diff --git a/apps/ui/src/components/CoachTip.test.tsx b/apps/ui/src/components/CoachTip.test.tsx
index b836c44c..1fc92c8a 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/CoachTip.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/CoachTip.test.tsx
@@ -104,15 +104,21 @@ describe("CoachTip (RIG-2530)", () => {
 
 	test("label-only: a command with no keymap row renders the label and no chip", async () => {
 		setPlatform("other");
-		// Guard the premise: view.backlog has no keymap row on this base.
-		expect(shortcutFor(cmd("view.backlog"), "other")).toBeUndefined();
+		// Guard the premise: board.openCardCrossLink has no keymap row (it is
+		// board-nav dispatched, never a global chord — keymap.test.ts pins this).
+		expect(
+			shortcutFor(cmd("board.openCardCrossLink"), "other"),
+		).toBeUndefined();
 
 		const { getByRole, baseElement } = render(() => (
 			<CoachTip>
 				<CoachTipTrigger as="button" type="button">
-					Backlog
+					Open cross-link
 				</CoachTipTrigger>
-				<CoachTipContent label="Backlog" command={cmd("view.backlog")} />
+				<CoachTipContent
+					label="Open cross-link"
+					command={cmd("board.openCardCrossLink")}
+				/>
 			</CoachTip>
 		));
 
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ describe("CoachTip (RIG-2530)", () => {
 
 		const tooltip = tooltipOf(baseElement);
 		expect(tooltip).not.toBeNull();
-		expect(tooltip?.textContent).toContain("Backlog");
+		expect(tooltip?.textContent).toContain("Open cross-link");
 		expect(tooltip?.querySelector(".cx-palette-shortcut")).toBeNull();
 		expect(tooltip?.querySelector("kbd")).toBeNull();
 	});
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/components/Palette.test.tsx b/apps/ui/src/components/Palette.test.tsx
index db04868a..45f8aedc 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/Palette.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/Palette.test.tsx
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ describe("Palette (RIG-2483)", () => {
 		);
 		const bridge = links.find((b) => b.textContent?.includes("Bridge"));
 		const settings = links.find((b) => b.textContent?.includes("Settings"));
+		const backlog = links.find((b) => b.textContent?.includes("Backlog"));
+		const done = links.find((b) => b.textContent?.includes("Done"));
 		// view.bridge → Mod+B, view.settings → Mod+, — aria uses the WAI-ARIA
 		// Control token. The display chord no longer rides a native title (the
 		// RIG-2530 sweep coaches it via CoachTip); a native title would
@@ -252,5 +254,13 @@ describe("Palette (RIG-2483)", () => {
 		expect(bridge?.getAttribute("aria-keyshortcuts")).toBe("Control+B");
 		expect(bridge?.getAttribute("title")).toBeNull();
 		expect(settings?.getAttribute("aria-keyshortcuts")).toBe("Control+,");
+		expect(settings?.getAttribute("title")).toBeNull();
+		// view.backlog / view.done are sequence-only (G L / G D): shortcutForAria
+		// skips the sequence so NO aria-keyshortcuts is emitted, and the RIG-2530
+		// sweep moved coaching to a CoachTip, so there is no native title either.
+		expect(backlog?.getAttribute("aria-keyshortcuts")).toBeNull();
+		expect(backlog?.getAttribute("title")).toBeNull();
+		expect(done?.getAttribute("aria-keyshortcuts")).toBeNull();
+		expect(done?.getAttribute("title")).toBeNull();
 	});
 });
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/components/ShortcutsOverlay.test.tsx b/apps/ui/src/components/ShortcutsOverlay.test.tsx
index 8e2c7adc..52e523de 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/ShortcutsOverlay.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/ShortcutsOverlay.test.tsx
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ describe("ShortcutsOverlay (RIG-2482)", () => {
 		fireEvent.input(input, { target: { value: "bridge" } });
 		await flush();
 		const rows = container.querySelectorAll(".cx-shortcuts-row");
-		expect(rows.length).toBe(1);
-		expect(rows[0]?.textContent).toContain("Bridge");
+		// "bridge" now matches both Mod+B and the G B leader sequence (RIG-2484).
+		expect(rows.length).toBe(2);
+		const text = [...rows].map((r) => r.textContent ?? "");
+		expect(text.every((t) => t.includes("Bridge"))).toBe(true);
+		expect(text.some((t) => t.includes("G then B"))).toBe(true);
 	});
 
