How is a snippet different from a regular clip?

A clip is something you copied that ClipHistory remembers automatically. A snippet is a saved, named text block you create on purpose and paste on demand — ideal for proposal sections you reuse.

Can I keep multiple versions of the same proposal section?

Yes. Pinned clips and snippets are unlimited, so you can store a freelance scope and an agency scope, or multiple price lists, and pick the right one per deal.

Does the AI rewrite send my pricing to the cloud?

Only if you choose to run a transform, and only to the provider whose API key you supplied. ClipHistory itself keeps everything local with no account or sync server.

Is it a subscription?

No. ClipHistory is a one-time $19.99 purchase for a 12-month license with no auto-renewal.

Save Proposal Templates on Mac

Every proposal you send is 70% the same. The scope language, the pricing tiers, the payment terms, the about-us paragraph — you rewrite or hunt for them each time, and each rewrite is a chance to introduce a typo or quote the wrong number. Saving proposal templates as reusable text blocks turns that repeated work into a single paste.

ClipHistory is a local clipboard manager for macOS that does exactly this with snippets: named, reusable text you paste on demand. It runs on macOS 12+, is a universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, and is signed and notarized by Apple.

Break a proposal into reusable parts

A proposal is not one block of text — it is a stack of sections that recombine differently per client. Save each section as its own snippet:

Intro / positioning paragraph
Scope of work boilerplate for each service you offer
Pricing tiers (your standard packages)
Timeline language
Payment terms and deposit policy
Next steps and signature block

When a new lead comes in, you assemble a proposal by pasting the relevant sections instead of starting from a blank page or copying from an old PDF.

Why snippets beat a "master doc"

A master proposal document forces you to scroll, find the right paragraph, select it carefully, copy, switch apps, and paste — every single time. Snippets live one shortcut away. Press Cmd+Shift+V, type a few letters of the section name, and paste. The text is identical every time, so your pricing and terms stay consistent across clients.

Keep variants without losing track

Most creators have more than one version of the same section: a freelance scope vs. an agency scope, a USD price list vs. a local one, a rush-timeline clause. Save each as a separate snippet with a clear name. Because pinned clips are unlimited in ClipHistory, you can keep every variant on hand and pick the right one per deal.

Group everything on a board

Boards let you cluster related snippets and clips. A "Proposals" board holds all your sections in one place, so onboarding a new section or auditing your pricing language is a five-minute review instead of a treasure hunt across documents.

This also matters when your pricing changes. When you raise rates, you update the pricing snippets once, on the board, and every future proposal pulls the new numbers. With sections scattered across old documents, a price change means hoping you remember to overwrite the right paragraph each time — and one missed update is an underquoted deal.

If you work with subcontractors or a small team, a board is also a shared reference for what the standard language actually is, so proposals stay consistent regardless of who assembles them.

Polish a draft with AI transforms

Before a proposal goes out, you can run a clip through an AI transform using your own API key from one of five providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google, or a custom endpoint):

Rewrite a scope paragraph to match a specific client's tone
Clean text you pasted from a brief that arrived with broken formatting
Summarize a long discovery call note into a tight problem statement
Translate a section when the client works in another language

Because the transforms use your key and run against your provider, you decide what is sent and what it costs. And because ClipHistory keeps everything local, your pricing and client details never sit in a third-party cloud.

The paste stack for assembling a full draft

When you are building a complete proposal in one sitting, the paste stack lets you queue several snippets — intro, scope, pricing, terms — and paste them in sequence. You drop them into your document in order without bouncing between windows, then edit the client-specific details.

A practical workflow

Open your last three proposals and copy each reusable section into ClipHistory.
Pin each one as a snippet with a descriptive name.
Create a "Proposals" board and move the snippets there.
Next deal: open the board, queue the sections you need in the paste stack, and paste them into a fresh document.
Run a quick AI rewrite on anything that needs client-specific tone.

The first setup takes 20 minutes. Every proposal after that starts from 70% done.

Keep proposals off the cloud

Proposals contain your real pricing, your margins, and details about specific clients. ClipHistory keeps your snippets and clipboard history local on your Mac — there is no account to create, no sync server, and no telemetry of what you store. AI transforms only send text when you explicitly run one, and only to the provider whose API key you supplied. Because it works offline too, you can put a proposal together on a flight and still have all your sections available.

Get ClipHistory for macOS

Stop rebuilding the same proposal from scratch. Get ClipHistory for macOS — $19.99, one-time and paste your scope, pricing, and terms in seconds.