diff --git a/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md b/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
index f2b3970..1d284f4 100644
--- a/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
+++ b/.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md
@@ -26,43 +26,22 @@ deliberate. Divergences fall into a few kinds:
 
 ### Entry point — `createApp()` instead of `render()`
 
-- **Ink:** `render(<App/>)`.
-- **vue-tui:** `createApp(App).mount(options)`.
+- **Ink:** `render(<App/>, options?)` — `options` is `RenderOptions`; returns an `Instance`.
+- **vue-tui:** `createApp(App)` returns a `TuiApp`; `app.mount(options?)` takes `MountOptions`.
 - **Why:** mirrors Vue's own `createApp` mental model — a Vue developer expects an app
-  object they mount, not a one-shot render call.
+  object (`TuiApp`) they mount, not a one-shot render call. The mount-options bag and the
+  app handle are therefore Vue-shaped (`MountOptions` / `TuiApp`), not `render()`-shaped
+  (`RenderOptions` / `Instance`).
 
-### Named type / prop re-exports
+### Host-node type — `DOMElement` → `TuiNode`
 
-- **Ink:** re-exports its component prop types plus a few data/handle types:
-  `BoxProps`, `TextProps`, `StaticProps`, `TransformProps`, `NewlineProps`,
-  `WindowSize`, `CursorPosition`, `DOMElement`, `RenderOptions`, `Instance`,
-  `AppProps`, `StdinProps`, `StdoutProps`, `StderrProps`.
-- **vue-tui:** re-exports the framework-neutral ones under the **same names** —
-  `BoxProps`, `TextProps`, `StaticProps`, `TransformProps`, `NewlineProps`,
-  `WindowSize` (`{ columns, rows }`) and `CursorPosition` (`{ x, y }`). These are
-  **not** divergences: a `<Box>` has props in Vue exactly as in React, so the names
-  carry over. They are derived from the runtime `props` objects via Vue's
-  `ExtractPublicPropTypes`, so they never drift from the components' real props.
-  Only the remaining few genuinely differ, each for a concrete reason — never merely
-  to "avoid React-shaped names":
-  - `DOMElement` → **`TuiNode`**. The one genuinely DOM-shaped type: Ink's
-    `DOMElement` models a DOM-emulation node (`nodeName` / `attributes` /
-    `childNodes`). vue-tui's host tree is a different representation
-    (`TuiContainer | TuiTextLeaf | TuiComment`), exported as `TuiNode` from
-    `@vue-tui/runtime/internal`.
-  - `RenderOptions` / `Instance` → **`MountOptions`** / **`TuiApp`**. Downstream of
-    the `createApp()` entry above — vue-tui mounts a Vue app, so the options bag and
-    the returned handle are Vue-shaped, not `render()`-shaped.
-  - `AppProps` / `StdinProps` / `StdoutProps` / `StderrProps` → **N/A**. These are the
-    props of Ink's internal React _context-provider components_ (`<AppContext>`,
-    `<StdinContext>`, …). vue-tui has no such components — that state is reached via
-    `createApp` plus the `useStdin` / `useStdout` / `useStderr` composables — so there
-    is nothing to name.
-- **Why:** the earlier blanket "expose a Vue-native type surface, don't leak
-  React-shaped names" over-reached — it withheld names like `BoxProps` that have no
-  React vs Vue content at all. The rule is narrower: mirror Ink's names wherever the
-  underlying type is framework-neutral; reshape only where Vue genuinely has a
-  different thing (a host node, a mounted app) or no thing at all.
+- **Ink:** exports `DOMElement`, a DOM-emulation node (`nodeName` / `attributes` /
+  `childNodes`).
+- **vue-tui:** the host tree is a different representation
+  (`TuiContainer | TuiTextLeaf | TuiComment`), exported as **`TuiNode`** from
+  `@vue-tui/runtime/internal`.
+- **Why:** vue-tui's renderer keeps a native host-node tree rather than a DOM emulation,
+  so the exported node type names that tree, not a DOM node.
 
