diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.tsx
index 5b737844816..5a3f88c83f4 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.tsx
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ const CHIP_CLASS =
 
 /**
  * Live chip: an entity icon + label matching the chat input's mention rendering. Where the host opted
- * into navigation (the file viewer), Cmd/Ctrl-click routes to the resource; in a modal field it stays
- * inert so a click can't navigate away from an unsaved edit. This view pulls the block registry (for
- * integration brand icons), so it's kept out of the headless {@link MarkdownMention} module.
+ * into navigation (the file viewer), a click routes to the resource and Cmd/Ctrl-click opens it in a
+ * new tab; in a modal field it stays inert so a click can't navigate away from an unsaved edit. This
+ * view pulls the block registry (for integration brand icons), so it's kept out of the headless
+ * {@link MarkdownMention} module.
  */
 export function MentionChipView({ node, editor }: ReactNodeViewProps) {
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -42,8 +43,13 @@ export function MentionChipView({ node, editor }: ReactNodeViewProps) {
   const path = navigable && workspaceId ? simLinkPath(workspaceId, kind, id) : null
 
   const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent) => {
-    if (!path || !(event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey)) return
+    if (!path) return
     event.preventDefault()
+    event.stopPropagation()
+    if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) {
+      window.open(path, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer')
+      return
+    }
     router.push(path)
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention.ts
index 78e91f881ec..5a15a7b0cad 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import { MENTION_PLUGIN_KEY } from '@/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/componen
  * Per-editor storage for the `@` mention extension. The host component populates {@link store} with
  * the current workspace mention data and may set {@link onOpen} to lazily start fetching that data the
  * first time the menu is triggered. {@link enabled} gates the menu off entirely (e.g. a field with no
- * workspace scope) so `@` stays literal text. {@link navigable} lets a chip Cmd/Ctrl-click to its
- * resource — on for the file viewer, off inside a modal field so it can't route away from an edit.
+ * workspace scope) so `@` stays literal text. {@link navigable} lets a chip route to its resource — on
+ * for the file viewer, off inside a modal field so it can't route away from an edit.
  */
 export interface MentionStorage {
   store: MentionStore
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/use-editor-mentions.ts b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/use-editor-mentions.ts
index 72ebc583a18..4a52948452c 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/use-editor-mentions.ts
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/use-editor-mentions.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { Editor } from '@tiptap/react'
 import { useMarkdownMentions } from './use-markdown-mentions'
 
 interface UseEditorMentionsOptions {
-  /** Whether a chip can Cmd/Ctrl-click to its resource. On for the file viewer, off in modal fields. */
+  /** Whether a chip can navigate to its resource. On for the file viewer, off in modal fields. */
   navigable?: boolean
   /** Force the `@` insertion menu off even with a workspace; existing tags still render. */
   disableTagging?: boolean
diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.tsx
index 4c3dc3564d0..15a8c2fe4d5 100644
--- a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.tsx
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/rich-markdown-editor.tsx
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ function ReadOnlyPlaceholder({ content, file, workspaceId }: ReadOnlyPlaceholder
       },
     },
   })
+  useEditorMentions(editor, workspaceId, { navigable: true, disableTagging: true })
   const buildSelectionContext = useCallback(
     () => buildEditorSelectionContext(editor, { id: file.id, name: file.name }),
     [editor, file.id, file.name]