diff --git a/internal/cli/dataset.go b/internal/cli/dataset.go
index bfb7b8b..6a8b098 100644
--- a/internal/cli/dataset.go
+++ b/internal/cli/dataset.go
@@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ func runDatasetPush(ctx context.Context, out, errOut io.Writer, a runDatasetPush
 	//    leaves Prompter nil and skips straight to the flag-only path.
 	if a.Interactive && a.Prompter != nil {
 		if err := runInteractive(a.Printer, a.Prompter, &a, a.CategorySet); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, errInteractiveCancelled) {
+				a.Printer.Infof("Cancelled — nothing was pushed.")
+				return nil
+			}
 			return &exitError{code: 3, err: fmt.Errorf("interactive setup: %w", err)}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/cli/interactive.go b/internal/cli/interactive.go
index 95357a6..aaff559 100644
--- a/internal/cli/interactive.go
+++ b/internal/cli/interactive.go
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package cli
 
 import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
+	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2/terminal"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 
 	"github.com/tracebloc/cli/internal/push"
@@ -31,6 +36,11 @@ var promptCategories = []string{
 // returns scripted answers, so the prompt-mapping logic is unit-
 // testable without a pseudo-terminal — the same trick kubernetes.Interface
 // uses to let cluster code run against a fake clientset.
+// errInteractiveCancelled is returned when the user declines the
+// confirm prompt or hits Ctrl-C. It's control flow, not a failure:
+// runDatasetPush maps it to a clean exit (0) with a "Cancelled" note.
+var errInteractiveCancelled = errors.New("cancelled by user")
+
 type prompter interface {
 	// Input asks for free text. def pre-fills the answer; validate, if
 	// non-nil, rejects bad input and re-prompts.
@@ -38,6 +48,8 @@ type prompter interface {
 	// Select asks the user to pick one of options; def is the
 	// pre-highlighted choice.
 	Select(label, help string, options []string, def string) (string, error)
+	// Confirm asks a yes/no question; def is the answer on a bare Enter.
+	Confirm(label string, def bool) (bool, error)
 }
 
 // surveyPrompter is the production prompter, backed by
@@ -57,7 +69,7 @@ func (surveyPrompter) Input(label, help, def string, validate func(string) error
 		}))
 	}
 	if err := survey.AskOne(q, &ans, opts...); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", mapErr(err)
 	}
 	return ans, nil
 }
@@ -66,11 +78,30 @@ func (surveyPrompter) Select(label, help string, options []string, def string) (
 	var ans string
 	q := &survey.Select{Message: label, Help: help, Options: options, Default: def}
 	if err := survey.AskOne(q, &ans); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", mapErr(err)
+	}
+	return ans, nil
+}
+
+func (surveyPrompter) Confirm(label string, def bool) (bool, error) {
+	ans := def
+	if err := survey.AskOne(&survey.Confirm{Message: label, Default: def}, &ans); err != nil {
+		return false, mapErr(err)
 	}
 	return ans, nil
 }
 
+// mapErr translates survey's Ctrl-C (terminal.InterruptErr) into our
+// errInteractiveCancelled, so the rest of the code never imports survey
+// internals to recognize a cancellation — the prompter seam stays
+// leak-free.
+func mapErr(err error) error {
+	if errors.Is(err, terminal.InterruptErr) {
+		return errInteractiveCancelled
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // isInteractiveTTY reports whether we can run a guided prompt flow:
 // both stdin (we read answers) and stdout (we draw prompts) must be a
 // real terminal. Piped input, redirected output, or CI all fail this
@@ -90,6 +121,7 @@ func isInteractiveTTY() bool {
 func runInteractive(p *ui.Printer, pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs, categorySet bool) error {
 	p.PromptHeader("Let's set up your dataset push")
 	p.Hintf("Press Enter to accept a default; Ctrl-C to cancel.")
+	prompted := false
 
 	if a.LocalPath == "" {
 		ans, err := pr.Input("Path to your dataset directory", "e.g. ./my-data", "", nil)
@@ -97,6 +129,7 @@ func runInteractive(p *ui.Printer, pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs, categoryS
 			return err
 		}
 		a.LocalPath = ans
+		prompted = true
 	}
 
 	if !categorySet {
@@ -106,6 +139,7 @@ func runInteractive(p *ui.Printer, pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs, categoryS
 			return err
 		}
 		a.Spec.Category = ans
+		prompted = true
 	}
 
 	if a.Spec.Table == "" {
@@ -116,6 +150,7 @@ func runInteractive(p *ui.Printer, pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs, categoryS
 			return err
 		}
 		a.Spec.Table = ans
+		prompted = true
 	}
 
 	if a.Spec.Intent == "" {
@@ -125,6 +160,7 @@ func runInteractive(p *ui.Printer, pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs, categoryS
 			return err
 		}
 		a.Spec.Intent = ans
+		prompted = true
 	}
 
