diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 77ba340..c532744 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FormEvent, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { FormEvent, type RefObject, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   AlertCircle,
   ArrowLeft,
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import helpIconUrl from './assets/qortium-help-protoicon-black-transparent.png';
 import { AttachmentList } from './attachments';
 import {
   formatAttachmentSize,
+  getTransferFiles,
   MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT,
   prepareFeedbackAttachment,
   prepareFeedbackBundle,
@@ -368,22 +369,24 @@ function AttachmentPicker({
   disabled,
   files,
   onChange,
+  pasteTargetRef,
 }: {
   disabled: boolean;
   files: PreparedFeedbackAttachment[];
   onChange: (files: PreparedFeedbackAttachment[]) => void;
+  pasteTargetRef?: RefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>;
 }) {
   const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
   const [processing, setProcessing] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState('');
 
-  async function addFiles(fileList: FileList | null) {
-    if (!fileList || fileList.length === 0 || disabled || processing) {
+  async function addFiles(input: readonly File[]) {
+    if (input.length === 0 || disabled || processing) {
       return;
     }
 
     const available = Math.max(0, MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT - files.length);
-    const selected = Array.from(fileList).slice(0, available);
+    const selected = input.slice(0, available);
 
     if (selected.length === 0) {
       setError(`A maximum of ${MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT} attachments is supported.`);
@@ -408,6 +411,29 @@ function AttachmentPicker({
     }
   }
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const target = pasteTargetRef?.current;
+
+    if (!target) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    function handlePaste(event: ClipboardEvent) {
+      const pastedFiles = getTransferFiles(event.clipboardData);
+
+      if (pastedFiles.length === 0 || disabled || processing || files.length >= MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      event.preventDefault();
+      void addFiles(pastedFiles);
+    }
+
+    target.addEventListener('paste', handlePaste);
+
+    return () => target.removeEventListener('paste', handlePaste);
+  }, [disabled, files.length, pasteTargetRef, processing]);
+
   return (
     <div className="attachment-picker">
       <input
@@ -416,7 +442,7 @@ function AttachmentPicker({
         disabled={disabled || processing || files.length >= MAX_ATTACHMENT_COUNT}
         multiple
         onChange={(event) => {
-          void addFiles(event.target.files);
+          void addFiles(Array.from(event.target.files ?? []));
         }}
         ref={inputRef}
         type="file"
@@ -504,6 +530,7 @@ function PostComposer({
   const [body, setBody] = useState('');
   const [attachments, setAttachments] = useState<PreparedFeedbackAttachment[]>([]);
   const [draftIdentity, setDraftIdentity] = useState<FeedbackDraftIdentity | null>(null);
+  const bodyInputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
 
   async function handleSubmit(event: FormEvent) {
     event.preventDefault();
@@ -613,6 +640,7 @@ function PostComposer({
           disabled={!canPublish || publishing}
           maxLength={12000}
           onChange={(event) => setBody(event.target.value)}
+          ref={bodyInputRef}
           rows={8}
           value={body}
         />
@@ -621,6 +649,7 @@ function PostComposer({
         disabled={!canAttach || publishing}
         files={attachments}
         onChange={setAttachments}
+        pasteTargetRef={bodyInputRef}
       />
       <div className="composer__footer">
         <span className="publish-name">{publishName || t('status.noName')}</span>
@@ -781,6 +810,7 @@ function ReplyComposer({
   const [body, setBody] = useState('');
   const [attachments, setAttachments] = useState<PreparedFeedbackAttachment[]>([]);
   const [draftIdentity, setDraftIdentity] = useState<FeedbackDraftIdentity | null>(null);
+  const bodyInputRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
 
   async function handleSubmit(event: FormEvent) {
     event.preventDefault();
@@ -812,6 +842,7 @@ function ReplyComposer({
           disabled={!canPublish || publishing}
           maxLength={12000}
           onChange={(event) => setBody(event.target.value)}
+          ref={bodyInputRef}
           rows={3}
           value={body}
         />
@@ -820,6 +851,7 @@ function ReplyComposer({
         disabled={!canAttach || publishing}
         files={attachments}
         onChange={setAttachments}
+        pasteTargetRef={bodyInputRef}
       />
       <div className="button-row">
         <CommandButton
diff --git a/src/attachmentUpload.test.ts b/src/attachmentUpload.test.ts
index efd150a..e81a730 100644
--- a/src/attachmentUpload.test.ts
+++ b/src/attachmentUpload.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   formatAttachmentSize,
   getAttachmentMaxBytes,
   getAttachmentService,
+  getTransferFiles,
   MAX_ATTACHMENT_BYTES,
   MAX_IMAGE_BYTES,
   prepareFeedbackBundle,
@@ -25,6 +26,33 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe('feedback attachment helpers', () => {
+  it('uses direct clipboard files first and supports item-only screenshots', () => {
+    const direct = { name: 'direct.png' } as File;
+    const screenshot = { name: 'clipboard.png' } as File;
+
+    expect(
+      getTransferFiles({
+        files: { 0: direct, length: 1 },
+        items: { 0: { getAsFile: () => screenshot, kind: 'file' }, length: 1 },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([direct]);
+    expect(
+      getTransferFiles({
+        files: { length: 0 },
+        items: { 0: { getAsFile: () => screenshot, kind: 'file' }, length: 1 },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([screenshot]);
+  });
+
+  it('leaves text-only clipboard data to the textarea', () => {
+    expect(
+      getTransferFiles({
+        files: { length: 0 },
+        items: { 0: { getAsFile: () => null, kind: 'string' }, length: 1 },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('routes safe raster images and media to matching QDN services', () => {
     expect(getAttachmentService({ type: 'image/png' } as File)).toBe('IMAGE');
     expect(getAttachmentService({ type: 'image/svg+xml' } as File)).toBe('ATTACHMENT');
diff --git a/src/attachmentUpload.ts b/src/attachmentUpload.ts
index 81907a8..2f0f0a7 100644
--- a/src/attachmentUpload.ts
+++ b/src/attachmentUpload.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ export type PreparedFeedbackAttachment = {
   size: number;
 };
 
+type TransferFileItem = {
+  getAsFile(): File | null;
+  kind: string;
+};
+
+type TransferFileSource = {
+  files?: ArrayLike<File> | null;
+  items?: ArrayLike<TransferFileItem> | null;
+};
+
 export type PublishedQdnResource = {
   resource: {
     identifier: string | null;
@@ -41,6 +51,37 @@ export type PublishMultipleResult = {
   published?: PublishedQdnResource[];
 };
 
+/**
+ * Clipboard implementations vary: a copied screenshot can appear in the
+ * direct FileList, as a file-kind item, or both. Prefer the FileList so the
+ * browser does not hand the same file to the caller twice; fall back to items
+ * for screenshot tools that expose no FileList. Text and HTML are excluded so
+ * ordinary text paste stays with the textarea.
+ */
+export function getTransferFiles(source: TransferFileSource | null | undefined): File[] {
+  const directFiles = Array.from(source?.files ?? []);
+
+  if (directFiles.length > 0) {
+    return directFiles;
+  }
+
+  const files: File[] = [];
+
+  for (const item of Array.from(source?.items ?? [])) {
+    if (item.kind !== 'file') {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const file = item.getAsFile();
+
+    if (file) {
+      files.push(file);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return files;
+}
+
 export function getAttachmentService(file: Pick<File, 'type'>): AttachmentService {
   const type = file.type.toLowerCase();