diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73cccb5..1a4b979 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -245,7 +245,10 @@ A clean, **zero-annotation editor** on the left; the rendered preview on the
 right as the **single interactive review surface**. The editor carries no
 attribution tint, no in-editor proposal threads, and no diff — all review lives
 in the preview, toggled by the **Annotations** switch in its header (on by
-default). `Ctrl+Alt+R` opens **"Open Review Preview"**.
+default). Open it via `Ctrl+Alt+R`, the editor title-bar button, or
+**right-click a markdown file in the Explorer / its editor tab →
+"Open Cowriting Review Panel"** (#41) — the right-click acts on the clicked
+document, opening it first if needed.
 
 In the on-state the preview shows **green = human / blue = Claude /
 strikethrough = deleted**, and surfaces each of Claude's pending F4 proposals as
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d845587..969c54a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       },
       {
         "command": "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview",
-        "title": "Cowriting: Open Review Preview",
+        "title": "Open Cowriting Review Panel",
         "category": "Cowriting"
       },
       {
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@
           "group": "navigation@9"
         }
       ],
+      "editor/title/context": [
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview",
+          "when": "resourceLangId == markdown",
+          "group": "1_cowriting"
+        }
+      ],
+      "explorer/context": [
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview",
+          "when": "resourceLangId == markdown",
+          "group": "navigation@9"
+        }
+      ],
       "editor/context": [
         {
           "command": "cowriting.editSelection",
diff --git a/src/trackChangesPreview.ts b/src/trackChangesPreview.ts
index 85afc8e..680b490 100644
--- a/src/trackChangesPreview.ts
+++ b/src/trackChangesPreview.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,16 @@ export class TrackChangesPreviewController implements vscode.Disposable {
     this.disposables.push(
       // F11 (SLICE-5): the editor/title gateway passes the tab's resource Uri;
       // the palette / keybinding pass nothing → fall back to the active editor.
-      vscode.commands.registerCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview", (uri?: vscode.Uri) => {
-        const byUri = uri && vscode.workspace.textDocuments.find((d) => d.uri.toString() === uri.toString());
-        this.show(byUri || vscode.window.activeTextEditor?.document);
+      // #41: the explorer/tab right-click also passes the clicked Uri, which may
+      // not be an open document yet — open it so we preview the clicked file, not
+      // whatever happens to be the active editor.
+      vscode.commands.registerCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview", async (uri?: vscode.Uri) => {
+        if (uri) {
+          const open = vscode.workspace.textDocuments.find((d) => d.uri.toString() === uri.toString());
+          this.show(open ?? (await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(uri)));
+          return;
+        }
+        this.show(vscode.window.activeTextEditor?.document);
       }),
       // F11: document-scoped Ask-Claude (also reused by #42's gateway). Edits the
       // active markdown doc; the rewrite is diffed into per-hunk F4 proposals.
diff --git a/test/e2e/suite/reviewPanelMenu.test.ts b/test/e2e/suite/reviewPanelMenu.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41c0d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/suite/reviewPanelMenu.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import * as assert from "assert";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+import type { CowritingApi } from "../../../src/extension";
+
+const WS = process.env.E2E_WORKSPACE!;
+const settle = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 400));
+
+async function getApi(): Promise<CowritingApi> {
+  const ext = vscode.extensions.getExtension("benstull.vscode-cowriting-plugin")!;
+  const api = (await ext.activate()) as CowritingApi;
+  assert.ok(api?.trackChangesPreviewController, "exports preview controller");
+  return api;
+}
+
+/** Write a markdown file under WS and return its uri (without opening it). */
+function writeFile(rel: string, body: string): vscode.Uri {
+  const abs = path.join(WS, rel);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(abs), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(abs, body, "utf8");
+  return vscode.Uri.file(abs);
+}
+
+function pkg(): any {
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../../../../package.json"), "utf8"));
+}
+
+// #41 (story): "Open Cowriting Review Panel" reachable from the markdown
+// file/tab right-click menu. The review surface (showTrackChangesPreview) is the
+// plugin's central affordance; this adds explorer/context + editor/title/context
+// entry points and makes the command open the *clicked* document — not merely
+// the active editor — so the explorer right-click works even when the file is
+// not already open.
