diff --git a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/shared/eventa/index.ts b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/shared/eventa/index.ts
index 386599820..6850b9a34 100644
--- a/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/shared/eventa/index.ts
+++ b/apps/stage-tamagotchi/src/shared/eventa/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { Locale } from '@intlify/core'
 import type { ServerOptions } from '@proj-airi/server-runtime/server'
+import type {
+  ShortcutBinding,
+  ShortcutRegistrationResult,
+} from '@proj-airi/stage-shared/global-shortcut'
 import type { ServerChannelQrPayload } from '@proj-airi/stage-shared/server-channel-qr'
 import type {
   ThreeHitTestReadTracePayload,
@@ -315,6 +319,34 @@ export const electronGodotStageGetStatus = defineInvokeEventa<ElectronGodotStage
 export const electronGodotStageApplySceneInput = defineInvokeEventa<void, ElectronGodotStageSceneInputPayload>('eventa:invoke:electron:godot-stage:apply-scene-input')
 export const electronGodotStageStatusChanged = defineEventa<ElectronGodotStageStatus>('eventa:event:electron:godot-stage:status-changed')
 
+// Global shortcut ->
+
+/**
+ * Phase of a shortcut trigger event.
+ *
+ * - `down` — key-combination pressed
+ * - `up`   — key-combination released; only emitted by drivers that set
+ *            `ok: true` for bindings with `receiveKeyUps: true`
+ */
+export type ElectronShortcutTriggerPhase = 'down' | 'up'
+
+/**
+ * Payload broadcast to all subscribed windows when a registered shortcut
+ * fires. Renderer composables filter by `id` to dispatch local handlers.
+ */
+export interface ElectronShortcutTriggerPayload {
+  id: string
+  phase: ElectronShortcutTriggerPhase
+}
+
+export const electronShortcutRegister = defineInvokeEventa<ShortcutRegistrationResult, ShortcutBinding>('eventa:invoke:electron:shortcut:register')
+export const electronShortcutUnregister = defineInvokeEventa<void, { id: string }>('eventa:invoke:electron:shortcut:unregister')
+export const electronShortcutUnregisterAll = defineInvokeEventa<void>('eventa:invoke:electron:shortcut:unregister-all')
+export const electronShortcutList = defineInvokeEventa<ShortcutBinding[]>('eventa:invoke:electron:shortcut:list')
+export const electronShortcutTriggered = defineEventa<ElectronShortcutTriggerPayload>('eventa:event:electron:shortcut:triggered')
+
+// <- Global shortcut
+
 export type StageThreeRuntimeTraceEnvelope
   = | { type: 'three-render-info', payload: ThreeSceneRenderInfoTracePayload }
     | { type: 'three-hit-test-read', payload: ThreeHitTestReadTracePayload }
diff --git a/cspell.config.yaml b/cspell.config.yaml
index 05dd6d990..663500f2c 100644
--- a/cspell.config.yaml
+++ b/cspell.config.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ words:
   - autoplay
   - awilix
   - Ayaka
+  - Backquote
   - baichuan
   - baiducloud
   - bailian
@@ -49,11 +50,13 @@ words:
   - cjkfonts
   - clippy
   - clustr
+  - cmdorctrl
   - codesign
   - collectblock
   - colorjs
   - cometapi
   - Comfortaa
+  - commandorcontrol
   - composables
   - cooldown
   - coreml
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ words:
   - softprops
   - sonarjs
   - sonner
+  - Spacebar
   - specta
   - splitpanes
   - splt
diff --git a/packages/stage-shared/package.json b/packages/stage-shared/package.json
index 923758029..366cc6670 100644
--- a/packages/stage-shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/stage-shared/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     ".": "./src/index.ts",
     "./auth": "./src/auth/index.ts",
     "./beat-sync": "./src/beat-sync/index.ts",
+    "./global-shortcut": "./src/global-shortcut/index.ts",
     "./server-channel-qr": "./src/server-channel-qr.ts",
     "./electron-renderer": "./src/electron-renderer.d.ts",
     "./composables": "./src/composables/index.ts",
diff --git a/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/accelerators.test.ts b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/accelerators.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b291e9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/accelerators.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import {
+  formatAccelerator,
+  formatElectronAccelerator,
+  isValidAccelerator,
+  KEY_NAMES,
+  parseAccelerator,
+} from './accelerators'
+
+describe('parseAccelerator', () => {
+  it('parses a single key with no modifiers', () => {
+    // @example "Escape" — bare key, valid on its own
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Escape')).toEqual({ modifiers: [], key: 'Escape' })
+  })
+
+  it('parses a typical accelerator with modifiers', () => {
+    // @example "Mod+Shift+K" — common Cmd/Ctrl shortcut
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Mod+Shift+K'))
