diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index aca221d..dc82778 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './Dashboard';
 export * from './widgets';
-export * from './interactions';
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './interactions';
+export * from './types/blessed-extensions';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/interactions/InteractionManager.ts b/src/interactions/InteractionManager.ts
index 45594c9..03db074 100644
--- a/src/interactions/InteractionManager.ts
+++ b/src/interactions/InteractionManager.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as blessed from 'blessed';
-import { ScrollableElement, StylableElement, isScrollable, isStylable } from '../types/blessed-extensions';
+import { hasScrolling, hasStylableBorder } from '../types/blessed-extensions';
 
 // =============================================================================
 // Types
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export class InteractionManager {
   static scrollIntoView(options: ScrollIntoViewOptions): void {
     const { container, lineIndex, padding = 0 } = options;
 
-    if (!isScrollable(container)) {
+    if (!hasScrolling(container)) {
       return; // Container doesn't support scrolling
     }
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class InteractionManager {
    * Calculate visible range for a scrollable container
    */
   static getVisibleRange(container: blessed.Widgets.BlessedElement): { start: number; end: number } {
-    if (!isScrollable(container)) {
+    if (!hasScrolling(container)) {
       return { start: 0, end: 0 };
     }
 
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ export class InteractionManager {
     const { element, defaultLabel, focusedLabel } = panel;
 
     // Update border color if element supports styling
-    if (isStylable(element) && element.style.border) {
+    if (hasStylableBorder(element) && element.style.border) {
       element.style.border.fg = isFocused ? this.focusedBorderColor : this.defaultBorderColor;
     }
 
     // Update label if configured
     if (this.showFocusedLabel && (defaultLabel || focusedLabel)) {
       const label = isFocused ? (focusedLabel ?? `${defaultLabel} [focused]`) : defaultLabel;
-      if (label && isStylable(element) && typeof element.setLabel === 'function') {
+      if (label && hasStylableBorder(element) && typeof element.setLabel === 'function') {
         element.setLabel(` ${label} `);
       }
     }
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export class InteractionManager {
 
   private extractLabel(element: blessed.Widgets.BlessedElement): string {
     // Try to extract existing label from element
-    if (isStylable(element) && element.options?.label) {
+    if (hasStylableBorder(element) && element.options?.label) {
       const label = element.options.label;
       if (typeof label === 'string') {
         return label.trim();
diff --git a/src/types/blessed-extensions.ts b/src/types/blessed-extensions.ts
index 2dda091..245e6b5 100644
--- a/src/types/blessed-extensions.ts
+++ b/src/types/blessed-extensions.ts
@@ -85,45 +85,50 @@ export function isExtendedLog(element: contrib.Widgets.LogElement): element is E
 // =============================================================================
 
 /**
- * A blessed element that supports scrolling
- * Used by InteractionManager for scroll-into-view functionality
+ * Shape of a scrollable blessed element
+ * Used for runtime type checking in InteractionManager
  */
-export interface ScrollableElement extends blessed.Widgets.BlessedElement {
-  /** Height of the element */
+export interface ScrollableShape {
   height: number
-  /** Current scroll position (lines from top) */
   childBase: number
-  /** Scroll to a specific line position */
   scrollTo(position: number): void
 }
 
 /**
- * A blessed element with style.border access
+ * Shape of a stylable blessed element
  */
-export interface StylableElement extends blessed.Widgets.BlessedElement {
+export interface StylableShape {
   style: {
     border?: { fg: string }
     [key: string]: unknown
   }
-  /** Element options including label */
   options?: {
     label?: string
     [key: string]: unknown
   }
-  /** Set the label for this element */
   setLabel?(text: string): void
 }
 
 /**
- * Type guard to check if an element is scrollable
+ * Check if an element has scrolling capabilities
  */
-export function isScrollable(element: blessed.Widgets.BlessedElement): element is ScrollableElement {
-  return typeof (element as ScrollableElement).scrollTo === 'function'
+export function hasScrolling(element: unknown): element is ScrollableShape {
+  return (
+    typeof element === 'object' &&
+    element !== null &&
+    typeof (element as ScrollableShape).scrollTo === 'function' &&
+    typeof (element as ScrollableShape).height === 'number'
+  )
 }
 
 /**
- * Type guard to check if an element has stylable border
+ * Check if an element has stylable border
  */
-export function isStylable(element: blessed.Widgets.BlessedElement): element is StylableElement {
-  return (element as StylableElement).style?.border !== undefined
+export function hasStylableBorder(element: unknown): element is StylableShape {
+  return (
+    typeof element === 'object' &&
+    element !== null &&
+    typeof (element as StylableShape).style === 'object' &&
+    (element as StylableShape).style?.border !== undefined
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/HealthMonitor.ts b/src/widgets/HealthMonitor.ts
index 2147caf..bb52291 100644
--- a/src/widgets/HealthMonitor.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/HealthMonitor.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class HealthMonitor {
       border: { type: 'line' },
       style: {
         border: { fg: 'cyan' },
-        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true },
+        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true } as unknown as string, // blessed supports object form
         focus: { border: { fg: 'green' } },
       },
       tags: true,
diff --git a/src/widgets/LogViewer.ts b/src/widgets/LogViewer.ts
index 6309e38..c7961e4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/LogViewer.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/LogViewer.ts
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ export class LogViewer {
     this.maxLogs = options.maxLogs ?? 1000
     this.labelBase = options.label ?? 'Logs'
 
+    // Note: blessed actually supports object-form label styles, but @types/blessed doesn't reflect this
     this.logElement = contrib.log({
       parent,
       label: ` ${this.labelBase} `,
       border: { type: 'line' },
       style: {
         border: { fg: 'cyan' },
-        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true },
+        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true } as unknown as string, // blessed supports object form
         focus: { border: { fg: 'green' } },
       },
       bufferLength: options.bufferLength ?? 1000,
diff --git a/src/widgets/ProgressPanel.ts b/src/widgets/ProgressPanel.ts
index 3fff332..39e8699 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ProgressPanel.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/ProgressPanel.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class ProgressPanel {
       border: { type: 'line' },
       style: {
         border: { fg: 'cyan' },
-        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true },
+        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true } as unknown as string, // blessed supports object form
       },
       tags: true,
       ...options.boxOptions,
diff --git a/src/widgets/RoadmapPanel.ts b/src/widgets/RoadmapPanel.ts
index 80f174e..faf8306 100644
--- a/src/widgets/RoadmapPanel.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/RoadmapPanel.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class RoadmapPanel {
       border: { type: 'line' },
       style: {
         border: { fg: 'cyan' },
-        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true },
+        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true } as unknown as string, // blessed supports object form
       },
       tags: true,
       ...options.boxOptions,
diff --git a/src/widgets/ServiceList.ts b/src/widgets/ServiceList.ts
index 2b56267..cdc0de5 100644
--- a/src/widgets/ServiceList.ts
+++ b/src/widgets/ServiceList.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class ServiceList {
       border: { type: 'line' },
       style: {
         border: { fg: 'cyan' },
-        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true },
+        label: { fg: 'white', bold: true } as unknown as string, // blessed supports object form
         focus: { border: { fg: 'green' } },
       },
       tags: true,