 	// masked_language_modeling is self-supervised — no label column.
@@ -135,7 +171,146 @@ func runInteractive(p *ui.Printer, pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs, categoryS
 			return err
 		}
 		a.Spec.LabelColumn = ans
+		prompted = true
 	}
 
+	cp, err := promptCategorySpecific(pr, a)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	prompted = prompted || cp
+
+	// Confirm only when we actually prompted something — a push that's
+	// fully specified by flags (on a TTY) isn't nagged with a confirm.
+	if prompted {
+		renderReview(p, a)
+		ok, err := pr.Confirm("Proceed with the push?", true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			return errInteractiveCancelled
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// promptCategorySpecific prompts for the inputs a particular category
+// needs beyond the core fields, filling only the gaps. Returns whether
+// it prompted anything (so the caller knows to show the confirm).
+func promptCategorySpecific(pr prompter, a *runDatasetPushArgs) (bool, error) {
+	cat := a.Spec.Category
+	prompted := false
+	switch {
+	case push.IsImage(cat):
+		if cat == "keypoint_detection" && a.Spec.NumberOfKeypoints <= 0 {
+			ans, err := pr.Input("Number of keypoints per sample",
+				"e.g. 17 for COCO pose", "", validatePositiveInt)
+			if err != nil {
+				return prompted, err
+			}
+			n, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(ans))
+			a.Spec.NumberOfKeypoints = n
+			prompted = true
+		}
+		if a.TargetSizeFlag == "" {
+			ans, err := pr.Input("Image resolution as WxH (blank = auto-detect from the first image)",
+				"all images must share it; the ingestor validates, it doesn't resize", "",
+				validateOptionalTargetSize)
+			if err != nil {
+				return prompted, err
+			}
+			a.TargetSizeFlag = strings.TrimSpace(ans)
+			prompted = true
+		}
+	case push.IsTabular(cat):
+		if a.SchemaFlag == "" {
+			ans, err := pr.Input("Column schema as col:TYPE,... (blank = infer from the CSV)",
+				"e.g. age:INT,price:FLOAT", "", validateOptionalSchema)
+			if err != nil {
+				return prompted, err
+			}
+			a.SchemaFlag = strings.TrimSpace(ans)
+			prompted = true
+		}
+		if push.IsRegressionClass(cat) && a.Spec.LabelPolicy == "" {
+			ans, err := pr.Select("Label policy",
+				"bucket bins the target before it leaves the cluster",
+				[]string{"bucket", "passthrough"}, "bucket")
+			if err != nil {
+				return prompted, err
+			}
+			a.Spec.LabelPolicy = ans
+			prompted = true
+		}
+		if cat == "time_to_event_prediction" && a.Spec.TimeColumn == "" {
+			ans, err := pr.Input("Time column", "the duration/time column name", "time", nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				return prompted, err
+			}
+			a.Spec.TimeColumn = strings.TrimSpace(ans)
+			prompted = true
+		}
+	}
+	return prompted, nil
+}
+
+// renderReview prints the assembled push inputs before the confirm
+// prompt, so the user sees exactly what's about to happen.
+func renderReview(p *ui.Printer, a *runDatasetPushArgs) {
+	p.Section("Review")
+	p.Field("path", a.LocalPath)
+	p.Field("category", a.Spec.Category)
+	p.Field("table", a.Spec.Table)
+	p.Field("intent", a.Spec.Intent)
+	if a.Spec.LabelColumn != "" {
+		p.Field("label column", a.Spec.LabelColumn)
+	}
+	if a.Spec.NumberOfKeypoints > 0 {
+		p.Field("keypoints", strconv.Itoa(a.Spec.NumberOfKeypoints))
+	}
+	switch {
+	case a.TargetSizeFlag != "":
+		p.Field("resolution", a.TargetSizeFlag)
+	case push.IsImage(a.Spec.Category):
+		p.Field("resolution", "auto-detect")
+	}
+	switch {
+	case a.SchemaFlag != "":
+		p.Field("schema", a.SchemaFlag)
+	case push.IsTabular(a.Spec.Category):
+		p.Field("schema", "infer from CSV")
+	}
+	if a.Spec.LabelPolicy != "" {
+		p.Field("label policy", a.Spec.LabelPolicy)
+	}
+	if a.Spec.TimeColumn != "" {
+		p.Field("time column", a.Spec.TimeColumn)
+	}
+}
+
+// validatePositiveInt accepts a string that parses to an int > 0.
+func validatePositiveInt(s string) error {
+	if n, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(s)); err != nil || n <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("must be a positive integer")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// validateOptionalTargetSize accepts "" (auto-detect) or a valid WxH.
+func validateOptionalTargetSize(s string) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(s) == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, _, err := push.ParseTargetSize(s)
+	return err
+}
+
+// validateOptionalSchema accepts "" (infer) or a valid col:TYPE,... set.
+func validateOptionalSchema(s string) error {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(s) == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	_, err := push.ParseSchema(s)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/internal/cli/interactive_test.go b/internal/cli/interactive_test.go
index 81deec9..262e950 100644
--- a/internal/cli/interactive_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/interactive_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cli
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/tracebloc/cli/internal/push"
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 type fakePrompter struct {
 	answers map[string]string
 	asked   []string
+	confirm *bool // nil → return the prompt's default (true)
 }
 