+      .toEqual({ modifiers: ['cmd-or-ctrl', 'shift'], key: 'KeyK' })
+  })
+
+  it('treats Mod, CmdOrCtrl, and CommandOrControl as the same modifier', () => {
+    const a = parseAccelerator('Mod+K')
+    const b = parseAccelerator('CmdOrCtrl+K')
+    const c = parseAccelerator('CommandOrControl+K')
+    expect(a).toEqual(b)
+    expect(b).toEqual(c)
+    expect(a.modifiers).toEqual(['cmd-or-ctrl'])
+  })
+
+  it('treats Cmd and Command as the same modifier', () => {
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Cmd+K')).toEqual(parseAccelerator('Command+K'))
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Cmd+K').modifiers).toEqual(['cmd'])
+  })
+
+  it('treats Ctrl and Control as the same modifier', () => {
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Ctrl+K')).toEqual(parseAccelerator('Control+K'))
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Ctrl+K').modifiers).toEqual(['ctrl'])
+  })
+
+  it('treats Alt and Option as the same modifier', () => {
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Alt+F12')).toEqual(parseAccelerator('Option+F12'))
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Alt+F12').modifiers).toEqual(['alt'])
+  })
+
+  it('is case-insensitive on modifier tokens', () => {
+    // @example "mod+shift+k" parses identically to "Mod+Shift+K"
+    expect(parseAccelerator('mod+shift+k'))
+      .toEqual(parseAccelerator('Mod+Shift+K'))
+  })
+
+  it('expands single-letter shorthand to W3C key code', () => {
+    // @example "K" -> "KeyK"
+    expect(parseAccelerator('K').key).toBe('KeyK')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('a').key).toBe('KeyA')
+  })
+
+  it('expands single-digit shorthand to W3C key code', () => {
+    // @example "1" -> "Digit1"
+    expect(parseAccelerator('1').key).toBe('Digit1')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Mod+9').key).toBe('Digit9')
+  })
+
+  it('accepts canonical W3C key codes verbatim', () => {
+    expect(parseAccelerator('KeyK').key).toBe('KeyK')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Digit1').key).toBe('Digit1')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('F12').key).toBe('F12')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('ArrowUp').key).toBe('ArrowUp')
+  })
+
+  it('expands key shorthand aliases to canonical names', () => {
+    // @example "Up" -> "ArrowUp", "Esc" -> "Escape"
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Up').key).toBe('ArrowUp')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Esc').key).toBe('Escape')
+    expect(parseAccelerator('Return').key).toBe('Enter')
+  })
+
+  it('tolerates whitespace around tokens', () => {
+    expect(parseAccelerator(' Mod + Shift + K '))
+      .toEqual(parseAccelerator('Mod+Shift+K'))
+  })
+
+  it('throws on empty input', () => {
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('')).toThrow(/empty string/)
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('   ')).toThrow(/empty string/)
+  })
+
+  it('throws on empty token (trailing or leading +)', () => {
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Mod+')).toThrow(/empty token/)
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('+K')).toThrow(/empty token/)
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Mod++K')).toThrow(/empty token/)
+  })
+
+  it('throws when the input has no key token', () => {
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Mod+Shift')).toThrow(/no key token/)
+  })
+
+  it('throws when the input has multiple non-modifier tokens', () => {
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Mod+K+L')).toThrow(/multiple non-modifier keys/)
+  })
+
+  it('throws on duplicate modifier (alias-aware)', () => {
+    // @example "Mod+CmdOrCtrl+K" — both alias to "cmd-or-ctrl"
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Mod+CmdOrCtrl+K'))
+      .toThrow(/duplicate modifier/)
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Shift+Shift+K'))
+      .toThrow(/duplicate modifier/)
+  })
+
+  it('throws on unknown key token', () => {
+    // @example "Mod+Foo" — "Foo" is not a known key
+    expect(() => parseAccelerator('Mod+Foo'))
+      .toThrow(/unknown key/)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('isValidAccelerator', () => {
+  it('returns true for well-formed accelerators', () => {
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('Mod+Shift+K')).toBe(true)
+    expect(isValidAccelerator(' CmdOrCtrl + K ')).toBe(true)
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('Escape')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('returns false for malformed input without throwing', () => {
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('Mod+')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('Mod+Shift')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('Mod+K+L')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isValidAccelerator('Mod+Foo')).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('formatAccelerator', () => {
