diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/commands/importCurl.ts b/apps/yaak-client/commands/importCurl.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c264c43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/commands/importCurl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import type { HttpRequest } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
+import { patchModelById } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
+import { activeWorkspaceIdAtom } from "../hooks/useActiveWorkspace";
+import { createFastMutation } from "../hooks/useFastMutation";
+import { wasUpdatedExternally } from "../hooks/useRequestUpdateKey";
+import { createRequestAndNavigate } from "../lib/createRequestAndNavigate";
+import { jotaiStore } from "../lib/jotai";
+import { invokeCmd } from "../lib/tauri";
+import { showToast } from "../lib/toast";
+
+export function looksLikeCurl(text: string) {
+  return text.trim().startsWith("curl ");
+}
+
+export const importCurl = createFastMutation<
+  void,
+  string,
+  { overwriteRequestId?: string; command: string }
+>({
+  mutationKey: ["import_curl"],
+  mutationFn: async ({ overwriteRequestId, command }) => {
+    const workspaceId = jotaiStore.get(activeWorkspaceIdAtom);
+    const importedRequest: HttpRequest = await invokeCmd("cmd_curl_to_request", {
+      command,
+      workspaceId,
+    });
+
+    let verb: string;
+    if (overwriteRequestId == null) {
+      verb = "Created";
+      await createRequestAndNavigate(importedRequest);
+    } else {
+      verb = "Updated";
+      await patchModelById(importedRequest.model, overwriteRequestId, (r: HttpRequest) => ({
+        ...importedRequest,
+        id: r.id,
+        createdAt: r.createdAt,
+        workspaceId: r.workspaceId,
+        folderId: r.folderId,
+        name: r.name,
+        sortPriority: r.sortPriority,
+      }));
+
+      setTimeout(() => wasUpdatedExternally(overwriteRequestId), 100);
+    }
+
+    showToast({
+      color: "success",
+      message: `${verb} request from Curl`,
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpRequestPane.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpRequestPane.tsx
index 9c73697b..c6d25c3f 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpRequestPane.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/HttpRequestPane.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import classNames from "classnames";
 import { atom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
 import { lazy, Suspense, useCallback, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { importCurl, looksLikeCurl } from "../commands/importCurl";
 import { allRequestUrlsAtom } from "../hooks/useAllRequests";
 import { useAuthTab } from "../hooks/useAuthTab";
 import { useCancelHttpResponse } from "../hooks/useCancelHttpResponse";
 import { useHeadersTab } from "../hooks/useHeadersTab";
-import { useImportCurl } from "../hooks/useImportCurl";
 import { useInheritedHeaders } from "../hooks/useInheritedHeaders";
 import { usePinnedHttpResponse } from "../hooks/usePinnedHttpResponse";
 import { useRequestEditor, useRequestEditorEvent } from "../hooks/useRequestEditor";
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ export function HttpRequestPane({ style, fullHeight, className, activeRequest }:
   const { activeResponse } = usePinnedHttpResponse(activeRequestId);
   const { mutate: cancelResponse } = useCancelHttpResponse(activeResponse?.id ?? null);
   const updateKey = useRequestUpdateKey(activeRequestId);
-  const { mutate: importCurl } = useImportCurl();
 
   const handleBodyChange = useCallback(
     (body: HttpRequest["body"]) => patchModelDebounced(activeRequest, { body }),
@@ -299,8 +298,8 @@ export function HttpRequestPane({ style, fullHeight, className, activeRequest }:
 
   const handlePaste = useCallback(
     async (e: ClipboardEvent, text: string) => {
-      if (text.startsWith("curl ")) {
-        importCurl({ overwriteRequestId: activeRequestId, command: text });
+      if (looksLikeCurl(text)) {
+        importCurl.mutate({ overwriteRequestId: activeRequestId, command: text });
       } else {
         const patch = prepareImportQuerystring(text);
         if (patch != null) {
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ export function HttpRequestPane({ style, fullHeight, className, activeRequest }:
         }
       }
     },
-    [activeRequest, activeRequestId, forceParamsRefresh, forceUrlRefresh, importCurl],
+    [activeRequest, activeRequestId, forceParamsRefresh, forceUrlRefresh],
   );
   const handleSend = useCallback(
     () => sendRequest(activeRequest.id ?? null),
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportCurl.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportCurl.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ddd1990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportCurl.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { isTauri } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
+import { readText } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager";
+import { Icon } from "@yaakapp-internal/ui";
+import * as m from "motion/react-m";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { importCurl, looksLikeCurl } from "../commands/importCurl";
+import { useWindowFocus } from "../hooks/useWindowFocus";
+import { showToast } from "../lib/toast";
+import { Button } from "./core/Button";
+
+/**
+ * Offers to create a request from a Curl command on the clipboard. The desktop app can
+ * read the clipboard whenever the window is focused, but a browser can't without
+ * prompting for permission, so it waits for the user to paste instead.
