diff --git a/src/actions/action_menu.ts b/src/actions/action_menu.ts
index 257426ba..ae04671d 100644
--- a/src/actions/action_menu.ts
+++ b/src/actions/action_menu.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import {
   ASTNode,
-  Connection,
   ContextMenu,
   ContextMenuRegistry,
   ShortcutRegistry,
@@ -22,10 +21,6 @@ const createSerializedKey = ShortcutRegistry.registry.createSerializedKey.bind(
   ShortcutRegistry.registry,
 );
 
-export interface ScopeWithConnection extends ContextMenuRegistry.Scope {
-  connection?: Connection;
-}
-
 /**
  * Keyboard shortcut to show the action menu on Cmr/Ctrl/Alt+Enter key.
  */
@@ -114,10 +109,10 @@ export class ActionMenu {
         const connection = node.getLocation() as RenderedConnection;
         rtl = connection.getSourceBlock().RTL;
 
-        // Slightly hacky: get insert action from registry.  Hacky
-        // because registry typings don't include {connection: ...} as
-        // a possible kind of scope.
-        const menuOptions = this.addConnectionItems(connection, menuOpenEvent);
+        const menuOptions = ContextMenuRegistry.registry.getContextMenuOptions(
+          {focusedNode: connection},
+          menuOpenEvent,
+        );
         // If no valid options, don't show a menu
         if (!menuOptions?.length) return true;
         const location = this.calculateLocationForConnectionMenu(connection);
@@ -153,45 +148,6 @@ export class ActionMenu {
     return true;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Add menu items for a context menu on a connection scope.
-   *
-   * @param connection The connection on which the menu is shown.
-   * @param menuOpenEvent The event that opened this context menu.
-   */
-  private addConnectionItems(connection: Connection, menuOpenEvent: Event) {
-    const menuOptions: Array<
-      | ContextMenuRegistry.ContextMenuOption
-      | ContextMenuRegistry.LegacyContextMenuOption
-    > = [];
-    const possibleOptions = [
-      this.getContextMenuAction('insert'),
-      this.getContextMenuAction('blockPasteFromContextMenu'),
-    ];
-
-    // Check preconditions and get menu texts.
-    const scope = {
-      connection,
-    } as unknown as ContextMenuRegistry.Scope;
-
-    for (const option of possibleOptions) {
-      const precondition = option.preconditionFn?.(scope, menuOpenEvent);
-      if (precondition === 'hidden') continue;
-      const displayText =
-        (typeof option.displayText === 'function'
-          ? option.displayText(scope)
-          : option.displayText) ?? '';
-      menuOptions.push({
-        text: displayText,
-        enabled: precondition === 'enabled',
-        callback: option.callback,
-        scope,
-        weight: option.weight,
-      });
-    }
-    return menuOptions;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Find a context menu action, throwing an `Error` if it is not present or
    * not an action. This usefully narrows the type to `ActionRegistryItem`
diff --git a/src/actions/clipboard.ts b/src/actions/clipboard.ts
index 8215142c..cd1dd838 100644
--- a/src/actions/clipboard.ts
+++ b/src/actions/clipboard.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import {
 import * as Constants from '../constants';
 import type {BlockSvg, WorkspaceSvg} from 'blockly';
 import {Navigation} from '../navigation';
-import {ScopeWithConnection} from './action_menu';
 import {getShortActionShortcut} from '../shortcut_formatting';
+import * as Blockly from 'blockly';
 
