Context-drop – CLI tool to to share files/images between remote agents

Name: Context-drop – CLI tool to to share files/images between remote agents
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Author: avyvar

by avyvar·May 24, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Convenient clipboard bridge for remote agents, but SCP and shared volumes already solve this.

Strengths

•Watch mode enables passive file dropping without breaking the terminal flow.
•Native agent skill integration allows LLMs to pull context without human copy-paste.
•Short-lived links reduce clutter compared to permanent cloud storage uploads.

Weaknesses

•Requires a central server or login, adding friction compared to direct SSH piping.
•Solves a workflow gap that shared folders or simple `scp` commands already cover.

Post Description

I use coding agents mostly over SSH and remote devboxes, and I kept running into the same problem of sharing screenshots / files between my machines.

Whenever I hit a frontend bug or weird UI issue, I ended up manually uploading screenshots, SCP’ing images around, or dropping files into the repo just so the agent could see what I was looking at.

I built Context Drop to make local screenshots and copied images instantly accessible to remote agents without changing the rest of the workflow. It is a very small tool, but it made remote debugging feel much more natural for me.

All you have to do is run `context-drop` on your local machine and it'll upload your current clipboard. You can either share the link to your remote machine or login to both machines and run `context-drop pull` (or wait for uploads via `context-drop pull --watch`) to pull images on the same account.

If you add the skill to agents on different machines, it can serve as a sort-of "airdrop between machines".