diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
index 9d824d006c6b..0f55d36c0110 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadFeed.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { KeyboardAwareLegendList } from "@legendapp/list/keyboard";
 import { useViewabilityAmount, type LegendListRef } from "@legendapp/list/react-native";
 import { scopeThreadRef } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/environment";
 import { resolveUserMessagePresentation } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/user-message";
-import { repairMarkdownFileLinks } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/repair-markdown-file-links";
 import { canForkProjectedAssistantItem } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/thread-workflows";
 import {
   type OrchestrationMessageContext,
@@ -908,17 +907,7 @@ const AssistantMarkdownContent = memo(function AssistantMarkdownContent(props: {
   readonly skills?: ReadonlyArray<SelectableMarkdownSkill> | undefined;
 }) {
   const segments = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      splitCodexArtifactTemplateMarkdown(props.markdown).map((segment) =>
-        segment.kind === "markdown"
-          ? {
-              ...segment,
-              markdown: renderCodexFileCitationsAsMarkdown(
-                repairMarkdownFileLinks(segment.markdown),
-              ),
-            }
-          : segment,
-      ),
+    () => splitCodexArtifactTemplateMarkdown(props.markdown),
     [props.markdown],
   );
 
@@ -934,7 +923,7 @@ const AssistantMarkdownContent = memo(function AssistantMarkdownContent(props: {
     }
     if (segment.markdown.trim().length === 0) return null;
 
-    const markdown = segment.markdown;
+    const markdown = renderCodexFileCitationsAsMarkdown(segment.markdown);
     return hasNativeSelectableMarkdownText() ? (
       <SelectableMarkdownText
         key={`markdown:${segment.sourceOffset}`}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx
index 3dbf5c8de286..45940bca888e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import { parseScopedThreadKey, scopeThreadRef } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/en
 import { useAtomValue } from "@effect/atom-react";
 import { environmentThreadDetails } from "../../state/threads";
 import { resolveUserMessagePresentation } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/user-message";
-import { repairMarkdownFileLinks } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/repair-markdown-file-links";
 import { Link } from "@tanstack/react-router";
 import { canForkProjectedAssistantItem } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/thread-workflows";
 import { notificationChildThreadId } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/thread-execution";
@@ -2495,7 +2494,6 @@ function AttemptFoldTimelineRow({ row }: { row: Extract<TimelineRow, { kind: "at
 function AssistantTimelineRow({ row }: { row: Extract<TimelineRow, { kind: "message" }> }) {
   const ctx = use(TimelineRowCtx);
   const messageText = row.message.text || (row.message.streaming ? "" : "(empty response)");
-  const renderedText = useMemo(() => repairMarkdownFileLinks(messageText), [messageText]);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -2509,7 +2507,7 @@ function AssistantTimelineRow({ row }: { row: Extract<TimelineRow, { kind: "mess
           listRef={ctx.listRef}
         >
           <ChatMarkdown
-            text={renderedText}
+            text={messageText}
             cwd={ctx.markdownCwd}
             threadRef={ctx.threadRef ?? undefined}
             isStreaming={Boolean(row.message.streaming)}
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/package.json b/packages/client-runtime/package.json
index 3983df3e1092..b812495cb3e2 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/package.json
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@
       "types": "./src/markdownLinks.ts",
       "default": "./src/markdownLinks.ts"
     },
-    "./repair-markdown-file-links": {
-      "types": "./src/repairMarkdownFileLinks.ts",
-      "default": "./src/repairMarkdownFileLinks.ts"
-    },
     "./media-reference": {
       "types": "./src/mediaReference.ts",
       "default": "./src/mediaReference.ts"
