diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/review-open-file.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/review-open-file.spec.ts
index 208ba7f3b69d..2ee8463101ce 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/review-open-file.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/review-open-file.spec.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ test("opens and searches project files inline", async ({ page }) => {
         { name: "src", path: "src", absolute: `${directory}/src`, type: "directory", ignored: false },
       ]
     },
-    fileContent: (path) => ({ type: "text", content: `contents:${path}` }),
+    fileContent: (path) => ({
+      type: "text",
+      content: path === "README.md" ? "# Rendered README\n\ncontents:README.md" : `contents:${path}`,
+    }),
     findFiles: (input) => {
       searches.push(input)
       return input.query === "nested" ? ["src/nested.ts"] : []
@@ -126,7 +129,19 @@ test("opens and searches project files inline", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(panel.getByRole("tab", { name: "README.md" }).locator("..")).toHaveCSS("padding-inline-end", "4px")
   await expect(panel.getByRole("tab", { name: "README.md" }).locator("..")).toHaveCSS("gap", "8px")
   await expect(sidebarToggle).toBeEnabled()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("heading", { name: "Rendered README" })).toBeVisible()
   await expect(panel.getByText("contents:README.md", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByTitle("README.md")).toBeVisible()
+  const viewSource = panel.getByRole("button", { name: "View Source" })
+  await expect(viewSource).toBeVisible()
+  await expect.poll(() => viewSource.evaluate((button) => button.scrollWidth <= button.clientWidth)).toBe(true)
+  await viewSource.click()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("heading", { name: "Rendered README" })).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(panel.getByText("# Rendered README", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  const viewRendered = panel.getByRole("button", { name: "View Rendered" })
+  await expect.poll(() => viewRendered.evaluate((button) => button.scrollWidth <= button.clientWidth)).toBe(true)
+  await viewRendered.click()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("heading", { name: "Rendered README" })).toBeVisible()
   await expect(sidebar).toHaveCount(0)
 
   const missingReadPattern = "**/api/fs/read/README.md*"
@@ -173,6 +188,8 @@ test("opens and searches project files inline", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(panel.getByRole("tab", { name: "nested.ts" }).locator("..")).toHaveCSS("gap", "8px")
   await expect(sidebarToggle).toBeEnabled()
   await expect(panel.getByText("contents:src/nested.ts", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByTitle("src/nested.ts")).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("button", { name: /View (Source|Rendered)/ })).toHaveCount(0)
   expect(searches).toContainEqual({ query: "nested", dirs: "file", limit: 200 })
 
   await panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Open file" }).click()
diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts b/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts
index c82892415a7f..91526a596410 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts
@@ -796,6 +796,8 @@ export const dict = {
   "session.review.noChanges": "No changes",
   "session.review.noUncommittedChanges": "No uncommitted changes yet",
   "session.review.noBranchChanges": "No branch changes yet",
+  "session.files.markdown.viewSource": "View Source",
+  "session.files.markdown.viewRendered": "View Rendered",
 
   "session.files.selectToOpen": "Select a file to open",
   "session.files.all": "All files",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/files/file-tabs.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/files/file-tabs.tsx
index 1446426840e8..401a4f934d61 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/files/file-tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/files/file-tabs.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import { createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, Match, on, onCleanup, Switch } from "solid-js"
+import { createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, Match, on, onCleanup, Show, Switch } from "solid-js"
 import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
 import { Dynamic } from "solid-js/web"
 import { makeEventListener } from "@solid-primitives/event-listener"
 import type { FileSearchHandle } from "@opencode/session-ui/file"
+import { Markdown } from "@opencode/session-ui/markdown"
+import { Button } from "@opencode/ui/button"
 import { useFileComponent } from "@opencode/ui/context/file"
+import { FileIcon } from "@opencode/ui/file-icon"
 import { cloneSelectedLineRange, previewSelectedLines } from "@opencode/session-ui/pierre/selection-bridge"
 import { createLineCommentControllerV2 } from "@opencode/session-ui/v2/line-comment-annotations-v2"
 import { sampledChecksum } from "@opencode/util/encode"
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@ import { useComposerState } from "@/composer/persistence"
 import { getSessionHandoff } from "@/session/handoff"
 import { useSessionLayout } from "@/session/session-layout"
 import { createSessionTabs } from "@/session/helpers"
+import { OpenInAppButton } from "@/session/files/open-in-app-button"
+import { resolveOpenInAppPath } from "@/session/files/open-in-app-path"
+import { useWorkspaceLocation } from "@/workspaces/location"
 
 type SessionFileViewProps = {
   tab: string
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ export function SessionFileView(props: SessionFileViewProps) {
   const language = useLanguage()
   const prompt = useComposerState()
   const fileComponent = useFileComponent()
+  const location = useWorkspaceLocation()
   const { sessionKey, tabs, view } = useSessionLayout()
   const activeFileTab = createSessionTabs({
     tabs,
@@ -198,6 +205,9 @@ export function SessionFileView(props: SessionFileViewProps) {
   }
 
