Clipboard Tools Skill

Interact with the system clipboard for copy, paste, and clear operations.

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

• "Copy text to clipboard"

• "Paste from clipboard"

• "Clear the clipboard"

• "Get clipboard content"

• "Copy file contents to clipboard"

When NOT to Use

❌ DON'T use this skill when:

• Working with binary files ΓåÆ use file operations

• Need clipboard history ΓåÆ use dedicated clipboard manager

• Cross-machine clipboard ΓåÆ use network tools

Commands

Copy to Clipboard

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh copy "text to copy" {baseDir}/clipboard.sh copy --file /path/to/file.txt

Paste from Clipboard

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh paste {baseDir}/clipboard.sh paste --trim {baseDir}/clipboard.sh paste --file /path/to/output.txt

Clear Clipboard

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh clear

Check Clipboard Status

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh status {baseDir}/clipboard.sh has-content

Platform Detection

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh detect

Platform Support

Platform Tool Required Status

macOS pbcopy/pbpaste Built-in

Linux (X11) xclip or xsel Auto-detected

Linux (Wayland) wl-copy/wl-paste Auto-detected

WSL clip.exe/powershell Auto-detected

Cygwin putclip/getclip Auto-detected

Output Format

Copy: Exit code 0 on success

echo "Hello" | {baseDir}/clipboard.sh copy echo "Copied to clipboard"

Paste: Returns clipboard content

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh paste

Output: <clipboard content>

Status: JSON output

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh status --json

Output: {"platform": "linux", "tool": "xclip", "available": true}

Examples

Copy a string:

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh copy "Hello, World!"

Exit 0, prints: Copied to clipboard

Copy file contents:

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh copy --file document.txt

Copy command output:

echo "$(date)" | {baseDir}/clipboard.sh copy

Paste to stdout:

CONTENT=$({baseDir}/clipboard.sh paste) echo "Clipboard contains: $CONTENT"

Paste to file:

{baseDir}/clipboard.sh paste --file output.txt

Check if clipboard has content:

if {baseDir}/clipboard.sh has-content; then echo "Clipboard is not empty" fi

Notes

• Automatically detects platform and available clipboard tools

• Falls back to alternative tools if primary not available

• Creates tmp file for stdin if platform tool doesn't support pipes

• Graceful error if no clipboard tool is available

• Content is trimmed by default when pasting

• Use --no-trim to preserve whitespace