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Clipboard

By CodeAlive-AI· CodeAlive-AI/ai-driven-development· 0

Copy text to your clipboard with optional rich formatting.

Installation

  1. Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.

    Skills load from ~/.claude/skills/ when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then run claude in any terminal to verify.

    One-time setup
    npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

    Already have it? Skip ahead.

  2. Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.
    Install
    Sign up to copy
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    This copies the whole skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/clipboard-codealive-ai/ — the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.

    Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)

    Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.

    Quick install (SKILL.md only)
    Sign up to copy
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  3. Restart Claude Code.

    Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from ~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup.

  4. Just ask Claude.

    Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.

Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.

When Claude uses it

Copy text to clipboard with optional rich formatting. Triggers on "copy to clipboard", "copy that", "pbcopy", "copy formatted", "copy rich text".

What this skill does

Clipboard

Copy the most recent relevant text block from the conversation to the macOS system clipboard.

Plain Text Copy (Default)

Use a heredoc to safely handle special characters (quotes, apostrophes, backticks, dollar signs):

cat <<'CLIPBOARD' | pbcopy
<text to copy>
CLIPBOARD

Rich Text Copy (Formatted)

Use when the user wants formatting preserved for pasting into Slack, Word, Google Docs, Notion, etc. Sets both HTML and plain text on the clipboard via Swift, so the receiving app picks the richest format it supports.

Step 1: Write the HTML content to a temp file:

cat <<'CLIPBOARD_HTML' > /tmp/_clipboard_rich.html
<html><body>
<h2>Title</h2>
<p>Paragraph with <b>bold</b> and <i>italic</i>.</p>
<ul><li>Item one</li><li>Item two</li></ul>
</body></html>
CLIPBOARD_HTML

Step 2: Write the plain text fallback to a temp file:

cat <<'CLIPBOARD_TEXT' > /tmp/_clipboard_rich.txt
Title

Paragraph with bold and italic.

- Item one
- Item two
CLIPBOARD_TEXT

Step 3: Set clipboard with both HTML and plain text using Swift:

swift -e '
import AppKit

let html = try Data(contentsOf: URL(fileURLWithPath: "/tmp/_clipboard_rich.html"))
let text = try String(contentsOfFile: "/tmp/_clipboard_rich.txt", encoding: .utf8)

let pb = NSPasteboard.general
pb.clearContents()
pb.setData(html, forType: .html)
pb.setString(text, forType: .string)
'

Step 4: Clean up temp files:

rm -f /tmp/_clipboard_rich.html /tmp/_clipboard_rich.txt

When to Use Rich vs Plain

  • Rich (HTML): User says "copy formatted", "copy as rich text", "copy for Slack/LinkedIn/Word/Docs/Notion", or the content has meaningful formatting (bold, headers, lists, code blocks). This is also the correct way to copy for Slack and LinkedIn — they accept HTML rich text from clipboard and render it with proper formatting (bold, lists, code, etc.). Do NOT use Slack mrkdwn or markdown syntax for clipboard copy — use HTML rich text instead, it works universally.
    • ⚠️ Slack does NOT render HTML <table> tags. Tables pasted into Slack appear as a broken mess of text. Instead of <table>, present tabular data as plain-text lines (e.g. Label: value per line, or use <pre> for aligned columns). This also applies to LinkedIn and most chat apps.
  • Plain: Default for code snippets, terminal output, simple text, or when user says "copy to clipboard" without formatting context

Rules

  1. Identify the most recent text block the user wants copied (message, code block, drafted text, etc.)
  2. If ambiguous, ask what to copy
  3. Use single-quoted heredoc delimiters ('CLIPBOARD', 'CLIPBOARD_HTML', 'CLIPBOARD_TEXT') to prevent shell expansion
  4. For rich copy, convert markdown-style content to proper HTML (use <b>, <i>, <code>, <ul>/<li>, <h1>-<h6>, <pre>, etc.). Do NOT use <table> for Slack/chat targets — use line-per-row text instead.
  5. Always provide a plain text fallback alongside HTML
  6. Confirm success after copying, noting whether plain or rich format was used

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