copy bar
The clean hand-off for anything you need out of the conversation. An agent runs crystl copy, the text lands in a bar under the terminal, and you click Copy. No drag-selecting across wrapped lines.
The copy bar is an editable strip docked at the bottom of a shard, below the terminal and above the screenshot bar. It hands you text to copy with a one-click Copy button, and it backs the crystl copy CLI command.
An agent stages text two ways: crystl copy "<text>", or by piping anything into it (<cmd> | crystl copy). The text appears in the bar, ready to copy, and you can edit it first if you want to tweak a value before it hits your clipboard. The window grows taller to make room, so the terminal keeps its size rather than getting squeezed.
It exists because terminal output is awkward to drag-select across wrapped lines. The copy bar is the reliable path for a token, an API key, a URL, a generated snippet, and especially commands you'll run elsewhere: a hand-retyped command is the easiest thing to get wrong, whether it's a dropped flag, a mangled path, or a smart-quote.
Why it matters
One-click copy
No drag-selecting across wrapped terminal lines. The text lands in the bar and a single Copy button puts it on your clipboard, intact.
Editable first
The bar is editable before you copy. Tweak a value, fix a path, or trim a snippet, then click Copy when it's exactly right.
Up to 10 tabs
An agent emitting several snippets can stage them all. A plain crystl copy appends a tab; --tab N overwrites a specific one. Each tab keeps its own text.
Free on every tier
A deliberate hook, like feedback. The copy bar works on every plan, no Guild membership required.
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get started getting started guide →Frequently asked questions
- How does an agent put text in the copy bar?
- Two ways. It runs crystl copy "
" with the text inline, or it pipes a command's output into it: | crystl copy. The text appears in the bar under the terminal, ready for you to click Copy. - Can I change the text before copying it?
- Yes. The bar is editable. Tweak a value, fix a path, or trim a generated snippet, then click Copy. What you copy is what's in the bar at that moment, not whatever the agent originally sent.
- What are the tabs for?
- The copy bar holds up to 10 numbered tabs, so an agent emitting several snippets can stage them all at once. A plain crystl copy appends a new tab; --tab N overwrites tab N in place; --label "
" names the active tab's chip. Tabs only show once there are two or more. - Does the copy bar shrink my terminal?
- No. The window grows taller to make room, with the top edge fixed, so the terminal keeps its size. The bar is half-width and pinned to the left under the terminal, not stretched by the sidebar or workbench chrome.
- Is the copy bar free?
- Yes, on every tier. It's a deliberate hook, like feedback. It's still loopback-gated, so a paired phone needs remote access enabled to use it, but there's no Guild membership required on your Mac.
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