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You can use ShareX to do this - https://getsharex.com/
Assuming you're on windows - feed this to Claude Code:
"I'm on WSL so I need the windows installer for this:"
If you're open to using a local tool (best solution):
- Use Snip & Sketch (Windows + Shift + S) to take a screenshot.
- It automatically copies the screenshot to your clipboard.
- You can then paste it in Slack, Photoshop, etc.
- To save the file and get the path, you'd need a tool like ShareX.
- Install ShareX
- Go to Hotkey Settings → Add a new hotkey for "Capture region"
- Set the "After capture tasks" to:
- Save image to disk
- Copy file path to clipboard
Then press your hotkey (e.g. Ctrl + Shift + S) and:
- Take a screenshot
- It saves automatically
- And the path is on your clipboard
✅ Best result with minimal setup.
Once you've installed it (you can also just install it yourself but I like having Claude Code set things up so it's added to path etc...)
- Click Hotkey settings
- Press Add a new task
- Select Screen capture
- Select Capture Region
- Set Control + Shift + S or whatever you want as the hotkey on the right
- Press the cog button in the middle
- Click Override after capture task
- Set:
- Save image to file
- Copy file path to clipboard
- Close everything
- Press Control + Shift + S
- Paste the file path to Claude Code (it may say it can't view it, tell it you're sure it's there)
I also turned off the hotkey for capture entire screen, meaning I can use normal screenshotting on Windows 11 if I want to take a quick screenshot to paste into Skool, for example, and the Control + Shift + S hotkey if I am pasting into Claude Code.
Done!
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