+ */
+export function ImportCurl() {
+  return isTauri() ? <ImportCurlButton /> : <ImportCurlOnPaste />;
+}
+
+function ImportCurlButton() {
+  const focused = useWindowFocus();
+  const [clipboardText, setClipboardText] = useState("");
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- none
+  useEffect(() => {
+    void readText().then(setClipboardText);
+  }, [focused]);
+
+  if (!looksLikeCurl(clipboardText)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <m.div
+      initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0 }}
+      animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1 }}
+      transition={{ delay: 0.5 }}
+    >
+      <Button
+        size="2xs"
+        variant="border"
+        color="success"
+        className="rounded-full"
+        rightSlot={<Icon icon="import" size="sm" />}
+        isLoading={isLoading}
+        title="Import Curl command from clipboard"
+        onClick={async () => {
+          setIsLoading(true);
+          try {
+            await importCurl.mutateAsync({ command: clipboardText });
+            setClipboardText(""); // Hide the button until the clipboard changes
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.log("Failed to import curl", e);
+          } finally {
+            setIsLoading(false);
+          }
+        }}
+      >
+        Import Curl
+      </Button>
+    </m.div>
+  );
+}
+
+function ImportCurlOnPaste() {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handlePaste = (e: ClipboardEvent) => {
+      const command = e.clipboardData?.getData("text/plain") ?? "";
+      if (!looksLikeCurl(command)) return;
+
+      // Editable targets keep the text as text. The URL editor imports it itself.
+      if (isEditable(e.target)) return;
+
+      showToast({
+        id: "curl-paste",
+        color: "success",
+        message: (
+          <div>
+            <h2 className="font-semibold">Curl command detected</h2>
+            <p className="text-text-subtle text-sm">Create a request from the pasted command?</p>
+          </div>
+        ),
+        action: ({ hide }) => (
+          <Button
+            size="xs"
+            color="success"
+            className="mr-auto min-w-20"
+            rightSlot={<Icon icon="import" size="sm" />}
+            onClick={() => {
+              hide();
+              importCurl.mutate({ command });
+            }}
+          >
+            Create Request
+          </Button>
+        ),
+      });
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener("paste", handlePaste);
+    return () => document.removeEventListener("paste", handlePaste);
+  }, []);
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+function isEditable(target: EventTarget | null) {
+  if (!(target instanceof HTMLElement)) return false;
+  if (target.isContentEditable) return true;
+  if (target.closest(".cm-editor") != null) return true;
+  return ["INPUT", "TEXTAREA", "SELECT"].includes(target.tagName);
+}
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportCurlButton.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportCurlButton.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 28575c70..00000000
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/ImportCurlButton.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import { clear, readText } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager";
-import * as m from "motion/react-m";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { useImportCurl } from "../hooks/useImportCurl";
-import { useWindowFocus } from "../hooks/useWindowFocus";
-import { Button } from "./core/Button";
-import { Icon } from "@yaakapp-internal/ui";
-
-export function ImportCurlButton() {
-  const focused = useWindowFocus();
-  const [clipboardText, setClipboardText] = useState("");
-
-  const importCurl = useImportCurl();
-  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
-
-  // oxlint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps -- none
-  useEffect(() => {
-    void readText().then(setClipboardText);
-  }, [focused]);
-
-  if (!clipboardText?.trim().startsWith("curl ")) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <m.div
