] + newToken)
+	i.invalidate()
+	return true
+}
+
+// looksLikePathToken reports whether tok is shaped like a filesystem
+// path. Paths must either start with ~, /, ./, ../ or contain a /.
+// Plain words are excluded so Tab on "hello" stays a no-op.
+func looksLikePathToken(tok string) bool {
+	if tok == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if tok[0] == '~' || tok[0] == '/' {
+		return true
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(tok, "./") || strings.HasPrefix(tok, "../") {
+		return true
+	}
+	return strings.Contains(tok, "/")
+}
+
+// resolvePathTabToken splits tok into (absolute parent dir, basename
+// prefix to match, display-form parent the user typed). ok is false
+// when the parent dir can't be resolved (e.g. ~ with no $HOME).
+func resolvePathTabToken(tok, cwd string) (parentAbs, basePrefix, displayParent string, ok bool) {
+	// Detect ~ expansion.
+	expanded := tok
+	homePrefix := ""
+	if tok == "~" {
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if err != nil || home == "" {
+			return "", "", "", false
+		}
+		// "~" alone: complete in $HOME. parent = home, base = "".
+		return home, "", "~/", true
+	}
+	if strings.HasPrefix(tok, "~/") {
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if err != nil || home == "" {
+			return "", "", "", false
+		}
+		expanded = home + tok[1:]
+		homePrefix = "~"
+	}
+
+	dir, base := splitDirBase(expanded)
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(dir) {
+		dir = filepath.Join(cwd, dir)
+	}
+
+	// Reconstruct the display form the user typed for the parent,
+	// keeping ~ when they used it. The base is dropped — the caller
+	// substitutes the completed name.
+	display := tok[:len(tok)-len(base)]
+	if homePrefix != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(display, "~") {
+		display = homePrefix + display[len(homePrefix):]
+	}
+	return dir, base, display, true
+}
+
+// splitDirBase is like filepath.Split but preserves the trailing
+// slash convention: "foo" => (".", "foo"); "foo/" => ("foo", "");
+// "a/b" => ("a/", "b"); "/" => ("/", ""). Returned dir always has
+// the trailing separator when non-empty so callers can rebuild paths
+// by concatenation.
+func splitDirBase(p string) (dir, base string) {
+	if p == "" {
+		return ".", ""
+	}
+	i := strings.LastIndex(p, "/")
+	if i < 0 {
+		return ".", p
+	}
+	return p[:i+1], p[i+1:]
+}
+
+func longestCommonPrefix(ss []string) string {
+	if len(ss) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	prefix := ss[0]
+	for _, s := range ss[1:] {
+		n := 0
+		for n < len(prefix) && n < len(s) && prefix[n] == s[n] {
+			n++
+		}
+		prefix = prefix[:n]
+		if prefix == "" {
+			return ""
+		}
+	}
+	return prefix
+}
+
 func (i *Interactive) runSlash(ctx context.Context, cmd string) (done bool) {
 	parts := strings.Fields(cmd)
 	switch parts[0] {