diff --git a/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.test.tsx b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e91226d8757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/sim/app/workspace/[workspaceId]/files/components/file-viewer/rich-markdown-editor/mention/mention-chip.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment jsdom
+ *
+ * The chip label must never carry its own explicit text color — see the comment on `CHIP_CLASS` in
+ * `mention-chip.tsx`. An element's own explicit `color` always wins over an inherited one regardless
+ * of ancestor specificity, so hardcoding a color here would silently override any ambient color a
+ * mention's container legitimately sets (a link's blue, an `h6` heading's dimmer `--text-secondary`) —
+ * the same bug class already fixed for `strong`/`em`/`code` in `rich-markdown-editor.css`.
+ */
+import { act } from 'react'
+import type { Editor } from '@tiptap/react'
+import { createRoot, type Root } from 'react-dom/client'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+vi.mock('next/navigation', () => ({
+  useRouter: () => ({ push: vi.fn() }),
+  useParams: () => ({}),
+}))
+
+// Override the global `getAllBlocks: () => ({})` stub — `getIconColorMap` iterates it as an array.
+vi.mock('@/blocks/registry', () => ({
+  getAllBlocks: () => [],
+}))
+
+const { MentionChipView } = await import('./mention-chip')
+
+function fakeNode(attrs: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  return { attrs } as unknown as Parameters<typeof MentionChipView>[0]['node']
+}
+
+function fakeEditor(): Editor {
+  return { storage: { mention: { navigable: false } } } as unknown as Editor
+}
+
+let container: HTMLDivElement | null = null
+let root: Root | null = null
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  if (root) act(() => root?.unmount())
+  container?.remove()
+  container = null
+  root = null
+})
+
+describe('MentionChipView', () => {
+  it('renders its wrapper with no explicit text-color utility class', async () => {
+    ;(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true
+    container = document.createElement('div')
+    document.body.appendChild(container)
+    root = createRoot(container)
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      root?.render(
+        MentionChipView({
+          node: fakeNode({ kind: 'file', id: 'f1', label: 'notes.md' }),
+          editor: fakeEditor(),
+        } as Parameters<typeof MentionChipView>[0])
+      )
+    })
+
+    const chip = container.querySelector('.mention-chip') as HTMLElement
+    expect(chip).not.toBeNull()
+
+    // Any `text-*` utility targeting the wrapper itself — bare, or Tailwind's self-targeting
+    // `[&]:text-*` arbitrary variant (as opposed to a descendant variant like `[&>svg]:text-*`,
+    // which the icon rule below legitimately uses) — would regress this fix, not just the specific
+    // old `text-[var(--text-primary)]` class. Rather than enumerate every Tailwind color-naming
+    // scheme (arbitrary value, shade-suffixed, semantic theme tokens like `text-primary`/
+    // `text-muted-foreground`, keywords), flag ANY such token: none is legitimate on this wrapper
+    // today, so this can only ever be a color utility slipping back in. A genuinely new, non-color
+    // `text-*` need (e.g. a font-size utility) should fail this test and force an explicit update,
+    // not be silently allowed through.
+    const ownTextUtilities = chip.className
+      .split(/\s+/)
+      .filter((cls) => cls.startsWith('text-') || cls.startsWith('[&]:text-'))
+    expect(ownTextUtilities).toEqual([])
+
+    // The icon's own monochrome fallback is unrelated and must be untouched by this fix.
+    expect(chip.className).toContain('[&>svg]:text-[var(--text-icon)]')
+  })
+})
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 d64d5e4958e..b851c2a86fa 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
@@ -15,9 +15,16 @@ import { simLinkPath } from './sim-link'
  * color, and a 12px icon. Integration icons keep their brand color via
  * {@link getBareIconStyle} (see {@link MentionChipView}); other kinds stay
  * monochrome through the `--text-icon` fallback below.
+ *
+ * No explicit label color — an element's own explicit `color` always wins over an inherited one
+ * regardless of ancestor specificity, so hardcoding `--text-primary` here (redundant with the prose
+ * default anyway) would silently override any ambient color a ancestor legitimately sets — a link's
+ * blue, or `h6`'s dimmer `--text-secondary` — since a mention is inline content and can appear inside
+ * either. Omitting it lets the label inherit correctly in both cases, same fix as `strong`/`em`/`code`
+ * in rich-markdown-editor.css.
  */
 const CHIP_CLASS =
-  'mention-chip mx-px inline-flex items-center gap-1 align-middle text-[var(--text-primary)] leading-[1.5] [&>svg]:size-[12px] [&>svg]:shrink-0 [&>svg]:text-[var(--text-icon)]'
+  'mention-chip mx-px inline-flex items-center gap-1 align-middle leading-[1.5] [&>svg]:size-[12px] [&>svg]:shrink-0 [&>svg]:text-[var(--text-icon)]'
 
 /**
  * Live chip: an entity icon + label matching the chat input's mention rendering. Where the host opted
@@ -25,7 +32,7 @@ const CHIP_CLASS =
  * 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.
  */
-function MentionChipView({ node, editor }: ReactNodeViewProps) {
+export function MentionChipView({ node, editor }: ReactNodeViewProps) {
   const router = useRouter()
   const params = useParams()
   const { kind, id, label } = node.attrs as MentionAttrs