diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/agent-paste-draft.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/agent-paste-draft.ts
index c2597551515..177059a6818 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/agent-paste-draft.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/agent-paste-draft.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { TuiAgent } from '../../../shared/types'
+import { TUI_AGENT_CONFIG } from '../../../shared/tui-agent-config'
 import { detectAgentStatusFromTitle } from '../../../shared/agent-detection'
 import { isShellProcess } from '@/lib/tui-agent-startup'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
@@ -36,9 +37,12 @@ const READINESS_TIMEOUT_MS = 12000
  * `onTimeout` lets the caller surface a UI hint (e.g. toast) when the agent
  * doesn't reach a ready state inside `timeoutMs`.
  *
- * `agent` is currently informational only — kept on the call signature so
- * future per-agent specializations (e.g. an `unsupported` opt-out) have a
- * place to land without retouching every call site.
+ * Some agents (Copilot, cursor-agent) gate first-run launches behind a
+ * trust/permission menu that captures any keystroke as menu input. Those
+ * agents set `skipDraftUrlInjection: true` in TUI_AGENT_CONFIG and this
+ * helper returns false without touching the PTY for them — the workspace
+ * still opens cleanly, the user just types/pastes the URL themselves once
+ * past the menu.
  */
 export async function pasteDraftWhenAgentReady(args: {
   tabId: string
@@ -48,7 +52,11 @@ export async function pasteDraftWhenAgentReady(args: {
   timeoutMs?: number
   onTimeout?: () => void
 }): Promise<boolean> {
-  const { tabId, expectedProcess, content, timeoutMs, onTimeout } = args
+  const { tabId, expectedProcess, content, agent, timeoutMs, onTimeout } = args
+
+  if (agent && TUI_AGENT_CONFIG[agent].skipDraftUrlInjection) {
+    return false
+  }
 
   const ready = await waitForTuiInputReady(tabId, expectedProcess, {
     timeoutMs: timeoutMs ?? READINESS_TIMEOUT_MS
diff --git a/src/shared/tui-agent-config.ts b/src/shared/tui-agent-config.ts
index a5ed20950a2..9c9ded3e4ea 100644
--- a/src/shared/tui-agent-config.ts
+++ b/src/shared/tui-agent-config.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ export type TuiAgentConfig = {
   launchCmd: string
   expectedProcess: string
   promptInjectionMode: AgentPromptInjectionMode
+  /** Why: Copilot and Cursor-Agent open with a "do you trust this folder?"
+   * permission prompt that consumes any keystrokes (including bracketed
+   * paste) as menu input. There's no reliable signal for "trust prompt
+   * dismissed" from outside the TUI, so the safest behavior is to skip the
+   * draft URL pre-fill for these agents — the workspace still opens, the
+   * user just types/pastes the URL themselves once they're past the menu. */
+  skipDraftUrlInjection?: boolean
 }
 
 // Why: the new-workspace handoff depends on three pieces of per-agent
@@ -122,7 +129,13 @@ export const TUI_AGENT_CONFIG: Record<TuiAgent, TuiAgentConfig> = {
     detectCmd: 'cursor-agent',
     launchCmd: 'cursor-agent',
     expectedProcess: 'cursor-agent',
-    promptInjectionMode: 'argv'
+    promptInjectionMode: 'argv',
+    // Why: cursor-agent opens with a "Do you trust this directory?" prompt
+    // that consumes typed input as menu shortcuts ([a]/[w]/[q]). Pasting the
+    // URL while the menu is up either selects an option or quits — neither
+    // is helpful. Skip the draft pre-fill until/unless we have a reliable
+    // signal that the trust menu has been dismissed.
+    skipDraftUrlInjection: true
   },
   droid: {
     detectCmd: 'droid',
@@ -168,6 +181,11 @@ export const TUI_AGENT_CONFIG: Record<TuiAgent, TuiAgentConfig> = {
     // completion, which would kill the TUI session Orca is hosting.
     // `-i/--interactive <prompt>` starts an interactive session with the
     // initial prompt pre-executed — the behavior Orca needs.
-    promptInjectionMode: 'flag-interactive'
+    promptInjectionMode: 'flag-interactive',
+    // Why: Copilot's first-launch trust prompt ("Do you trust the files in
+    // this folder?") consumes any keystrokes as numbered-menu input. A
+    // pasted URL either picks an option or fails the menu validation. Skip
+    // the draft pre-fill — same reasoning as cursor-agent above.
+    skipDraftUrlInjection: true
   }
 }