diff --git a/tui/tui.go b/tui/tui.go
index 04863cf..80d45f7 100644
--- a/tui/tui.go
+++ b/tui/tui.go
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ const (
 	actionCycleGroup
 	actionOpenURL
 	actionCopyURL
+	actionCopyMarkdownLink
 	actionCopyTitle
 	actionCopyDetail
 	actionOpenLinkMenu
@@ -1066,6 +1067,7 @@ func (m *model) openActionMenuFor(context paneFocus) {
 		selectedItems = append([]menuItem{
 			{label: "Open selected URL", action: actionOpenURL},
 			{label: "Copy selected URL", action: actionCopyURL},
+			{label: "Copy markdown link", action: actionCopyMarkdownLink},
 		}, selectedItems...)
 	}
 	items := []menuItem{
@@ -1075,12 +1077,16 @@ func (m *model) openActionMenuFor(context paneFocus) {
 	if links := m.selectedReferenceLinks(); len(links) > 0 {
 		items = append(items,
 			menuSection("Links"),
+			menuItem{label: "Open first body link", action: actionOpenFirstLink},
+			menuItem{label: "Copy first body link", action: actionCopyFirstLink},
+		)
+	}
+	if links := m.selectedReferenceLinks(); len(links) > 1 {
+		items = append(items,
 			menuItem{label: "Open body link...", action: actionOpenLinkMenu},
 			menuItem{label: "Copy body link...", action: actionCopyLinkMenu},
+			menuItem{label: "Copy all body links", action: actionCopyAllLinks},
 		)
-		if len(links) > 1 {
-			items = append(items, menuItem{label: "Copy all body links", action: actionCopyAllLinks})
-		}
 	}
 	items = append(items, []menuItem{
 		menuSection("Pane"),
@@ -1270,6 +1276,9 @@ func (m *model) runMenuItem(item menuItem) tea.Cmd {
 	case actionCopyURL:
 		m.copySelectedURL()
 		m.closeMenu()
+	case actionCopyMarkdownLink:
+		m.copySelectedMarkdownLink()
+		m.closeMenu()
 	case actionCopyTitle:
 		m.copySelectedTitle()
 		m.closeMenu()
@@ -1415,6 +1424,31 @@ func (m *model) copySelectedURL() {
 	m.status = "Copied selected URL"
 }
 
+func (m *model) copySelectedMarkdownLink() {
+	item, ok := m.selectedItem()
+	if !ok || strings.TrimSpace(item.URL) == "" {
+		m.status = "No URL for selected row"
+		return
+	}
+	url := strings.TrimSpace(item.URL)
+	title := strings.TrimSpace(item.Title)
+	if title == "" {
+		title = url
+	}
+	if err := copyText("[" + escapeMarkdownLinkLabel(title) + "](" + url + ")"); err != nil {
+		m.status = err.Error()
+		return
+	}
+	m.status = "Copied markdown link"
+}
+
+func escapeMarkdownLinkLabel(value string) string {
+	value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, `\`, `\\`)
+	value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, `[`, `\[`)
+	value = strings.ReplaceAll(value, `]`, `\]`)
+	return value
+}
+
 func (m *model) copySelectedTitle() {
 	item, ok := m.selectedItem()
 	if !ok || strings.TrimSpace(item.Title) == "" {
diff --git a/tui/tui_test.go b/tui/tui_test.go
index e7a607d..3eea896 100644
--- a/tui/tui_test.go
+++ b/tui/tui_test.go
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ func TestRightClickOpensSharedActionMenu(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(view, "Open selected URL") || !strings.Contains(view, "Copy selected detail") || !strings.Contains(view, "Links") {
 		t.Fatalf("action menu missing expected commands:\n%s", view)
 	}
-	for _, want := range []string{"Open body link...", "Copy body link...", "Focus detail pane", "Sort focused pane", "Jump to row..."} {
+	for _, want := range []string{"Copy markdown link", "Open first body link", "Copy first body link", "Focus detail pane", "Sort focused pane", "Jump to row..."} {
 		if !menuContainsLabel(m.menuItems, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("action menu items missing %q: %#v", want, m.menuItems)
 		}
@@ -853,8 +853,10 @@ func TestActionMenuUsesGitcrawlStyleLinkPicker(t *testing.T) {
 	m.height = 16
 	m.openActionMenuFor(focusRows)
 
-	if !menuContainsLabel(m.menuItems, "Open body link...") {
-		t.Fatalf("action menu missing link picker: %#v", m.menuItems)
+	for _, want := range []string{"Open first body link", "Copy first body link", "Open body link...", "Copy body link...", "Copy all body links"} {
+		if !menuContainsLabel(m.menuItems, want) {
+			t.Fatalf("action menu missing %q: %#v", want, m.menuItems)
+		}
 	}
 	m.openReferenceLinkMenu("open")
 	if m.menuTitle != "Open Link" {
@@ -996,12 +998,13 @@ func TestActionMenuCopyAndOpenSelectedRow(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("open action opened=%v status=%q", opened, m.status)
 	}
 	m.copySelectedURL()
+	m.copySelectedMarkdownLink()
 	m.copySelectedTitle()
 	m.copySelectedDetail()
-	if len(copied) != 3 {
+	if len(copied) != 4 {
 		t.Fatalf("copied = %#v", copied)
 	}
-	if copied[0] != "https://example.com/launch" || copied[1] != "Launch Plan" || !strings.Contains(copied[2], "Ship the TUI.") {
+	if copied[0] != "https://example.com/launch" || copied[1] != "[Launch Plan](https://example.com/launch)" || copied[2] != "Launch Plan" || !strings.Contains(copied[3], "Ship the TUI.") {
 		t.Fatalf("copied values = %#v", copied)
 	}
 }