Oneshotty - One Shot AI for Your Clipboard
Oneshotty - One Shot AI for Your Clipboard
The clipboard is the most universal interface on any computer. Every application supports copy and paste. Oneshotty exploits this: copy text to your clipboard, press a hotkey, the AI processes it, and the result replaces your clipboard content. Paste wherever you want.
Why Clipboard Is Genius
Most AI tools require you to switch to their interface. Open ChatGPT, paste your text, wait for the response, copy the output, go back to your app, paste it. Six steps, two context switches.
Clipboard-based AI eliminates the context switch entirely:
- Select text in any app
- Copy (Cmd+C)
- Press the AI hotkey
- Paste the result (Cmd+V)
You never leave the app you are working in. The AI is invisible infrastructure, not a destination.
What This Unlocks
Because the clipboard is universal, this approach works everywhere:
- Email client - select a rough draft, hotkey, paste a polished version
- Code editor - select a function, hotkey, paste a refactored version
- Browser - select an article excerpt, hotkey, paste a summary
- Spreadsheet - select a formula description, hotkey, paste the actual formula
- Terminal - select an error message, hotkey, paste the fix
No integrations. No plugins. No API keys per application. Just the clipboard.
Limitations and the Desktop Agent Advantage
The clipboard approach has one major limitation: it is text-only (or at most, text plus simple formatting). It cannot interact with UI elements, navigate between apps, or maintain state across multiple operations.
This is where a full desktop AI agent picks up. The clipboard gives you universal access for simple transformations. The desktop agent gives you universal access for complex workflows that require seeing the screen, clicking buttons, and coordinating across applications.
The best setup uses both: clipboard AI for quick one-shot transformations, desktop agent for multi-step workflows.
Fazm is an open source macOS AI agent. Open source on GitHub.