diff --git a/lib/src/cli/argv_to_request.dart b/lib/src/cli/argv_to_request.dart
index 28a54f93..72d5449b 100644
--- a/lib/src/cli/argv_to_request.dart
+++ b/lib/src/cli/argv_to_request.dart
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import 'package:clide/src/ipc/schema_v1.dart';
 /// split. Match the IDs the dispatcher exposes directly. `tail` and
 /// `events` are handled by the IPC server itself (streaming / cursor-pull
 /// event reads, T-129 / T-223) rather than the dispatcher.
-const Set<String> _umbrellaCommands = {'status', 'tail', 'events', 'version', 'ping', 'capabilities', 'instance'};
+const Set<String> _umbrellaCommands = {'status', 'tail', 'events', 'version', 'ping', 'capabilities', 'instance', 'draw'};
 
 /// Sealed result of translating argv. Caller (the IPC server, or the
 /// C client wrapper in T-126) handles either branch.
diff --git a/test/cli/argv_to_request_test.dart b/test/cli/argv_to_request_test.dart
index d151ea2c..e653706b 100644
--- a/test/cli/argv_to_request_test.dart
+++ b/test/cli/argv_to_request_test.dart
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ void main() {
       expect((req.args['flags'] as Map)['since'], '5');
       expect((req.args['flags'] as Map)['filter'], 'pane');
     });
+
+    test('"draw --file card.json" reaches the draw command (T-318)', () {
+      // draw is single-token (no verb) — it must be an umbrella command, else
+      // `clide draw --file x` mis-parses as cmd "draw.--file".
+      final req = _expectOk(parseArgv(['draw', '--file', 'card.json'], requestId: 'd'));
+      expect(req.cmd, 'draw');
+      expect((req.args['flags'] as Map)['file'], 'card.json');
+    });
   });
 
   group('parseArgv — errors', () {