diff --git a/packages/tui/src/routes/session/question.tsx b/packages/tui/src/routes/session/question.tsx
index 191d0a936a..69e0c7c757 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/routes/session/question.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/routes/session/question.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
 import { createMemo, createSignal, For, onCleanup, onMount, Show } from "solid-js"
-import { useRenderer } from "@opentui/solid"
-import type { TextareaRenderable } from "@opentui/core"
+import { usePaste, useRenderer } from "@opentui/solid"
+import { decodePasteBytes, type TextareaRenderable } from "@opentui/core"
 import { selectedForeground, tint, useTheme } from "../../context/theme"
 import type { QuestionAnswer, QuestionRequest } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2"
 import { useSDK } from "../../context/sdk"
@@ -130,6 +130,19 @@ export function QuestionPrompt(props: { request: QuestionRequest; directory?: st
     onCleanup(popMode)
   })
 
+  usePaste((event) => {
+    if (store.editing) return
+
+    // Question options do not own a text input. Capture bracketed paste at the
+    // renderer level and use it to start editing the custom answer.
+    event.preventDefault()
+    if (confirm() || !custom() || !decodePasteBytes(event.bytes).trim()) return
+
+    setStore("selected", options().length)
+    setStore("editing", true)
+    queueMicrotask(() => textarea?.handlePaste(event))
+  })
+
   useBindings(() => ({
     mode: QUESTION_MODE,
     enabled: store.editing && !confirm(),
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/question-paste.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/question-paste.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c24b860a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/question-paste.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/** @jsxImportSource @opentui/solid */
+import { TextareaRenderable } from "@opentui/core"
+import { createDefaultOpenTuiKeymap } from "@opentui/keymap/opentui"
+import { testRender, useRenderer } from "@opentui/solid"
+import type { QuestionRequest } from "@opencode-ai/sdk/v2"
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { mkdir } from "node:fs/promises"
+import path from "node:path"
+import { onCleanup } from "solid-js"
+import { tmpdir } from "../../fixture/fixture"
+import { TestTuiContexts } from "../../fixture/tui-environment"
+import { createTuiResolvedConfig } from "../../fixture/tui-runtime"
+import { TuiConfigProvider } from "../../../src/config"
+import { KVProvider } from "../../../src/context/kv"
+import { SDKProvider } from "../../../src/context/sdk"
+import { ThemeProvider } from "../../../src/context/theme"
+import { OpencodeKeymapProvider, registerOpencodeKeymap } from "../../../src/keymap"
+import { QuestionPrompt } from "../../../src/routes/session/question"
+
+async function wait(fn: () => boolean, timeout = 2000) {
+  const start = Date.now()
+  while (!fn()) {
+    if (Date.now() - start > timeout) throw new Error("timed out waiting for condition")
+    await Bun.sleep(10)
+  }
+}
+
+test("pasting while selecting starts a custom answer", async () => {
+  await using tmp = await tmpdir()
+  const state = path.join(tmp.path, "state")
+  await mkdir(state, { recursive: true })
+  await Bun.write(path.join(state, "kv.json"), "{}")
+
+  const request = {
+    id: "question-1",
+    sessionID: "session-1",
+    questions: [
+      {
+        header: "Approach",
+        question: "How should this be implemented?",
+        options: [{ label: "Suggested", description: "Use the suggested approach" }],
+      },
+    ],
+  } satisfies QuestionRequest
+
+  function Harness() {
+    const renderer = useRenderer()
+    const config = createTuiResolvedConfig()
+    const keymap = createDefaultOpenTuiKeymap(renderer)
+    const off = registerOpencodeKeymap(keymap, renderer, config)
+    onCleanup(off)
+
+    return (
+      <TestTuiContexts directory={tmp.path} paths={{ state }}>
+        <SDKProvider url="http://test" events={{ subscribe: async () => () => {} }}>
+          <OpencodeKeymapProvider keymap={keymap}>
+            <TuiConfigProvider config={config}>
+              <KVProvider>
+                <ThemeProvider mode="dark">
+                  <QuestionPrompt request={request} />
+                </ThemeProvider>
+              </KVProvider>
+            </TuiConfigProvider>
+          </OpencodeKeymapProvider>
+        </SDKProvider>
+      </TestTuiContexts>
+    )
+  }
+
+  const app = await testRender(() => <Harness />, { width: 80, height: 20 })
+  try {
+    await wait(() => app.captureCharFrame().includes("How should this be implemented?"))
+    await app.mockInput.pasteBracketedText("Use the existing state machine")
+    await wait(() => app.renderer.currentFocusedEditor instanceof TextareaRenderable)
+
+    const textarea = app.renderer.currentFocusedEditor
+    if (!(textarea instanceof TextareaRenderable)) throw new Error("expected focused custom answer textarea")
+    expect(textarea.plainText).toBe("Use the existing state machine")
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})