Add keyboard shortcut to copy inline response to clipboard cleanly
Status Closed — not planned
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Workaround ✓ Mentioned in description ↑
Activity 2 comments · opened Apr 29, 2026 · closed May 31, 2026
Problem
When using Claude Code in Cursor, copying inline responses to external destinations (Google Sheets, Microsoft Word, Slack, etc.) results in:
- Extra newline characters
- Improperly indented text
- Broken formatting from markdown rendering
This makes it difficult to use Claude Code output in day-to-day workflows where you need to share content externally.
Requested Feature
A keyboard shortcut (e.g., Cmd+Shift+C) to copy the last response (or selected response) to clipboard as clean plain text, stripping markdown rendering artifacts.
Current Workarounds
- Ask Claude to write content to a file, then copy from there (too many steps for short content)
- Ask Claude to run
pbcopy(adds an extra conversational step) - Use the copy button on code blocks (only works for code blocks, not inline text)
None of these are ideal for quick, frequent copy-paste workflows.
Environment
- Claude Code in Cursor IDE (macOS)
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