+  it('emits canonical IR with modifier ordering normalized', () => {
+    // @example modifiers given in author order ['shift', 'cmd-or-ctrl']
+    // serialize as 'Mod+Shift+KeyK', not 'Shift+Mod+KeyK'
+    expect(formatAccelerator({ modifiers: ['shift', 'cmd-or-ctrl'], key: 'KeyK' }))
+      .toBe('Mod+Shift+KeyK')
+  })
+
+  it('emits a bare key when there are no modifiers', () => {
+    expect(formatAccelerator({ modifiers: [], key: 'Escape' })).toBe('Escape')
+  })
+
+  it('orders modifiers as cmd-or-ctrl, cmd, ctrl, alt, shift, super', () => {
+    expect(formatAccelerator({
+      modifiers: ['super', 'shift', 'alt', 'ctrl', 'cmd', 'cmd-or-ctrl'],
+      key: 'KeyK',
+    })).toBe('Mod+Cmd+Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Super+KeyK')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('formatElectronAccelerator', () => {
+  it('rewrites cmd-or-ctrl to CmdOrCtrl', () => {
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: ['cmd-or-ctrl', 'shift'], key: 'KeyK' }))
+      .toBe('CmdOrCtrl+Shift+K')
+  })
+
+  it('strips the Key prefix from letter keys', () => {
+    // @example "KeyK" -> "K"
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: ['alt'], key: 'KeyA' }))
+      .toBe('Alt+A')
+  })
+
+  it('strips the Digit prefix from digit keys', () => {
+    // @example "Digit1" -> "1"
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: ['cmd-or-ctrl'], key: 'Digit1' }))
+      .toBe('CmdOrCtrl+1')
+  })
+
+  it('rewrites arrow keys to Electron short names', () => {
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: [], key: 'ArrowUp' })).toBe('Up')
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: [], key: 'ArrowDown' })).toBe('Down')
+  })
+
+  it('rewrites Escape to Esc', () => {
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: [], key: 'Escape' })).toBe('Esc')
+  })
+
+  it('rewrites punctuation keys to literal characters', () => {
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: [], key: 'Equal' })).toBe('=')
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: ['shift'], key: 'Slash' })).toBe('Shift+/')
+  })
+
+  it('passes function and named keys through unchanged', () => {
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: ['alt'], key: 'F12' })).toBe('Alt+F12')
+    expect(formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: [], key: 'Space' })).toBe('Space')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('round-trip parse -> format', () => {
+  it('is idempotent on canonical IR strings', () => {
+    for (const input of [
+      'Mod+Shift+KeyK',
+      'Alt+F12',
+      'Escape',
+      'Mod+Alt+ArrowUp',
+    ]) {
+      expect(formatAccelerator(parseAccelerator(input))).toBe(input)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('normalizes non-canonical inputs to canonical IR', () => {
+    // @example "Shift+Mod+k" normalizes to "Mod+Shift+KeyK"
+    expect(formatAccelerator(parseAccelerator('Shift+Mod+k'))).toBe('Mod+Shift+KeyK')
+    expect(formatAccelerator(parseAccelerator(' CmdOrCtrl + Shift + KeyK ')))
+      .toBe('Mod+Shift+KeyK')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('constant KEY_NAMES', () => {
+  it('includes a representative subset of W3C key codes', () => {
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('KeyA')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('KeyZ')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('Digit0')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('F1')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('F24')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('ArrowUp')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('Escape')).toBe(true)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('Space')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('does not include shorthand aliases', () => {
+    // KEY_NAMES is the canonical set; shorthand resolves through the
+    // parser, not the exported set.
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('K')).toBe(false)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('Up')).toBe(false)
+    expect(KEY_NAMES.has('Esc')).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/accelerators.ts b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/accelerators.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f729227c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/accelerators.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,434 @@
+import type { ShortcutAccelerator, ShortcutKey, ShortcutModifier } from './types'
+
+/**
+ * Accelerator parsing, validation, and serialization.
+ *
+ * The canonical form is the structured `ShortcutAccelerator`. Strings
+ * are an ergonomic input/output format only.
