copy

name	copy
description	Copy content to clipboard in a format suited to the target (Slack, Markdown, plain text). Use when the user says "clip", "copy that", "clipboard", or "/copy".
allowed-tools	Bash, AskUserQuestion
user-invocable	true

Copy to Clipboard

Copies the most recent output (or specified content) to the clipboard in the right format for the user's target.

Steps

1. Ask the user (unless they already specified): "Where is this going? (slack / md / plain)"

2. Format based on target:

   slack — Slack uses mrkdwn, NOT Markdown. Convert:

   • *bold* (not **bold**)
   • _italic_ (not *italic*)
   • ~strikethrough~ (not ~~strikethrough~~)
   • *HEADING* on its own line (no # headings)
   • No markdown tables — use code-block ASCII tables (triple backtick) or bullet lists
   • <url|text> links (not [text](url))
   • Code: single backtick for inline, triple backtick for blocks (same as markdown)

   md — Clean GitHub-Flavored Markdown:

   • Tables, headings, links all standard GFM
   • No hard wraps, no gutter artifacts, no line-number prefixes

   plain — No formatting at all:

   • Strip all markup
   • Use indentation and whitespace for structure

3. Copy to clipboard using the platform tool:

   • macOS: pbcopy
   • Linux: xclip -selection clipboard or xsel --clipboard
   • Windows/WSL: clip.exe

4. Confirm with a one-line message: "Copied (slack/md/plain) — N lines"

Notes

• If the user says just "copy that" or "clip" without a target, always ask.
• If they say "copy for slack" or "slack copy", skip the question — target is slack.
• If they say "copy" with no prior output to copy, ask what they want copied.