diff --git a/playground/app/pages/components/command-palette.vue b/playground/app/pages/components/command-palette.vue
index 4eeae623..bd548d44 100644
--- a/playground/app/pages/components/command-palette.vue
+++ b/playground/app/pages/components/command-palette.vue
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ const open = ref(false)
 const searchTerm = ref('')
 // const searchTermDebounced = refDebounced(searchTerm, 200)
 const selected = ref([])
+const commandPalette = useTemplateRef('commandPalette')
 
-const { data: users, status } = await useFetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users', {
+const { data: _users, status } = await useFetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users', {
   // params: { q: searchTermDebounced },
   transform: (data: User[]) => {
     return data?.map(user => ({ id: user.id, label: user.name, suffix: user.email, avatar: { src: `https://i.pravatar.cc/120?img=${user.id}` } })) || []
@@ -259,6 +260,12 @@ function onSelect(item: any) {
 
 defineShortcuts({
   meta_k: () => open.value = !open.value,
+  meta_shift_a: {
+    usingInput: true,
+    handler: () => {
+      commandPalette.value?.openView('askAI')
+    }
+  },
   ...extractShortcuts(groups.value)
 })
 </script>
@@ -266,6 +273,7 @@ defineShortcuts({
 <template>
   <DefineTemplate>
     <UCommandPalette
+      ref="commandPalette"
       v-model="selected"
       v-model:search-term="searchTerm"
       :loading="status === 'pending'"
@@ -279,42 +287,49 @@ defineShortcuts({
       class="sm:max-h-80"
       @update:model-value="onSelect"
     >
-      <template #view="{ viewName }">
-        <div v-if="viewName === 'wallpaper'" class="flex flex-col h-full w-full">
-          <div class="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-6">
-            <div class="grid grid-cols-4 gap-4">
+      <template #wallpaper>
+        <div class="flex-1 overflow-y-auto p-6">
+          <div class="grid grid-cols-4 gap-4">
+            <div
+              v-for="wallpaper in filteredWallpapers"
+              :key="wallpaper.id"
+              class="group relative cursor-pointer"
+              @click="setWallpaper(wallpaper)"
+            >
               <div
-                v-for="wallpaper in filteredWallpapers"
-                :key="wallpaper.id"
-                class="group relative cursor-pointer"
-                @click="setWallpaper(wallpaper)"
-              >
-                <div
-                  class="aspect-video rounded-lg bg-gradient-to-br shadow-lg ring-1 ring-black/5"
-                  :class="wallpaper.gradient"
-                />
-                <div class="mt-2 px-1">
-                  <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-                    <h3 class="text-sm font-medium text-highlighted truncate">
-                      {{ wallpaper.name }}
-                    </h3>
-                    <UChip
-                      v-if="wallpaper.featured"
-                      label="★"
-                      size="xs"
-                      color="primary"
-                      class="shrink-0"
-                    />
-                  </div>
-                  <p class="text-xs text-dimmed">
-                    {{ wallpaper.category }}
-                  </p>
+                class="aspect-video rounded-lg bg-gradient-to-br shadow-lg ring-1 ring-black/5"
+                :class="wallpaper.gradient"
+              />
+              <div class="mt-2 px-1">
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <h3 class="text-sm font-medium text-highlighted truncate">
+                    {{ wallpaper.name }}
+                  </h3>
+                  <UChip
+                    v-if="wallpaper.featured"
+                    label="★"
+                    size="xs"
+                    color="primary"
+                    class="shrink-0"
+                  />
                 </div>
+                <p class="text-xs text-dimmed">
+                  {{ wallpaper.category }}
+                </p>
               </div>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
       </template>
+
+      <template #askAI>
+        <div class="flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
+          <UIcon name="i-lucide-sparkles" class="size-8 text-primary" />
+          <span class="text-lg font-semibold text-highlighted">
+            Ask me anything...
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      </template>
     </UCommandPalette>
   </DefineTemplate>
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/CommandPalette.vue b/src/runtime/components/CommandPalette.vue
index 8c02078b..6a394082 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/CommandPalette.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/CommandPalette.vue
@@ -154,12 +154,11 @@ export type CommandPaletteSlots<G extends CommandPaletteGroup<T> = CommandPalett
   'empty'(props: { searchTerm?: string }): any
   'back'(props: { ui: { [K in keyof Required<CommandPalette['slots']>]: (props?: Record<string, any>) => string } }): any
   'close'(props: { ui: { [K in keyof Required<CommandPalette['slots']>]: (props?: Record<string, any>) => string } }): any
-  'view'(props: { viewName?: string, current: any, searchTerm: string, navigateBack: () => void }): any
   'item': SlotProps<T>
   'item-leading': SlotProps<T>
   'item-label': SlotProps<T>
   'item-trailing': SlotProps<T>
-} & Record<string, SlotProps<G>> & Record<string, SlotProps<T>>
+} & Record<string, SlotProps<G>> & Record<string, SlotProps<T>> & Record<string, (props: { current: any, searchTerm: string, navigateBack: () => void, close: () => void }) => any>
 
 </script>
 
@@ -290,6 +289,31 @@ const filteredGroups = computed(() => {
 
 const listboxRootRef = useTemplateRef('listboxRootRef')
 
+// Exposed methods for programmatic control
+function openView(viewName: string) {
+  history.value.push({
+    id: `view-${viewName}`,
+    label: viewName,
+    view: viewName,
+    items: []
+  } as any)
+
+  searchTerm.value = ''
+  listboxRootRef.value?.highlightFirstItem()
+}
+
+function closeView() {
+  if (history.value.length > 0) {
+    navigateBack()
+  }
+}
+
+defineExpose({
+  openView,
+  closeView,
+  navigateBack
+})
+
 function navigate(item: T) {
   if (!item.children?.length && !item.view) {
     return
@@ -385,11 +409,11 @@ function onSelect(e: Event, item: T) {
     <ListboxContent :class="ui.content({ class: props.ui?.content })">
       <div v-if="currentView" :class="ui.viewport({ class: props.ui?.viewport })">
         <slot
-          name="view"
-          :view-name="currentView.view"
+          :name="currentView.view"
           :current="currentView"
           :search-term="searchTerm"
           :navigate-back="navigateBack"
+          :close="closeView"
         />
       </div>