From 586b2f208913e2d63f08e426ac0c2ac6b3bc3823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brooklyn Nicholson <brooklyn.bb.nicholson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:16:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(tui): persist large pastes to ~/.hermes/pastes/ via
 paste.collapse

---
 ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts       |  1 +
 ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
index 998afe2a1..ff2b1e5b5 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts
@@ -335,5 +335,6 @@ export interface AppOverlaysProps {
 
 export interface PasteSnippet {
   label: string
+  path?: string
   text: string
 }
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts
index 14a40412c..bebda273d 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/useComposerState.ts
@@ -70,12 +70,25 @@ export function useComposerState({ gw, onClipboardPaste, submitRef }: UseCompose
 
       setPasteSnips(prev => [...prev, { label, text: cleanedText }].slice(-32))
 
+      void gw
+        .request<{ path?: string }>('paste.collapse', { text: cleanedText })
+        .then(r => {
+          const path = r?.path
+
+          if (!path) {
+            return
+          }
+
+          setPasteSnips(prev => prev.map(s => (s.label === label ? { ...s, path } : s)))
+        })
+        .catch(() => {})
+
       return {
         cursor: cursor + insert.length,
         value: value.slice(0, cursor) + insert + value.slice(cursor)
       }
     },
-    [onClipboardPaste]
+    [gw, onClipboardPaste]
   )
 
   const openEditor = useCallback(() => {