 	test("a no-match query shows the dim empty row and no rows", async () => {
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/keyboard-e2e.test.tsx b/apps/ui/src/keyboard-e2e.test.tsx
index ee82dbca..13ebff54 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/keyboard-e2e.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/keyboard-e2e.test.tsx
@@ -116,6 +116,35 @@ describe("App-root keyboard spine (RIG-2456)", () => {
 
 		expect(store.view()).toBe("settings");
 	});
+
+	test("G then S lands on Settings (leader sequence, real App wiring)", async () => {
+		setPlatform("other");
+		const { store } = mountApp("/");
+		expect(store.view()).toBe("bridge");
+
+		// The `G S` sequence (keymap.ts) resolves through the same tier-3 path as
+		// `Mod+,` once the T3 runtime arms the leader. Registers nothing — the
+		// spine already registered view.settings.
+		press({ key: "g" });
+		press({ key: "s" });
+		await flush();
+
+		expect(store.view()).toBe("settings");
+	});
+
+	test("G then L lands on Backlog (sequence-only command, real App wiring)", async () => {
+		setPlatform("other");
+		const { store } = mountApp("/");
+		expect(store.view()).toBe("bridge");
+
+		// view.backlog's ONLY keyboard binding is the `G L` sequence; this proves
+		// the leader runtime resolves it end to end with no App-specific setup.
+		press({ key: "g" });
+		press({ key: "l" });
+		await flush();
+
+		expect(store.view()).toBe("backlog");
+	});
 });
 
