How It Works

How it works

PromptPaste is a Windows input loop for Claude Code, Codex CLI, and terminal workflows: voice stays primary, screenshot paste adds visual context where the target app accepts pasted clipboard images.

Step 1

Focus the target workflow

Put focus on the terminal, AI composer, or app input where the next draft or attachment should land.

You stay inside the Windows workflow you are already using.

Step 2

Speak the first draft

Hold the configured hotkey and say the prompt, instruction, command, or notes in one natural pass.

Voice handles the slowest part of drafting without forcing a new writing surface.

Step 3

Copy an image when the task needs context

If a screenshot, mockup, terminal error, or diagram explains the task faster, copy it to the Windows clipboard.

You can add visual context without dropping into a file picker.

Step 4

PromptPaste keeps voice local

Voice transcription stays on-device on Windows. For supported apps, PromptPaste can paste the clipboard image into the focused composer.

The flow stays fast, local-first, and close to the cursor.

Step 5

Review and send

Check the drafted text, confirm the image landed where expected, then send both into the workflow.

You move from idea to prompt faster with less friction.