 func (f *fakePrompter) answer(label, def string) string {
@@ -39,6 +41,13 @@ func (f *fakePrompter) Select(label, _ /*help*/ string, _ []string, def string)
 	return f.answer(label, def), nil
 }
 
+func (f *fakePrompter) Confirm(_ string, def bool) (bool, error) {
+	if f.confirm != nil {
+		return *f.confirm, nil
+	}
+	return def, nil
+}
+
 func discardPrinter() *ui.Printer { return ui.New(&bytes.Buffer{}) }
 
 // TestRunInteractive_FillsAllWhenEmpty: a bare invocation prompts for
@@ -77,10 +86,12 @@ func TestRunInteractive_FillsAllWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 // explicit --category) mean nothing is prompted.
 func TestRunInteractive_SkipsProvidedValues(t *testing.T) {
 	f := &fakePrompter{answers: map[string]string{}}
+	// text_classification has no category-specific prompts, so with all
+	// core fields set + an explicit --category, nothing is asked.
 	a := &runDatasetPushArgs{
 		LocalPath: "./data",
 		Spec: push.SpecArgs{
-			Category: "image_classification", Table: "t", Intent: "train", LabelColumn: "label",
+			Category: "text_classification", Table: "t", Intent: "train", LabelColumn: "label",
 		},
 	}
 	if err := runInteractive(discardPrinter(), f, a, true /*categorySet*/); err != nil {
@@ -91,6 +102,62 @@ func TestRunInteractive_SkipsProvidedValues(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestRunInteractive_Keypoint prompts for the required keypoint count;
+// the optional resolution left blank means auto-detect.
+func TestRunInteractive_Keypoint(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakePrompter{answers: map[string]string{"Number of keypoints per sample": "17"}}
+	a := &runDatasetPushArgs{
+		LocalPath: "./kp",
+		Spec:      push.SpecArgs{Category: "keypoint_detection", Table: "kp_train", Intent: "train", LabelColumn: "image_label"},
+	}
+	if err := runInteractive(discardPrinter(), f, a, true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("runInteractive: %v", err)
+	}
+	if a.Spec.NumberOfKeypoints != 17 {
+		t.Errorf("NumberOfKeypoints = %d, want 17", a.Spec.NumberOfKeypoints)
+	}
+	if a.TargetSizeFlag != "" {
+		t.Errorf("TargetSizeFlag = %q, want empty (auto-detect)", a.TargetSizeFlag)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRunInteractive_TabularRegression prompts for the label policy
+// (regression-class) and leaves the schema to inference.
+func TestRunInteractive_TabularRegression(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakePrompter{answers: map[string]string{"Label policy": "passthrough"}}
+	a := &runDatasetPushArgs{
+		LocalPath: "./tab",
+		Spec:      push.SpecArgs{Category: "tabular_regression", Table: "reg_train", Intent: "train", LabelColumn: "Target"},
+	}
+	if err := runInteractive(discardPrinter(), f, a, true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("runInteractive: %v", err)
+	}
+	if a.Spec.LabelPolicy != "passthrough" {
+		t.Errorf("LabelPolicy = %q, want passthrough", a.Spec.LabelPolicy)
+	}
+	if a.SchemaFlag != "" {
+		t.Errorf("SchemaFlag = %q, want empty (infer)", a.SchemaFlag)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRunInteractive_Cancel: declining the confirm returns the
+// cancellation sentinel — a clean abort, not a failure.
+func TestRunInteractive_Cancel(t *testing.T) {
+	no := false
+	f := &fakePrompter{
+		answers: map[string]string{"Path to your dataset directory": "./x"},
+		confirm: &no,
+	}
+	// path is prompted (→ prompted=true → a confirm is shown); the rest
+	// is pre-set so we reach the confirm cleanly.
+	a := &runDatasetPushArgs{Spec: push.SpecArgs{
+		Category: "image_classification", Table: "t", Intent: "train", LabelColumn: "label",
+	}}
+	if err := runInteractive(discardPrinter(), f, a, true); !errors.Is(err, errInteractiveCancelled) {
+		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want errInteractiveCancelled", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestRunInteractive_MLMSkipsLabel: masked_language_modeling has no
 // label column, so it must not be prompted.
 func TestRunInteractive_MLMSkipsLabel(t *testing.T) {