diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/history.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/history.tsx
index e55479c0267..e90503e9f52 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/history.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/history.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type { AgentPart, FilePart, TextPart } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2"
 
 export type PromptInfo = {
   input: string
+  mode?: "normal" | "shell"
   parts: (
     | Omit<FilePart, "id" | "messageID" | "sessionID">
     | Omit<AgentPart, "id" | "messageID" | "sessionID">
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
index 941b383e649..1f21b7b4693 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -491,6 +491,9 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
     // Filter out text parts (pasted content) since they're now expanded inline
     const nonTextParts = store.prompt.parts.filter((part) => part.type !== "text")
 
+    // Capture mode before it gets reset
+    const currentMode = store.mode
+
     if (store.mode === "shell") {
       sdk.client.session.shell({
         sessionID,
@@ -539,7 +542,10 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
         ],
       })
     }
-    history.append(store.prompt)
+    history.append({
+      ...store.prompt,
+      mode: currentMode,
+    })
     input.extmarks.clear()
     setStore("prompt", {
       input: "",
@@ -763,6 +769,7 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
                     if (item) {
                       input.setText(item.input)
                       setStore("prompt", item)
+                      setStore("mode", item.mode ?? "normal")
                       restoreExtmarksFromParts(item.parts)
                       e.preventDefault()
                       if (direction === -1) input.cursorOffset = 0