 describe("shortcuts overlay (RIG-2482)", () => {
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.test.ts b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.test.ts
index addbcf7f..ad0ca711 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.test.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, jest, test } from "bun:test";
 import type { Command, CommandId, CommandScope } from "./commands";
-import { detectPlatform, eventToChord, installKeymap } from "./dispatch";
+import {
+	detectPlatform,
+	eventToChord,
+	installKeymap,
+	LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS,
+} from "./dispatch";
 import type { Platform } from "./keymap";
 import { createCommandRegistry } from "./registry";
 import type { RovingGroupHandle } from "./roving";
@@ -445,3 +450,219 @@ describe("installKeymap", () => {
 		expect(ran).toBe(0);
 	});
 });
+
+// The leader/mnemonic runtime (RIG-2484 T3): "press G, then <key>" sequences
+// armed inside the ONE keydown handler, with a timeout, the editable guard
+// ahead of arming, and dead-sequence fall-through to single-chord resolution.
+describe("installKeymap — leader sequences", () => {
+	let uninstall: (() => void) | null = null;
+
+	afterEach(() => {
+		uninstall?.();
+		uninstall = null;
+		jest.useRealTimers();
+		setPlatform("other");
+	});
+
+	test("g then b runs view.bridge (G B); the arming g is defaultPrevented", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		const armed = keydown({ key: "g" });
+		expect(armed.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+		expect(ran).toBe(0);
+
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+		expect(ran).toBe(1);
+		// The completion disarmed the leader: a second bare b is a no-op, not a
+		// stuck-pending double-complete.
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+		expect(ran).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	test("timeout: after LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS the leader disarms, so b does not complete", () => {
+		jest.useFakeTimers();
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		jest.advanceTimersByTime(LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS + 1);
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+
+		expect(ran).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test("editable-guard: g then b in an input arms nothing, runs nothing, prevents nothing", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		const input = document.createElement("input");
+		document.body.appendChild(input);
+		const armed = keydown({ key: "g" }, input);
+		const completed = keydown({ key: "b" }, input);
+
+		expect(armed.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+		expect(completed.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+		expect(ran).toBe(0);
+		input.remove();
+	});
+
+	test("<select> non-regression: g on a focused select does not arm (native typeahead intact)", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		const select = document.createElement("select");
+		document.body.appendChild(select);
+		const event = keydown({ key: "g" }, select);
+
+		expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+		select.remove();
+	});
+
+	test("ARIA-widget non-regression: g inside a role=listbox does not arm", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		const listbox = document.createElement("div");
+		listbox.setAttribute("role", "listbox");
+		const option = document.createElement("div");
+		listbox.appendChild(option);
+		document.body.appendChild(listbox);
+		const event = keydown({ key: "g" }, option);
+
+		expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+		listbox.remove();
+	});
+
+	test("dead-sequence fall-through: g then ArrowDown routes to the active group", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		const { handle, routed } = stubGroup(() => true);
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => handle);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		const event = keydown({ key: "ArrowDown" });
+
+		// "G ArrowDown" matches no row → falls through to the single-chord path,
+		// where the active group claims list.moveNext.
+		expect(routed).toEqual([id("list.moveNext")]);
+		expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	test("re-arm: g g then b runs view.bridge (the second g re-arms)", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		const rearmed = keydown({ key: "g" });
+		expect(rearmed.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+
+		expect(ran).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	test("arm-then-refocus: g on window, then b in a composer input, does not complete", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		const input = document.createElement("input");
+		document.body.appendChild(input);
+		const event = keydown({ key: "b" }, input);
+
+		expect(ran).toBe(0); // the editable guard swallowed the completion key
+		expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+		input.remove();
+	});
+
+	test("Escape disarms: g, Escape, then b does not complete", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		const esc = keydown({ key: "Escape" });
+		expect(esc.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+
+		expect(ran).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test.each([
+		["Shift", { shiftKey: true }],
+		["Control", { ctrlKey: true }],
+		["Alt", { altKey: true }],
+		["Meta", { metaKey: true }],
+	] as const)(
+		"a lone %s keydown mid-sequence does NOT disarm: g, %s, b completes",
+		(key, flag) => {
+			const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+			let ran = 0;
+			registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+			uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+			keydown({ key: "g" });
+			keydown({ key, ...flag });
+			keydown({ key: "b" });
+
+			expect(ran).toBe(1);
+		},
+	);
+
+	test("Mod+B mid-sequence disarms AND runs view.bridge in the same keydown", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		// "G Ctrl+B" matches no row → falls through; the leader disarmed, and the
+		// single-chord Ctrl+B resolves view.bridge.
+		keydown({ key: "b", ctrlKey: true });
+
+		expect(ran).toBe(1);
+		// The leader disarmed (not left pending): a bare b now does nothing.
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+		expect(ran).toBe(1);
+	});
+
+	test("held g (repeat) does not arm", () => {
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		uninstall = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		const event = keydown({ key: "g", repeat: true });
+		expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+
+		// Nothing armed, so a following b never completes.
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+		expect(ran).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test("uninstall while a leader is pending leaves no timer firing", () => {
+		jest.useFakeTimers();
+		const registry = createCommandRegistry();
+		let ran = 0;
+		registry.register(makeCommand("view.bridge", () => ran++));
+		const stop = installKeymap(registry, () => null);
+
+		keydown({ key: "g" });
+		stop(); // clears the live pending.timer
+		uninstall = null;
+
+		expect(() => jest.advanceTimersByTime(LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS + 1)).not.toThrow();
+		keydown({ key: "b" });
+		expect(ran).toBe(0); // listener gone; nothing runs
+	});
+});
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.ts b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.ts
index f3533dfc..47dcc31a 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/dispatch.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,29 @@
  * group does not claim (e.g. `Mod+B` while the board is focused) still reaches
  * the global `view.bridge`. The caller registers commands and supplies the
  * active-group accessor; this module registers nothing.
+ *
+ * Leader sequences (RIG-2484). The same one listener also arms "press G, then
+ * <key>" chords. Each keydown runs in a fixed order: normalize → editable-target
+ * guard FIRST (a modifier-less key in a text field / `<select>` / ARIA
+ * combobox/listbox/menu types, never arms or fires) → completion (when a leader
+ * is armed: a pure-modifier key is ignored, Escape disarms and is consumed, else
+ * the leader disarms and the two-segment chord `"<leader> <key>"` resolves; a
+ * sequence that matches no row falls through and re-enters arming in the same
+ * keydown) → arming (a table-derived leader prefix with no command modifier and
+ * not an auto-repeat arms and is consumed, starting a `LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS` disarm
+ * timer) → single-chord path. A completed sequence and a single chord run the
+ * SAME three-tier resolution. Leaders are derived from the keymap
+ * (`leaderPrefixes`), never hard-coded; the uninstaller clears any live timer.
  */
 
