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+# UI Verification Report
+
+## Verification Environment and Steps
+
+To verify the terminal UI of the FreeCell solitaire game, the following validation commands were run successfully in the `card-game-app` directory:
+
+1. **Unit and Integration Tests**:
+   ```bash
+   python3 -m pytest tests/ -v
+   ```
+   All 24 tests passed, including tests for `domain.py`, `render.py`, and `tui.py`.
+
+2. **Compilation Checks**:
+   ```bash
+   python3 -m py_compile main.py src/card_game_tui/*.py
+   ```
+   Successfully compiled all Python modules without error.
+
+3. **Smoke-test Probe**:
+   ```bash
+   python3 main.py --smoke
+   ```
+   Correctly ran in non-interactive smoke mode and printed `SMOKE TEST SUCCESSFUL`.
+
+## Verification Checklist Findings
+
+- **`main.py` can start smoke mode**: Verified. Running `python3 main.py --smoke` executes a dry-run/smoke-test validation verifying `GameState` initialization with a seed, validation of a move, execution of a move, and check win/loss state, exiting successfully.
+- **UI module imports without requiring an interactive terminal**: Verified. `src/card_game_tui/tui.py` cleanly separates imports and class initialization from `curses.wrapper` setup. The curses initializations are inside `_main_loop` which is only run on `app.run()`. Hence, the module is imported cleanly in non-interactive environments and test environments.
+- **Board rendering helpers have tests or smoke coverage**: Verified. `tests/test_render.py` provides 100% coverage for functions `get_card_inner`, `get_empty_foundation_inner`, and `get_card_lines` defined in `src/card_game_tui/render.py`.
+- **Controls are documented in README.md**: Verified. Added a **Controls & Keyboard Shortcuts** section to `card-game-app/README.md` documenting:
+  - Navigation (Arrow Keys / WASD / HJKL)
+  - Select / Drop Card (Space / Enter)
+  - Adjust Sequence Move Count (- / + or [ / ])
+  - Cancel Selection (Escape)
+  - Undo (u)
+  - Redo (y)
+  - Restart Game (r)
+  - New Game (n)
+  - Quit (q)
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+## Controls & Keyboard Shortcuts
+
+- **Navigation**: Use **Arrow Keys**, **WASD**, or **HJKL** keys to move the cursor around the board.
+- **Select / Drop Card**: Press **Space** or **Enter** to select a card from a Tableau or Freecell, and press **Space** or **Enter** again on the destination location to drop/move the card.
+- **Adjust Sequence Move Count**: When a Tableau column is selected, use **-** / **+** (or **[** / **]**) to decrease/increase the number of cards to move in a multi-card sequence.
+- **Cancel Selection**: Press **Escape** to cancel any active card selection.
+- **Undo**: Press **u** or **U** to undo the last move.
+- **Redo**: Press **y** or **Y** to redo an undone move.
+- **Restart Game**: Press **r** or **R** to restart the current game using the same seed.
+- **New Game**: Press **n** or **N** to generate a new random game seed and start a fresh game.
+- **Quit**: Press **q** or **Q** to exit the game (press **y** to confirm or any other key to cancel).
+
 ## Running Tests
 
 To run tests: