| name | claude-code-copy-markdown |
| description | Copy Claude Code's previous response (or a specific part of the conversation output) to the clipboard as clean Markdown. Trigger phrases include "copy this", "copy to clipboard", "markdown copy", "md copy", "I want to copy this", "copy the last output", "paste this somewhere", etc. Do NOT use this skill when the user explicitly asks to write to a file — just write to a file normally in that case. Trigger this skill proactively whenever the user wants to "copy", "paste", "share", or "export" Claude Code output. |
Claude Code Copy Markdown
Copy Claude Code's response as clean Markdown to the macOS clipboard (pbcopy).
Why this skill exists
Claude Code renders output richly in the terminal — box-drawing tables, indented lists, colored text, etc. This looks great in the terminal, but when you copy-paste it elsewhere, line breaks get mangled and tables fall apart. Asking "write that to a markdown file" every time is tedious. This skill reduces that to a single action.
Workflow
- User says "copy this", "copy as markdown", etc.
- Identify the previous response (or the part the user specified)
- Reformat the content as proper Markdown
- Pipe it to
pbcopy
- Confirm completion
Formatting rules
Convert the previous response into clean Markdown following these rules.
Headings
- Section titles that were displayed as bold or prominent text become
## or ### headings
Lists
- Use
- for all bullet points
- Nest with 2-space indentation
Code blocks
- Wrap inline code with
`
- Wrap multi-line code with
``` and include the language name when known
- File path references (e.g.
path/to/file.ts:10) become inline code
Tables
- Convert box-drawing tables (
┌─┬─┐, etc.) into Markdown pipe tables
- Include header row and separator row
| Field | Meaning |
| ------- | ------------------------------------- |
| foundAt | The date the job was first discovered |
Line breaks and whitespace
- One blank line between paragraphs
- Remove excessive consecutive blank lines
- Join lines that were split by terminal word-wrapping into a single paragraph
Emphasis
- Use
**bold** for keywords or field names that were emphasized in the original output
Partial copy
When the user specifies a range (e.g. "just copy the table part", "copy the code section"), extract and copy only that portion. If no range is specified, copy the entire previous response.
Execution
Pipe the formatted Markdown to pbcopy using a heredoc to safely handle quotes and special characters:
pbcopy <<'MARKDOWN_EOF'
(formatted Markdown here)
MARKDOWN_EOF
Completion message
After copying, respond briefly:
Copied to clipboard.
No need for lengthy explanation or repeating the full content — the user already saw the output and just needs confirmation that it's now in the clipboard as Markdown.
