Screenshot paste

What it does

StreamView pastes screenshots into AI-powered terminals like Claude Code. Instead of save-the-file-then-type-the-path, you screenshot and paste — StreamView writes the image to a PNG and types its path into the terminal. Press Enter to send it; agents that read images by path then load the file.

Use it to share a UI bug, an error dialog, DevTools output, a design mockup, or an architecture sketch.

How to use it

1. Capture — take a screenshot with Win+Shift+S, PrtSc, or any tool that copies to the clipboard.
2. Paste — do any of:
   • press Ctrl+V when the clipboard contains an image,
   • press Ctrl+Shift+V to force a screenshot paste, or
   • click the camera button (📷) in the stream header.
3. StreamView saves the image and types the full path into the terminal. Paths that contain spaces (for example a data folder under OneDrive - …) are quoted so the shell sees one token.
4. The path is typed at the prompt. Press Enter to send it; Claude Code (and other agents that read images by path) then load the file.

Screenshots are saved to {DataDir}/screenshots/ with timestamped names (e.g. screenshot_20260327_143022.png).

Troubleshooting

• Nothing pasted — the clipboard must contain an image; plain Ctrl+V pastes text when there's no image. Use Ctrl+Shift+V to force image paste.
• The agent didn't read it — make sure the tool in that pane reads images by path (Claude Code does); the path is typed at the prompt for you to send.

Related

• Running Claude Code
• Keyboard shortcuts