diff --git a/include/ui/spellbook_screen.hpp b/include/ui/spellbook_screen.hpp
index 470cb233..6cc13270 100644
--- a/include/ui/spellbook_screen.hpp
+++ b/include/ui/spellbook_screen.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ public:
     uint32_t getDragSpellId() const { return dragSpellId_; }
     void consumeDragSpell() { draggingSpell_ = false; dragSpellId_ = 0; dragSpellIconTex_ = VK_NULL_HANDLE; }
 
+    /// Returns a WoW spell link string if the user shift-clicked a spell, then clears it.
+    std::string getAndClearPendingChatLink() {
+        std::string out = std::move(pendingChatSpellLink_);
+        pendingChatSpellLink_.clear();
+        return out;
+    }
+
 private:
     bool open = false;
     bool pKeyWasDown = false;
@@ -87,6 +94,9 @@ private:
     uint32_t dragSpellId_ = 0;
     VkDescriptorSet dragSpellIconTex_ = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 
+    // Pending chat spell link from shift-click
+    std::string pendingChatSpellLink_;
+
     void loadSpellDBC(pipeline::AssetManager* assetManager);
     void loadSpellIconDBC(pipeline::AssetManager* assetManager);
     void loadSkillLineDBCs(pipeline::AssetManager* assetManager);
diff --git a/src/ui/game_screen.cpp b/src/ui/game_screen.cpp
index 2bce02a7..99c0fe77 100644
--- a/src/ui/game_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/game_screen.cpp
@@ -476,6 +476,19 @@ void GameScreen::render(game::GameHandler& gameHandler) {
     // Spellbook (P key toggle handled inside)
     spellbookScreen.render(gameHandler, core::Application::getInstance().getAssetManager());
 
+    // Insert spell link into chat if player shift-clicked a spellbook entry
+    {
+        std::string pendingSpellLink = spellbookScreen.getAndClearPendingChatLink();
+        if (!pendingSpellLink.empty()) {
+            size_t curLen = strlen(chatInputBuffer);
+            if (curLen + pendingSpellLink.size() + 1 < sizeof(chatInputBuffer)) {
+                strncat(chatInputBuffer, pendingSpellLink.c_str(), sizeof(chatInputBuffer) - curLen - 1);
+                chatInputMoveCursorToEnd = true;
+                refocusChatInput = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Talents (N key toggle handled inside)
     talentScreen.render(gameHandler);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/spellbook_screen.cpp b/src/ui/spellbook_screen.cpp
index 8f3edb0f..bed0dbf0 100644
--- a/src/ui/spellbook_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/spellbook_screen.cpp
@@ -757,15 +757,25 @@ void SpellbookScreen::render(game::GameHandler& gameHandler, pipeline::AssetMana
 
                         // Interaction
                         if (rowHovered) {
-                            // Start drag on click (not passive)
-                            if (rowClicked && !isPassive) {
+                            // Shift-click to insert spell link into chat
+                            if (rowClicked && ImGui::GetIO().KeyShift && !info->name.empty()) {
+                                // WoW spell link format: |cffffd000|Hspell:<spellId>|h[Name]|h|r
+                                char linkBuf[256];
+                                snprintf(linkBuf, sizeof(linkBuf),
+                                    "|cffffd000|Hspell:%u|h[%s]|h|r",
+                                    info->spellId, info->name.c_str());
+                                pendingChatSpellLink_ = linkBuf;
+                            }
+                            // Start drag on click (not passive, not shift-click)
+                            else if (rowClicked && !isPassive && !ImGui::GetIO().KeyShift) {
                                 draggingSpell_ = true;
                                 dragSpellId_ = info->spellId;
                                 dragSpellIconTex_ = iconTex;
                             }
 
                             // Double-click to cast
-                            if (ImGui::IsMouseDoubleClicked(0) && !isPassive && !onCooldown) {
+                            if (ImGui::IsMouseDoubleClicked(0) && !isPassive && !onCooldown
+                                && !ImGui::GetIO().KeyShift) {
                                 draggingSpell_ = false;
                                 dragSpellId_ = 0;
                                 dragSpellIconTex_ = VK_NULL_HANDLE;