What is copy as markdown? Definition for AI workflows

Copy as markdown is a one-click action that puts a markdown representation of the current page or document on the clipboard, ready to paste into a chat with an AI coding agent.

The action exists because the obvious alternative — selecting text and copying — produces rich text or HTML, which most AI chat surfaces accept but read awkwardly. The markdown version is shorter, cleaner, and what the agent would have asked for anyway.

Where the button shows up

On a hosted document or review page, "Copy as markdown" lifts the entire artifact onto the clipboard in one click. On CobaltCapture's review pages, the button appears next to the published review URL: the user pastes the markdown into Claude Code, Cursor, or whatever agent runs the next pass.

The pattern matters because the alternative is the user opening the page, manually flipping to a markdown export, downloading, and pasting the file path — three more steps to do the same job. One button collapses the workflow.