diff --git a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
index 0cae828d543..66811fe99ac 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
@@ -366,6 +366,21 @@ describe("MarkdownBody", () => {
     expect(html).toContain('style="max-width:100%;overflow-x:auto"');
   });
 
+  it("renders a copy button alongside fenced code blocks", () => {
+    const html = renderMarkdown("```ts\nconst a = 1;\n```");
+
+    expect(html).toContain("paperclip-markdown-codeblock");
+    expect(html).toContain("paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy");
+    expect(html).toContain('aria-label="Copy code"');
+    expect(html).toContain("lucide-copy");
+  });
+
+  it("does not render a copy button on inline code", () => {
+    const html = renderMarkdown("Reference `inline-code` here.");
+
+    expect(html).not.toContain("paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy");
+  });
+
   it("renders internal issue links and bare identifiers as inline issue refs", () => {
     const html = renderMarkdown(`See PAP-42 and [linked task](${buildIssueReferenceHref("PAP-77")}) for follow-up.`, [
       { identifier: "PAP-42", status: "done" },
diff --git a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.tsx b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.tsx
index b155032f788..c6082e6d234 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { isValidElement, useEffect, useId, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { isValidElement, useCallback, useEffect, useId, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { ExternalLink, Github } from "lucide-react";
+import { Check, Copy, ExternalLink, Github } from "lucide-react";
 import Markdown, { defaultUrlTransform, type Components, type Options } from "react-markdown";
 import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
 import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
@@ -183,6 +183,80 @@ function renderLinkBody(
   );
 }
 
+function CodeBlock({
+  children,
+  preProps,
+}: {
+  children: ReactNode;
+  preProps: React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLPreElement>;
+}) {
+  const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
+  const [failed, setFailed] = useState(false);
+  const preRef = useRef<HTMLPreElement>(null);
+  const timerRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>(undefined);
+
+  useEffect(() => () => clearTimeout(timerRef.current), []);
+
+  const handleCopy = useCallback(async () => {
+    const text = preRef.current?.innerText ?? flattenText(children);
+    try {
+      if (navigator.clipboard && window.isSecureContext) {
+        await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
+      } else {
+        const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
+        textarea.value = text;
+        textarea.style.position = "fixed";
+        textarea.style.left = "-9999px";
+        document.body.appendChild(textarea);
+        try {
+          textarea.select();
+          const success = document.execCommand("copy");
+          if (!success) throw new Error("execCommand copy failed");
+        } finally {
+          document.body.removeChild(textarea);
+        }
+      }
+      setFailed(false);
+      setCopied(true);
+    } catch {
+      setFailed(true);
+      setCopied(true);
+    }
+    clearTimeout(timerRef.current);
+    timerRef.current = setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 1500);
+  }, [children]);
+
+  const label = failed ? "Copy failed" : copied ? "Copied!" : "Copy";
+
+  return (
+    <div className="paperclip-markdown-codeblock">
+      <pre
+        {...preProps}
+        ref={preRef}
+        style={mergeScrollableBlockStyle(preProps.style as React.CSSProperties | undefined)}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </pre>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={handleCopy}
+        aria-label="Copy code"
+        title={label}
+        className="paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy"
+        data-copied={copied || undefined}
+        data-failed={failed || undefined}
+      >
+        {copied && !failed ? (
+          <Check aria-hidden="true" className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+        ) : (
+          <Copy aria-hidden="true" className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
+        )}
+        <span className="paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy-label">{label}</span>
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 function MermaidDiagramBlock({ source, darkMode }: { source: string; darkMode: boolean }) {
   const renderId = useId().replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, "");
   const [svg, setSvg] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -286,7 +360,7 @@ export function MarkdownBody({
       if (mermaidSource) {
         return <MermaidDiagramBlock source={mermaidSource} darkMode={theme === "dark"} />;
       }
-      return <pre {...preProps} style={mergeScrollableBlockStyle(preProps.style as React.CSSProperties | undefined)}>{preChildren}</pre>;
+      return <CodeBlock preProps={preProps}>{preChildren}</CodeBlock>;
     },
     code: ({ node: _node, style: codeStyle, children: codeChildren, ...codeProps }) => (
       <code {...codeProps} style={mergeWrapStyle(codeStyle as React.CSSProperties | undefined)}>
diff --git a/ui/src/index.css b/ui/src/index.css
index 8fe5185ec79..1390e14bdba 100644
--- a/ui/src/index.css
+++ b/ui/src/index.css
@@ -670,6 +670,53 @@ a.paperclip-mention-chip[data-mention-kind="agent"]::before {
   background: none;
 }
 
+/* Copy-to-clipboard button on fenced code blocks */
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0.4rem;
+  right: 0.4rem;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+  padding: 0.2rem 0.4rem;
+  border-radius: calc(var(--radius) - 4px);
+  border: 1px solid #ffffff26;
+  background-color: #2a2a3e;
+  color: #cdd6f4;
+  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  opacity: 0;
+  transition: opacity 0.12s ease, background-color 0.12s ease, color 0.12s ease;
+}
+
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock:hover .paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy,
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy:focus-visible,
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy[data-copied] {
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy:hover {
+  background-color: #3a3a52;
+  color: #ffffff;
+}
+
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy[data-copied] {
+  color: #a6e3a1;
+}
+
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy[data-failed] {
+  color: #f38ba8;
+}
+
+.paperclip-markdown-codeblock-copy-label {
+  font-weight: 500;
+}
+
 /* Remove backtick pseudo-elements from inline code (prose default adds them) */
 .prose code::before,
 .prose code::after {