+ *
+ * Two output flavours are provided:
+ * - `formatAccelerator`         — canonical IR (`"Mod+Shift+KeyK"`),
+ *                                 round-trips losslessly through
+ *                                 `parseAccelerator`.
+ * - `formatElectronAccelerator` — Electron's accelerator string
+ *                                 (`"CmdOrCtrl+Shift+K"`), suitable for
+ *                                 passing directly to
+ *                                 `globalShortcut.register`.
+ *
+ * Future C# drivers consume the structured value and never call into
+ * these utilities; they exist only at the renderer/config-author edges.
+ */
+
+const LETTER_KEYS: ReadonlySet<ShortcutKey> = new Set([
+  'KeyA',
+  'KeyB',
+  'KeyC',
+  'KeyD',
+  'KeyE',
+  'KeyF',
+  'KeyG',
+  'KeyH',
+  'KeyI',
+  'KeyJ',
+  'KeyK',
+  'KeyL',
+  'KeyM',
+  'KeyN',
+  'KeyO',
+  'KeyP',
+  'KeyQ',
+  'KeyR',
+  'KeyS',
+  'KeyT',
+  'KeyU',
+  'KeyV',
+  'KeyW',
+  'KeyX',
+  'KeyY',
+  'KeyZ',
+])
+
+const DIGIT_KEYS: ReadonlySet<ShortcutKey> = new Set([
+  'Digit0',
+  'Digit1',
+  'Digit2',
+  'Digit3',
+  'Digit4',
+  'Digit5',
+  'Digit6',
+  'Digit7',
+  'Digit8',
+  'Digit9',
+])
+
+const FUNCTION_KEYS: ReadonlySet<ShortcutKey> = new Set([
+  'F1',
+  'F2',
+  'F3',
+  'F4',
+  'F5',
+  'F6',
+  'F7',
+  'F8',
+  'F9',
+  'F10',
+  'F11',
+  'F12',
+  'F13',
+  'F14',
+  'F15',
+  'F16',
+  'F17',
+  'F18',
+  'F19',
+  'F20',
+  'F21',
+  'F22',
+  'F23',
+  'F24',
+])
+
+const NAMED_KEYS: ReadonlySet<ShortcutKey> = new Set([
+  'Space',
+  'Tab',
+  'Enter',
+  'Escape',
+  'Backspace',
+  'Delete',
+  'Insert',
+  'ArrowUp',
+  'ArrowDown',
+  'ArrowLeft',
+  'ArrowRight',
+  'Home',
+  'End',
+  'PageUp',
+  'PageDown',
+  'Backquote',
+  'Minus',
+  'Equal',
+  'BracketLeft',
+  'BracketRight',
+  'Backslash',
+  'Semicolon',
+  'Quote',
+  'Comma',
+  'Period',
+  'Slash',
+])
+
+/**
+ * Full set of accepted W3C `KeyboardEvent.code` key names. Drivers map
+ * each value to the native key code understood by their platform API.
+ */
+export const KEY_NAMES: ReadonlySet<ShortcutKey> = new Set<ShortcutKey>([
+  ...LETTER_KEYS,
+  ...DIGIT_KEYS,
+  ...FUNCTION_KEYS,
+  ...NAMED_KEYS,
+])
+
+/**
+ * Shorthand-to-canonical key alias map used by the parser.
+ *
+ * Lets authors write `Up` instead of `ArrowUp`, `Esc` instead of
+ * `Escape`, etc. Single letters and digits are handled by inline
+ * regex fallbacks rather than entries here, so `K` becomes `KeyK`
+ * and `1` becomes `Digit1` without lookup.
+ */
+const KEY_ALIASES: ReadonlyMap<string, ShortcutKey> = new Map([
+  ['Up', 'ArrowUp'],
+  ['Down', 'ArrowDown'],
+  ['Left', 'ArrowLeft'],
+  ['Right', 'ArrowRight'],
+  ['Esc', 'Escape'],
+  ['Return', 'Enter'],
+  ['Spacebar', 'Space'],
+])
+
+/**
+ * Modifier alias map (case-insensitive lookup; keys are lowercase).
+ *
+ * Accepts the union of names used by Electron, Tauri, and informal
+ * style so authors can paste from existing docs without translation.
