diff --git a/addon/chrome/locale/en-US/addon.properties b/addon/chrome/locale/en-US/addon.properties
index 822113d..ccc4a90 100644
--- a/addon/chrome/locale/en-US/addon.properties
+++ b/addon/chrome/locale/en-US/addon.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ menuItem.exportNote=Export Note
 menuEdit.insertTemplate=Insert Template to Workspace Note
 menuEdit.exportTemplate=Export Template to File...
 menuEdit.templateEditor=Template Editor
+menuEdit.importTemplate=New Template from Clipboard
 
 menuTools.syncManager=Sync Manager
 
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@ editor.toolbar.settings.refreshSyncing=Sync Now
 editor.toolbar.link.title=Link current note to workspace
 editor.toolbar.link.popup.nodata=Workspace note is invalid
 
+templatePicker.itemData.info=are selected in library. Please choose the data source:
+templatePicker.itemData.useLibrary=Use selected items in library
+templatePicker.itemData.useCustom=Choose another...
+templatePicker.itemData.title=Choose Item Template Data Source
+
 alert.notValidCollectionError=Please select a valid collection.
 alert.notValidParentItemError=No valid parent item.
 alert.notValidWorkspaceNote=Workspace note is not set. Create one?
diff --git a/addon/chrome/locale/ru-RU/addon.properties b/addon/chrome/locale/ru-RU/addon.properties
index 0124078..b8eb266 100644
--- a/addon/chrome/locale/ru-RU/addon.properties
+++ b/addon/chrome/locale/ru-RU/addon.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ menuItem.exportNote=Экспорт заметки
 menuEdit.insertTemplate=Вставить шаблон в заметку раб. пространства
 menuEdit.exportTemplate=Экспорт шаблона в файл...
 menuEdit.templateEditor=Редактор шаблонов
+menuEdit.importTemplate=New Template from Clipboard
 
 menuTools.syncManager=Синк менеджер
 
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@ editor.toolbar.settings.refreshSyncing=Синхронизировать сейч
 editor.toolbar.link.title=Ссылка текущей заметки в рабочее пространство
 editor.toolbar.link.popup.nodata=Workspace note is invalid
 
+templatePicker.itemData.info=are selected in library. Please choose the data source:
+templatePicker.itemData.useLibrary=Use selected items in library
+templatePicker.itemData.useCustom=Choose another...
+templatePicker.itemData.title=Choose Item Template Data Source
+
 alert.notValidCollectionError=Выберите валидную коллекцию.
 alert.notValidParentItemError=Нет валидного родительского элемента.
 alert.notValidWorkspaceNote=Заметка рабочего пространства не установлена. Создать?
diff --git a/addon/chrome/locale/zh-CN/addon.properties b/addon/chrome/locale/zh-CN/addon.properties
index 99ec168..988bda9 100644
--- a/addon/chrome/locale/zh-CN/addon.properties
+++ b/addon/chrome/locale/zh-CN/addon.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ menuItem.exportNote=导出笔记
 menuEdit.insertTemplate=插入模板到工作区笔记
 menuEdit.exportTemplate=导出模板到文件...
 menuEdit.templateEditor=模板编辑器
+menuEdit.importTemplate=从剪贴板导入新模板
 
 menuTools.syncManager=同步管理器
 
@@ -108,6 +109,11 @@ editor.toolbar.settings.refreshSyncing=立即同步
 editor.toolbar.link.title=链接当前笔记到工作区
 editor.toolbar.link.popup.nodata=工作区笔记不可用
 
+templatePicker.itemData.info=在文库中被选中。请选择模板数据源：
+templatePicker.itemData.useLibrary=使用文库中选中的条目
+templatePicker.itemData.useCustom=另作选择...
+templatePicker.itemData.title=选择条目模板数据源
+
 alert.notValidCollectionError=请选择一个有效的分类。
 alert.notValidParentItemError=无效的父条目。
 alert.notValidWorkspaceNote=工作区笔记未设置。创建一个吗？
diff --git a/src/hooks.ts b/src/hooks.ts
index 6da82ee..30e799f 100644
--- a/src/hooks.ts
+++ b/src/hooks.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import { initLocale } from "./utils/locale";
 import { registerPrefsWindow } from "./modules/preferenceWindow";
 import { registerNoteLinkProxyHandler } from "./modules/noteLink";
 import { registerEditorInstanceHook } from "./modules/editor/initalize";
-import { initTemplates } from "./modules/template/controller";
+import {
+  importTemplateFromClipboard,
+  initTemplates,
+} from "./modules/template/controller";
 import { registerMenus } from "./modules/menu";
 import {
   activateWorkspaceTab,
@@ -281,6 +284,8 @@ const onShowTemplatePicker = showTemplatePicker;
 
 const onUpdateTemplatePicker = updateTemplatePicker;
 