 const KeyCodes = blocklyUtils.KeyCodes;
 const createSerializedKey = ShortcutRegistry.registry.createSerializedKey.bind(
@@ -306,19 +306,28 @@ export class Clipboard {
   private registerPasteContextMenuAction() {
     const pasteAction: ContextMenuRegistry.RegistryItem = {
       displayText: (scope) => `Paste (${getShortActionShortcut('paste')})`,
-      preconditionFn: (scope: ScopeWithConnection) => {
-        const block = scope.block ?? scope.connection?.getSourceBlock();
+      preconditionFn: (scope: ContextMenuRegistry.Scope) => {
+        let block;
+        if (scope.focusedNode instanceof Blockly.Block) {
+          block = scope.focusedNode;
+        } else if (scope.focusedNode instanceof Blockly.Connection) {
+          block = scope.focusedNode.getSourceBlock();
+        }
         const ws = block?.workspace as WorkspaceSvg | null;
         if (!ws) return 'hidden';
         return this.pastePrecondition(ws) ? 'enabled' : 'disabled';
       },
-      callback: (scope: ScopeWithConnection) => {
-        const block = scope.block ?? scope.connection?.getSourceBlock();
+      callback: (scope: ContextMenuRegistry.Scope) => {
+        let block;
+        if (scope.focusedNode instanceof Blockly.Block) {
+          block = scope.focusedNode;
+        } else if (scope.focusedNode instanceof Blockly.Connection) {
+          block = scope.focusedNode.getSourceBlock();
+        }
         const ws = block?.workspace as WorkspaceSvg | null;
         if (!ws) return;
         return this.pasteCallback(ws);
       },
-      scopeType: ContextMenuRegistry.ScopeType.BLOCK,
       id: 'blockPasteFromContextMenu',
       weight: BASE_WEIGHT + 2,
     };
diff --git a/src/actions/insert.ts b/src/actions/insert.ts
index 0d2e7a39..aece7712 100644
--- a/src/actions/insert.ts
+++ b/src/actions/insert.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {
 import * as Constants from '../constants';
 import type {WorkspaceSvg} from 'blockly';
 import {Navigation} from '../navigation';
-import {ScopeWithConnection} from './action_menu';
+
+import * as Blockly from 'blockly/core';
 
 const KeyCodes = BlocklyUtils.KeyCodes;
 
@@ -70,21 +71,25 @@ export class InsertAction {
       displayText: () => {
         return 'Insert Block (I)';
       },
-      preconditionFn: (scope: ScopeWithConnection) => {
-        const block = scope.block ?? scope.connection?.getSourceBlock();
+      preconditionFn: (scope: ContextMenuRegistry.Scope) => {
+        let block;
+        if (scope.focusedNode instanceof Blockly.Block) {
+          block = scope.focusedNode;
+        } else if (scope.focusedNode instanceof Blockly.Connection) {
+          block = scope.focusedNode.getSourceBlock();
+        }
         const ws = block?.workspace as WorkspaceSvg | null;
         if (!ws) return 'hidden';
 
         return this.insertPrecondition(ws) ? 'enabled' : 'hidden';
       },
-      callback: (scope: ScopeWithConnection) => {
+      callback: (scope: ContextMenuRegistry.Scope) => {
         const ws =
-          scope.block?.workspace ??
-          (scope.connection?.getSourceBlock().workspace as WorkspaceSvg);
+          scope.focusedNode?.workspace ??
+          (scope.focusedNode?.getSourceBlock().workspace as WorkspaceSvg);
         if (!ws) return false;
         this.insertCallback(ws);
       },
-      scopeType: ContextMenuRegistry.ScopeType.BLOCK,
       id: 'insert',
       weight: 9,
     };
diff --git a/src/navigation.ts b/src/navigation.ts
index 6bb1caf3..c9b1f83b 100644
--- a/src/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/navigation.ts
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ export class Navigation {
       const passiveFocusNode = this.passiveFocusIndicator.getCurNode();
       this.passiveFocusIndicator.hide();
       const disposed = passiveFocusNode?.getSourceBlock()?.disposed;
-      // If there's a gesture then it will either set the node if it has not 
-      // been disposed (which can happen when blocks are reloaded) or be a click 
+      // If there's a gesture then it will either set the node if it has not
+      // been disposed (which can happen when blocks are reloaded) or be a click
       // that should not set one.
       if (!Blockly.Gesture.inProgress() && passiveFocusNode && !disposed) {
         cursor.setCurNode(passiveFocusNode);