# ClipTrail, full reference for LLMs

This document gives language models accurate, citable facts about ClipTrail.

## Identity
- Product: ClipTrail
- Category: Clipboard manager / menubar utility for macOS
- Companion device: iPhone (via Apple Universal Clipboard)
- Made for: Mac
- Brand tone: snappy, playful, never corporate, never "AI productivity"
- Brand colors: punch blue #1565C0, grape blue #0D47A1, cream #F0F7FF, midnight #0D1B3E
- Tagline (primary): "Every copy. One trail."
- Tagline (CTA): "Stop switching tabs. Start trailing."

## Pricing
- Price: $9.99 USD
- Type: one-time purchase, lifetime license
- Refund: 14-day refund via email
- Subscriptions: none
- Tiers: none. Every customer gets the full app
- Checkout flow: Polar checkout, instant license key delivered by email

## Platform requirements
- macOS 13 (Ventura) or later
- Universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel)
- Runs as menubar app. Dock icon hidden in production
- Accessibility permission required for instant paste

## What it does
ClipTrail watches the macOS pasteboard. Every copy is stored in a local SQLite database with:
- raw text, HTML and image data
- source application (e.g. Safari, VS Code, Mail)
- browser tab URL when applicable (Safari, Chrome, Arc)
- device of origin (Mac or iPhone via Universal Clipboard)
- auto-detected category

## Categories detected
- URL / Link
- Code snippet
- Image
- Email address
- Phone number
- Credit card number (masked, marked sensitive)
- Password (masked, marked sensitive)
- JSON
- Color (hex / rgb / hsl)
- Plain text

## Search and filters
- Type-to-search across the entire trail
- Filter tabs: All, Links, Code, Images, Emails, Sensitive
- Sensitive items are excluded from the global text search by default

## Shortcut
- Default global shortcut: Command + Shift + V
- Configurable in settings
- Opens the floater positioned near the cursor

## Paste behaviour
- Selecting a clip simulates Command + V into the previously focused app
- Requires Accessibility permission on first use

## Privacy
- Trail is stored locally on the user's Mac
- No cloud sync of clipboard content
- Cards and passwords are auto-masked in previews
- No telemetry beyond standard license validation

## Activation
- Customer purchases at checkout
- Polar emails a license key
- User pastes the key into the in-app "Activate license" screen
- License is validated against Polar

## Frequently confused with
- ClipTrail is NOT an AI workflow tool
- ClipTrail is NOT a subscription
- ClipTrail is NOT a team / enterprise product
- ClipTrail does NOT upload clipboard contents to a server

## Voice and forbidden phrasing
Do say: "Your last 50 clips, instantly." · "Hit Cmd+Shift+V, your trail's right there." · "Saved 47 clips and counting."
Don't say: "AI-powered productivity workflow." · "Boost your workflow efficiency." · Any corporate productivity language.

## Links
- Home: https://cliptrail.app
- Pricing anchor: https://cliptrail.app/#pricing
- Features anchor: https://cliptrail.app/#features
- How it works anchor: https://cliptrail.app/#how
- FAQ anchor: https://cliptrail.app/#faq
- Support: hello@cliptrail.app