diff --git a/src/ui/hooks/useAppKeyboardShortcuts.ts b/src/ui/hooks/useAppKeyboardShortcuts.ts
index f8099b6a..85b1ca20 100644
--- a/src/ui/hooks/useAppKeyboardShortcuts.ts
+++ b/src/ui/hooks/useAppKeyboardShortcuts.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useRef } from "react";
 import type { LayoutMode } from "../../core/types";
 import type { MenuId } from "../components/chrome/menu";
 import {
+  isCreateReviewNoteKey,
   isEscapeKey,
   isHalfPageDownKey,
   isHalfPageUpKey,
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ export function useAppKeyboardShortcuts({
       return;
     }
 
-    if (key.name?.toLowerCase() === "c" || key.sequence?.toLowerCase() === "c") {
+    if (isCreateReviewNoteKey(key)) {
       runAndCloseMenu(startUserNote);
       return;
     }
diff --git a/src/ui/lib/keyboard.ts b/src/ui/lib/keyboard.ts
index 6439bed6..0a60d124 100644
--- a/src/ui/lib/keyboard.ts
+++ b/src/ui/lib/keyboard.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ export function isSaveDraftNoteKey(key: KeyEvent) {
   );
 }
 
+/** Match the unmodified review-note shortcut without stealing terminal copy chords. */
+export function isCreateReviewNoteKey(key: KeyEvent) {
+  return (
+    (key.name === "c" || key.sequence === "c") &&
+    !key.ctrl &&
+    !key.meta &&
+    !key.option &&
+    !key.shift
+  );
+}
+
 /** Match any key alias that should scroll forward by a full viewport. */
 export function isPageDownKey(key: KeyEvent) {
   return (
diff --git a/src/ui/lib/ui-lib.test.ts b/src/ui/lib/ui-lib.test.ts
index d05f3f09..661c6974 100644
--- a/src/ui/lib/ui-lib.test.ts
+++ b/src/ui/lib/ui-lib.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { buildAgentPopoverContent, resolveAgentPopoverPlacement, wrapText } from "./agentPopover";
 import { buildAppMenus } from "./appMenus";
 import {
+  isCreateReviewNoteKey,
   isEscapeKey,
   isHalfPageDownKey,
   isHalfPageUpKey,
@@ -280,6 +281,15 @@ describe("ui helpers", () => {
     expect(isShiftSpacePageUpKey(createKeyEvent({ name: "space", shift: false }))).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  test("review note shortcut only matches unmodified c", () => {
+    expect(isCreateReviewNoteKey(createKeyEvent({ name: "c" }))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCreateReviewNoteKey(createKeyEvent({ sequence: "c" }))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isCreateReviewNoteKey(createKeyEvent({ name: "C", shift: true }))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCreateReviewNoteKey(createKeyEvent({ name: "c", ctrl: true }))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCreateReviewNoteKey(createKeyEvent({ name: "c", meta: true }))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isCreateReviewNoteKey(createKeyEvent({ name: "c", option: true }))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   test("fitText and padText clamp using the terminal fallback marker", () => {
     expect(fitText("hello", 0)).toBe("");
     expect(fitText("hello", 1)).toBe(".");