diff --git a/src/renderer/src/assets/rich-markdown-editor.css b/src/renderer/src/assets/rich-markdown-editor.css
index 69b45f446b0..a06817fd7d9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/assets/rich-markdown-editor.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/assets/rich-markdown-editor.css
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@
   color: #58a6ff;
 }
 
+.rich-markdown-editor .rich-markdown-doc-link--missing {
+  color: var(--muted-foreground);
+  text-decoration-style: dashed;
+}
+
 .rich-markdown-mod-held .rich-markdown-editor .rich-markdown-doc-link {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
index 1d06d79f9f1..fd1f17d709a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ export function EditorContent({
                 onDirtyStateHint={handleDirtyStateHint}
                 onSave={onSaveWithFm}
                 onOpenDocLink={md.onOpenDocLink}
+                markdownDocuments={md.markdownDocuments}
                 // Why: render the front-matter banner below the editor toolbar
                 // (inside the editor shell) so formatting controls remain at
                 // the top of the pane — the banner is read-only context, not
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx
index 8da00e4f261..fd9953ce53e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { EditorContent, useEditor } from '@tiptap/react'
 import type { Editor } from '@tiptap/react'
+import type { MarkdownDocument } from '../../../../shared/types'
 import { RichMarkdownSlashMenu } from './RichMarkdownSlashMenu'
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import { RichMarkdownToolbar } from './RichMarkdownToolbar'
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ type RichMarkdownEditorProps = {
   onDirtyStateHint: (dirty: boolean) => void
   onSave: (content: string) => void
   onOpenDocLink?: (target: string) => void
+  markdownDocuments?: MarkdownDocument[]
   // Why: front-matter is stripped from the rich editor's content but we still
   // want it visible to the user. It renders between the toolbar and the editor
   // surface so the formatting toolbar stays at the top of the pane.
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ export default function RichMarkdownEditor({
   onDirtyStateHint,
   onSave,
   onOpenDocLink,
+  markdownDocuments,
   headerSlot
 }: RichMarkdownEditorProps): React.JSX.Element {
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
@@ -355,6 +358,22 @@ export default function RichMarkdownEditor({
     }
   }, [editor, filePath])
 
+  // Why: same pattern as Image storage above — the doc link NodeView reads the
+  // document list from storage to style resolved vs. missing links. A no-op
+  // transaction triggers ProseMirror to re-render the nodeViews with the new list.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (editor && markdownDocuments) {
+      isApplyingProgrammaticUpdateRef.current = true
+      try {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+        ;(editor.storage as any).markdownDocLink.documents = markdownDocuments
+        editor.view.dispatch(editor.state.tr)
+      } finally {
+        isApplyingProgrammaticUpdateRef.current = false
+      }
+    }
+  }, [editor, markdownDocuments])
+
   const handleLocalImagePick = useLocalImagePick(editor, filePath)
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-doc-link.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-doc-link.ts
index 474ca791d15..3c94e5eca4f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-doc-link.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/rich-markdown-doc-link.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { Node, mergeAttributes } from '@tiptap/core'
 import { Plugin, PluginKey } from '@tiptap/pm/state'
-import { getMarkdownDocLinkTarget } from './markdown-doc-links'
+import type { MarkdownDocument } from '../../../../shared/types'
+import {
+  createMarkdownDocumentIndex,
+  getMarkdownDocLinkTarget,
+  resolveMarkdownDocLink
+} from './markdown-doc-links'
 
 const DOC_LINK_PLACEHOLDER_PREFIX = '[[ORCA_DOC_LINK:'
 const DOC_LINK_PLACEHOLDER_SUFFIX = ']]'
@@ -9,6 +14,14 @@ const DOC_LINK_PATTERN = /\[\[([^[\]\r\n|]+)\]\]/g
 
 const docLinkAutoConvertKey = new PluginKey('docLinkAutoConvert')
 
+function isDocLinkResolved(target: string, documents: MarkdownDocument[]): boolean {
+  if (documents.length === 0) {
+    return true
+  }
+  const index = createMarkdownDocumentIndex(documents)
+  return resolveMarkdownDocLink(target, index).status === 'resolved'
+}
+
 export const MarkdownDocLink = Node.create({
   name: 'markdownDocLink',
   inline: true,
@@ -16,6 +29,10 @@ export const MarkdownDocLink = Node.create({
   atom: true,
   selectable: true,
 
+  addStorage() {
+    return { documents: [] as MarkdownDocument[] }
+  },
+
   addAttributes() {
     return {
       target: {
@@ -63,6 +80,41 @@ export const MarkdownDocLink = Node.create({
   renderMarkdown: (node) =>
     `[[${typeof node.attrs?.target === 'string' ? node.attrs.target : ''}]]`,
 
+  addNodeView() {
+    const storage = this.storage as { documents: MarkdownDocument[] }
+    return ({ node }: { node: { type: { name: string }; attrs: { target?: string } } }) => {
+      const target = typeof node.attrs.target === 'string' ? node.attrs.target : ''
+      const dom = document.createElement('span')
+      dom.setAttribute('data-doc-link-target', target)
+      dom.setAttribute('contenteditable', 'false')
+      dom.textContent = target
+
+      const applyResolutionClass = (t: string): void => {
+        const resolved = isDocLinkResolved(t, storage.documents)
+        dom.className = resolved
+          ? 'rich-markdown-doc-link'
+          : 'rich-markdown-doc-link rich-markdown-doc-link--missing'
+      }
+
+      applyResolutionClass(target)
+
+      return {
+        dom,
+        update: (updatedNode) => {
+          if (updatedNode.type.name !== 'markdownDocLink') {
+            return false
+          }
+          const newTarget =
+            typeof updatedNode.attrs.target === 'string' ? updatedNode.attrs.target : ''
+          dom.setAttribute('data-doc-link-target', newTarget)
+          dom.textContent = newTarget
+          applyResolutionClass(newTarget)
+          return true
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
   // Why: a ProseMirror plugin (not an input rule) so that [[target]] typed in
   // any order — brackets first then target, paste, etc. — converts to a doc
   // link node. Input rules only fire on sequential append at the cursor.