   const path = createMemo(() => file.pathFromTab(props.tab))
+  const markdown = createMemo(() => path()?.toLowerCase().endsWith(".md") ?? false)
+  const absolutePath = createMemo(() => resolveOpenInAppPath(location().directory, path() ?? ""))
+  const [display, setDisplay] = createStore({ markdown: "rendered" as "rendered" | "source" })
   const state = createMemo(() => {
     const p = path()
     if (!p) return
@@ -451,10 +461,47 @@ export function SessionFileView(props: SessionFileViewProps) {
   )
 
   const content = () => (
-    <div class="mt-3 relative h-full min-h-0">
-      <ScrollView class="h-full" viewportRef={scrollSync.setViewport} onScroll={scrollSync.handleScroll}>
+    <div class="relative h-full min-h-0 flex flex-col">
+      <Show when={path()}>
+        {(value) => (
+          <div data-slot="session-review-v2-file-header">
+            <div data-slot="session-review-v2-file-title">
+              <FileIcon node={{ path: value(), type: "file" }} class="size-4 shrink-0" />
+              <span class="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-13-regular text-text-muted" title={value()}>
+                {value()}
+              </span>
+            </div>
+            <div class="ms-auto shrink-0 flex items-center gap-3">
+              <Show when={markdown()}>
+                <Button
+                  size="small"
+                  variant="neutral"
+                  class="min-w-[112px]"
+                  onClick={() => setDisplay("markdown", display.markdown === "rendered" ? "source" : "rendered")}
+                >
+                  {language.t(
+                    display.markdown === "rendered"
+                      ? "session.files.markdown.viewSource"
+                      : "session.files.markdown.viewRendered",
+                  )}
+                </Button>
+              </Show>
+              <OpenInAppButton path={absolutePath} reveal />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </Show>
+      <ScrollView class="flex-1 min-h-0" viewportRef={scrollSync.setViewport} onScroll={scrollSync.handleScroll}>
         <Switch>
-          <Match when={state()?.loaded}>{renderFile(contents())}</Match>
+          <Match when={state()?.loaded}>
+            {markdown() && display.markdown === "rendered" ? (
+              <div class="px-6 py-4 pb-40">
+                <Markdown text={contents()} cacheKey={cacheKey()} />
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              renderFile(contents())
+            )}
+          </Match>
           <Match when={state()?.loading}>
             <div class="px-6 py-4 text-text-weak">{language.t("common.loading")}…</div>
           </Match>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/files/open-in-app-button.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/files/open-in-app-button.tsx
index b4501ea724b1..4680b2cc802e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/files/open-in-app-button.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/files/open-in-app-button.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import { Tooltip } from "@opencode/ui/tooltip"
 import { useLanguage } from "@/runtime/i18n/language"
 import { type OpenApp, useOpenInApp } from "@/session/files/open-in-app"
 
-export function OpenInAppButton(props: { directory: () => string }) {
+export function OpenInAppButton(props: { path: () => string; reveal?: boolean }) {
   const language = useLanguage()
-  const state = useOpenInApp({ path: props.directory })
+  const state = useOpenInApp({ path: props.path })
 
   return (
-    <Show when={props.directory() && state.canOpen()}>
+    <Show when={props.path() && state.canOpen()}>
       <SplitButton class="session-review-v2-open-in-app" onPointerDown={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}>
         <Tooltip
           placement="bottom"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function OpenInAppButton(props: { directory: () => string }) {
             onClick={(event) => {
               event.stopPropagation()
               if (state.opening()) return
-              state.openPath(state.current().id)
+              state.openPath(state.current().id, undefined, props.reveal)
             }}
             disabled={state.opening()}
             aria-label={language.t("session.header.open.ariaLabel", { app: state.current().label })}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export function OpenInAppButton(props: { directory: () => string }) {
           </Menu.Trigger>
           <Menu.Portal>
             <Menu.Content class="open-in-app-v2-menu">
-              <OpenInAppMenuItemsV2 state={state} close={() => state.setMenu("open", false)} />
+              <OpenInAppMenuItemsV2 state={state} reveal={props.reveal} close={() => state.setMenu("open", false)} />
             </Menu.Content>
           </Menu.Portal>
         </Menu>
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/files/session-side-panel.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/files/session-side-panel.tsx
index ee2723007ed0..34b634641ab5 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/files/session-side-panel.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/files/session-side-panel.tsx
@@ -542,7 +542,9 @@ export function SessionSidePanel(props: {
                           onPointerDown={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
                           onClick={(event) => event.stopPropagation()}
                         >
-                          <OpenInAppButton directory={projectDirectory} />
+                          <Show when={!file.pathFromTab(activeTab())}>
+                            <OpenInAppButton path={projectDirectory} />
+                          </Show>
                           <Show when={reviewVisible()}>
                             <div class="size-7 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
                           </Show>