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Copy Prompt

cmd/crewship/cmd_copy_prompt.go recovers the first user prompt from a previous run and writes it to stdout or the system clipboard. The “I want to tweak this and rerun” workflow that doesn’t end with a network round-trip. Why a top-level command rather than a flag on retry: copy-prompt is local; users routinely want to grab a past prompt, edit it in $EDITOR, and re-issue. Keeping it separate keeps crewship retry’s mental model (“rerun this exactly”) clean.

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crewship copy-prompt <run-id>

FlagTypeDefaultEffect
--clipboardboolfalseCopy via pbcopy / wl-copy / xclip / xsel instead of writing to stdout. Falls through to a clear error on headless servers.

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Examples

crewship copy-prompt r_abc                          # to stdout
crewship copy-prompt r_abc --clipboard              # to system clipboard
crewship copy-prompt r_abc | pbcopy                 # alternate route on macOS
crewship copy-prompt r_abc > prompt.txt             # save to file for editing
A trailing newline is added if missing so shells display cleanly. With --clipboard, stderr gets [copied <n> chars to clipboard].

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Re-issuing

crewship retry r_abc                                # same agent + same prompt, new chat
crewship retry r_abc --new-prompt "tweaked"         # same agent, edited prompt

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Common errors

  • run <id> has no chat_id — the run pre-dates chat threading.
  • could not recover prompt for run <id> — no USER/HUMAN-role message in the chat.
  • no clipboard helper found (install pbcopy/wl-copy/xclip/xsel) — headless box or missing dependency.

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See also