diff --git a/alacritty/alacritty.toml b/alacritty/alacritty.toml
index d9c45cb..cd39d7a 100644
--- a/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+++ b/alacritty/alacritty.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ opacity = 0.95
 [window.padding]
 x = 16
 y = 16
+
+# Shift+Enter sends a distinct ESC+CR sequence so apps (like Claude Code)
+# can distinguish it from plain Enter and insert a newline instead of
+# submitting. Installed by Claude Code/terminal-setup; preserved here
+# so bombadil renders it persistently across dotfile syncs.
+[[keyboard.bindings]]
+key = "Return"
+mods = "Shift"
+chars = "\u001B\r"