diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.spec.ts b/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ea3c60eda2efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import 'fake-indexeddb/auto';
+
+import { getStoreManager } from '@affine/core/blocksuite/manager/store';
+import { Text } from '@blocksuite/affine/store';
+import { TestWorkspace } from '@blocksuite/affine/store/test';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import { insertFromMarkdown } from './markdown-utils';
+
+const extensions = getStoreManager().config.init().value.get('store');
+
+describe('markdown-utils', () => {
+  test('insertFromMarkdown does not create docs in the target workspace', async () => {
+    const collection = new TestWorkspace({ id: 'test' });
+    collection.meta.initialize();
+
+    const store = collection.createDoc('page0').getStore({ extensions });
+    store.load();
+    const rootId = store.addBlock('affine:page', {
+      title: new Text(''),
+    });
+    const noteId = store.addBlock('affine:note', {}, rootId);
+
+    await insertFromMarkdown(
+      undefined,
+      ['- Summary item', '## Decisions', '- Ship it'].join('\n'),
+      store,
+      noteId,
+      0
+    );
+
+    expect(collection.meta.docMetas.map(meta => meta.id)).toEqual(['page0']);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.ts b/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.ts
index 464a8285279f0..a87f9c8779478 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/utils/markdown-utils.ts
@@ -153,31 +153,10 @@ export const markdownToSnapshot = async (
     pageId: store.id,
   };
 
-  const page = await markdownAdapter.toDoc(payload);
-
-  if (page) {
-    const pageSnapshot = transformer.docToSnapshot(page);
-    if (pageSnapshot) {
-      const snapshot: SliceSnapshot = {
-        type: 'slice',
-        content: [
-          pageSnapshot.blocks.children.find(
-            b => b.flavour === 'affine:note'
-          ) as BlockSnapshot,
-        ],
-        workspaceId: payload.workspaceId,
-        pageId: payload.pageId,
-      };
-
-      return {
-        snapshot,
-        transformer,
-      };
-    }
-  }
+  const snapshot = await markdownAdapter.toSliceSnapshot(payload);
 
   return {
-    snapshot: null,
+    snapshot,
     transformer,
   };
 };