diff --git a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/editor-paste.ts b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/editor-paste.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3844d17a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/editor-paste.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Extension } from '@tiptap/core';
+import { Plugin, PluginKey } from '@tiptap/pm/state';
+
+// @tiptap/markdown parses markdown for load/insertContent but never for the clipboard, so a paste of block
+// markdown (# ## - 1. | >) would land as literal text (only StarterKit's inline mark paste-rules fire).
+// Route plain-text pastes through the same markdown layer as load; defer to ProseMirror's own path for rich
+// sources — an in-editor copy (carries `data-pm-slice`) or web/Office HTML (block tags) — so their fidelity
+// survives, and keep pastes inside code literal.
+const RICH_HTML_BLOCK = /<(?:h[1-6]|ul|ol|li|table|thead|tbody|tr|td|th|blockquote|pre|img|hr)\b/i;
+
+export const MarkdownPaste = Extension.create({
+    addProseMirrorPlugins() {
+        const { editor } = this;
+
+        return [
+            new Plugin({
+                key: new PluginKey('markdownPaste'),
+                props: {
+                    handlePaste(view, event) {
+                        const text = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain') ?? '';
+
+                        if (!text.trim()) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        const html = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/html') ?? '';
+
+                        if (html.includes('data-pm-slice') || RICH_HTML_BLOCK.test(html)) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        if (view.state.selection.$from.parent.type.spec.code || editor.isActive('code')) {
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        return editor.commands.insertContent(text, { contentType: 'markdown' });
+                    },
+                },
+            }),
+        ];
+    },
+    name: 'markdownPaste',
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.ts b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.ts
index 36a291b4..0cf17ddf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Placeholder } from '@tiptap/extensions';
 import StarterKit from '@tiptap/starter-kit';
 
 import { createMarkdownLayer, MarkdownTable } from './editor-markdown';
+import { MarkdownPaste } from './editor-paste';
 import { TagHighlight } from './editor-tag-highlight';
 import { VariableHighlight } from './editor-variable-highlight';
 
@@ -25,4 +26,5 @@ export const createMarkdownExtensions = (placeholder?: string) => [
     TagHighlight,
     Placeholder.configure({ emptyEditorClass: 'is-editor-empty', placeholder }),
     ...createMarkdownLayer(),
+    MarkdownPaste,
 ];