 import type { CommandId, CommandRegistry } from "./commands";
-import { DEFAULT_KEYMAP, type Platform, resolveChord } from "./keymap";
+import {
+	DEFAULT_KEYMAP,
+	type KeymapEntry,
+	leaderPrefixes,
+	type Platform,
+	resolveChord,
+} from "./keymap";
 import type { RovingGroupHandle } from "./roving";
 import type { FocusZone } from "./zones";
 
@@ -62,12 +81,22 @@ function isGroupRelative(id: CommandId): boolean {
 	return id.startsWith("list.") || id.startsWith("board.");
 }
 
-/** Whether an event target owns its own text keys (comms composer, etc.). */
+/**
+ * Whether an event target owns its own text keys (comms composer, native
+ * `<select>` typeahead, or an ARIA combobox/listbox/menu widget). A bare letter
+ * on any of these must reach the widget, never arm a leader or fire a chord —
+ * arming unconditionally `preventDefault`s (§A3 step 4), which would otherwise
+ * steal a `<select>`'s typeahead or the palette listbox's search keys (§A1).
+ */
 function isEditableTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
 	return (
 		target instanceof HTMLInputElement ||
 		target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement ||
-		(target instanceof HTMLElement && target.isContentEditable)
+		target instanceof HTMLSelectElement ||
+		(target instanceof HTMLElement &&
+			(target.isContentEditable ||
+				target.closest('[role="combobox"],[role="listbox"],[role="menu"]') !==
+					null))
 	);
 }
 
@@ -84,6 +113,21 @@ export function detectPlatform(): Platform {
 		: "other";
 }
 
+/**
+ * A pending leader sequence: the resolved first-segment chord (`"G"`) plus the
+ * live disarm timer handle. `null` when no sequence is armed. Per-install
+ * closure state — no module-level global (matches App.tsx's install/onCleanup
+ * discipline).
+ */
+type PendingLeader = { leader: string; timer: number } | null;
+
+/**
+ * How long an armed leader waits for its completion key before self-disarming
+ * (§A3, OQ1 ratified at 1000 ms). Exported so the runtime and its tests share
+ * the one value.
+ */
+export const LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;
+
 /**
  * Install the global keymap. Adds one `keydown` listener and returns the
  * uninstaller (removes exactly that listener). `active` yields the focused
@@ -106,21 +150,28 @@ export function installKeymap(
 	activeZone: () => FocusZone | null = () => null,
 ): () => void {
 	const platform: Platform = detectPlatform();
+	// The leader-prefix set is table-derived and platform-fixed, so compute it
+	// once at install rather than per keydown.
+	const leaders = leaderPrefixes(DEFAULT_KEYMAP, platform);
 