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
index 2be85a9333f6..b6e52e4534a1 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/markdownLinks.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
-import remarkParse from "remark-parse";
-import { unified } from "unified";
 
 import {
   fileBasename,
@@ -11,116 +9,6 @@ import {
   splitFilePathPosition,
   workspaceRelativeFilePath,
 } from "./markdownLinks.ts";
-import { repairMarkdownFileLinks } from "./repairMarkdownFileLinks.ts";
-import {
-  renderCodexDirectivesForCopy,
-  renderCodexFileCitationsAsMarkdown,
-  splitCodexArtifactTemplateMarkdown,
-} from "./codexMarkdownDirectives.ts";
-
-describe("repairMarkdownFileLinks", () => {
-  it.each([
-    "CONTRIBUTING.md",
-    "local/path/file.md",
-    "docs/My Folder/file.md",
-    "./scripts/deploy",
-    "~/notes/today.md",
-    "/home/me/My Folder/file.md",
-    "/tmp/reports/",
-    "C:\\Users\\me\\My Folder\\file.md",
-    "file:///home/me/file.md",
-    "src/main.ts:12:5",
-  ])("repairs a complete local destination: %s", (path) => {
-    const source = `- [file](<${path})`;
-    const rendered = repairMarkdownFileLinks(source);
-    expect(rendered).toBe(`- [file](<${path}>)`);
-    expect(unified().use(remarkParse).parse(rendered).children[0]).toMatchObject({
-      type: "list",
-      children: [{ children: [{ children: [{ type: "link" }] }] }],
-    });
-    expect(repairMarkdownFileLinks(rendered)).toBe(rendered);
-  });
-
-  it.each([
-    "ordinary prose",
-    "[file](<CONTRIBUTING.md>)",
-    "[site](<https://example.com/docs)",
-    "[route](</chat/settings)",
-    "[prose](<not a file)",
-    "[file](<src/main.ts",
-    "[file](<src/main.ts>",
-    "[file](<./file(one).md)",
-    "[file](<./file.md))",
-    "[file](<./file)name.md)",
-    "[file](<./file\\).md)",
-    "![image](<./file.png)",
-    "\\\\![image](<./file.png)",
-    "\\\\\\\\![image](<./file.png)",
-    "\\[file](<./file.md)",
-    "\\\\\\[file](<./file.md)",
-    "`[file](<./file.md)`",
-    "``[file](<./file.md)``",
-    "```md\n[file](<./file.md)\n```",
-    "~~~md\n[file](<./file.md)\n~~~",
-    "    [file](<./file.md)",
-    "<div>\n[file](<./file.md)\n</div>",
-    "HTML <span>[file](<./file.md)</span>",
-    '<span title="[file](<./file.md)">text</span>',
-    "[outer [file](<./file.md)](https://example.com)",
-    "[outer [file](<./file.md)][ref]\n\n[ref]: https://example.com",
-    '[ref]: ./file.md "[file](<./other.md)"',
-    ':codex-file-citation{path="./[file](<./other.md)" purpose="output"}',
-    ':codex-file-citation{path="./[file](<./other.md)',
-    '::artifact-template{skill_name="artifact-template-example" skill_directory="/tmp/skills/example" display_name="[file](<./file.md)" artifact_kind="document"}',
-    '::artifact-template{display_name="[file](<./file.md)',
-  ])("preserves protected or uncertain syntax: %s", (source) => {
-    expect(repairMarkdownFileLinks(source)).toBe(source);
-  });
-
-  it("uses CommonMark backslash parity for link openers", () => {
-    expect(repairMarkdownFileLinks("\\\\[file](<./file.md)")).toBe("\\\\[file](<./file.md>)");
-    expect(repairMarkdownFileLinks("\\\\\\\\[file](<./file.md)")).toBe(
-      "\\\\\\\\[file](<./file.md>)",
-    );
-    expect(repairMarkdownFileLinks("\\![file](<./file.md)")).toBe("\\![file](<./file.md>)");
-  });
-
-  it("repairs ordinary segments after splitting mobile artifacts and preserves copy source", () => {
-    const link = "[file](<./file.md)";
-    const template =
-      '::artifact-template{skill_name="artifact-template-example" skill_directory="/tmp/skills/example" display_name="[file](<./file.md)" artifact_kind="document"}';
-    const citation = ':codex-file-citation{path="./report.md"}';
-    const source = `${link}\n\n${template}\n\n${citation}`;
-    const segments = splitCodexArtifactTemplateMarkdown(source);
-    const rendered = segments.map((segment) =>
-      segment.kind === "markdown"
-        ? {
-            ...segment,
-            markdown: renderCodexFileCitationsAsMarkdown(repairMarkdownFileLinks(segment.markdown)),
-          }
-        : segment,
-    );
-    expect(rendered[0]).toEqual({
-      kind: "markdown",
-      markdown: `${link.slice(0, -1)}>)\n\n`,
-      sourceOffset: 0,
