clipboard-file
Copy files, zips, images, screenshots, artifacts, or bundles to the desktop clipboard as file-manager paste items. Use when the user says copy a file to clipboard, copy a zip to clipboard, copy an image to clipboard, put this artifact on the clipboard, or when KDE/X11, GNOME, xclip, text/uri-list, or x-special/gnome-copied-files clipboard targets matter.
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- description
- Copy files, zips, images, screenshots, artifacts, or bundles to the desktop clipboard as file-manager paste items. Use when the user says copy a file to clipboard, copy a zip to clipboard, copy an image to clipboard, put this artifact on the clipboard, or when KDE/X11, GNOME, xclip, text/uri-list, or x-special/gnome-copied-files clipboard targets matter.
- metadata
- {"short-description":"Copy files as desktop clipboard paste items"}
- provides
- ["file-clipboard-copy","desktop-file-list-mime","clipboard-target-verification"]
- composes
- ["best-practices-kde","agentic-evals"]
- complies
- ["best-practices-skills","best-practices-kde"]
- disciplines
- ["developer-tooling"]
# Clipboard File
Use this skill whenever a user asks to copy a file-like artifact to the clipboard.
Do not copy only a plain path. Do not copy raw file bytes unless the user explicitly
asks for raw clipboard contents. A file-manager paste requires a desktop file-list
MIME target.
## Required Workflow
1. Resolve the requested file to an existing absolute path.
2. Run the bundled script:
```bash
./scripts/copy-file-to-clipboard.sh /absolute/path/to/file.zip
```
3. Report the verified target and file URI from the script output.
## Target Rules
- KDE/X11: use `text/uri-list`.
- GNOME/X11: use `x-special/gnome-copied-files`.
- Unknown X11 desktop: default to `text/uri-list`, because it is the cross-desktop file-list target.
The script auto-detects the desktop. Override only when needed:
```bash
copy-file-to-clipboard.sh --target kde /absolute/path/to/file.zip
copy-file-to-clipboard.sh --target gnome /absolute/path/to/file.zip
copy-file-to-clipboard.sh --target uri-list /absolute/path/to/file.zip
copy-file-to-clipboard.sh --target gnome-copied-files /absolute/path/to/file.zip
```
## Verification Contract
The operation is not complete unless verification reads back:
- `TARGETS` containing the selected MIME target.
- The clipboard payload containing the expected `file:///absolute/path` URI.
- A live persistent `xclip` owner process for the selected target.
If verification fails, say it failed and include the deterministic file path as fallback.
## Payload Formats
KDE/X11 and URI-list payload:
```text
file:///absolute/path/to/file.zip\r\n
```
GNOME copied-files payload:
```text
copy
file:///absolute/path/to/file.zip
```
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