+ */
+const MODIFIER_ALIASES: ReadonlyMap<string, ShortcutModifier> = new Map<string, ShortcutModifier>([
+  ['mod', 'cmd-or-ctrl'],
+  ['cmdorctrl', 'cmd-or-ctrl'],
+  ['commandorcontrol', 'cmd-or-ctrl'],
+  ['cmd', 'cmd'],
+  ['command', 'cmd'],
+  ['ctrl', 'ctrl'],
+  ['control', 'ctrl'],
+  ['alt', 'alt'],
+  ['option', 'alt'],
+  ['shift', 'shift'],
+  ['super', 'super'],
+])
+
+/**
+ * Canonical modifier order used when serializing back to a string.
+ * Two structurally identical accelerators always serialize to the
+ * same string regardless of the order in which the author wrote
+ * modifiers.
+ */
+const MODIFIER_CANONICAL_ORDER: readonly ShortcutModifier[] = [
+  'cmd-or-ctrl',
+  'cmd',
+  'ctrl',
+  'alt',
+  'shift',
+  'super',
+]
+
+/**
+ * Title-case modifier tokens used by `formatAccelerator` (canonical IR
+ * output). Mirrors Tauri/Electron casing so output is recognizable.
+ */
+const MODIFIER_TO_IR_TOKEN: Readonly<Record<ShortcutModifier, string>> = {
+  'cmd-or-ctrl': 'Mod',
+  'cmd': 'Cmd',
+  'ctrl': 'Ctrl',
+  'alt': 'Alt',
+  'shift': 'Shift',
+  'super': 'Super',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Tokens used by `formatElectronAccelerator`. `cmd-or-ctrl` becomes
+ * `CmdOrCtrl`; everything else passes through unchanged.
+ */
+const MODIFIER_TO_ELECTRON_TOKEN: Readonly<Record<ShortcutModifier, string>> = {
+  'cmd-or-ctrl': 'CmdOrCtrl',
+  'cmd': 'Cmd',
+  'ctrl': 'Ctrl',
+  'alt': 'Alt',
+  'shift': 'Shift',
+  'super': 'Super',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-key overrides used when serializing for Electron. Electron's
+ * accelerator format expects literal characters or short names for
+ * many keys (`Up`, `Esc`, `=`, etc.) rather than the W3C codes.
+ *
+ * Letter and digit keys are handled by stripping the `Key`/`Digit`
+ * prefix in `toElectronKey`, so they are not listed here.
+ */
+const ELECTRON_KEY_OVERRIDES: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
+  ArrowUp: 'Up',
+  ArrowDown: 'Down',
+  ArrowLeft: 'Left',
+  ArrowRight: 'Right',
+  Escape: 'Esc',
+  Backquote: '`',
+  Minus: '-',
+  Equal: '=',
+  BracketLeft: '[',
+  BracketRight: ']',
+  Backslash: '\\',
+  Semicolon: ';',
+  Quote: '\'',
+  Comma: ',',
+  Period: '.',
+  Slash: '/',
+}
+
+const SINGLE_LETTER_RE = /^[A-Z]$/i
+const SINGLE_DIGIT_RE = /^\d$/
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes a raw key token to a canonical `ShortcutKey`.
+ *
+ * Before:
+ * - `"K"` / `"k"` / `"KeyK"` / `"Up"` / `"Esc"`
+ *
+ * After:
+ * - `"KeyK"` / `"KeyK"` / `"KeyK"` / `"ArrowUp"` / `"Escape"`
+ */
+function normalizeKeyToken(token: string): ShortcutKey {
+  if (KEY_NAMES.has(token))
+    return token
+
+  const aliased = KEY_ALIASES.get(token)
+  if (aliased !== undefined)
+    return aliased
+
+  if (SINGLE_LETTER_RE.test(token)) {
+    const candidate = `Key${token.toUpperCase()}`
+    if (LETTER_KEYS.has(candidate))
+      return candidate
+  }
+
+  if (SINGLE_DIGIT_RE.test(token)) {
+    const candidate = `Digit${token}`
+    if (DIGIT_KEYS.has(candidate))
+      return candidate
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Invalid accelerator: unknown key "${token}"`)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the canonical modifier for a token, or `undefined` if the
+ * token is not a modifier (i.e. probably a key).
+ */
+function lookupModifierToken(token: string): ShortcutModifier | undefined {
+  return MODIFIER_ALIASES.get(token.toLowerCase())
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a string accelerator into its canonical structured form.
