ClipboardActions

ClipboardActions is a lightweight application that offers a unique way to manage your clipboard content. More precisely, the program monitors the data you copy to your clipboard and then triggers specific actions based on the predefined patterns you've set using regular expressions (regexes).

The app comes with a portable edition, so you don’t really have to install it if you prefer keeping your registry clean. As you probably guessed, the tool doesn’t feature an interface, as it is designed to lay in the System Tray, monitoring the content you copy.

The idea behind the tool is to help you automate some of your tasks by triggering pre-defined actions whenever a certain type of content is copied. For instance, if you copy a URL from YouTube or other music streaming service, the app can be configured to open your favorite media player, so you can check out the video.

This is done via the Settings, where you need to fill in the required information based on the tasks you want to automate. To achieve this, you need to write specific commands for regexes, so this is far from a user-friendly app. The program supports regex groups from 0 to 9, which you can utilize when setting up your rules. These groups allow you to capture specific parts of the copied content and use them dynamically in your actions.

There are many tools out there with great features that enhance the clipboard functionality, but unfortunately, they are limited to the basic copy and paste actions. This tool takes things one step further, as it can detect the content, and can be configured to trigger specific actions.

ClipboardActions is a tool that addresses super-users who prefer to automate activities so that they can focus their attention on creative tasks.