Quick Quote

Highlight text, run the command, get a Markdown blockquote pasted back.

Primary use case: quote CLI agent output and paste it into the next prompt.

Usage

1. Select text in any app.
2. Trigger Quick Quote from Raycast (or your hotkey).
3. The selection is pasted back with > prefixed on every line.

Example: hello becomes:

> hello

Your original clipboard is restored afterward.

This is a no-view command, so a hotkey quotes without opening Raycast. Recommended hotkey: ✦ (Caps Lock) + C. Set it in Raycast → Settings → Extensions → Quick Quote. Caps Lock as Hyper is a common remapping (e.g. via Karabiner-Elements); pick any free combo if you use something else.

Where it works best

• Terminals. Select agent output (Claude Code, Codex, and friends), run the command, and the quote lands at your prompt, ready for the next message. Terminals that auto-copy on select are handled.
• Anywhere Markdown renders. GitHub comments, Slack, Discord, Notion, Linear, email drafts.

Where it doesn't

• Password fields and secure inputs. macOS blocks synthetic keystrokes while secure input is active, so neither read path can run. That is a macOS security feature, not a bug.
• Non-editable surfaces. The quote is pasted back where keyboard focus is. Selecting text on a web page or in a PDF viewer can be read, but there is no text box to receive the paste, so nothing happens.
• Non-text selections. Images, files, and other non-text content can't be quoted.
• Rich text. The pasted quote is plain text; styling from the original is not preserved.

Requirements

Raycast needs macOS Accessibility permission. Grant it in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Both read paths depend on it: the Accessibility API read and the Cmd+C keystroke fallback.

How it reads the selection

Most apps: via the macOS Accessibility API.

Terminals and other apps that block AX: the command sends Cmd+C itself and reads the clipboard. It checks the macOS pasteboard change count around that keystroke and only quotes text the keystroke actually copied, so a stale clipboard (say, a password copied earlier) is never pasted. Terminals that auto-copy on select work too, because they re-copy the selection on Cmd+C.