+suite("#41 review-panel right-click entry (host E2E — menu wiring + clicked-doc resolution)", () => {
+  test("command with a Uri previews the CLICKED doc, not the active editor", async () => {
+    // Two markdown docs; A is the active editor, B is the right-clicked target.
+    const aUri = writeFile("docs/menu-active.md", "# Active\n\nThe active editor's document.\n");
+    const bUri = writeFile("docs/menu-clicked.md", "# Clicked\n\nThe right-clicked document.\n");
+    const aDoc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(aUri);
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(aDoc);
+    const bDoc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(bUri); // open but NOT active
+    await settle();
+    const api = await getApi();
+
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview", bUri);
+    await settle();
+
+    assert.strictEqual(api.trackChangesPreviewController.isOpen(bUri.toString()), true, "preview opened for the clicked doc");
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      api.trackChangesPreviewController.isOpen(aUri.toString()),
+      false,
+      "the active editor's doc did NOT get a preview",
+    );
+    assert.ok(bDoc, "clicked doc handle held");
+  });
+
+  test("command with a Uri for a not-yet-open file opens it and previews (explorer case)", async () => {
+    // Write a file but do not openTextDocument it — mimics an Explorer right-click.
+    const uri = writeFile("docs/menu-unopened.md", "# Unopened\n\nNever opened before the right-click.\n");
+    const key = uri.toString();
+    const api = await getApi();
+    assert.ok(
+      !vscode.workspace.textDocuments.some((d) => d.uri.toString() === key),
+      "precondition: the file is not an open document",
+    );
+
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview", uri);
+    await settle();
+
+    assert.strictEqual(api.trackChangesPreviewController.isOpen(key), true, "the clicked-but-unopened file got a preview");
+  });
+
+  test("no-arg invocation still falls back to the active editor (palette / keybinding unchanged)", async () => {
+    const uri = writeFile("docs/menu-noarg.md", "# No-arg\n\nActive editor for the no-arg path.\n");
+    const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(uri);
+    await vscode.window.showTextDocument(doc);
+    await settle();
+    const api = await getApi();
+
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview");
+    await settle();
+
+    assert.strictEqual(api.trackChangesPreviewController.isOpen(uri.toString()), true, "no-arg previews the active editor");
+  });
+
+  test("explorer/context contributes the review-panel item for markdown only", () => {
+    const items = (pkg().contributes.menus["explorer/context"] ?? []) as Array<{ command: string; when?: string }>;
+    const entry = items.find((m) => m.command === "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview");
+    assert.ok(entry, "explorer/context has a showTrackChangesPreview entry");
+    assert.match(entry!.when ?? "", /resourceLangId == markdown/, "gated on markdown resources");
+  });
+
+  test("editor/title/context (tab right-click) contributes the review-panel item for markdown only", () => {
+    const items = (pkg().contributes.menus["editor/title/context"] ?? []) as Array<{ command: string; when?: string }>;
+    const entry = items.find((m) => m.command === "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview");
+    assert.ok(entry, "editor/title/context has a showTrackChangesPreview entry");
+    assert.match(entry!.when ?? "", /resourceLangId == markdown/, "gated on markdown tabs");
+  });
+
+  test("the command title reads 'Open Cowriting Review Panel'", () => {
+    const cmd = (pkg().contributes.commands as Array<{ command: string; title: string }>).find(
+      (c) => c.command === "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview",
+    );
+    assert.ok(cmd, "command is contributed");
+    assert.strictEqual(cmd!.title, "Open Cowriting Review Panel", "menus render this title");
+  });
+
+  test("the ctrl+alt+r keybinding still targets the command (unchanged)", () => {
+    const kb = (pkg().contributes.keybindings as Array<{ command: string; key: string; when?: string }>).find(
+      (k) => k.command === "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview",
+    );
+    assert.ok(kb, "keybinding still present");
+    assert.strictEqual(kb!.key, "ctrl+alt+r", "key unchanged");
+  });
+});