 ## Additive features (vue-tui is a strict superset)
 
@@ -110,6 +89,11 @@ deliberate. Divergences fall into a few kinds:
 Surface conventions, listed so they aren't mistaken for gaps:
 
 - Vue **composables** (`useFocus`, `useInput`, …) instead of React **hooks**.
+- Composable **return types** follow VueUse's `UseXReturn` convention (`UseStdinReturn`,
+  `UseAppReturn`, …) — Ink names the equivalent hook-return types `XProps` (`StdinProps`,
+  `AppProps`, …), but in vue-tui `XProps` is reserved for component props (`BoxProps`,
+  derived via `ExtractPublicPropTypes`). The return shapes still mirror Ink field-for-field
+  (e.g. `useStdin()` exposes only Ink's public `{ stdin, setRawMode, isRawModeSupported }`).
 - `<script setup>` SFCs / `defineComponent` instead of function components.
 - kebab-case filenames; `.ts` over `.tsx` where there's no JSX.
 - `shallowRef` by default for reactive state.
diff --git a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-types.test-d.ts b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-types.test-d.ts
index 1eb0811..b3355c6 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-types.test-d.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-tests/integration/public-types.test-d.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 // framework-neutral data shapes under stable names. These names (BoxProps, TextProps,
 // …, WindowSize, CursorPosition) have nothing to do with React vs Vue — a <Box> has
 // props in Vue exactly as in React — so vue-tui re-exports them too, letting consumers
-// name a component's props the same way they would in Ink. See
-// `.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md` ("Named type / prop re-exports").
+// name a component's props the same way they would in Ink. This is parity, not a
+// divergence, so it is deliberately absent from `.agents/docs/ink-divergences.md` (which
+// records only divergences); this test is the guard that the names stay aligned.
 //
 // These assertions are erased at runtime; the real gate is `tsc --noEmit` (the package's
 // `check:type` script). This file is named `*.test-d.ts` on purpose so vitest does NOT
 // pick it up as a runtime test (its include is `*.test.ts`), while tsc still checks it.
 import { expectTypeOf } from "vite-plus/test";
+import { useApp, useStdin, useStdout, useStderr } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
 import type {
   BoxProps,
   TextProps,
@@ -19,6 +21,10 @@ import type {
   NewlineProps,
   WindowSize,
   CursorPosition,
+  UseAppReturn,
+  UseStdinReturn,
+  UseStdoutReturn,
+  UseStderrReturn,
 } from "@vue-tui/runtime";
 
 // Prop types carry their component's real, declared props.
@@ -36,3 +42,36 @@ expectTypeOf<NewlineProps["count"]>().toEqualTypeOf<number | undefined>();
 // Framework-neutral data shapes, mirrored from Ink exactly.
 expectTypeOf<WindowSize>().toEqualTypeOf<{ readonly columns: number; readonly rows: number }>();
 expectTypeOf<CursorPosition>().toEqualTypeOf<{ x: number; y: number }>();
+
+// Composable return types: named per VueUse's `UseXReturn` convention, and shape-locked to
+// Ink's public hook returns. useStdin() in particular must expose ONLY Ink's `PublicProps`
+// (stdin/setRawMode/isRawModeSupported) — never the internal raw-mode/paste controller
+// (acquireRawMode/releaseRawMode/setBracketedPasteMode/internal_*), which the framework's
+// own composables reach via inject(StdinContextKey).
+expectTypeOf<UseStdinReturn>().toEqualTypeOf<{
+  readonly stdin: NodeJS.ReadStream;
+  readonly setRawMode: (mode: boolean) => void;
+  readonly isRawModeSupported: boolean;
+}>();
+expectTypeOf<ReturnType<typeof useStdin>>().toEqualTypeOf<UseStdinReturn>();
+expectTypeOf<keyof ReturnType<typeof useStdin>>().toEqualTypeOf<
+  "stdin" | "setRawMode" | "isRawModeSupported"
+>();
+
+expectTypeOf<UseStdoutReturn>().toEqualTypeOf<{
+  readonly stdout: NodeJS.WriteStream;
+  readonly write: (data: string) => void;
+}>();
+expectTypeOf<ReturnType<typeof useStdout>>().toEqualTypeOf<UseStdoutReturn>();
+
+expectTypeOf<UseStderrReturn>().toEqualTypeOf<{
+  readonly stderr: NodeJS.WriteStream;
+  readonly write: (data: string) => void;
+}>();
+expectTypeOf<ReturnType<typeof useStderr>>().toEqualTypeOf<UseStderrReturn>();
+
+expectTypeOf<UseAppReturn>().toEqualTypeOf<{
+  readonly exit: (errorOrResult?: unknown) => void;
+  readonly waitUntilRenderFlush: () => Promise<void>;
+}>();
+expectTypeOf<ReturnType<typeof useApp>>().toEqualTypeOf<UseAppReturn>();
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useAnimation.ts b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useAnimation.ts
index 91e7890..d5b3e02 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useAnimation.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useAnimation.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface AnimationOptions {
   isActive?: MaybeRefOrGetter<boolean>;
 }
 
