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💼 For your work Paste, don't retype

The snippets you retype all day, one keystroke away.

You retype the same git commands, config blocks, and regex a hundred times a week. Save them once, name them, and paste any of them into your terminal or editor in seconds.

Three seconds, start to paste

Find it and paste it, fast.

  1. Save it once. Copy a command you retype, or paste it into Clipboard AI by hand.
  2. Name it. Call it “git undo last commit” so you can find it in a second.
  3. Paste in 3 seconds. ⌘⇧V, type the name, hit return.
No menus to dig through. It follows you across every device.

The ⌘⇧V picker on Mac. It searches as you type.

Mac
iPhone

Your snippets on your laptop and your phone

Look up that command on your phone during a standup, then paste it on your Mac when you sit down. Your snippets go where you go.

What's worth keeping here

  • Commands you rerun
  • Env and .env templates
  • The regexes you always google
  • API endpoints and example requests
  • SQL snippets
  • Boilerplate (component, Dockerfile, CI)
  • Connection strings
  • That one internal dashboard URL

Steal these snippets

Real, ready-to-use snippets. Copy one, paste it into Clipboard AI, and give it a name.

The pretty git loggit
git log --oneline --graph --decorate --all
Conventional commitgit
feat({scope}): {summary} Why: {reason} Refs: {ticket}
Kill whatever is on a portshell
lsof -ti:{3000} | xargs kill -9
curl an API with authshell
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" {url} | jq

Words in {curly braces} are yours to swap. Copy button puts the snippet on your clipboard.

Made for moments like these

Your phone is always with you. Your Mac is not. Capture on one, and use it on the other.

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A fix comes to you away from the keyboard.

Note the command on your phone; run it on your Mac later.

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A build breaks on mobile.

Copy the stack trace, paste it into AI on your Mac.

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The command you always forget.

Saved once, one search away in the terminal.

Your muscle memory, saved

Every developer has a set of commands and snippets they type from memory: the git incantation to undo a commit, the one-liner to kill a stuck port, the regex you always look up anyway. Save them once and stop retyping.

Clipboard AI holds multi-line blocks, so a whole Dockerfile or config is a single named clip. And because it syncs, the snippet you saved at your desk is on your phone during standup.

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Tip

Name clips the way you think, like "undo commit", so a quick search finds them instantly.

Common questions

Can I keep multi-line snippets?

Yes. Save whole config blocks, scripts, or Dockerfiles as a single named clip and paste the entire thing at once.

Is this a text expander?

It does the same job without learning trigger strings. Search a clip by name and paste it. And unlike most expanders, your library syncs to your iPhone and iPad too.

Does it work in the terminal and code editors?

Yes. On Mac, press Command Shift V to paste a saved command or snippet into your terminal, VS Code, or any app. Your snippets sync to your iPhone and iPad too.

Keep exploring

✨ Your AI prompt library, on every deviceSave the prompts you reuse for ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney. Name them, then paste any one in seconds, on any device. 🎨 Clipboard AI for designersHex values with a colour swatch, the easing curves you always google, shadow presets, and kind review feedback. The details you reach for, a search away. ✉️ Canned replies that follow youSave the emails and messages you send over and over. Client replies, follow-ups, and templates, named and ready to paste anywhere.
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Start your library today

Clipboard AI is free to try on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Save your first snippet, give it a name, and paste it anywhere in seconds.

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