/yank

A tiny Claude Code skill that copies text to your clipboard.

Why?

Claude Code doesn't have a built-in clipboard command (yet). This skill adds /yank so Claude can copy things for you—prompts, code snippets, formatted output—without you having to select and copy manually.

Install

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/yank
curl -o ~/.claude/skills/yank/SKILL.md \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joelev/yank/main/SKILL.md

Then restart Claude Code or start a new session.

Usage

/yank Hello world          # yanks "Hello world"
/yank                      # offers to yank recent context

Claude will also offer to yank when it generates something you might want to paste elsewhere.

Platforms

Works on macOS, Linux (X11 & Wayland), and WSL. (Probably.) Claude Code provides platform info automatically—no detection scripts needed.

Platform	Clipboard command
macOS	pbcopy
Linux (X11)	xclip -selection clipboard
Linux (Wayland)	wl-copy
WSL	clip.exe

Pre-approve the command (optional)

To skip permission prompts, add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "Bash(echo * | pbcopy:*)",
      "Bash(cat <<* | pbcopy:*)"
    ]
  }
}

Adjust for your platform's clipboard command.

License

MIT — do whatever you want with it.