diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/DataStoryCanvas.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/DataStoryCanvas.tsx
index f44cb10e..61ccc94f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/DataStoryCanvas.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/DataStoryCanvas.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import { getNodesWithNewSelection } from './getNodesWithNewSelection';
 import { createDataStoryId, LinkCount, LinkId, NodeStatus, RequestObserverType } from '@data-story/core';
 import { useDragNode } from './useDragNode';
 import { ReactFlowNode } from '../Node/ReactFlowNode';
+import { useCopyPaste } from './controls/useCopyPaste';
+import '../../styles/dataStoryCanvasStyle.css';
 
 const nodeTypes = {
   commentNodeComponent: CommentNodeComponent,
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ export const DataStoryCanvas = React.memo(DataStoryCanvasComponent);
 
 const Flow = ({
   initDiagram,
-  controls,
+  controls = [],
   onInitialize,
   setSidebarKey,
   onSave,
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ const Flow = ({
     edges,
   });
 
-  const getOnNodesDelete =  useCallback((nodesToDelete: ReactFlowNode[]) => {
+  const getOnNodesDelete = useCallback((nodesToDelete: ReactFlowNode[]) => {
     nodesToDelete.forEach(node => {
       const store = reactFlowStore.getState();
       const { edges } = store;
@@ -214,18 +216,12 @@ const Flow = ({
     focusOnFlow();
   }, [connect, focusOnFlow, reactFlowStore]);
 
+  useCopyPaste();
+
   return (
     <>
       <style>
         {`
-          @keyframes dash {
-            to {
-              stroke-dashoffset: -10;
-            }
-          }
-          .react-flow__edge:hover {
-            cursor: crosshair;
-          }
           ${draggedNode ? `
           .react-flow__edge {
             opacity: 0.5;
@@ -258,7 +254,7 @@ const Flow = ({
         }}
         onEdgeDoubleClick={(event, edge) => {
           if (!client) return;
-          if(client.onEdgeDoubleClick) client.onEdgeDoubleClick(edge.id);
+          if (client.onEdgeDoubleClick) client.onEdgeDoubleClick(edge.id);
         }}
         onEdgesChange={(changes: EdgeChange[]) => {
           onEdgesChange(changes);
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/controls/useCopyPaste.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/controls/useCopyPaste.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d419ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/controls/useCopyPaste.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import {
+  Edge,
+  getConnectedEdges,
+  type KeyCode,
+  Node,
+  useKeyPress,
+  useReactFlow,
+  useStore,
+  XYPosition,
+} from '@xyflow/react';
+
+export function useCopyPaste<
+  SerializedReactFlowNode extends Node = Node,
+  SerializedReactFlowEdge extends Edge = Edge
+>() {
+  const { getNodes, setNodes, getEdges, setEdges, screenToFlowPosition } = useReactFlow<SerializedReactFlowNode, SerializedReactFlowEdge>();
+  const mousePosRef = useRef<XYPosition>({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  const rfDomNode = useStore((state) => state.domNode);
+  const [bufferedNodes, setBufferedNodes] = useState<SerializedReactFlowNode[]>([]);
+  const [bufferedEdges, setBufferedEdges] = useState<SerializedReactFlowEdge[]>([]);
+
+  // Event handling setup
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!rfDomNode) return;
+
+    // Listen for mouse move events on the DOM node and disable the default actions for cut, copy, and paste
+    const handleMouseMove = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      mousePosRef.current = { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY };
+    };
+
+    const preventDefault = (e: Event) => e.preventDefault();
+    const events: (keyof HTMLElementEventMap)[] = ['cut', 'copy', 'paste'];
+
+    events.forEach(event => rfDomNode.addEventListener(event, preventDefault));
+    rfDomNode.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+
+    // Listen for keydown events on the DOM node and disable the default action for select all
+    const handleKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if ((e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && e.key === 'a') {
+        e.preventDefault();
+      }
+    };
+
+    rfDomNode.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+    return () => {
+      events.forEach(event => rfDomNode.removeEventListener(event, preventDefault));
+      rfDomNode.removeEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);
+      rfDomNode.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+    };
+  }, [rfDomNode]);
+
+  const getSelectedNodesAndEdges = useCallback(() => {
+    const selectedNodes = getNodes().filter(node => node.selected);
+    // the edge is internal if both source and target nodes are selected
+    const isEdgeInternal = (edge: SerializedReactFlowEdge) =>
+      selectedNodes.some(n => n.id === edge.source) &&
+      selectedNodes.some(n => n.id === edge.target);
+
+    return {
+      selectedNodes: selectedNodes,
+      // Filter out the internal edges connected to the selected nodes that have nodes on both ends
+      selectedEdges: getConnectedEdges(selectedNodes, getEdges()).filter(isEdgeInternal),
+    };
+  }, [getNodes, getEdges]);
+
+  const copy = useCallback(() => {
+    const { selectedNodes, selectedEdges } = getSelectedNodesAndEdges();
+    setBufferedNodes(selectedNodes);
+    setBufferedEdges(selectedEdges);
+  }, [getSelectedNodesAndEdges]);
+
+  const cut = useCallback(() => {
+    const { selectedNodes, selectedEdges } = getSelectedNodesAndEdges();
+    setBufferedNodes(selectedNodes);
+    setBufferedEdges(selectedEdges);
+
+    setNodes(nodes => nodes.filter(node => !node.selected));
+    setEdges(edges => {
+      return edges.filter(edge => {
+        return !selectedEdges.some(selectedEdge => edge.id === selectedEdge.id);
+      });
+    });
+  }, [getSelectedNodesAndEdges, setNodes, setEdges]);
+
+  const paste = useCallback((position = screenToFlowPosition(mousePosRef.current)) => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const generateCopiedId = (originalId: string) => `${originalId}-${now}`;
+
+    const calculateNewPosition = (originalPos: XYPosition) => ({
+      x: position.x + (originalPos.x - Math.min(...bufferedNodes.map(n => n.position.x))),
+      y: position.y + (originalPos.y - Math.min(...bufferedNodes.map(n => n.position.y))),
+    });
+
+    const newNodes = bufferedNodes.map(node => ({
+      ...structuredClone(node),
+      id: generateCopiedId(node.id),
+      position: calculateNewPosition(node.position),
+      selected: true,
+      data: {
+        ...structuredClone(node.data),
+        inputs: (node.data.inputs as Record<string, unknown>[] || [])?.map(input => ({
+          ...input,
+          id: `${generateCopiedId(node.id)}.${(input.id as string).split('.').pop()}`,
+        })),
+        outputs: (node.data.outputs as Record<string, unknown>[] || [])?.map(output => ({
+          ...output,
+          id: `${generateCopiedId(node.id)}.${(output.id as string).split('.').pop()}`,
+        })),
+      },
+    }));
+
+    const newEdges = bufferedEdges.map(edge  => ({
+      ...structuredClone(edge),
+      id: generateCopiedId(edge.id),
+      source: generateCopiedId(edge.source),
+      sourceHandle: `${generateCopiedId(edge.source)}.${edge.sourceHandle!.split('.').pop()}`,
+      target: generateCopiedId(edge.target),
+      targetHandle: `${generateCopiedId(edge.target)}.${edge.targetHandle!.split('.').pop()}`,
+      selected: true,
+    }));
+
+    setNodes(nodes => [...nodes.map(node => ({ ...node, selected: false })), ...newNodes]);
+    setEdges(edges => [...edges.map(edge => ({ ...edge, selected: false })), ...newEdges]);
+  }, [bufferedNodes, bufferedEdges, screenToFlowPosition, setNodes, setEdges]);
+
+  const selectAll = useCallback(() => {
+    setNodes(nodes => nodes.map(node => ({ ...node, selected: true })));
+    setEdges(edges => edges.map(edge => ({ ...edge, selected: true })));
+  }, [setNodes, setEdges]);
+
+  useKeyboardShortcut(['Meta+x', 'Control+x'], cut);
+  useKeyboardShortcut(['Meta+c', 'Control+c'], copy);
+  useKeyboardShortcut(['Meta+v', 'Control+v'], paste);
+  useKeyboardShortcut(['Meta+a', 'Control+a'], selectAll);
+
+  return { cut, copy, paste, bufferedNodes, bufferedEdges };
+}
+
+function useKeyboardShortcut(keyCode: KeyCode, handler: () => void) {
+  const [keyPressed, setKeyPressed] = useState(false);
+  const isPressed = useKeyPress(keyCode);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isPressed && !keyPressed) {
+      handler();
+      setKeyPressed(true);
+    } else if (!isPressed && keyPressed) {
+      setKeyPressed(false);
+    }
+  }, [isPressed, keyPressed, handler]);
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/getNodesWithNewSelection.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/getNodesWithNewSelection.ts
index 89fb2b8e..ecb8562b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/getNodesWithNewSelection.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/DataStory/getNodesWithNewSelection.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ import { ReactFlowNode } from '../Node/ReactFlowNode'
 
