diff --git a/.changeset/fn-8031-planning-summary-markdown.md b/.changeset/fn-8031-planning-summary-markdown.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..876bc276b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-8031-planning-summary-markdown.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Planning summary description now renders formatted markdown by default.
+category: feature
+dev: Initializes the Planning summary renderMarkdown state to true.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx
index c5dd01378d..a7bb9965d8 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx
@@ -3018,7 +3018,11 @@ function SummaryView({
   const { t } = useTranslation("app");
   const summary = normalizePlanningSummary(rawSummary);
   const [isExpanded, setIsExpanded] = useState(false);
-  const [renderMarkdown, setRenderMarkdown] = useState(false);
+  /*
+  FNXC:PlanningSummaryDescription 2026-07-15-12:00:
+  Planning summaries must show formatted Markdown on first display. The existing toggle switches to raw Plain text for editing and back to the preview.
+  */
+  const [renderMarkdown, setRenderMarkdown] = useState(true);
   const [selectedDependencies, setSelectedDependencies] = useState<string[]>(
     summary.suggestedDependencies
   );
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.ui-interactions.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.ui-interactions.test.tsx
index 38abe9014a..10300589a0 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.ui-interactions.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.ui-interactions.test.tsx
@@ -977,8 +977,17 @@ describe("PlanningModeModal", () => {
     it("toggles description between plain textarea and formatted markdown preview", async () => {
       const { container } = await renderPlanningSummary("## Heading\n\n- item\n\n**bold**");
 
-      expect(container.querySelector(".planning-textarea")).not.toBeNull();
-      expect(container.querySelector(".planning-description-preview")).toBeNull();
+      expect(container.querySelector(".planning-description-preview")).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(container.querySelector(".planning-textarea")).toBeNull();
+      expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { level: 2, name: "Heading" })).toBeDefined();
+      expect(container.querySelector("strong")?.textContent).toBe("bold");
+
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("planning-description-markdown-toggle"));
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        expect(container.querySelector(".planning-textarea")).not.toBeNull();
+        expect(container.querySelector(".planning-description-preview")).toBeNull();
+      });
 
       fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("planning-description-markdown-toggle"));
 
@@ -987,12 +996,6 @@ describe("PlanningModeModal", () => {
         expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { level: 2, name: "Heading" })).toBeDefined();
         expect(container.querySelector("strong")?.textContent).toBe("bold");
       });
-
-      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("planning-description-markdown-toggle"));
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        expect(container.querySelector(".planning-textarea")).not.toBeNull();
-      });
     });
 
     it.each([
@@ -1002,6 +1005,7 @@ describe("PlanningModeModal", () => {
       mockViewport(viewport);
       const user = userEvent.setup();
       await renderPlanningSummary("Generated summary with existing words");
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("planning-description-markdown-toggle"));
 
       const textarea = screen.getByLabelText("Description") as HTMLTextAreaElement;
       textarea.focus();
@@ -1028,6 +1032,11 @@ describe("PlanningModeModal", () => {
       expect(markdownToggle.closest("label")).toBeNull();
       expect(expandButton.closest("label")).toBeNull();
 
+      expect(container.querySelector(".planning-description-preview")).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(container.querySelector(".planning-textarea")).toBeNull();
+
+      fireEvent.click(markdownToggle);
+
       const textarea = container.querySelector<HTMLTextAreaElement>(".planning-textarea");
       expect(textarea).not.toBeNull();
       expect(textarea?.classList.contains("expanded")).toBe(false);