I recently ran into this as well. At least the API offers an option for getting back Markdown values (which I missed at first).
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Wanted to check and see where you were on this. Copy/Paste support is still broken sadly.
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I also have developers who want this functionality.
It could stop us from moving to Coda.
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Are there any updates on this thread? The lack of markdown support in Coda causes a lot of inconvenience. It’s still impossible to insert content from one application that supports markdown into Coda. And why didn’t Coda include full markdown support from the beginning? It’s kind of an industry standard for such platforms. For many copywriters and content creators, this is a significant drawback against Coda.
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I think one of the main problems is that Coda’s 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 “death by 1000 papercuts” things that will eventually lead to people using Coda for less things without realizing it.
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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 that’s not working are the code blocks sadly.
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Unbelievable after 5 years this still has not been introduced… will switch to Notion as a result of this.
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does notion support it?
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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.
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I am beginning sense people’s 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 that’s 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 can’t display it accurately.
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WOW, Was just trying out alternatives and they just added this! Or am I dreaming? You can now paste actual markdown
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I think you’re 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
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