diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.App/Program.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.App/Program.cs
index df630b64..381207fc 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.App/Program.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.App/Program.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ sealed class Program
             ClaudeDoDbContext.MigrateAndConfigure(db);
         }
 
+        ClipboardImageTempStore.DeleteOlderThan(TimeSpan.FromHours(24), DateTime.UtcNow);
+
         try
         {
             ConfigureAppBuilder(AppBuilder.Configure(() => new App(services)))
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/ClipboardImageTempStore.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/ClipboardImageTempStore.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20479501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/ClipboardImageTempStore.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using ClaudeDo.Data;
+
+namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Temp PNGs written for clipboard-image paste into the interactive terminal (see
+/// <see cref="ClaudeDo.Ui.Views.InteractiveTerminalView"/>) — dropped into the composer as a path,
+/// the same way a file drop is, then read by Claude like any other file.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ClipboardImageTempStore
+{
+    public static string Directory => Path.Combine(Paths.AppDataRoot(), "tmp");
+
+    /// <summary>A fresh, collision-free path for one pasted image.</summary>
+    public static string NewPngPath(DateTime utcNow) => NewPngPath(Directory, utcNow);
+
+    /// <summary>Deletes files older than <paramref name="maxAge"/> under the tmp dir — called once at
+    /// app startup, not a running cleanup service.</summary>
+    public static void DeleteOlderThan(TimeSpan maxAge, DateTime utcNow) => DeleteOlderThan(Directory, maxAge, utcNow);
+
+    /// <summary>Test seam for <see cref="NewPngPath(DateTime)"/> — takes the target dir explicitly
+    /// instead of the real app data root.</summary>
+    internal static string NewPngPath(string dir, DateTime utcNow) =>
+        Path.Combine(dir, $"paste-{utcNow:yyyyMMdd-HHmmssfff}-{Guid.NewGuid():N}.png");
+
+    /// <summary>Test seam for <see cref="DeleteOlderThan(TimeSpan,DateTime)"/> — takes the target dir
+    /// explicitly instead of the real app data root.</summary>
+    internal static void DeleteOlderThan(string dir, TimeSpan maxAge, DateTime utcNow)
+    {
+        if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(dir)) return;
+
+        foreach (var file in System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles(dir))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (utcNow - File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(file) > maxAge)
+                    File.Delete(file);
+            }
+            catch (IOException) { /* best effort */ }
+            catch (UnauthorizedAccessException) { /* best effort */ }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/InteractiveTerminalView.axaml.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/InteractiveTerminalView.axaml.cs
index 25d1d4b6..7d7bf9db 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/InteractiveTerminalView.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/InteractiveTerminalView.axaml.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Interactivity;
 using Avalonia.Platform.Storage;
+using ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
 using ClaudeDo.Ui.ViewModels;
 
 namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Views;
@@ -43,13 +45,54 @@ public partial class InteractiveTerminalView : UserControl
         if (DataContext is not InteractiveTerminalViewModel vm) return;
 
         e.Handled = true;
-        _ = PasteAndReportAsync(vm);
+        _ = PasteAndReportAsync(this, vm);
     }
 
-    private static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task PasteAndReportAsync(InteractiveTerminalViewModel vm)
+    // A clipboard image (e.g. a screenshot) can't be typed into the child process, so it's written
+    // to a temp PNG and its path is inserted the same way a dropped file is — Claude reads the file
+    // itself. Plain-text clipboard content keeps going through the existing bracketed-paste flow.
+    // Once a bitmap is confirmed present, any failure (dir/file write, send) is a real paste
+    // failure — never silently fall back to a text paste of the same clipboard.
+    private static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task PasteAndReportAsync(InteractiveTerminalView view, InteractiveTerminalViewModel vm)
     {
-        if (!await vm.PasteAsync())
+        Avalonia.Media.Imaging.Bitmap? bitmap = null;
+        try
+        {
+            bitmap = await TryGetClipboardBitmapAsync(TopLevel.GetTopLevel(view));
+            if (bitmap is null)
+            {
+                if (!await vm.PasteAsync()) vm.ReportSendFailed();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var path = ClipboardImageTempStore.NewPngPath(DateTime.UtcNow);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(ClipboardImageTempStore.Directory);
+            bitmap.Save(path);
+            if (!await vm.SendTextAsync(FormatDroppedPaths(new[] { path })))
+                vm.ReportSendFailed();
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
             vm.ReportSendFailed();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            bitmap?.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<Avalonia.Media.Imaging.Bitmap?> TryGetClipboardBitmapAsync(TopLevel? topLevel)
+    {
+        if (topLevel?.Clipboard is not { } clipboard) return null;
+        try
+        {
+            using var data = await clipboard.TryGetDataAsync();
+            return data is null ? null : await Avalonia.Input.AsyncDataTransferExtensions.TryGetBitmapAsync(data);
+        }
+        catch (Exception)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
     private static bool IsFilesDrop(DragEventArgs e) => e.DataTransfer?.Contains(DataFormat.File) == true;
diff --git a/tests/ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests/Services/ClipboardImageTempStoreTests.cs b/tests/ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests/Services/ClipboardImageTempStoreTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f335ccdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests/Services/ClipboardImageTempStoreTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
+
+namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests.Services;
+
+public class ClipboardImageTempStoreTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _dir;
+
+    public ClipboardImageTempStoreTests()
+    {
+        _dir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ClaudeDo.Ui.Tests-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(_dir);
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose() { try { Directory.Delete(_dir, true); } catch { } }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void NewPngPath_IsUniqueAndUnderTheGivenDir()
+    {
+        var now = new DateTime(2026, 9, 16, 10, 30, 0, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
+        var a = ClipboardImageTempStore.NewPngPath(_dir, now);
+        var b = ClipboardImageTempStore.NewPngPath(_dir, now);
+
+        Assert.NotEqual(a, b);
+        Assert.Equal(_dir, Path.GetDirectoryName(a));
+        Assert.Equal(".png", Path.GetExtension(a));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DeleteOlderThan_RemovesOnlyFilesPastTheMaxAge()
+    {
+        var now = DateTime.UtcNow;
+        var oldFile = Path.Combine(_dir, "old.png");
+        var freshFile = Path.Combine(_dir, "fresh.png");
+        File.WriteAllText(oldFile, "x");
+        File.WriteAllText(freshFile, "x");
+        File.SetLastWriteTimeUtc(oldFile, now - TimeSpan.FromHours(25));
+        File.SetLastWriteTimeUtc(freshFile, now - TimeSpan.FromHours(1));
+
+        ClipboardImageTempStore.DeleteOlderThan(_dir, TimeSpan.FromHours(24), now);
+
+        Assert.False(File.Exists(oldFile));
+        Assert.True(File.Exists(freshFile));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DeleteOlderThan_NonExistentDir_DoesNotThrow()
+    {
+        ClipboardImageTempStore.DeleteOlderThan(Path.Combine(_dir, "missing"), TimeSpan.FromHours(24), DateTime.UtcNow);
+    }
+}