Zara Zhang(@zarazhangrui):4 small but extremely useful things coding agents can do for you that many people don't know: 1. Copy things to your clipboard. If it generated something that needs to be copied & pasted somewhere, you can ask it to put it in your clipboard directly 2. Open HTML files in your browser, or open folders/files directly (e.g. play a video). No need to find it and manually open 3. Take screenshots. And make videos. For example, this video was entirely done by Claude Code. I just asked it to take screenshots of the HTML slide templates, and compile the images into a video using FFmpeg, showing them at 1 second interval 4. Manipulate files on your computer (e.g. organizing them into folders, renaming them, etc)

2026.05.11 18:15

4 small but extremely useful things coding agents can do for you that many people don't know: 1. Copy things to your clipboard. If it generated something that needs to be copied & pasted somewhere, you can ask it to put it in your clipboard directly 2. Open HTML files in your browser, or open folders/files directly (e.g. play a video). No need to find it and manually open 3. Take screenshots. And make videos. For example, this video was entirely done by Claude Code. I just asked it to take screenshots of the HTML slide templates, and compile the images into a video using FFmpeg, showing them at 1 second interval 4. Manipulate files on your computer (e.g. organizing them into folders, renaming them, etc)