-    });
-    expect(rendered[1]).toEqual(segments[1]);
-    expect(rendered[1]).toMatchObject({
-      kind: "artifact-template",
-      sourceOffset: link.length + 2,
-      template: { displayName: link, skillName: "artifact-template-example" },
-    });
-    expect(rendered[2]).toEqual({
-      kind: "markdown",
-      sourceOffset: source.indexOf("\n\n" + citation),
-      markdown: "\n\n[report.md](<./report.md>)",
-    });
-    expect(renderCodexDirectivesForCopy(source)).toBe(
-      `${link}\n\n${link} (Document template)\n\n[report.md](<./report.md>)`,
-    );
-  });
-});
 
 describe("isMarkdownFileLinkLabel", () => {
   it.each([
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/repairMarkdownFileLinks.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/repairMarkdownFileLinks.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c863ee26f9f..000000000000
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/repairMarkdownFileLinks.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-import remarkParse from "remark-parse";
-import { unified } from "unified";
-
-import { remarkCodexDirectives } from "./codexMarkdownDirectives.ts";
-import { parseMarkdownFileLink } from "./markdownLinks.ts";
-
-const parser = unified().use(remarkParse).use(remarkCodexDirectives).freeze();
-const CANDIDATE = /\[[^[\]\r\n]*\]\([ \t]*<([^<>()\r\n]+)\)/g;
-const PROTECTED = new Set([
-  "code",
-  "inlineCode",
-  "html",
-  "link",
-  "image",
-  "linkReference",
-  "imageReference",
-  "definition",
-  "textDirective",
-  "leafDirective",
-  "containerDirective",
-]);
-
-function isEscaped(source: string, offset: number): boolean {
-  let backslashes = 0;
-  while (offset > 0 && source[--offset] === "\\") backslashes += 1;
-  return backslashes % 2 === 1;
-}
-
-/** Closes only complete, unambiguous local-file destinations for assistant rendering. */
-export function repairMarkdownFileLinks(markdown: string): string {
-  if (!/\]\([ \t]*</.test(markdown)) return markdown;
-  const candidates = Array.from(markdown.matchAll(CANDIDATE)).filter((match) => {
-    const start = match.index;
-    const close = start + match[0].length - 1;
-    return (
-      !isEscaped(markdown, start) &&
-      !(markdown[start - 1] === "!" && !isEscaped(markdown, start - 1)) &&
-      !isEscaped(markdown, close) &&
-      (close + 1 === markdown.length || /[\s.,;:!?}\]*_~]/.test(markdown[close + 1] ?? "")) &&
-      parseMarkdownFileLink(match[1] ?? "") !== null
-    );
-  });
-  if (candidates.length === 0) return markdown;
-
-  const protectedRanges: Array<{ start: number; end: number }> = [];
-  interface Node {
-    type: string;
-    position?:
-      | { start: { offset?: number | undefined }; end: { offset?: number | undefined } }
-      | undefined;
-    children?: Node[] | undefined;
-  }
-  const visit = (node: Node, paragraph?: Node) => {
-    const containingParagraph = node.type === "paragraph" ? node : paragraph;
-    const sourceStart = node.position?.start.offset;
-    const sourceEnd = node.position?.end.offset;
-    const unfinishedDirective =
-      (node.type === "textDirective" && markdown[sourceEnd ?? -1] === "{") ||
-      (node.type === "text" &&
-        markdown.slice(sourceStart, sourceEnd).includes("::artifact-template{"));
-    if (PROTECTED.has(node.type) || unfinishedDirective) {
-      // Inline HTML and unfinished directive attributes can span separate text nodes.
-      const protectedNode =
-        node.type === "html" || unfinishedDirective ? (containingParagraph ?? node) : node;
-      const start = protectedNode.position?.start.offset;
-      const end = protectedNode.position?.end.offset;
-      if (start !== undefined && end !== undefined) protectedRanges.push({ start, end });
-      return;
-    }
-    node.children?.forEach((child) => visit(child, containingParagraph));
-  };
-  visit(parser.parse(markdown));
-
-  let rendered = "";
-  let cursor = 0;
-  for (const match of candidates) {
-    const start = match.index;
-    const end = start + match[0].length;
-    if (protectedRanges.some((range) => start < range.end && end > range.start)) continue;
-    rendered += markdown.slice(cursor, end - 1) + ">";
-    cursor = end - 1;
-  }
-  return rendered + markdown.slice(cursor);
-}