diff --git a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.test.ts b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.test.ts
index 3717c7aa..72b5bc80 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.test.ts
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ describe('nesting & sequencing — content preserved and converges (≤2 saves)'
 
 // A code block nested in a list (ordered > bullet > code) has an indented opening fence, so
 // @tiptap/extension-code-block's `startsWith('```')` gate used to drop it — the same root cause as a
-// top-level indented fence, fixed by parseFaithfulCodeBlock (see markdown-editor-extensions.ts). This was
+// top-level indented fence, fixed by parseTunedCodeBlock (see markdown-editor-extensions.ts). This was
 // once a pinned KNOWN-BUG test asserting the loss; the fix now keeps the code.
 describe('ordered > bullet > code — indented nested code survives', () => {
     it('keeps the deeply-nested code block', () => {
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 ffc292ef..a30fe077 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-extensions.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const longestBacktickRun = (text: string): number =>
 // contains a ``` line (a doc demonstrating fenced markdown — common in knowledge/prompt examples) re-parses as
 // TWO blocks on the next load: the inner fence closes the outer one. CommonMark requires the fence to be longer
 // than any backtick run inside — widen it. Otherwise identical to upstream.
-const renderFaithfulCodeBlock = (node: MarkdownRenderNode, h: MarkdownRenderHelpers): string => {
+const renderTunedCodeBlock = (node: MarkdownRenderNode, h: MarkdownRenderHelpers): string => {
     const language = node.attrs?.language || '';
 
     if (!node.content) {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ const renderFaithfulCodeBlock = (node: MarkdownRenderNode, h: MarkdownRenderHelp
 // token whose `raw` starts with that whitespace, the gate rejects it, and the block is dropped on load. When
 // a document mixes fences at different indents the mis-detection cascades and everything after the first
 // dropped fence vanishes too. Trim the leading indent before the gate; otherwise identical to upstream.
-const parseFaithfulCodeBlock = (token: MarkdownCodeToken, helpers: MarkdownParseHelpers): unknown => {
+const parseTunedCodeBlock = (token: MarkdownCodeToken, helpers: MarkdownParseHelpers): unknown => {
     const fence = token.raw?.trimStart() ?? '';
 
     if (!fence.startsWith('```') && !fence.startsWith('~~~') && token.codeBlockStyle !== 'indented') {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const parseFaithfulCodeBlock = (token: MarkdownCodeToken, helpers: MarkdownParse
 // `__init__`/`_word_` would emphasize (→ `**init**`/`*word*`) while the same text loaded stays literal,
 // breaking identifiers. Drop only the underscore rules (their `find` regex mentions `_`; the `*` rules stay)
 // so typing matches load. codeBlock gets the indented-fence fix above. (Underline off below.)
-const StarterKitFaithful = StarterKit.extend({
+const StarterKitTuned = StarterKit.extend({
     addExtensions() {
         return (this.parent?.() ?? []).map((extension) => {
             if (extension.name === 'bold' || extension.name === 'italic') {
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ const StarterKitFaithful = StarterKit.extend({
 
             if (extension.name === 'codeBlock') {
                 return extension.extend({
-                    parseMarkdown: parseFaithfulCodeBlock,
-                    renderMarkdown: renderFaithfulCodeBlock,
+                    parseMarkdown: parseTunedCodeBlock,
+                    renderMarkdown: renderTunedCodeBlock,
                 } as Parameters<typeof extension.extend>[0]);
             }
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const StarterKitFaithful = StarterKit.extend({
 //     symmetric with the marked layer (which no longer neutralises autolink/url). Do NOT set false: it
 //     diverges typing from load and re-freezes bare URLs as text.
 export const createMarkdownExtensions = (placeholder?: string) => [
-    StarterKitFaithful.configure({
+    StarterKitTuned.configure({
         codeBlock: { HTMLAttributes: { class: 'hljs' } },
         link: { autolink: true, linkOnPaste: true },
         underline: false,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-marked.ts b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-marked.ts
index 232c7d9a..47ed862c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-marked.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-marked.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Marked } from 'marked';
 // that must survive verbatim; marked silently swallows the ones whose names match real HTML elements
 // (`<input>`, `<br>`, …). Neutralising marked's block (`html`) and inline (`tag`) HTML tokenizers makes
 // every `<...>` fall through to plain text, recreating markdown-it's `html: false`.
-const createFaithfulMarked = () => {
+const createTunedMarked = () => {
     const instance = new Marked();
 
     instance.use({
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const createFaithfulMarked = () => {
     return instance;
 };
 
-// The serialize-side counterpart to createFaithfulMarked. @tiptap/markdown's MarkdownManager
+// The serialize-side counterpart to createTunedMarked. @tiptap/markdown's MarkdownManager
 // .encodeTextForMarkdown HTML-entity-encodes text (`<` → `&lt;`) and backslash-escapes ``` ` * _ [ ] ~ \ ```.
 // Both are wrong here: the load side keeps `\`+punct literal (escape tokenizer off), so re-escaping on save
 // would double every backslash; and named HTML entities are DECODED on load (`&lt;`→`<`), so re-encoding
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ const createFaithfulMarked = () => {
 // replace that one method with identity — save emits exactly the text the doc holds.
 type ManagerWithEncode = { encodeTextForMarkdown: (text: string) => string };
 
-const FaithfulMarkdownText = Extension.create({
-    name: 'faithfulMarkdownText',
+const TunedMarkdownText = Extension.create({
+    name: 'tunedMarkdownText',
     onBeforeCreate() {
         const manager = this.editor.markdown as unknown as ManagerWithEncode | undefined;
 
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ export const MarkdownTable = Table.extend({
 });
 
 export const createMarkdownLayer = () => [
-    Markdown.configure({ marked: createFaithfulMarked() as unknown as typeof import('marked').marked }),
-    FaithfulMarkdownText,
+    Markdown.configure({ marked: createTunedMarked() as unknown as typeof import('marked').marked }),
+    TunedMarkdownText,
 ];
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-paste.test.ts b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-paste.test.ts
index 4b0486d0..0e353be1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-paste.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shared/markdown-editor/markdown-editor-paste.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('shouldParseMarkdownOnPaste — markdown-parse plain text, defer rich s
     });
 });
 
-describe('MarkdownPaste — the parsed payload matches load (same faithful markdown layer)', () => {
+describe('MarkdownPaste — the parsed payload matches load (same tuned markdown layer)', () => {
     const pasteEvent = (text: string, html = ''): ClipboardEvent =>
         ({
             clipboardData: {