diff --git a/development/tests/test-keymaps.lua b/development/tests/test-keymaps.lua
index ac82176..83cbe7a 100644
--- a/development/tests/test-keymaps.lua
+++ b/development/tests/test-keymaps.lua
@@ -834,6 +834,30 @@ vim.defer_fn(function()
       error('want 5 table lines (hdr+sep+3 rows), got ' .. #tbl)
     end
   end)
+  -- The Neovim :Vimwiki*Link Ex-commands used to dispatch to raw
+  -- vim.lsp.buf.definition(), bypassing the bare-word → [[link]] wrap that the
+  -- Vim branch and the <CR> mapping do. They now route through
+  -- follow_link_or_create; the wrap is a pure client-side buffer edit (no LSP),
+  -- so it's the headlessly-reliable observable.
+  tobj_case('cmd.VimwikiFollowLink_wraps_bare_word', function()
+    set_buf({ 'word here' })
+    vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, { 1, 0 })
+    vim.cmd('VimwikiFollowLink')
+    local got = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
+    if got ~= '[[word]] here' then
+      error('VimwikiFollowLink did not wrap bare word: ' .. got)
+    end
+  end)
+  tobj_case('cmd.VimwikiSplitLink_wraps_bare_word', function()
+    set_buf({ 'word here' })
+    vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, { 1, 0 })
+    vim.cmd('VimwikiSplitLink')
+    local got = vim.api.nvim_get_current_line()
+    vim.cmd('only') -- drop the split this command opened
+    if got ~= '[[word]] here' then
+      error('VimwikiSplitLink did not wrap bare word: ' .. got)
+    end
+  end)
   -- `:[range]VimwikiListChangeLvl {dir} [plus_children]` — now -range -nargs=+
   -- (was -nargs=?, range-less). A 1,3 range with `increase` must indent the
   -- items that have somewhere to nest (the 2nd item under the 1st).