Commit `304b782efc`

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Verified · cmc

cmc <hello@cleberg.net> · 2026-09-17 16:39 UTC

Write the clipboard before spawning the daemon

Layout: unified · split

Sources/keycask/Clipboard.swift +1 −1

     static func copyWithTimeout(_ secret: String, seconds: Int = timeoutSeconds) throws {
         _ = try requireTool()
         let handoff = Handoff(secret: secret, previous: try read())
+        try write(secret)
         let process = Process()
         process.executableURL = Bundle.main.executableURL
         process.arguments = ["clipboard-daemon", String(seconds)]
         } catch {
             throw KeycaskError.failure("bad handoff")
         }
-        try write(handoff.secret)
         Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: TimeInterval(seconds))
         let current = try? read()
         guard shouldRestore(secret: handoff.secret, current: current) else { return }

docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-17-keycask-design.md +4 −3

   read on Windows. No tool found is exit 1 with a message naming the
   tools. `clip` spawns `keycask clipboard-daemon` detached with stdout
   and stderr to null, writes `{"secret": ..., "previous": ...}` to its
-  stdin, and exits without waiting. The daemon sets the clipboard,
+  stdin, and exits without waiting. `clip` writes the clipboard itself,
-  sleeps 45 seconds, reads the clipboard, and if it still equals the
+  then spawns the daemon. The daemon sleeps 45 seconds, reads the
-  secret restores `previous` or clears when `previous` is empty.
+  clipboard, and if it still equals the secret restores `previous` or
+  clears when `previous` is empty.
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