diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs
index 653554857..5f2acdbb0 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/keytips_generated.rs
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ fn keytip_nq_() {
 fn keytip_nr_() {
     let mut h = harness(blank());
     sequence(&mut h, "NR", false);
-    assert!(h.state().message.is_some() || h.state().toast.is_some(), "NR must invoke insert.recommendedCharts and surface its missing-params error");
+    assert_eq!(h.state().dialog.as_ref().map(|d| d.name.as_str()), Some("recommendedCharts"), "NR must open the recommendedCharts dialog");
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/xtask/src/keytips.rs b/xtask/src/keytips.rs
index 36847222f..e4d423199 100644
--- a/xtask/src/keytips.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/keytips.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ const TABS: &[&str] = &["Home", "Insert", "Draw", "Page Layout", "Formulas", "Da
 /// something observable" so the checked-in file stays byte-identical everywhere.
 const ENV_SENSITIVE: &[&str] = &["review.spelling"];
 
+/// Commands that the UI turns into a dialog when invoked menu-style with no params (the engine
+/// command itself errors without them). Never probed; their tests assert the dialog opens.
+const UI_DIALOG_COMMANDS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[("insert.recommendedCharts", "recommendedCharts")];
+
 /// Format generated source through `rustfmt` so the checked-in file matches
 /// the emitter byte-for-byte.
 fn rustfmt(src: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ fn probe_live_commands(ids: &[String]) -> Probe {
     use gridcraft_engine::Session;
     let mut map = Probe::new();
     for id in ids {
-        if ENV_SENSITIVE.contains(&id.as_str()) {
+        if ENV_SENSITIVE.contains(&id.as_str()) || UI_DIALOG_COMMANDS.iter().any(|(c, _)| c == id) {
             continue;
         }
         let mut s = Session::new();
@@ -269,6 +273,13 @@ fn render_tests(entries: &[Entry], probe: &Probe) -> String {
                 "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert!(h.state().dialog.is_none(), \"{seq} must not open a dialog\");\n    assert!(h.state().message.is_none(), \"{seq} must not open a message box\");\n    assert!(h.state().toast.is_none(), \"{seq} must not raise a toast\");\n    assert!(h.state().session.journal.is_empty(), \"{seq} must not journal\");",
                 seq = e.seq,
             ),
+            "command" if UI_DIALOG_COMMANDS.iter().any(|(c, _)| *c == e.target) => {
+                let dialog = UI_DIALOG_COMMANDS.iter().find(|(c, _)| *c == e.target).map_or("", |(_, d)| d);
+                format!(
+                    "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert_eq!(h.state().dialog.as_ref().map(|d| d.name.as_str()), Some({dialog:?}), \"{seq} must open the {dialog} dialog\");",
+                    seq = e.seq,
+                )
+            }
             "command" => match probe.get(&e.target).copied().unwrap_or(2) {
                 0 => format!(
                     "sequence(&mut h, {seq:?}, false);\n    assert!(h.state().session.journal.iter().any(|(id, _)| id == {id:?}), \"{seq} must journal {id}\");",