diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index 277e269ca..99c0834c0 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@
 
 - Added per-call `model` selection to the `task` tool, including per-item batch selectors, fallback chains, and explicit reasoning suffixes.
 - Added Firecrawl keyless mode: explicitly selecting `firecrawl` as the web-search provider now works without `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` by calling the Firecrawl REST API without an `Authorization` header; the automatic provider chain remains credential-gated (#4332).
+- Added `mcp.renderMarkdownResults` (enabled by default): non-JSON MCP text results render as Markdown in the terminal transcript; set it to `false` to keep raw text.
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Adjusted retry fallback handling to recognize discovery-only and runtime extension providers, preventing spurious unknown-provider warnings.
-### Added
-
-- Added an opt-in `mcp.renderMarkdownResults` setting that renders non-JSON MCP text results as Markdown in the terminal transcript.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/config/settings-schema.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/config/settings-schema.ts
index d023bf462..3febaa5b7 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/config/settings-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/config/settings-schema.ts
@@ -3961,7 +3961,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
 
 	"mcp.renderMarkdownResults": {
 		type: "boolean",
-		default: false,
+		default: true,
 		ui: {
 			tab: "tools",
 			group: "Discovery & MCP",
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/tool-execution.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/tool-execution.test.ts
index 160528197..96079e540 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/tool-execution.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/components/tool-execution.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe("ToolExecutionComponent custom renderer failures", () => {
 	});
 
 	afterEach(() => {
-		settings.set("mcp.renderMarkdownResults", false);
+		settings.set("mcp.renderMarkdownResults", true);
 	});
 
 	it("falls back to the custom tool label when a renderCall child component throws during render", () => {
@@ -120,21 +120,10 @@ describe("MCP result Markdown rendering", () => {
 	});
 
 	afterEach(() => {
-		settings.set("mcp.renderMarkdownResults", false);
-	});
-
-	it("keeps Markdown syntax literal by default", () => {
-		const component = renderMCPResult(
-			{ content: [{ type: "text", text: "**bold result**" }], details },
-			{ expanded: true, isPartial: false },
-			theme,
-		);
-
-		expect(visibleText(component.render(80))).toContain("**bold result**");
-	});
-
-	it("renders inline Markdown when the opt-in setting is enabled", () => {
 		settings.set("mcp.renderMarkdownResults", true);
+	});
+
+	it("renders inline Markdown by default", () => {
 		const component = renderMCPResult(
 			{ content: [{ type: "text", text: "**bold result** and `code`" }], details },
 			{ expanded: true, isPartial: false },
@@ -147,6 +136,17 @@ describe("MCP result Markdown rendering", () => {
 		expect(rendered).not.toContain("`code`");
 	});
 
+	it("keeps Markdown syntax literal when the setting is disabled", () => {
+		settings.set("mcp.renderMarkdownResults", false);
+		const component = renderMCPResult(
+			{ content: [{ type: "text", text: "**bold result**" }], details },
+			{ expanded: true, isPartial: false },
+			theme,
+		);
+
+		expect(visibleText(component.render(80))).toContain("**bold result**");
+	});
+
 	it("preserves structured JSON rendering when Markdown is enabled", () => {
 		settings.set("mcp.renderMarkdownResults", true);
 		const component = renderMCPResult(