diff --git a/site/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx b/site/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx
index 97f840ce6bd03..6a54941f5f7a6 100644
--- a/site/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import TableCell from "@mui/material/TableCell";
 import TableContainer from "@mui/material/TableContainer";
 import TableHead from "@mui/material/TableHead";
 import TableRow from "@mui/material/TableRow";
-import { FC, memo } from "react";
-import ReactMarkdown from "react-markdown";
+import { type Interpolation, type Theme } from "@emotion/react";
+import isEqual from "lodash/isEqual";
+import { type FC, memo } from "react";
+import ReactMarkdown, { type Options } from "react-markdown";
 import { Prism as SyntaxHighlighter } from "react-syntax-highlighter";
 import gfm from "remark-gfm";
 import { colors } from "theme/colors";
 import { darcula } from "react-syntax-highlighter/dist/cjs/styles/prism";
-import { type Interpolation, type Theme } from "@emotion/react";
 
 interface MarkdownProps {
   /**
@@ -20,10 +21,15 @@ interface MarkdownProps {
   children: string;
 
   className?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Can override the behavior of the generated elements
+   */
+  components?: Options["components"];
 }
 
 export const Markdown: FC<MarkdownProps> = (props) => {
-  const { children, className } = props;
+  const { children, className, components = {} } = props;
 
   return (
     <ReactMarkdown
@@ -106,6 +112,65 @@ export const Markdown: FC<MarkdownProps> = (props) => {
         th: ({ children }) => {
           return <TableCell>{children}</TableCell>;
         },
+
+        ...components,
+      }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </ReactMarkdown>
+  );
+};
+
+interface MarkdownInlineProps {
+  /**
+   * The Markdown text to parse and render
+   */
+  children: string;
+
+  className?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Can override the behavior of the generated elements
+   */
+  components?: Options["components"];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Supports a strict subset of Markdown that bahaves well as inline/confined content.
+ */
+export const InlineMarkdown: FC<MarkdownInlineProps> = (props) => {
+  const { children, className, components = {} } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <ReactMarkdown
+      className={className}
+      allowedElements={["p", "em", "strong", "a", "pre", "code"]}
+      unwrapDisallowed
+      components={{
+        p: ({ children }) => <>{children}</>,
+
+        a: ({ href, target, children }) => (
+          <Link href={href} target={target}>
+            {children}
+          </Link>
+        ),
+
+        code: ({ node, className, children, style, ...props }) => (
+          <code
+            css={(theme) => ({
+              padding: "1px 4px",
+              background: theme.palette.divider,
+              borderRadius: 4,
+              color: theme.palette.text.primary,
+              fontSize: 14,
+            })}
+            {...props}
+          >
+            {children}
+          </code>
+        ),
+
+        ...components,
       }}
     >
       {children}
@@ -113,7 +178,8 @@ export const Markdown: FC<MarkdownProps> = (props) => {
   );
 };
 
-export const MemoizedMarkdown = memo(Markdown);
+export const MemoizedMarkdown = memo(Markdown, isEqual);
+export const MemoizedInlineMarkdown = memo(InlineMarkdown, isEqual);
 
 const markdownStyles: Interpolation<Theme> = (theme: Theme) => ({
   fontSize: 16,
diff --git a/site/src/components/Resources/ResourceCard.tsx b/site/src/components/Resources/ResourceCard.tsx
index 2d327c99760e0..b3f754d867cb6 100644
--- a/site/src/components/Resources/ResourceCard.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/Resources/ResourceCard.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import { type FC, useState } from "react";
+import { type FC, type PropsWithChildren, useState } from "react";
 import IconButton from "@mui/material/IconButton";
 import Tooltip from "@mui/material/Tooltip";
 import { type CSSObject, type Interpolation, type Theme } from "@emotion/react";
+import { Children } from "react";
 import type { WorkspaceAgent, WorkspaceResource } from "api/typesGenerated";
 import { DropdownArrow } from "../DropdownArrow/DropdownArrow";
 import { CopyableValue } from "../CopyableValue/CopyableValue";
+import { MemoizedInlineMarkdown } from "../Markdown/Markdown";
 import { Stack } from "../Stack/Stack";
 import { ResourceAvatar } from "./ResourceAvatar";
 import { SensitiveValue } from "./SensitiveValue";
@@ -72,6 +74,14 @@ export interface ResourceCardProps {
   agentRow: (agent: WorkspaceAgent) => JSX.Element;
 }
 
+const p = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
+  const childrens = Children.toArray(children);
+  if (childrens.every((child) => typeof child === "string")) {
+    return <CopyableValue value={childrens.join("")}>{children}</CopyableValue>;
+  }
+  return <>{children}</>;
+};
+
 export const ResourceCard: FC<ResourceCardProps> = ({ resource, agentRow }) => {
   const [shouldDisplayAllMetadata, setShouldDisplayAllMetadata] =
     useState(false);
@@ -136,9 +146,9 @@ export const ResourceCard: FC<ResourceCardProps> = ({ resource, agentRow }) => {
                   {meta.sensitive ? (
                     <SensitiveValue value={meta.value} />
                   ) : (
-                    <CopyableValue value={meta.value}>
+                    <MemoizedInlineMarkdown components={{ p }}>
                       {meta.value}
-                    </CopyableValue>
+                    </MemoizedInlineMarkdown>
                   )}
                 </div>
               </div>
diff --git a/site/src/components/Resources/Resources.stories.tsx b/site/src/components/Resources/Resources.stories.tsx
index 7e107b79ad315..32cde805cfcbe 100644
--- a/site/src/components/Resources/Resources.stories.tsx
+++ b/site/src/components/Resources/Resources.stories.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,44 @@ const reallyLong = {
   sensitive: false,
 };
 
+export const Markdown: Story = {
+  args: {
+    resources: [
+      {
+        ...nullDevice,
+        type: "workspace",
+        id: "1",
+        name: "Workspace",
+        metadata: [
+          { key: "text", value: "hello", sensitive: false },
+          { key: "link", value: "[hello](#)", sensitive: false },
+          { key: "b/i", value: "_hello_, **friend**!", sensitive: false },
+          { key: "coder", value: "`beep boop`", sensitive: false },
+        ],
+      },
+
+      // bits of Markdown that are intentionally not supported here
+      {
+        ...nullDevice,
+        type: "unsupported",
+        id: "2",
+        name: "Unsupported",
+        metadata: [
+          {
+            key: "multiple paragraphs",
+            value: `home,
+
+home on the range`,
+            sensitive: false,
+          },
+          { key: "heading", value: "# HI", sensitive: false },
+          { key: "image", value: "![go](/icon/go.svg)", sensitive: false },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
+
 export const BunchOfDevicesWithMetadata: Story = {
   args: {
     resources: [