diff --git a/docs/static/style.css b/docs/static/style.css
index 9ad2c87..a1106ec 100644
--- a/docs/static/style.css
+++ b/docs/static/style.css
@@ -193,6 +193,31 @@ h3 {
   margin: 1.5rem 0 0.75rem;
 }
 
+/* Heading anchor links (¶) - hover reveal for deep-linking */
+.heading-anchor {
+  visibility: hidden;
+  margin-left: 0.5em;
+  font-size: 0.75em;
+  color: var(--fg-muted);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
+.heading-anchor:hover {
+  color: var(--accent);
+  opacity: 1;
+}
+
+/* Show anchor on heading hover */
+h1:hover .heading-anchor,
+h2:hover .heading-anchor,
+h3:hover .heading-anchor,
+h4:hover .heading-anchor,
+h5:hover .heading-anchor,
+h6:hover .heading-anchor {
+  visibility: visible;
+}
+
 p {
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
 }
diff --git a/docs/templates/base.html b/docs/templates/base.html
index d6b679e..53886e7 100644
--- a/docs/templates/base.html
+++ b/docs/templates/base.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       {% if page_path == item.path and page.toc and anchors %}
       <div class="nav-anchors">
         {% for anchor in anchors %}
-        <a href="#{{ anchor.id }}" class="anchor-link level-{{ anchor.level }}">{{ anchor.label }}</a>
+        <a href="#{{ anchor.id }}" class="anchor-link level-{{ anchor.level }}">{{ anchor.label | strip_parens }}</a>
         {% endfor %}
       </div>
       {% endif %}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         {% if page_path == child.path and page.toc and anchors %}
         <div class="nav-anchors">
           {% for anchor in anchors %}
-          <a href="#{{ anchor.id }}" class="anchor-link level-{{ anchor.level }}">{{ anchor.label }}</a>
+          <a href="#{{ anchor.id }}" class="anchor-link level-{{ anchor.level }}">{{ anchor.label | strip_parens }}</a>
           {% endfor %}
         </div>
         {% endif %}
diff --git a/src/render.rs b/src/render.rs
index 56e8040..f6fdd51 100644
--- a/src/render.rs
+++ b/src/render.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,11 @@ pub fn markdown_to_html(markdown: &str) -> (String, Vec<Anchor>) {
                     let insert_pos = pos + format!("<h{}", level_num).len();
                     html_output.insert_str(insert_pos, &format!(" id=\"{}\">", id));
                 }
-                html_output.push_str(&format!("</h{}>\n", level_num));
+                // Add pilcrow anchor link for deep-linking (hover-reveal via CSS)
+                html_output.push_str(&format!(
+                    "<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#{}\">¶</a></h{}>\n",
+                    id, level_num
+                ));
 
                 // Extract anchor for h2-h6 (skip h1)
                 if level_num >= 2 {
@@ -339,7 +343,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_basic_markdown() {
         let md = "# Hello\n\nThis is a *test*.";
         let (html, _) = markdown_to_html(md);
-        assert!(html.contains("<h1 id=\"hello\">Hello</h1>"));
+        // Heading includes pilcrow anchor for deep-linking
+        assert!(html.contains(
+            "<h1 id=\"hello\">Hello<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#hello\">¶</a></h1>"
+        ));
         assert!(html.contains("<em>test</em>"));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/template_engine.rs b/src/template_engine.rs
index 41b675d..03fd020 100644
--- a/src/template_engine.rs
+++ b/src/template_engine.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 //! Tera-based template engine for runtime HTML generation.
 
+use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use serde::Serialize;
-use tera::{Context, Tera};
+use tera::{Context, Tera, Value};
 
 use crate::config::SiteConfig;
 use crate::content::{Content, NavItem};
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ impl TemplateEngine {
     /// Load templates from a directory (glob pattern: `templates/**/*`).
     pub fn new(template_dir: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
         let pattern = template_dir.join("**/*").display().to_string();
-        let tera = Tera::new(&pattern).map_err(Error::TemplateLoad)?;
+        let mut tera = Tera::new(&pattern).map_err(Error::TemplateLoad)?;
+
+        // Register custom filters
+        tera.register_filter("strip_parens", strip_parens_filter);
+
         Ok(Self { tera })
     }
 
@@ -198,6 +203,23 @@ impl ContentContext {
     }
 }
 
+/// Tera filter to strip parenthetical text from strings.
+/// E.g., "Content (in Section)" → "Content"
+fn strip_parens_filter(value: &Value, _args: &HashMap<String, Value>) -> tera::Result<Value> {
+    match value {
+        Value::String(s) => {
+            // Find opening paren and trim everything from there
+            let result = if let Some(pos) = s.find('(') {
+                s[..pos].trim().to_string()
+            } else {
+                s.clone()
+            };
+            Ok(Value::String(result))
+        }
+        _ => Ok(value.clone()),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;