Use cases

Seven moments a paste should have been smarter.

All seven run today. ⌘⇧V does every one of them.

  1. 01Terminal → Slack

    The agent printed a table

    ANSI and TUI glyphs off, structure recovered, re-emitted as the one thing Slack renders perfectly.

    Without
    \x1b[32m| model | tok/s | | --- | --- | | qwen3-4b | 45.2 |
    With
    model       tok/s
    qwen3-4b     45.2
  2. 02Markdown → spreadsheet

    Cells, not one long column

    A TSV flavor rides alongside the grid, with per-cell coercion shields.

    Without
    | qwen3-4b | 45.2 | 2.1 GB |
    With
    qwen3-4b	45.2	2.1 GB
  3. 03AI chat → editor

    Code in your file’s indentation

    Wrapper prose stripped, fences unwrapped, smart quotes straightened, indent matched.

    Without
    Here’s the fixed version:
    ```py
      print(“hi”)
    ```
    With
    print("hi")
  4. 04Terminal → AI chat

    An error with its context attached

    Shell, directory and failing command prepended. The trace itself untouched.

    Without
    200 lines. No shell, no command.
    With
    $ pytest -q · zsh · ~/copypasta
    ```
    Traceback (most recent call last):
  5. 05Terminal → Slack, Linear

    A trace that does not flood the thread

    Headline, first frame that matters, tail folded. Trackers get the same trace shaped as an issue.

    Without
    200 unfolded lines in #eng
    With
    NPE in PasteCoordinator.resolveRestore
    ▸ full trace (198 lines)
  6. 06Anything → AI chat

    Your API key does not cross

    Key shapes, high-entropy strings, emails and private hosts become stable placeholders. ⌘V still gives the original.

    Without
    AWS_SECRET=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG…
    With
    AWS_SECRET=<REDACTED:aws-key-1>
  7. 07Notes → email

    Fragments that arrive as an email

    This one invents wording, so it never lands silently — a second ⌘⇧V swaps it in, undoable. Needs sign-in.

    Without
    ben - sq auth broken for new sellers…
    With
    Hi Ben,
    
    Square auth is failing for new sellers —
    the merchant ID isn’t binding…
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Next

Design exploration. Not shipped.

Provenance rides along

A function arriving already labelled with its file and language.

Finder → prompt

Copy files, paste a tree with fenced contents, secrets scrubbed.

A clipboard agents can read

The same engine behind an MCP server.

All of it is one keystroke.