-      initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0 }}
-      animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1 }}
-      transition={{ delay: 0.5 }}
-    >
-      <Button
-        size="2xs"
-        variant="border"
-        color="success"
-        className="rounded-full"
-        rightSlot={<Icon icon="import" size="sm" />}
-        isLoading={isLoading}
-        title="Import Curl command from clipboard"
-        onClick={async () => {
-          setIsLoading(true);
-          try {
-            await importCurl.mutateAsync({ command: clipboardText });
-            await clear(); // Clear the clipboard so the button goes away
-            setClipboardText("");
-          } catch (e) {
-            console.log("Failed to import curl", e);
-          } finally {
-            setIsLoading(false);
-          }
-        }}
-      >
-        Import Curl
-      </Button>
-    </m.div>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/components/WorkspaceHeader.tsx b/apps/yaak-client/components/WorkspaceHeader.tsx
index 5c79057e..aefe5f4e 100644
--- a/apps/yaak-client/components/WorkspaceHeader.tsx
+++ b/apps/yaak-client/components/WorkspaceHeader.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { CookieDropdown } from "./CookieDropdown";
 import { IconButton } from "./core/IconButton";
 import { PillButton } from "./core/PillButton";
 import { EnvironmentActionsDropdown } from "./EnvironmentActionsDropdown";
-import { ImportCurlButton } from "./ImportCurlButton";
+import { ImportCurl } from "./ImportCurl";
 import { LicenseBadge } from "./LicenseBadge";
 import { RecentRequestsDropdown } from "./RecentRequestsDropdown";
 import { SettingsDropdown } from "./SettingsDropdown";
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const WorkspaceHeader = memo(function WorkspaceHeader({
         <RecentRequestsDropdown />
       </div>
       <div className="flex-1 flex gap-1 items-center h-full justify-end pointer-events-none pr-1">
-        <ImportCurlButton />
+        <ImportCurl />
         {showEncryptionSetup ? (
           <PillButton color="danger" onClick={setupOrConfigureEncryption}>
             Enter Encryption Key
diff --git a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useImportCurl.ts b/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useImportCurl.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 545aa9af..00000000
--- a/apps/yaak-client/hooks/useImportCurl.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import type { HttpRequest } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
-import { patchModelById } from "@yaakapp-internal/models";
-import { createRequestAndNavigate } from "../lib/createRequestAndNavigate";
-import { jotaiStore } from "../lib/jotai";
-import { invokeCmd } from "../lib/tauri";
-import { showToast } from "../lib/toast";
-import { activeWorkspaceIdAtom } from "./useActiveWorkspace";
-import { useFastMutation } from "./useFastMutation";
-import { wasUpdatedExternally } from "./useRequestUpdateKey";
-
-export function useImportCurl() {
-  return useFastMutation({
-    mutationKey: ["import_curl"],
-    mutationFn: async ({
-      overwriteRequestId,
-      command,
-    }: {
-      overwriteRequestId?: string;
-      command: string;
-    }) => {
-      const workspaceId = jotaiStore.get(activeWorkspaceIdAtom);
-      const importedRequest: HttpRequest = await invokeCmd("cmd_curl_to_request", {
-        command,
-        workspaceId,
-      });
-
-      let verb: string;
-      if (overwriteRequestId == null) {
-        verb = "Created";
-        await createRequestAndNavigate(importedRequest);
-      } else {
-        verb = "Updated";
-        await patchModelById(importedRequest.model, overwriteRequestId, (r: HttpRequest) => ({
-          ...importedRequest,
-          id: r.id,
-          createdAt: r.createdAt,
-          workspaceId: r.workspaceId,
-          folderId: r.folderId,
-          name: r.name,
-          sortPriority: r.sortPriority,
-        }));
-
-        setTimeout(() => wasUpdatedExternally(overwriteRequestId), 100);
-      }
-
-      showToast({
-        color: "success",
-        message: `${verb} request from Curl`,
-      });
-    },
-  });
-}