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Remove clipboard reading from chat autocomplete #5078

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/remove-clipboard-reading.md
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"kilo-code": patch
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Remove clipboard reading from chat autocomplete
19 changes: 0 additions & 19 deletions src/services/ghost/chat-autocomplete/ChatTextAreaAutocomplete.ts
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}

const clipboardContent = await this.getClipboardContext()
if (clipboardContent) {
contextParts.push("\n// Clipboard content:")
contextParts.push(clipboardContent)
}

contextParts.push("\n// User's message:")
contextParts.push(userText)

return contextParts.join("\n")
}

private async getClipboardContext(): Promise<string | null> {
try {
const text = await vscode.env.clipboard.readText()
// Only include if it's reasonable size and looks like code
if (text && text.length > 5 && text.length < 500) {
return text
}
} catch {
// Silently ignore clipboard errors
}
return null
}

public cleanSuggestion(suggestion: string, userText: string): string {
let cleaned = postprocessGhostSuggestion({
suggestion: removePrefixOverlap(suggestion, userText),
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