Option to paste an image file path as literal text (don't auto-attach)

Feature request: option to paste an image file PATH as literal text (don't auto-attach)

Summary

When you paste a file path that points to an image (e.g. /tmp/cover-opts/cover-repeat.png) into
the prompt input, Claude Code auto-detects it and attaches the image ([Image #N]) instead of
inserting the literal path text. There is currently no way to override this — no setting, no
env var, and no modifier/alternate paste. Please add a way to paste the raw path text.

Why you'd want the literal path

• Referencing the file by path in a request ("what does /tmp/x.png weigh / when was it

generated / compare it to /tmp/y.png") without pushing the pixels into context.

• Building a shell command or a message that just needs the path string.
• Saving context/tokens when the image content isn't needed — only its location.

Requested behavior (any one of these)

1. A setting — e.g. imagePathAutoAttach: false (or a per-session toggle) so pasted image

paths insert as text.

1. A modifier / alternate paste — e.g. a chat:pasteAsText action (Shift+paste or a bindable

key) that inserts the clipboard as literal text, bypassing image-path detection.

1. A prompt on paste — "Attach image or insert path?" when a pasted string is an image path.

Option 2 (a paste-as-text keybinding) is the most general and matches how many editors let you
paste-without-formatting.

Notes

• Behavior is specific to image file extensions; non-image paths already paste as text.
• Confirmed there is no existing setting/keybinding for this in the current Claude Code docs

(settings, CLI reference, keybindings); the only image action is chat:imagePaste for clipboard
images.

• This is separate from (but related to) the request to emit OSC 8 hyperlinks for file paths — both

are about treating displayed/handled file paths as first-class text/links.