Clipboard
Browse, search and paste anything you copied, including images, files and links. Clipboard history in Spotlight, kept on your computer.
Overview
Clipboard shows the history Glaido keeps of what you copy, in Spotlight. Search it, filter it by type, and paste an item back into the app you were in. See the Clipboard page for an overview.
Requirements
Clipboard is on by default.
| System | Supported |
|---|---|
| macOS | Yes |
| Windows | Yes |
| Linux (Wayland) | Yes |
| Linux (X11) | Yes |
| Permission | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Write to the Clipboard | Copies results so you can paste them. |
| Use a Global Hotkey | Listens for its own shortcut while you work in other apps. |
| Add Tools to Command Mode | Lets you use it by voice in Command mode. |
| Open and Share Items | Opens a copied link or file, and can share it. |
Turn it on
Open in Glaido: Clipboard History. Opens this extension's setup in the Glaido desktop app.
Or open Extensions in the Glaido sidebar, choose Clipboard, and turn it on. Clipboard history has no shortcut until you set one there.
Use it
Open Clipboard history in Spotlight, or press the shortcut you set. Press it again to close the window.
- The list shows the newest 40 items, grouped by day. Type to search, or use the menu to show only text, images, files, links or colors.
- The highlighted item shows on the right: the picture for an image, which you can drag into another app, or the text. A link in the preview opens in your browser.
- Enter or a double-click pastes the item into the app you were in. Command Enter on a Mac, or Ctrl Enter on Windows and Linux, copies it instead. You can swap the two in the settings.
- Actions (Command K on a Mac, Ctrl K elsewhere) lists Open for links, files and images. On a Mac it also lists Open With and Share.
| Command | Say | Default shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Clipboard History: Opens your clipboard history in Spotlight. Give it a shortcut, and press the shortcut again to close it. | Set your own | |
| Search Clipboard History: Finds copies that match what you describe and answers from them, without opening a window. | "What did I just copy?", "Find the address I copied", "What was that link?" | By voice or Spotlight |
| Open Clipboard History: Opens the history with your search and type filter already set. | "Show my clipboard history", "Show the images I copied" | By voice or Spotlight |
| Open: Opens the highlighted link, file or image in its default app. | "Open this link", "Open this file" | By voice or Spotlight |
| Open With: Opens the highlighted file in an app you choose. Available on Mac. | "Open this with Preview" | By voice or Spotlight |
| Share: Shares the highlighted item through the system share menu. Available on Mac. | "Share this" | By voice or Spotlight |
Voice commands
Hold your Commands hotkey and say:
- "Show my clipboard history"
- "What did I just copy?"
- "Find the link I copied"
Asking what you copied answers from your history without opening a window. Asking to see it opens the list with your search typed in. With a row highlighted, "rewrite this" works on that item.
From a terminal or an agent
Clipboard adds no server of its own. With the command line on, AI agents reach its commands through glaido mcp. See Extensions.
Settings
| Setting | Options | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Keep History | Day, Week, Month, Year, Forever | Day |
| Keep Transient Copies | On, Off | Off |
| Enter | Paste, Copy | Paste |
Erase history deletes everything stored. Turning the extension off doesn't.
Privacy
Clipboard history is stored on this computer and doesn't sync. Copies that an app marks as concealed, temporary or auto-generated are left out unless you turn on Keep transient copies; many password managers mark their copies that way. When you ask about a copied image, Glaido sends a short title, not the picture, unless you ask it to analyze the image.
Troubleshooting
- Open With and Share are missing. They're available on a Mac only.
- An image pasted as a file path. Outside macOS, Glaido copies the path when it can't put the image itself on the clipboard.