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smithery.ai

dictation

Hammerspoon dictation setup. Load when discussing dictation, voice input, or CopyQ.

First seen Mar 26, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add https://smithery.ai
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Package contents

Files included with this skill beyond the listing page.

  • skill md SKILL.md 1,428 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 100 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 1 installs

SKILL.md

Dictation

Reference this skill when the user mentions dictation, voice input, or the Dictate Hammerspoon spoon.

How It Works

Dictation is triggered by Cmd+Shift+D via Hammerspoon. The flow:

  1. Hammerspoon runs the macOS Shortcut "Dictate to Clipboard"
  2. The shortcut captures speech and places text in the clipboard
  3. Hammerspoon marks the clipboard item with a custom MIME type (application/x-dictation)
  4. Hammerspoon pastes the text with Cmd+V
  5. Old dictation entries are cleaned up from CopyQ (keeps last 2)

Key Files

  • Spoon: ~/projects/dotfiles/window_manager/hammerspoon/Spoons/Dictate.spoon/init.lua
  • macOS Shortcut: "Dictate to Clipboard" (managed in Shortcuts.app)

CopyQ Integration

Dictation entries are tagged with a custom MIME type so they can be identified and cleaned up without affecting normal clipboard history. The cleanup runs after each dictation.

To adjust how many dictation entries to keep, change MAXDICTATIONITEMS in the spoon.

Troubleshooting

  • "Dictation failed" alert: The macOS Shortcut failed. Check Shortcuts.app.
  • Clipboard not cleaned up: CopyQ may not be running, or the path /Applications/CopyQ.app/Contents/MacOS/CopyQ is wrong.
  • Changes not taking effect: Reload Hammerspoon after editing the spoon.