| name | clip |
| description | Save a URL, snippet, or pasted note into ARIA clippings for later audit. Trigger on /clip, /save, clip this, save this link, or capture this snippet. |
| argument-hint | <url or text> [tags] |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, WebFetch, Glob |
/clip — Quick Capture to Intake
RETIRED 2026-06-21 (v2.33.0). Folded into /intake: clip → /intake <url|text> (auto clip-whole). Kept for reference only — not a live skill (archived under skills/.archived/, excluded from discovery).
Save a URL or text snippet to intake/clippings/ for later review and promotion.
Step 0: Resolve Config
Read ~/.claude/aria-knowledge.local.md and extract knowledge_folder. If the file doesn't exist, stop: "aria-knowledge is not configured. Run /setup to get started."
Verify {knowledge_folder}/intake/clippings/ exists. If not, stop: "Clippings directory not found. Run /setup to repair the knowledge folder structure."
Step 1: Parse Input
The user provides one of:
- A URL — starts with
http:// or https://
- Pasted text — anything else
- Optional tags — words after the main content that look like tags (short, no spaces, comma-separated)
If no input is provided, ask: "What would you like to clip? Paste a URL or text snippet."
Step 2: Fetch Content (URL only)
If the input is a URL:
- Use WebFetch to retrieve the page
- Extract the page title for the filename and heading
- Extract a brief summary (first 2-3 paragraphs or the main content) — do NOT copy the full page content (respect copyright)
- Note the URL as the source
If WebFetch fails, save the URL itself as the content with a note that the page could not be fetched.
Step 3: Generate Filename
Create a kebab-case slug from:
- The page title (for URLs)
- The first 5-6 meaningful words (for text snippets)
Filename format: {YYYY-MM-DD}-{slug}.md
Check if the file already exists in intake/clippings/. If so, append a numeric suffix: {date}-{slug}-2.md.
Step 4: Write the Clipping
Write to {knowledge_folder}/intake/clippings/{filename}:
---
source: [URL or "manual"]
date: YYYY-MM-DD
tags: [user-provided tags, or auto-detected from content, or empty array]
---
# [Title or first line of text]
[Content — summary for URLs, full text for snippets]
Tag detection: If the user didn't provide tags, check if any words in the title or content match known tags from {knowledge_folder}/index.md (if it exists). Only suggest tags with high confidence — don't guess.
Step 5: Confirm
Output:
Clipped to intake/clippings/{filename}
Tags: [tags or "none"]
Will be reviewed at next /audit-knowledge run.
Rules
- Never copy full page content — for URLs, capture title + brief summary + the URL itself. The URL is the reference; the clipping is a pointer with context.
- Don't over-tag — empty tags are fine. The audit process will tag properly during promotion.
- One clipping per invocation — if the user wants to clip multiple items, they run /clip multiple times.
- No confirmation needed — just clip and confirm. This should be fast.
