diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/term-link-provider.ts b/frontend/app/view/term/term-link-provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7eed3516a
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+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/term-link-provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+// Copyright 2026, Command Line Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import { createBlock, globalStore, WOS } from "@/store/global";
+import { PLATFORM, PlatformMacOS } from "@/util/platformutil";
+import { fireAndForget } from "@/util/util";
+import type { IBufferRange, ILink, ILinkProvider, Terminal } from "@xterm/xterm";
+
+// Matches file paths with optional line/col numbers:
+//   /absolute/path/file.ts
+//   ~/home/relative/file.ts
+//   ./relative/file.ts
+//   relative/file.ts (must contain / and end with known extension)
+//   file.ts:10  file.ts:10:5  (file.ts:42)
+//   at /path/file.js:10:5 (stack traces)
+const FILE_PATH_REGEX =
+    /(?:^|[\s('"`:])((\/[\w.+\-@/]*[\w.+\-@])|(~\/[\w.+\-@/]*[\w.+\-@])|(\.\/?[\w.+\-@/]*[\w.+\-@])|([\w.+\-@]+(?:\/[\w.+\-@]+)+))(?::(\d+)(?::(\d+))?)?/g;
+
+// File extensions we recognize for bare relative paths (the ones without ./ prefix)
+const KNOWN_EXTENSIONS =
+    /\.(ts|tsx|js|jsx|mjs|cjs|py|rb|go|rs|java|c|cpp|h|hpp|css|scss|less|html|json|yaml|yml|toml|md|txt|sh|bash|zsh|fish|lua|zig|swift|kt|scala|ex|exs|erl|hrl|vue|svelte|astro|sql|graphql|gql|proto|Makefile|Dockerfile|conf|cfg|ini|env|xml|csv|log)$/;
+
+function getLineText(terminal: Terminal, lineNumber: number): string {
+    const buffer = terminal.buffer.active;
+    const line = buffer.getLine(lineNumber - 1);
+    if (!line) {
+        return "";
+    }
+    return line.translateToString(true);
+}
+
+function resolvePath(rawPath: string, cwd: string | undefined): string {
+    if (rawPath.startsWith("/")) {
+        return rawPath;
+    }
+    if (rawPath.startsWith("~/")) {
+        // Can't fully resolve ~ without knowing home dir, but pass through
+        // The preview block should handle ~ expansion
+        return rawPath;
+    }
+    if (cwd) {
+        const base = cwd.endsWith("/") ? cwd : cwd + "/";
+        if (rawPath.startsWith("./")) {
+            return base + rawPath.slice(2);
+        }
+        return base + rawPath;
+    }
+    return rawPath;
+}
+
+function getCwd(blockId: string): string | undefined {
+    const blockAtom = WOS.getWaveObjectAtom<Block>(`block:${blockId}`);
+    const blockData = globalStore.get(blockAtom);
+    return blockData?.meta?.["cmd:cwd"];
+}
+
+function getConnection(blockId: string): string | undefined {
+    const blockAtom = WOS.getWaveObjectAtom<Block>(`block:${blockId}`);
+    const blockData = globalStore.get(blockAtom);
+    return blockData?.meta?.connection;
+}
+
+function openFileInPreview(filePath: string, blockId: string): void {
+    const connection = getConnection(blockId);
+    const meta: Record<string, any> = {
+        view: "preview",
+        file: filePath,
+    };
+    if (connection) {
+        meta.connection = connection;
+    }
+    const blockDef: BlockDef = { meta };
+    fireAndForget(() => createBlock(blockDef));
+}
+
+export class FilePathLinkProvider implements ILinkProvider {
+    private blockId: string;
+    private terminal: Terminal;
+
+    constructor(terminal: Terminal, blockId: string) {
+        this.terminal = terminal;
+        this.blockId = blockId;
+    }
+
+    provideLinks(bufferLineNumber: number, callback: (links: ILink[] | undefined) => void): void {
+        const lineText = getLineText(this.terminal, bufferLineNumber);
+        if (!lineText) {
+            callback(undefined);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const links: ILink[] = [];
+        let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+        FILE_PATH_REGEX.lastIndex = 0;
+
+        while ((match = FILE_PATH_REGEX.exec(lineText)) !== null) {
+            const fullMatch = match[0];
+            const pathPart = match[1];
+
+            // For bare relative paths (group 5), require a known file extension
+            if (match[5] && !KNOWN_EXTENSIONS.test(match[5])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Calculate the start position (1-based column)
+            // The fullMatch may have a leading separator char that's not part of the path
+            const matchStart = match.index;
+            const pathStartInMatch = fullMatch.indexOf(pathPart);
+            const startX = matchStart + pathStartInMatch + 1; // 1-based
+
+            // Include the line:col suffix in the link text for display
+            const lineNum = match[6];
+            const colNum = match[7];
+            let linkText = pathPart;
+            if (lineNum) {
+                linkText += ":" + lineNum;
+                if (colNum) {
+                    linkText += ":" + colNum;
+                }
+            }
+            const endX = startX + linkText.length - 1; // 1-based, inclusive
+
+            const range: IBufferRange = {
+                start: { x: startX, y: bufferLineNumber },
+                end: { x: endX, y: bufferLineNumber },
+            };
+
+            const blockId = this.blockId;
+
+            links.push({
+                range,
+                text: linkText,
+                decorations: { pointerCursor: true, underline: true },
+                activate: (event: MouseEvent, text: string) => {
+                    // Require Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (other) to activate
+                    const isModifierHeld =
+                        PLATFORM === PlatformMacOS ? event.metaKey : event.ctrlKey;
+                    if (!isModifierHeld) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    // Strip line:col suffix for the file path
+                    const colonIdx = text.indexOf(":");
+                    const filePath = colonIdx > 0 ? text.substring(0, colonIdx) : text;
+                    const cwd = getCwd(blockId);
+                    const resolved = resolvePath(filePath, cwd);
+                    openFileInPreview(resolved, blockId);
+                },
+            });
+        }
+
+        callback(links.length > 0 ? links : undefined);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts b/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts
index 45ba48351c..cb72c99f5f 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/termwrap.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
     handleOsc7Command,
     type ShellIntegrationStatus,
 } from "./osc-handlers";
+import { FilePathLinkProvider } from "./term-link-provider";
 import { createTempFileFromBlob, extractAllClipboardData } from "./termutil";
 
 const dlog = debug("wave:termwrap");
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ export class TermWrap {
         this.terminal.parser.registerOscHandler(16162, (data: string) => {
             return handleOsc16162Command(data, this.blockId, this.loaded, this);
         });
+        this.terminal.registerLinkProvider(new FilePathLinkProvider(this.terminal, this.blockId));
         this.toDispose.push(
             this.terminal.onBell(() => {
                 if (!this.loaded) {