/copy N — Copy Earlier Responses / Claude Code v2.1.77

The /copy command now accepts an optional numeric argument to copy earlier assistant responses, not just the most recent one.

Usage

/copy       # copies latest response (same as before)
/copy 2     # copies second-most-recent response
/copy 3     # copies third-most-recent response

Details

Description updated: "Copy Claude's last response to clipboard (or /copy N for the Nth-latest)"
Validates the argument: shows usage hint for invalid input
Reports when there aren't enough messages: "Only N assistant messages available to copy"

Evidence

Updated command description (search for "or /copy N for the Nth-latest")

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

How sure we are

One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.

Anthropic's release notes agree/copy now accepts an optional index: /copy N copies the Nth-latest assistant response

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.77 →

The build it came inv2.1.77

16 Mar 2026 · 21 entries, this one is #8.

Either side of it

v2.1.76Older
v2.1.78Newer

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Names in this entry

slash/copy
Copy the last assistant response to clipboard. Pass a number N to copy the Nth-latest response: /copy 2 copies the second-to-last. When code blocks are present, shows an interactive picker to select individual blocks or the full response. Press w in the picker to write the selection to a file instead of the clipboard, which is useful over SSH

Anthropic's note

Upstream's own release notes for v2.1.77 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.

/copy now accepts an optional index: /copy N copies the Nth-latest assistant response

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