-export interface AnimationResult {
+export interface UseAnimationReturn {
   /**
    * Discrete counter that increments by 1 each interval.
    * Useful for indexed sequences like spinner frames.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export interface AnimationResult {
  * </template>
  * ```
  */
-export function useAnimation(options: AnimationOptions = {}): AnimationResult {
+export function useAnimation(options: AnimationOptions = {}): UseAnimationReturn {
   const frame = shallowRef(0);
   const time = shallowRef(0);
   const delta = shallowRef(0);
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useApp.ts b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useApp.ts
index 70a3c69..adef45b 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useApp.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useApp.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import { inject } from "vue";
 import { AppContextKey } from "../context.ts";
 
+/** The public app-lifecycle surface returned by {@link useApp}. Mirrors Ink's `useApp()`. */
+export interface UseAppReturn {
+  readonly exit: (errorOrResult?: unknown) => void;
+  readonly waitUntilRenderFlush: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns app-level lifecycle controls for a component inside the render tree:
  *
@@ -13,10 +19,7 @@ import { AppContextKey } from "../context.ts";
  * Mirrors Ink's `useApp()`. Streams are reached through the dedicated peer
  * composables (`useStdin`, `useStdout`, `useStderr`), exactly as in Ink.
  */
-export function useApp(): {
-  exit: (errorOrResult?: unknown) => void;
-  waitUntilRenderFlush: () => Promise<void>;
-} {
+export function useApp(): UseAppReturn {
   const ctx = inject(AppContextKey);
   if (!ctx) throw new Error("useApp() must be called inside a vue-tui render tree");
   return { exit: ctx.exit, waitUntilRenderFlush: ctx.waitUntilRenderFlush };
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useBoxMetrics.ts b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useBoxMetrics.ts
index 32d5ff0..891e096 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useBoxMetrics.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useBoxMetrics.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface BoxMetrics {
   readonly top: number;
 }
 
-export interface UseBoxMetricsResult {
+export interface UseBoxMetricsReturn {
   /** Reactive element width. */
   readonly width: ShallowRef<number>;
   /** Reactive element height. */
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function measureElement(node: unknown): { width: number; height: number }
  * );
  * ```
  */
-export function useBoxMetrics(ref: Ref<unknown>): UseBoxMetricsResult {
+export function useBoxMetrics(ref: Ref<unknown>): UseBoxMetricsReturn {
   const width = shallowRef(0);
   const height = shallowRef(0);
   const left = shallowRef(0);
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStderr.ts b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStderr.ts
index fbc8788..16b6796 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStderr.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStderr.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { inject } from "vue";
 import { AppContextKey } from "../context.ts";
 
-export function useStderr(): { stderr: NodeJS.WriteStream; write: (data: string) => void } {
+/** The public stderr surface returned by {@link useStderr}. Mirrors Ink's `useStderr()`. */
+export interface UseStderrReturn {
+  readonly stderr: NodeJS.WriteStream;
+  readonly write: (data: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function useStderr(): UseStderrReturn {
   const ctx = inject(AppContextKey);
   if (!ctx) throw new Error("useStderr() must be called inside a vue-tui render tree");
   return { stderr: ctx.stderr, write: (data) => ctx.writeToStderr(data) };
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdin.ts b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdin.ts
index e0eeb18..110b9e7 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdin.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdin.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 import { inject } from "vue";
-import { StdinContextKey, type StdinContext } from "../context.ts";
+import { StdinContextKey } from "../context.ts";
 