+ *
+ * Use when:
+ * - Accepting an accelerator from author code, settings UI, or config
+ *   file
+ * - Validating user input
+ *
+ * Expects:
+ * - `input` is a `+`-joined token string. Whitespace around tokens is
+ *   tolerated and ignored. Modifier tokens are case-insensitive; key
+ *   tokens are matched against `KEY_NAMES` and a small alias map, with
+ *   single letters and digits accepted as shorthand.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - A `ShortcutAccelerator` with modifiers in input order and a
+ *   canonical key
+ *
+ * Throws:
+ * - `Error` when the input is empty, has empty tokens, names an
+ *   unknown key, repeats a modifier, or contains multiple non-modifier
+ *   tokens
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   parseAccelerator('Mod+Shift+K')
+ *   // => { modifiers: ['cmd-or-ctrl', 'shift'], key: 'KeyK' }
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   parseAccelerator(' CmdOrCtrl + Shift + KeyK ')
+ *   // => same as above; whitespace tolerated
+ */
+export function parseAccelerator(input: string): ShortcutAccelerator {
+  const trimmed = input.trim()
+  if (trimmed.length === 0)
+    throw new Error('Invalid accelerator: empty string')
+
+  const rawTokens = trimmed.split('+')
+  const modifiers: ShortcutModifier[] = []
+  let key: ShortcutKey | undefined
+
+  for (const raw of rawTokens) {
+    const token = raw.trim()
+    if (token.length === 0)
+      throw new Error(`Invalid accelerator "${input}": empty token`)
+
+    const modifier = lookupModifierToken(token)
+    if (modifier !== undefined) {
+      if (modifiers.includes(modifier))
+        throw new Error(`Invalid accelerator "${input}": duplicate modifier "${modifier}"`)
+      modifiers.push(modifier)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    if (key !== undefined)
+      throw new Error(`Invalid accelerator "${input}": multiple non-modifier keys ("${key}", "${token}")`)
+    key = normalizeKeyToken(token)
+  }
+
+  if (key === undefined)
+    throw new Error(`Invalid accelerator "${input}": no key token`)
+
+  return { modifiers, key }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Tests whether `input` is a well-formed accelerator string.
+ *
+ * Use when:
+ * - Gating user input without needing the parsed result
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - `true` when `parseAccelerator` would succeed, `false` otherwise
+ */
+export function isValidAccelerator(input: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    parseAccelerator(input)
+    return true
+  }
+  catch {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the modifiers of `acc` sorted into canonical order.
+ */
+function canonicalModifiers(acc: ShortcutAccelerator): ShortcutModifier[] {
+  return MODIFIER_CANONICAL_ORDER.filter(m => acc.modifiers.includes(m))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serializes a structured accelerator back to canonical IR string
+ * form.
+ *
+ * Use when:
+ * - Displaying a binding in settings UI
+ * - Round-tripping a binding through a string representation
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - A `+`-joined string with modifiers in canonical order followed by
+ *   the key. The output round-trips losslessly through
+ *   `parseAccelerator`.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   formatAccelerator({ modifiers: ['shift', 'cmd-or-ctrl'], key: 'KeyK' })
+ *   // => 'Mod+Shift+KeyK'
+ */
+export function formatAccelerator(acc: ShortcutAccelerator): string {
+  const tokens = canonicalModifiers(acc).map(m => MODIFIER_TO_IR_TOKEN[m])
+  tokens.push(acc.key)
+  return tokens.join('+')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Translates a canonical W3C key name to Electron's accelerator key
+ * token.
+ *
+ * Before:
+ * - `"KeyK"` / `"Digit1"` / `"ArrowUp"` / `"Equal"` / `"F12"`
+ *
+ * After:
+ * - `"K"` / `"1"` / `"Up"` / `"="` / `"F12"`
+ */
+function toElectronKey(key: ShortcutKey): string {
+  if (LETTER_KEYS.has(key))
+    return key.slice(3)
+  if (DIGIT_KEYS.has(key))
+    return key.slice(5)
+  if (key in ELECTRON_KEY_OVERRIDES)
+    return ELECTRON_KEY_OVERRIDES[key]
+  return key
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serializes a structured accelerator to Electron's accelerator string
+ * format, suitable for `globalShortcut.register`.