-	const handler = (event: KeyboardEvent): void => {
-		const chord = eventToChord(event, platform);
-		const matching = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.filter(
-			(entry) => resolveChord(entry.chord, platform) === chord,
-		);
-		if (matching.length === 0) return;
-
-		// Editable-target guard: a modifier-less chord (arrows, Enter, Space,
-		// Home/End, and bare Shift combos) never fires while focus is in a text
-		// field — the composer keeps its local keys. Mod/Ctrl/Alt chords are
-		// global and are NOT guarded.
-		const hasCommandModifier = event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey;
-		if (!hasCommandModifier && isEditableTarget(event.target)) return;
+	// Per-install pending-leader state (§A3). `null` unless a leader is armed.
+	let pending: PendingLeader = null;
+	const disarm = (): void => {
+		if (pending) {
+			clearTimeout(pending.timer);
+			pending = null;
+		}
+	};
 
+	// Resolve a set of matching rows through the ratified three tiers (active
+	// group → scoped → global). Factored so a single chord and a completed
+	// leader sequence run byte-identical resolution — the completion path passes
+	// the sequence-matched rows, the single-chord path passes the single-chord
+	// rows, and both flow through here.
+	const resolve = (
+		matching: readonly KeymapEntry[],
+		event: KeyboardEvent,
+	): void => {
 		// Tier 1 — active group. Route a group-relative chord to the group; a
 		// `true` return handles it (and suppresses native activation), a `false`
 		// (declines) falls through to the next tier.
@@ -167,6 +218,83 @@ export function installKeymap(
 		}
 	};
 
+	const handler = (event: KeyboardEvent): void => {
+		// Step 1 — normalize.
+		const chord = eventToChord(event, platform);
+
+		// Step 2 — editable-target guard FIRST, before any leader logic and
+		// before the empty-matching return, but only for modifier-less keys. A
+		// bare key in a text field / native <select> / ARIA widget must type,
+		// never arm, complete, or fire. Mod/Ctrl/Alt chords are global and stay
+		// unguarded (and, via the completion fall-through below, still disarm).
+		const hasCommandModifier = event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey;
+		if (!hasCommandModifier && isEditableTarget(event.target)) return;
+
+		// Step 3 — completion. A leader is pending.
+		if (pending) {
+			// A pure-modifier keydown (holding Shift/Control/Alt/Meta mid-sequence
+			// is human) neither completes nor disarms.
+			if (
+				event.key === "Shift" ||
+				event.key === "Control" ||
+				event.key === "Alt" ||
+				event.key === "Meta"
+			) {
+				return;
+			}
+			// Escape disarms and is consumed.
+			if (event.key === "Escape") {
+				disarm();
+				event.preventDefault();
+				return;
+			}
+			// Otherwise resolve the two-segment chord "<leader> <completionChord>"
+			// where the completion segment is the FULL normalized chord. Disarm
+			// first (the sequence is spent either way).
+			const { leader } = pending;
+			disarm();
+			const sequence = `${leader} ${chord}`;
+			const seqMatching = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.filter(
+				(entry) => resolveChord(entry.chord, platform) === sequence,
+			);
+			if (seqMatching.length > 0) {
+				resolve(seqMatching, event);
+				return;
+			}
+			// No row matches: fall through and process this key as a plain single
+			// chord in the same keydown, RE-ENTERING the arming step first (so a
+			// repeated leader re-arms and any other key resolves on its own).
+		}
+
+		// Step 4 — arming. No leader pending (or the sequence fell through): if
+		// the normalized chord is a table-derived leader prefix (which, per the
+		// A2 authoring rule, has no single-chord row of its own) and the key is
+		// not an auto-repeat, arm and consume. Modifier chords never arm; the
+		// editable guard already returned for interactive targets.
+		if (!hasCommandModifier && !event.repeat && leaders.has(chord)) {
+			pending = {
+				leader: chord,
+				timer: setTimeout(disarm, LEADER_TIMEOUT_MS) as unknown as number,
+			};
+			event.preventDefault();
+			event.stopPropagation();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Step 5 — single-chord path (unchanged): the empty-matching return and
+		// the three tiers.
+		const matching = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.filter(
+			(entry) => resolveChord(entry.chord, platform) === chord,
+		);
+		if (matching.length === 0) return;
+		resolve(matching, event);
+	};
+
 	window.addEventListener("keydown", handler);
-	return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handler);
+	return () => {
+		window.removeEventListener("keydown", handler);
+		// Clear any live disarm timer so an uninstall (test teardown / HMR) never
+		// leaks a timer that fires against a torn-down closure.
+		disarm();
+	};
 }
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.test.ts b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.test.ts
index 63c0d83a..9ba35150 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.test.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import type { CommandId } from "./commands";
 import {
 	chordSegments,
+	DEFAULT_KEYMAP,
 	formatChordForDisplay,
 	type KeymapEntry,
 	leaderPrefixes,
@@ -37,10 +38,19 @@ describe("shortcutFor", () => {
 
