copy-last

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claude · ~/work/app · copy-last

› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Read 6 lines ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(bun test) ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM › /copy ⎿ copy-last: Copied reply: 71 characters, 1 line ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

README

Copy Claude's last reply, or its last code block, to the clipboard as clean Markdown with /copy. Nothing is selected in the terminal, so there's no gutter indentation, no wrapped lines, and no trailing spaces.

The pain is one of the ten most-reacted open issues on the Claude Code tracker: copy and paste from the terminal includes unwanted indentation and trailing spaces. This reads the reply's source from the transcript instead.

Install

/plugin marketplace add MDmubarak786/claude-mods
/plugin install copy-last@modhub

Try it for one session without installing:

claude --plugin-dir ./mods/copy-last

Use it

Command	What it copies
`/copy`	The last reply, as Markdown source.
`/copy code`	The last fenced code block in the last reply, without the fence. Looks back through the last five replies if the latest has none.
`/copy code 2`	The second-to-last code block.

The command prints what it copied, as a character and line count.

What it touches

From claude plugin validate ./mods/copy-last:

hooks: session.start, command.run{command=copy}
calls: $.command.register, $.session.messages (via lastReplies), $.ui.copy, $.ui.log

It reads the transcript through the mods API and writes to the clipboard through Claude Code. No files, processes, or network. Nothing is saved.

Tested with

Claude Code 2.1.295, claude plugin validate --strict and claude plugin test pass. /copy answered from a live claude -p session.

Limitations

Copies the reply's source text, so Markdown syntax such as bold is copied as written. That's the point for pasting into an issue or a doc; for plain prose, copy from the terminal.
A code block inside a tool result, as opposed to a reply, isn't found.
Where the clipboard isn't available to Claude Code (some remote and headless sessions), the command says so.

License

MIT, see the repository root.

Source 1 files

hooks/register.ts 70 lines

1// copy-last: copy Claude's last reply, or its last code block, to the clipboard.
2//
3//   /copy            the last reply, as Markdown source
4//   /copy code       the last fenced code block in the last reply
5//   /copy code 2     the second-to-last code block
6//
7// Copying from the terminal picks up gutter indentation and trailing spaces.
8// This reads the reply from the transcript and copies the source text.
9
10const FENCE = /```[^\n]*\n([\s\S]*?)```/g
11
12function codeBlocks(text: string): string[] {
13  const blocks: string[] = []
14  for (const match of text.matchAll(FENCE)) blocks.push(match[1].replace(/\n$/, ''))
15  return blocks
16}
17
18async function lastReplies($, count: number): Promise<string[]> {
19  const messages = await $.session.messages()
20  const replies: string[] = []
21  for (let i = messages.length - 1; i >= 0 && replies.length < count; i--) {
22    const m = messages[i]
23    if (m.role === 'assistant' && typeof m.text === 'string' && m.text.trim()) replies.push(m.text)
24  }
25  return replies
26}
27
28function describe(text: string): string {
29  const lines = text.split('\n').length
30  return text.length + ' characters, ' + lines + (lines === 1 ? ' line' : ' lines')
31}
32
33export function register(on) {
34  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
35    try {
36      await $.command.register({
37        name: 'copy',
38        description: 'Copy the last reply, or its last code block, as clean text',
39        argumentHint: '[code [N]]',
40      })
41    } catch (error) {
42      $.ui.log('could not register /copy: ' + error)
43    }
44    return next(e)
45  })
46
47  on('command.run', { command: 'copy' }, async ($, e) => {
48    const args = e.args.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
49    const wantCode = args[0] === 'code'
50    const nth = wantCode && args[1] ? Number(args[1]) : 1
51    if (wantCode && (!Number.isInteger(nth) || nth < 1)) return { text: 'Usage: /copy, /copy code, or /copy code N' }
52
53    // Look back through a few replies so a block in the previous reply is still reachable.
54    const replies = await lastReplies($, wantCode ? 5 : 1)
55    if (replies.length === 0) return { text: 'Nothing to copy yet.' }
56
57    let text = replies[0]
58    if (wantCode) {
59      const blocks = replies.flatMap((reply) => codeBlocks(reply).reverse())
60      if (blocks.length === 0) return { text: 'No code block in the last replies.' }
61      if (nth > blocks.length) return { text: 'Only ' + blocks.length + ' code block(s) found.' }
62      text = blocks[nth - 1]
63    }
64
65    const copied = await $.ui.copy({ text })
66    if (!copied.isCopied) return { text: 'Could not copy to the clipboard.' }
67    return { text: 'Copied ' + (wantCode ? 'code block: ' : 'reply: ') + describe(text) }
68  }).catch(async () => ({ text: 'copy-last: the command failed, so nothing was copied.' }))
69}
70