I recently ran into this as well. At least the API offers an option for getting back Markdown values (which I missed at first).
1 Like
Wanted to check and see where you were on this. Copy/Paste support is still broken sadly.
1 Like
I also have developers who want this functionality.
It could stop us from moving to Coda.
1 Like
Are there any updates on this thread? The lack of markdown support in Coda causes a lot of inconvenience. Itâs still impossible to insert content from one application that supports markdown into Coda. And why didnât Coda include full markdown support from the beginning? Itâs kind of an industry standard for such platforms. For many copywriters and content creators, this is a significant drawback against Coda.
3 Likes
I think one of the main problems is that Codaâs markdown support is based on sequential logic.
The user types the shortcut > the formatting is applied.
To fix this, they should detect when users past content and run a quick check for markdown so it can be automatically converted. This is one of those âdeath by 1000 papercutsâ things that will eventually lead to people using Coda for less things without realizing it.
2 Likes
For anyone still looking for a solution for this issue. I found a workaround. You can copy paste into google docs by using the paste markdown feature as shown here and then copy paste this into coda. Works like a charm, only thing thatâs not working are the code blocks sadly.
1 Like
Unbelievable after 5 years this still has not been introduced⌠will switch to Notion as a result of this.
4 Likes
does notion support it?
1 Like
Yes, Notion supports it perfectly. Moreover, most modern platforms support Markdown because it is a convenient and universal format. Even data from popular AI applications is copied with Markdown formatting.
1 Like
I am beginning sense peopleâs frustration on this topic, as a late user of Markdown 
I have suggestion, which may not satisfy everyone, but might at least be a small gesture thatâs easier to implement.
It would be great if at least disable markdown rendering for a text column, so that I could at the very least write capture markdown text accurately in my table, even if I canât display it accurately.
1 Like
WOW, Was just trying out alternatives and they just added this! Or am I dreaming? You can now paste actual markdown
1 Like
I think youâre right!! 
Sorry, but i cannot seem to get markdown to work in Coda.
Pasting in markdown text has no effect.
You can create paragraph types with the first few characters - but thats all
## sets H2
>> starts collapsible text
[] for checkboxes
* is a bullet
1. begins a numbered list
--- creates a horizontal rule
The back-tick can be used for code blocks - but none of the other markdown formats work
1 Like
@nathan The use case for this has changed significantly since 2019. Would your team consider having a quick conversation about the implications today in 2025?
Copy / paste support seems essential when everyone is using generate AI / LLMs to help them in all kinds of tasks, including generating documents. I want to be able to copy from ChatGPT or Claude and paste directly into Coda. This means markdown.
Itâs a significant friction point at the moment.
5 Likes
I was wrong, still doesnât work. It was just Claudeâs copy button that copied the text in a format that allows pasting in Coda.
Absolutely frustrating that after 5 years something so simple has not been implemented. It is the standard for ANY tool of this type.
Coda-team, what is the forecast for this to be resolved? It is not possible that you do not realize the enormous inconvenience and how simple the solution could be:
@Mike_Bal brought an apparently very accurate suggestion, and an opinion that I endorse:
"I think one of the main problems is that Codaâs markdown support is based on sequential logic.
The user types the shortcut > the formatting is applied.
To fix this, they should detect when users past content and run a quick check for markdown so it can be automatically converted. This is one of those âdeath by 1000 papercutsâ things that will eventually lead to people using Coda for less things without realizing it."
2 Likes
My workaround: First paste it in Notion (where it does work like you would expect), then select all blocks there, and copy paste into Coda.
Like others are saying, this is becoming more relevant with AI chats being copied as markdown.
2 Likes
About to cancel my subscription because of this. Itâs been more than a year since I lacked this feature for the first time.
They didnât go beyond an API endpoint Coda API (v1) Reference Documentation
And it does not work {"statusCode":404,"statusMessage":"Not Found","message":"Doc does not exist or is inaccessible."}
1 Like
I hit Ctrl+Space to get into an AI text box and asked it to convert my markdown into a Coda page. It was working for a bit, but then the browser tab borked. It was a 300 line markdown file.
I definitely agree that Coda should include proper markdown support with paste. In the absence of that, however, I have found that the Rich Text Tools pack works very well, though I havenât tried it with large documents yet. YMMV.
Also it does seem to lack support for Tables, Footnotes, Term:Definitions and probably some other of the more âexoticâ features.
Using it in a table seems to work best, so that rather than just accessing the formatted result formulaically on the canvas in a single formula âlozengeâ (sorry, not sure what the correct term for that is), you can highlight the entire cell that contains your formatted output (blue line around the cell as a whole) and copy-paste that elsewhere, which pastes the formatted markup text.