diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
index aa002080b1dd..cbd9cda7b4a6 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -424,12 +424,7 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
           dialog.clear()
 
           // replace summarized text parts with the actual text
-          const text = store.prompt.parts
-            .filter((p) => p.type === "text")
-            .reduce((acc, p) => {
-              if (!p.source) return acc
-              return acc.replace(p.source.text.value, p.text)
-            }, store.prompt.input)
+          const text = expandPastedTextPlaceholders(store.prompt.input, store.prompt.parts)
 
           const nonTextParts = store.prompt.parts.filter((p) => p.type !== "text")
 
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/prompt/part.ts b/packages/tui/src/prompt/part.ts
index 0027b9aaed77..577af65b42a0 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/prompt/part.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/prompt/part.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function stripPromptPartIDs<Part extends { id: string; messageID: string;
 export function expandPastedTextPlaceholders(text: string, parts: readonly unknown[]) {
   return parts.reduce<string>((result, part) => {
     if (!isPastedTextPart(part)) return result
-    return result.replace(part.source.text.value, part.text)
+    return result.replace(part.source.text.value, () => part.text)
   }, text)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/prompt/part.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/prompt/part.test.ts
index 2d5605ac0c49..ffd8eb399051 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/prompt/part.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/prompt/part.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
-import { expandTrackedPastedText, stripPromptPartIDs } from "../../src/prompt/part"
+import { expandPastedTextPlaceholders, expandTrackedPastedText, stripPromptPartIDs } from "../../src/prompt/part"
+
+function pastedTextPart(marker: string, text: string) {
+  return { type: "text" as const, text, source: { text: { value: marker } } }
+}
 
 describe("prompt part", () => {
   test("strips persisted IDs from reused parts", () => {
@@ -50,4 +54,33 @@ describe("prompt part", () => {
       ]),
     ).toBe(`keep ${marker} then alpha\nbeta\ngamma tail`)
   })
+
+  test("expands placeholders with dollar sequences literally", () => {
+    const marker = "[Pasted ~1 lines]"
+    for (const pasted of ["const cost = ${price}$$", "echo $&foo", "a $` b", "x $' y", "price $1 each"]) {
+      expect(expandPastedTextPlaceholders(`see ${marker} here`, [pastedTextPart(marker, pasted)])).toBe(
+        `see ${pasted} here`,
+      )
+    }
+  })
+
+  test("expands repeated same-line-count placeholders in order", () => {
+    const marker = "[Pasted ~2 lines]"
+    expect(
+      expandPastedTextPlaceholders(`${marker} and ${marker}`, [
+        pastedTextPart(marker, "first"),
+        pastedTextPart(marker, "second"),
+      ]),
+    ).toBe("first and second")
+  })
+
+  test("leaves non pasted-text parts untouched", () => {
+    const marker = "[Pasted ~1 lines]"
+    expect(
+      expandPastedTextPlaceholders(`see ${marker} here`, [
+        { type: "file", url: "data:," },
+        pastedTextPart(marker, "$$$"),
+      ]),
+    ).toBe("see $$$ here")
+  })
 })