 export type Direction = 'up' | 'down' | 'left' | 'right'
 
+/**
+ * using the direction, find the closest node to the current selected node
+ * @param {Direction} direction
+ * @param {ReactFlowNode[]} nodes
+ * @returns {ReactFlowNode | undefined}
+ */
 export const getNodesWithNewSelection = (
   direction: Direction,
   nodes: ReactFlowNode[],
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/NodeComponent.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/NodeComponent.tsx
index cb2d0aea..6ee7396c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/NodeComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/NodeComponent.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const NodeComponent = ({ id, data, selected }: {
   return (
     (
       <div
-        className={'text-xs' + (selected ? ' shadow-xl' : '')}
+        className={`text-xs ${selected ? 'shadow-xl shadow-blue-100 ring-1 ring-blue-200' : ''}`}
         data-cy="data-story-node-component"
         onDoubleClick={() => {
           setOpenNodeSidebarId(id)
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx
index 8cd51fcd..f8e86134 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/Node/table/TableNodeComponent.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { MemoizedTableHeader } from './MemoizedTableHeader';
 import { CELL_MAX_WIDTH, CELL_MIN_WIDTH, CELL_WIDTH, CellsMatrix, ColumnWidthOptions } from './CellsMatrix';
 import { getFormatterOnlyAndDropParam } from './GetFormatterOnlyAndDropParam';
 
-const TableNodeComponent = ({ id, data }: {
+const TableNodeComponent = ({ id, data, selected }: {
   id: string,
   data: DataStoryNodeData,
   selected: boolean
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ const TableNodeComponent = ({ id, data }: {
   return (
     <div
       ref={tableRef}
-      className="shadow-xl bg-gray-50 border rounded border-gray-300 text-xs"
+      className={`text-xs border rounded border-gray-300 ${selected ? 'shadow-xl shadow-blue-100 ring-1 ring-blue-200' : ''} `}
     >
       <CustomHandle id={input.id} isConnectable={true} isInput={true} />
       <div data-cy={'data-story-table'} className="text-gray-600 max-w-[750px] bg-gray-100 rounded font-mono -mt-3">
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/styles/dataStoryCanvasStyle.css b/packages/ui/src/styles/dataStoryCanvasStyle.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1df55591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/styles/dataStoryCanvasStyle.css
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@keyframes dash {
+    to {
+        stroke-dashoffset: -10;
+    }
+}
+
+.react-flow__edge:hover {
+    cursor: crosshair;
+}
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