AIPaste 🚀

A Windows system tray application that enhances your clipboard with AI-powered text processing. Transform, rewrite, translate, or apply custom actions to any copied text.

✨ Features

• AI-Powered Text Processing - Rewrite, improve, or transform clipboard text using AI
• Dual Provider Support - Choose between GitHub Copilot or Azure OpenAI
• Tone Selection - Professional, Informative, Casual, or Enthusiastic tones
• Translation - Translate text to different languages (Gujarati, Hindi, etc.)
• Custom Actions - Create your own AI prompts for specific use cases
• Model Selection - Choose from available AI models (GitHub Copilot)
• System Tray App - Runs quietly in background, accessible via tray icon
• Single Instance - Only one instance runs at a time

📸 Screenshots

Main Popup

Configuration - GitHub Copilot

Configuration - Azure OpenAI

Custom Actions

🔧 Prerequisites

• Windows 10/11
• .NET 9.0 Runtime
• One of the following:
  • GitHub Copilot: Active GitHub Copilot subscription + Copilot CLI
  • Azure OpenAI: Azure subscription with deployed OpenAI resource

📥 Installation

Option 1: Download Release

1. Download the latest release from Releases
2. Extract to your preferred location
3. Run AIPaste.exe

Option 2: Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/tannadhruv92/AIPaste.git
cd AIPaste
dotnet build -c Release

⚙️ Configuration

GitHub Copilot Setup

1. Install Copilot CLI
2. Open terminal and run:

   copilot
   

3. In the Copilot CLI, type:

   /login
   

4. Complete the authentication in your browser
5. In AIPaste, select GitHub Copilot as provider
6. Click Check Auth to verify authentication
7. Select your preferred model and click Save

Azure OpenAI Setup

1. Create an Azure OpenAI resource in Azure Portal
2. Deploy a model (e.g., gpt-4o, gpt-4)
3. Get your:
   • Endpoint: https://your-resource.openai.azure.com
   • API Key: From Azure Portal > Keys and Endpoint
   • Deployment ID: Name of your deployed model
4. In AIPaste, select Azure OpenAI as provider
5. Enter your credentials and click Save

🚀 Usage

1. Start the App - Run AIPaste.exe (it minimizes to system tray)
2. Copy Text - Copy any text to clipboard (Ctrl+C)
3. Open AIPaste - Click the system tray icon or taskbar shortcut
4. Select Options:
   • Choose a Custom Action OR
   • Select Tone and Translation options
   • Select Model (GitHub Copilot only)
5. Process - Click Process button
6. Accept - Click Accept to copy result to clipboard

💡 Pro Tip

Pin AIPaste to your taskbar for quick access:

1. Right-click on AIPaste.exe
2. Select Pin to taskbar
3. Now you can quickly open it with a single click after copying text!

🎯 Custom Actions

Create custom AI prompts for repetitive tasks:

1. Right-click tray icon → Custom Actions
2. Click Add
3. Enter:
   • Name: Display name for the action
   • Prompt: AI instruction (use {text} as placeholder for clipboard content)
4. Click Save

Example Custom Actions

Name	Prompt
Fix Grammar	Fix any grammar and spelling errors in the following text: {text}
Summarize	Summarize the following text in 2-3 sentences: {text}
Make Bullet Points	Convert the following text into bullet points: {text}
Explain Simply	Explain the following in simple terms a 10-year-old would understand: {text}
Email Reply	Write a professional email reply to: {text}

🏗️ Building from Source

Requirements

• .NET 9.0 SDK
• Visual Studio 2022 or VS Code

Build Steps

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/tannadhruv92/AIPaste.git
cd AIPaste

# Restore packages
dotnet restore

# Build
dotnet build

# Run
dotnet run

Project Structure

AIPaste/
├── Program.cs              # Entry point, single instance handling
├── Form1.cs                # Main form with system tray
├── ClipboardPopupForm.cs   # Main popup for text processing
├── ConfigurationForm.cs    # Provider configuration UI
├── CustomActionsForm.cs    # Custom actions management
├── ConfigManager.cs        # Configuration persistence
├── CopilotClientManager.cs # Singleton for GitHub Copilot SDK
└── config.json             # User configuration (auto-created)

🔒 Security

• API keys are encrypted using Windows DPAPI before storage
• Configuration stored locally in config.json
• No data sent to external servers (except to configured AI provider)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• GitHub Copilot SDK for GitHub Copilot integration
• Azure.AI.OpenAI for Azure OpenAI integration

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