Revert "Fix markdown editor escaped list markers"

This reverts commit fbcd80948e.

ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import remarkGfm from "remark-gfm";
 import { parseProjectMentionHref } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
 import { useTheme } from "../context/ThemeContext";
-import { normalizeMarkdownArtifacts } from "../lib/markdown";
 
 interface MarkdownBodyProps {
   children: string;
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ function MermaidDiagramBlock({ source, darkMode }: { source: string; darkMode: b
 
 export function MarkdownBody({ children, className }: MarkdownBodyProps) {
   const { theme } = useTheme();
-  const normalizedMarkdown = normalizeMarkdownArtifacts(children);
   return (
     <div
       className={cn(
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ export function MarkdownBody({ children, className }: MarkdownBodyProps) {
           },
         }}
       >
-        {normalizedMarkdown}
+        {children}
       </Markdown>
     </div>
   );

ui/src/components/MarkdownEditor.tsx

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
 } from "@mdxeditor/editor";
 import { buildProjectMentionHref, parseProjectMentionHref } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
-import { normalizeMarkdownArtifacts } from "../lib/markdown";
 
 /* ---- Mention types ---- */
 
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ export const MarkdownEditor = forwardRef<MarkdownEditorRef, MarkdownEditorProps>
 }: MarkdownEditorProps, forwardedRef) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const ref = useRef<MDXEditorMethods>(null);
-  const latestValueRef = useRef(normalizeMarkdownArtifacts(value));
+  const latestValueRef = useRef(value);
   const [uploadError, setUploadError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [isDragOver, setIsDragOver] = useState(false);
   const dragDepthRef = useRef(0);
@@ -282,10 +281,9 @@ export const MarkdownEditor = forwardRef<MarkdownEditorRef, MarkdownEditorProps>
   }, [hasImageUpload]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const normalizedValue = normalizeMarkdownArtifacts(value);
-    if (normalizedValue !== latestValueRef.current) {
-      ref.current?.setMarkdown(normalizedValue);
-      latestValueRef.current = normalizedValue;
+    if (value !== latestValueRef.current) {
+      ref.current?.setMarkdown(value);
+      latestValueRef.current = value;
     }
   }, [value]);
 
@@ -556,15 +554,11 @@ export const MarkdownEditor = forwardRef<MarkdownEditorRef, MarkdownEditorProps>
     >
       <MDXEditor
         ref={ref}
-        markdown={normalizeMarkdownArtifacts(value)}
+        markdown={value}
         placeholder={placeholder}
         onChange={(next) => {
-          const normalizedNext = normalizeMarkdownArtifacts(next);
-          latestValueRef.current = normalizedNext;
-          if (normalizedNext !== next) {
-            ref.current?.setMarkdown(normalizedNext);
-          }
-          onChange(normalizedNext);
+          latestValueRef.current = next;
+          onChange(next);
         }}
         onBlur={() => onBlur?.()}
         className={cn("paperclip-mdxeditor", !bordered && "paperclip-mdxeditor--borderless")}