 	test("undefined for a command with no keymap row (miss)", () => {
 		expect(shortcutFor(id("board.openCardCrossLink"), "other")).toBeUndefined();
-		expect(shortcutFor(id("view.backlog"), "other")).toBeUndefined();
 		expect(shortcutFor(id("nonexistent.command"), "other")).toBeUndefined();
 	});
 
+	test("a sequence-only command renders its formatted sequence chord", () => {
+		// view.backlog's only keymap row is the G L sequence (T2, RIG-2484).
+		expect(shortcutFor(id("view.backlog"), "other")).toBe("G then L");
+	});
+
+	test("a dual-bound command shows its modifier chord (sequence row is later)", () => {
+		// view.bridge is Mod+B (first) then G B; the modifier row wins.
+		expect(shortcutFor(id("view.bridge"), "other")).toBe("Ctrl+B");
+	});
+
 	test("returns the FIRST matching row for an id bound more than once", () => {
 		// Enter is bound to list.openOrSelect (unscoped) AND comms.send (when:main);
 		// shortcutFor takes the first DEFAULT_KEYMAP row — list.openOrSelect's.
@@ -92,6 +102,26 @@ describe("leaderPrefixes", () => {
 		];
 		expect(leaderPrefixes(single, "other").size).toBe(0);
 	});
+
+	test("resolves the leader segment per-platform (a Mod leader → Cmd/Ctrl)", () => {
+		const modLeader: readonly KeymapEntry[] = [
+			{ chord: "Mod+X Y", commandId: id("view.bridge") },
+		];
+		expect([...leaderPrefixes(modLeader, "mac")]).toEqual(["Cmd+X"]);
+		expect([...leaderPrefixes(modLeader, "other")]).toEqual(["Ctrl+X"]);
+	});
+
+	test("accumulates distinct leaders and dedups rows sharing one leader", () => {
+		const twoLeaders: readonly KeymapEntry[] = [
+			{ chord: "G B", commandId: id("view.bridge") },
+			{ chord: "G L", commandId: id("view.backlog") },
+			{ chord: "Space X", commandId: id("view.done") },
+		];
+		expect([...leaderPrefixes(twoLeaders, "other")].sort()).toEqual([
+			"G",
+			"Space",
+		]);
+	});
 });
 