+const onImportTemplateFromClipboard = importTemplateFromClipboard;
+
 const onShowImageViewer = showImageViewer;
 
 const onShowExportNoteOptions = showExportNoteOptions;
@@ -314,6 +319,7 @@ export default {
   onSyncing,
   onShowTemplatePicker,
   onUpdateTemplatePicker,
+  onImportTemplateFromClipboard,
   onShowImageViewer,
   onShowExportNoteOptions,
   onShowSyncDiff,
diff --git a/src/modules/menu.ts b/src/modules/menu.ts
index ade5b23..6f450f6 100644
--- a/src/modules/menu.ts
+++ b/src/modules/menu.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ export function registerMenus() {
     "before",
     menuEditAnchor
   );
+  ztoolkit.Menu.register(
+    "menuEdit",
+    {
+      tag: "menuitem",
+      label: getString("menuEdit.importTemplate"),
+      icon: `chrome://${config.addonRef}/content/icons/favicon.png`,
+      commandListener: (ev) => {
+        addon.hooks.onImportTemplateFromClipboard();
+      },
+    },
+    "before",
+    menuEditAnchor
+  );
   ztoolkit.Menu.register(
     "menuEdit",
     { tag: "menuseparator" },
diff --git a/src/modules/template/api.ts b/src/modules/template/api.ts
index a178dc6..0cac4cf 100644
--- a/src/modules/template/api.ts
+++ b/src/modules/template/api.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { itemPicker } from "../../utils/itemPicker";
+import { getString } from "../../utils/locale";
 import { copyEmbeddedImagesInHTML, renderNoteHTML } from "../../utils/note";
+import { fill, slice } from "../../utils/str";
 
 export { runTemplate, runItemTemplate };
 
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ async function runTemplate(
   if (endIndex < 0) {
     endIndex = templateLines.length;
   }
-  // Skip the flag lines
+  // Skip the markdown flag lines
   templateLines = templateLines.slice(startIndex + 1, endIndex);
   let useMarkdown = false;
   let mdIndex = templateLines.indexOf("// @use-markdown");
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ async function runTemplate(
     useMarkdown = true;
     templateLines.splice(mdIndex, 1);
   }
+  // Skip other flag lines
+  templateLines = templateLines.filter((line) => !line.startsWith("// @"));
   templateText = templateLines.join("\n");
 
   try {
@@ -100,7 +104,10 @@ async function runItemTemplate(
    */
   let { itemIds, targetNoteId, dryRun } = options;
   if (!itemIds) {
-    itemIds = await itemPicker();
+    itemIds = await getItemTemplateData();
+  }
+  if (itemIds?.length === 0) {
+    return "";
   }
 
   const targetNoteItem = Zotero.Items.get(targetNoteId || -1);
@@ -170,3 +177,43 @@ async function runItemTemplate(
   }
   return html;
 }
+
+async function getItemTemplateData() {
+  const librarySelectedIds = addon.data.templatePicker.data.librarySelectedIds;
+  if (librarySelectedIds && librarySelectedIds.length !== 0) {
+    const firstSelectedItem = Zotero.Items.get(librarySelectedIds[0]);
+    const data = {} as Record<string, any>;
+    data;
+    new ztoolkit.Dialog(1, 1)
+      .setDialogData(data)
+      .addCell(0, 0, {
+        tag: "div",
+        properties: {
+          innerHTML: `${fill(
+            slice(
+              (firstSelectedItem.getField("title") as string) ||
+                firstSelectedItem.key,
+              40
+            ),
+            40
+          )} ${
+            librarySelectedIds.length > 1
+              ? `and ${librarySelectedIds.length - 1} more`
+              : ""
+          } ${getString("templatePicker.itemData.info")}`,
+        },
+      })
+      .addButton(getString("templatePicker.itemData.useLibrary"), "useLibrary")
+      .addButton(getString("templatePicker.itemData.useCustom"), "useCustom")
+      .open(getString("templatePicker.itemData.title"));
+    await data.unloadLock.promise;
+    if (data._lastButtonId === "useLibrary") {
+      return librarySelectedIds;
+    } else if (data._lastButtonId == "useCustom") {
+      return await itemPicker();
+    } else {
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+  return await itemPicker();
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/template/controller.ts b/src/modules/template/controller.ts
index 5c6a75c..09e0562 100644
--- a/src/modules/template/controller.ts
+++ b/src/modules/template/controller.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+import YAML = require("yamljs");
 import { clearPref, getPref, setPref } from "../../utils/prefs";
+import { showHint } from "../../utils/hint";
 
 export {
   getTemplateKeys,
   getTemplateText,
   setTemplate,
-  initTemplates,
   removeTemplate,
+  initTemplates,
+  importTemplateFromClipboard,
 };
 
 // Controller
@@ -83,3 +86,29 @@ function initTemplates() {
   }
   addon.hooks.onUpdateTemplatePicker();
 }
+
+function importTemplateFromClipboard() {
+  const templateText = Zotero.Utilities.Internal.getClipboard("text/unicode");
+  if (!templateText) {
+    return;
+  }
+  let templateData: NoteTemplate;
+  try {
+    templateData = YAML.parse(templateText);
+  } catch (e) {
+    try {
+      templateData = JSON.parse(templateText);
+    } catch (e) {
+      showHint("Invalid template data");
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!templateData.name || !templateData.text) {
+    showHint("Invalid template data");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!window.confirm(`Import template "${templateData.name}"?`)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  setTemplate(templateData);
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/template/picker.ts b/src/modules/template/picker.ts
index aa9ce9f..6778b5f 100644
--- a/src/modules/template/picker.ts
+++ b/src/modules/template/picker.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ async function insertTemplateCallback(name: string) {
 }
 
 async function createTemplateNoteCallback(name: string) {
+  addon.data.templatePicker.data.librarySelectedIds =
+    ZoteroPane.getSelectedItems(true);
   switch (addon.data.templatePicker.data.noteType) {
     case "standalone": {
       const currentCollection = ZoteroPane.getSelectedCollection();
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ async function createTemplateNoteCallback(name: string) {
 }
 
 async function exportTemplateCallback(name: string) {
+  addon.data.templatePicker.data.librarySelectedIds =
+    ZoteroPane.getSelectedItems(true);
   // Create temp note
   const noteItem = new Zotero.Item("note");
   noteItem.libraryID = Zotero.Libraries.userLibraryID;