+ *
+ * Use when:
+ * - Calling Electron's `globalShortcut` API from the main-process
+ *   driver
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * - An Electron-format string with modifiers in canonical order
+ *   (`CmdOrCtrl`, `Cmd`, `Ctrl`, `Alt`, `Shift`, `Super`) followed by
+ *   Electron's key spelling
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   formatElectronAccelerator({ modifiers: ['cmd-or-ctrl', 'shift'], key: 'KeyK' })
+ *   // => 'CmdOrCtrl+Shift+K'
+ */
+export function formatElectronAccelerator(acc: ShortcutAccelerator): string {
+  const tokens = canonicalModifiers(acc).map(m => MODIFIER_TO_ELECTRON_TOKEN[m])
+  tokens.push(toElectronKey(acc.key))
+  return tokens.join('+')
+}
diff --git a/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/index.ts b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29c4680bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export * from './accelerators'
+export * from './types'
diff --git a/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/types.ts b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ae3e1dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stage-shared/src/global-shortcut/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/**
+ * Modifier key understood by accelerator parsing and serialization.
+ *
+ * - `cmd-or-ctrl` — platform meta key. Resolves to Cmd on macOS,
+ *   Ctrl on Windows/Linux at the driver boundary.
+ * - `cmd`         — literal Command key.
+ * - `ctrl`        — literal Control key.
+ * - `alt`         — Alt / Option.
+ * - `shift`       — Shift.
+ * - `super`       — Super / Win / Meta key.
+ */
+export type ShortcutModifier
+  = | 'cmd-or-ctrl'
+    | 'cmd'
+    | 'ctrl'
+    | 'alt'
+    | 'shift'
+    | 'super'
+
+/**
+ * Key identifier following the W3C `KeyboardEvent.code` convention.
+ * Layout-independent; refers to physical key position.
+ *
+ * Examples: `"KeyK"`, `"Digit1"`, `"F12"`, `"ArrowUp"`, `"Space"`,
+ * `"Escape"`. The accepted set is enumerated by `KEY_NAMES` in
+ * `./accelerators`.
+ */
+export type ShortcutKey = string
+
+/**
+ * A keyboard combination: modifiers plus a single key.
+ *
+ * Compare two accelerators structurally; modifier array order is not
+ * significant. Use `formatAccelerator` for a stable canonical string.
+ */
+export interface ShortcutAccelerator {
+  modifiers: ShortcutModifier[]
+  key: ShortcutKey
+}
+
+/**
+ * When a shortcut is active.
+ *
+ * - `'global'` — fires regardless of which app or window is focused.
+ * - (More will be added if needed)
+ */
+export type ShortcutScope = 'global'
+
+/**
+ * A registered shortcut entry.
+ *
+ * `id` is the stable handle used by (un)registration, and trigger
+ * events; rebinding the accelerator must not change it.
+ */
+export interface ShortcutBinding {
+  /** Stable identifier, e.g. `"toggle-main-window"`. */
+  id: string
+  /** Keyboard combination that triggers this shortcut. */
+  accelerator: ShortcutAccelerator
+  /** When the shortcut is active. */
+  scope: ShortcutScope
+  /**
+   * Whether the driver should also emit key-release events.
+   *
+   * Drivers that cannot deliver release events refuse the
+   * registration with `{ ok: false, reason: 'unsupported' }`.
+   *
+   * @default false
+   */
+  receiveKeyUps?: boolean
+  /** Human-readable description, surfaced in settings UI. */
+  description?: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Outcome of a registration request.
+ *
+ * `ok: true` means the binding is live. `ok: false` carries `reason`.
+ * `actualAccelerator` is populated when the host had to substitute the
+ * requested accelerator (e.g. user choice via a Wayland portal dialog).
+ */
+export interface ShortcutRegistrationResult {
+  id: string
+  ok: boolean
+  /**
+   * The accelerator the host actually bound. Absent when the request
+   * was honoured verbatim.
+   */
+  actualAccelerator?: ShortcutAccelerator
+  /**
+   * Failure reason. Known values: `'conflict'`, `'denied'`,
+   * `'unsupported'`. Drivers may emit other strings; treat unknown
+   * values as opaque.
+   */
+  reason?: 'conflict' | 'denied' | 'unsupported' | string
+}
+
+/**
+ * In-memory shortcut config. Bump `version` on any breaking schema
+ * change; consumers refuse newer versions rather than silently
+ * dropping fields.
+ */
+export interface ShortcutConfig {
+  version: 1
+  bindings: ShortcutBinding[]
+}