 describe("formatChordForDisplay", () => {
@@ -105,3 +135,36 @@ describe("formatChordForDisplay", () => {
 		expect(formatChordForDisplay("G L", "other")).toBe("G then L");
 	});
 });
+
+// DEFAULT_KEYMAP authoring invariants for leader sequences (RIG-2484 §A2).
+describe("DEFAULT_KEYMAP sequence authoring invariants", () => {
+	const MODIFIER = /(?:^|\+)(?:Mod|Shift|Alt|Ctrl|Cmd|Meta)(?:\+|$)/;
+	const sequenceRows = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.filter(
+		(e) => chordSegments(e.chord).length > 1,
+	);
+	const singleChords = new Set(
+		DEFAULT_KEYMAP.filter((e) => chordSegments(e.chord).length === 1).map(
+			(e) => e.chord,
+		),
+	);
+
+	test("every sequence is exactly two segments", () => {
+		for (const entry of sequenceRows) {
+			expect(chordSegments(entry.chord).length).toBe(2);
+		}
+	});
+
+	test("every segment of a sequence is modifier-less", () => {
+		for (const entry of sequenceRows) {
+			for (const segment of chordSegments(entry.chord)) {
+				expect(MODIFIER.test(segment)).toBe(false);
+			}
+		}
+	});
+
+	test("a sequence's first segment is not also a complete single chord", () => {
+		for (const entry of sequenceRows) {
+			expect(singleChords.has(chordSegments(entry.chord)[0])).toBe(false);
+		}
+	});
+});
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.ts b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.ts
index 4d5bfb41..8206b65d 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/keymap.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function shortcutFor(
 	platform: Platform,
 ): string | undefined {
 	const entry = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.find((e) => e.commandId === id);
-	return entry ? resolveChord(entry.chord, platform) : undefined;
+	return entry ? formatChordForDisplay(entry.chord, platform) : undefined;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ export function shortcutForAria(
 	id: CommandId,
 	platform: Platform,
 ): string | undefined {
-	const entry = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.find((e) => e.commandId === id);
+	const entry = DEFAULT_KEYMAP.find(
+		(e) => e.commandId === id && chordSegments(e.chord).length === 1,
+	);
 	return entry ? resolveChordAria(entry.chord, platform) : undefined;
 }
 
@@ -171,6 +173,14 @@ export const DEFAULT_KEYMAP: readonly KeymapEntry[] = [
 	// non-ASCII-letter keys, so a US `Shift+/` normalizes to `?`.
 	{ chord: "?", commandId: cmd("view.shortcuts") },
 
+	// Go-to sequences (RIG-2484). Leader "G then <letter>" destinations, all
+	// unscoped/global; each sits AFTER any existing modifier row for the same
+	// command so shortcutFor/shortcutForAria resolve the modifier chord first.
+	{ chord: "G B", commandId: cmd("view.bridge") },
+	{ chord: "G L", commandId: cmd("view.backlog") },
+	{ chord: "G D", commandId: cmd("view.done") },
+	{ chord: "G S", commandId: cmd("view.settings") },
+
 	// Zones (D5:448-449)
 	{ chord: "Mod+1", commandId: cmd("zone.focusLeft") },
 	{ chord: "Mod+2", commandId: cmd("zone.focusMain") },
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/shortcuts-model.ts b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/shortcuts-model.ts
index c1b703d3..c7c5b12b 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/keyboard/shortcuts-model.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/keyboard/shortcuts-model.ts
@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@
  *     iterated — the keymap is the row source).
  *   - Group by the resolved COMMAND's `scope` (NOT the keymap `when` field),
  *     ordered `global, left, main, right, topbar`; keymap order within a group.
- *   - Render chords via `resolveChord(entry.chord, platform)`.
+ *   - Render chords via `formatChordForDisplay(entry.chord, platform)` (a leader
+ *     sequence renders `"G then B"`; a single chord resolves as before).
  *   - Substring filter (case-insensitive over the lowercased title, each
- *     keyword, and the resolved chord); an empty query passes every row.
+ *     keyword, and the formatted chord); an empty query passes every row.
  */
 
 import type { CommandId, CommandRegistry, CommandScope } from "./commands";
-import { type KeymapEntry, type Platform, resolveChord } from "./keymap";
+import {
+	formatChordForDisplay,
+	type KeymapEntry,
+	type Platform,
+} from "./keymap";
 
 export interface ShortcutRow {
-	readonly chord: string; // platform-resolved via resolveChord
+	readonly chord: string; // platform-resolved + display-formatted via formatChordForDisplay
 	readonly title: string; // command.title
 	readonly commandId: CommandId;
 }
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ export function buildShortcutGroups(
 		const command = registry.get(entry.commandId);
 		if (!command) continue; // unregistered → dead chord, omit
 
-		const chord = resolveChord(entry.chord, platform);
+		const chord = formatChordForDisplay(entry.chord, platform);
 		if (needle && !matches(command.title, command.keywords, chord, needle)) {
 			continue;
 		}