-export function useStdin(): StdinContext {
+/**
+ * The public stdin surface returned by {@link useStdin}. Mirrors Ink's `useStdin()`,
+ * which returns its `PublicProps` — not the full context. The raw-mode ref-counting
+ * primitives and the paste/event-emitter plumbing on the internal `StdinContext` are
+ * reached by the framework's own composables (`useInput` / `useFocus` / `usePaste`) via
+ * `inject(StdinContextKey)`, and are deliberately not part of this public surface.
+ */
+export interface UseStdinReturn {
+  readonly stdin: NodeJS.ReadStream;
+  readonly setRawMode: (mode: boolean) => void;
+  readonly isRawModeSupported: boolean;
+}
+
+export function useStdin(): UseStdinReturn {
   const ctx = inject(StdinContextKey);
   if (!ctx) throw new Error("useStdin() must be called inside a vue-tui render tree");
+  // Return the full controller narrowed to the public surface — TS structural typing
+  // hides the internal members, exactly as Ink types `useStdin()` as `PublicProps`.
   return ctx;
 }
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdout.ts b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdout.ts
index 9538ce0..89b23ad 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdout.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/composables/useStdout.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 import { inject } from "vue";
 import { AppContextKey } from "../context.ts";
 
-export function useStdout(): { stdout: NodeJS.WriteStream; write: (data: string) => void } {
+/** The public stdout surface returned by {@link useStdout}. Mirrors Ink's `useStdout()`. */
+export interface UseStdoutReturn {
+  readonly stdout: NodeJS.WriteStream;
+  readonly write: (data: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function useStdout(): UseStdoutReturn {
   const ctx = inject(AppContextKey);
   if (!ctx) throw new Error("useStdout() must be called inside a vue-tui render tree");
   return { stdout: ctx.stdout, write: (data) => ctx.writeToStdout(data) };
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
index c595a6f..e189c82 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -14,27 +14,27 @@ export { Spacer } from "./components/Spacer.ts";
 export { Static, type StaticProps } from "./components/Static.ts";
 export { Transform, type TransformProps } from "./components/Transform.ts";
 
-export { useApp } from "./composables/useApp.ts";
+export { useApp, type UseAppReturn } from "./composables/useApp.ts";
 export { useInput, type Key, type UseInputOptions } from "./composables/useInput.ts";
 export { usePaste, type UsePasteOptions } from "./composables/usePaste.ts";
 export { useFocus, type UseFocusOptions } from "./composables/useFocus.ts";
 export { useFocusManager } from "./composables/useFocusManager.ts";
-export { useStdin } from "./composables/useStdin.ts";
-export { useStdout } from "./composables/useStdout.ts";
-export { useStderr } from "./composables/useStderr.ts";
+export { useStdin, type UseStdinReturn } from "./composables/useStdin.ts";
+export { useStdout, type UseStdoutReturn } from "./composables/useStdout.ts";
+export { useStderr, type UseStderrReturn } from "./composables/useStderr.ts";
 export { useTerminalSize, useWindowSize, type WindowSize } from "./composables/useTerminalSize.ts";
 export { useCursor, type CursorPosition } from "./composables/useCursor.ts";
 export { useIsScreenReaderEnabled } from "./composables/useIsScreenReaderEnabled.ts";
 export {
   useAnimation,
   type AnimationOptions,
-  type AnimationResult,
+  type UseAnimationReturn,
 } from "./composables/useAnimation.ts";
 export {
   useBoxMetrics,
   measureElement,
   type BoxMetrics,
-  type UseBoxMetricsResult,
+  type UseBoxMetricsReturn,
 } from "./composables/useBoxMetrics.ts";
 export { renderScreenReaderOutput, type ScreenReaderOptions } from "./paint/screen-reader.ts";
 export type { DevState, DevErrorInfo } from "./hmr.ts";