diff --git a/src/kimi_cli/soul/kimisoul.py b/src/kimi_cli/soul/kimisoul.py
index 6f27b4233..0d11a84a7 100644
--- a/src/kimi_cli/soul/kimisoul.py
+++ b/src/kimi_cli/soul/kimisoul.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 from kimi_cli.tools.dmail import NAME as SendDMail_NAME
 from kimi_cli.tools.utils import ToolRejectedError
 from kimi_cli.utils.logging import logger
+from kimi_cli.utils.message import user_input_to_text
 from kimi_cli.utils.slashcmd import SlashCommand, parse_slash_command_call
 from kimi_cli.wire.file import WireFile
 from kimi_cli.wire.types import (
@@ -605,7 +606,10 @@ async def run(
             # they are not user input, and a user-configured prompt-blocking
             # hook would drop the notification and hang the wait loop.
             if not skip_user_prompt_hook:
-                text_input_for_hook = user_input if isinstance(user_input, str) else ""
+                # user_input may be structured content (e.g. from the shell UI),
+                # not a plain str; extract its text so prompt-matching hooks see
+                # the actual prompt instead of an empty string.
+                text_input_for_hook = user_input_to_text(user_input)
 
                 hook_results = await self._hook_engine.trigger(
                     "UserPromptSubmit",
diff --git a/src/kimi_cli/utils/message.py b/src/kimi_cli/utils/message.py
index 6ca2c4568..b4221828a 100644
--- a/src/kimi_cli/utils/message.py
+++ b/src/kimi_cli/utils/message.py
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from kosong.message import Message
+from kosong.message import ContentPart, Message
 
 from kimi_cli.wire.types import AudioURLPart, ImageURLPart, TextPart, VideoURLPart
 
 
+def user_input_to_text(user_input: str | list[ContentPart]) -> str:
+    """Extract the plain text from user input.
+
+    ``user_input`` may be a plain string or structured content (e.g. the parts
+    produced by the interactive shell UI). Return the concatenated text in both
+    cases so text-based consumers (such as prompt-matching hooks) work
+    regardless of the input shape.
+    """
+    if isinstance(user_input, str):
+        return user_input
+    return Message(role="user", content=user_input).extract_text(" ")
+
+
 def message_stringify(message: Message) -> str:
     """Get a string representation of a message."""
     # TODO: this should be merged into `kosong.message.Message.extract_text`
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_message_utils.py b/tests/utils/test_message_utils.py
index f19c7e643..836e11f74 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_message_utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_message_utils.py
@@ -4,10 +4,33 @@
 
 from kosong.message import Message
 
-from kimi_cli.utils.message import message_stringify
+from kimi_cli.utils.message import message_stringify, user_input_to_text
 from kimi_cli.wire.types import ImageURLPart, TextPart
 
 
+def test_user_input_to_text_from_string():
+    """A plain string is returned unchanged."""
+    assert user_input_to_text("hello world") == "hello world"
+
+
+def test_user_input_to_text_from_content_parts():
+    """Structured content (e.g. from the shell UI) yields its text, not ''."""
+    user_input = [TextPart(text="hello"), TextPart(text="world")]
+    assert user_input_to_text(user_input) == "hello world"
+
+
+def test_user_input_to_text_ignores_non_text_parts():
+    """Non-text parts are skipped when extracting the text."""
+    image_part = ImageURLPart(image_url=ImageURLPart.ImageURL(url="https://example.com/image.jpg"))
+    user_input = [TextPart(text="describe"), image_part, TextPart(text="this")]
+    assert user_input_to_text(user_input) == "describe this"
+
+
+def test_user_input_to_text_from_empty_parts():
+    """No text parts yields an empty string."""
+    assert user_input_to_text([]) == ""
+
+
 def test_extract_text_from_string_content():
     """Test extracting text from message with string content."""
     message = Message(role="user", content="Simple text")