diff --git a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/dashboard.rs b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/dashboard.rs
index a7c95dd..bc3135c 100644
--- a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/dashboard.rs
+++ b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/dashboard.rs
@@ -1251,6 +1251,19 @@ pub(super) fn dispatch_dashboard_dispatch_slash(app: &mut AppView, text: String)
             }
             return vec![];
         }
+        // Required-args command submitted bare (`/model` + Enter): re-open
+        // the dispatch box in the args phase so the dropdown lists the
+        // choices — same "Blocks" contract as the session prompt path.
+        if !crate::slash::is_command_complete(trimmed.as_str(), reg) {
+            let reopened = format!("/{} ", invocation.token);
+            let models = app.models.clone();
+            if let Some(d) = app.dashboard.as_mut() {
+                d.dispatch.set_text(&reopened);
+                d.dispatch.set_cursor(reopened.len());
+                d.dispatch.refresh_slash(&models);
+            }
+            return vec![];
+        }
         if let Some(dashboard) = app.dashboard.as_mut() {
             // Records MRU and queues an off-thread persist internally.
             dashboard
diff --git a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/prompt.rs b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/prompt.rs
index 4436b2d..b6ae51a 100644
--- a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/prompt.rs
+++ b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/prompt.rs
@@ -331,6 +331,23 @@ pub(super) fn dispatch_send_prompt_inner(
         use crate::slash::command::{CommandExecCtx, CommandResult};
         use crate::slash::parse_invocation;
 
+        // A required-args command submitted bare (`/model` + Enter): don't
+        // run into its usage error — re-open the prompt in the args phase
+        // (`"/model "`) so the existing suggestion dropdown lists the
+        // choices. This is the documented "Blocks" row of
+        // [`crate::slash::is_command_complete`].
+        if let Some(invocation) = parse_invocation(trimmed)
+            && !crate::slash::is_command_complete(trimmed, agent.prompt.slash_controller.registry())
+        {
+            let reopened = format!("/{} ", invocation.token);
+            agent.prompt.set_text(&reopened);
+            // Cursor past the trailing space — that is the args-phase signal
+            // the suggestion controller keys on.
+            agent.prompt.set_cursor(reopened.len());
+            agent.prompt.refresh_slash(&agent.session.models);
+            return vec![];
+        }
+
         // Build execution context.
         let exec_result = {
             let mut ctx = CommandExecCtx {
diff --git a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/dashboard.rs b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/dashboard.rs
index f6f4249..7c1ee4a 100644
--- a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/dashboard.rs
+++ b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/dashboard.rs
@@ -1270,6 +1270,38 @@ fn dashboard_slash_model_stages_pending_model() {
     );
 }
 
+/// `/model` + Enter (no args) on the dashboard re-opens the dispatch box in
+/// the args phase — dropdown listing the catalog — instead of toasting the
+/// usage error. Mirrors the session prompt path's "Blocks" contract.
+#[serial_test::serial(KIGI_AGENT_DASHBOARD)]
+#[test]
+fn dashboard_slash_model_no_args_reopens_the_picker() {
+    let mut app = test_app();
+    seed_model(
+        &mut app,
+        "claude-pro-max/claude-opus-4-8",
+        "Claude Opus 4.8",
+    );
+    open_dashboard(&mut app);
+    let effects = dispatch_dashboard_dispatch_slash(&mut app, "/model".into());
+    assert!(effects.is_empty());
+    let d = app.dashboard.as_ref().unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        d.error_toast.is_none(),
+        "no usage toast, got {:?}",
+        d.error_toast
+    );
+    assert_eq!(d.dispatch.text(), "/model ");
+    let snap = d.dispatch.slash_snapshot();
+    assert!(snap.open && !snap.cursor_in_command, "args-phase dropdown");
+    assert!(
+        snap.matches
+            .iter()
+            .any(|row| row.display.contains("Claude Opus 4.8")),
+        "the picker must list the catalog models"
+    );
+}
+
 /// A slash command that fails (`CommandResult::Error`) surfaces on
 /// the dashboard with the `✗` error prefix — command error strings
 /// carry no glyph of their own, and the feedback badge paints the
diff --git a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/router.rs b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/router.rs
index 919644e..4005eec 100644
--- a/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/router.rs
+++ b/crates/codegen/kigi-tui/src/app/dispatch/tests/router.rs
@@ -434,14 +434,58 @@ fn slash_model_invalid_arg_produces_scrollback_error() {
     assert_eq!(app.agents[&id].scrollback.len(), initial_scrollback + 1);
     assert!(app.agents[&id].prompt.text().is_empty());
 }
+/// `/model` + Enter (required args missing) must NOT error into scrollback —
+/// it re-opens the prompt in the args phase so the existing dropdown lists
+/// the catalog (= the connected providers' models). This is the documented
+/// "Blocks" row of `is_command_complete`, which previously had no consumer.
 #[test]
-fn slash_model_no_args_produces_scrollback_error() {
+fn slash_model_no_args_reopens_the_model_picker() {
     let mut app = test_app_with_agent();
     let id = AgentId(0);
+    {
+        let agent = app.agents.get_mut(&id).unwrap();
+        let model_id = acp::ModelId::new(std::sync::Arc::from("claude-pro-max/claude-opus-4-8"));
+        agent.session.models.available.insert(
+            model_id.clone(),
+            acp::ModelInfo::new(model_id, "Claude Opus 4.8".to_string()),
+        );
+    }
     let initial_scrollback = app.agents[&id].scrollback.len();
     let effects = dispatch(Action::SendPrompt("/model".into()), &mut app);
     assert!(effects.is_empty());
-    assert_eq!(app.agents[&id].scrollback.len(), initial_scrollback + 1);
+    assert_eq!(
+        app.agents[&id].scrollback.len(),
+        initial_scrollback,
+        "no usage error may land in scrollback"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        app.agents[&id].prompt.text(),
+        "/model ",
+        "the prompt must re-open in the args phase"
+    );
+    let snap = app.agents[&id].prompt.slash_snapshot();
+    assert!(snap.open, "the dropdown must be open");
+    assert!(
+        !snap.cursor_in_command,
+        "the dropdown must be in the ARGS phase, not command completion"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        snap.matches
+            .iter()
+            .any(|row| row.display.contains("Claude Opus 4.8")),
+        "the picker must list the catalog models, got {:?}",
+        snap.matches.iter().map(|r| &r.display).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    );
+}
+
+/// The alias form `/m` + Enter blocks-and-reopens the same way.
+#[test]
+fn slash_model_alias_no_args_reopens_picker_too() {
+    let mut app = test_app_with_agent();
+    let id = AgentId(0);
+    let effects = dispatch(Action::SendPrompt("/m".into()), &mut app);
+    assert!(effects.is_empty());
+    assert_eq!(app.agents[&id].prompt.text(), "/m ");
 }
 #[test]
 fn slash_hooks_opens_modal() {