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Command Pill

An install command you can copy: the pill types itself once on arrival, and clicking lifts the command out as the word Copied rises in behind it.

The prompt

The design brief behind this component — reuse it to regenerate, remix, or explain it.

Build a copyable install-command pill: a 46px dark rounded rectangle with a muted prompt glyph ($), the command in Geist Mono, and a small copy well on the right. When it first scrolls 60% into view, the command types itself once (38ms per character) with a block caret; the untyped remainder is reserved as invisible text so the pill never changes width. Clicking copies to the clipboard: the command lifts up and out of a one-line window while 'Copied to clipboard' rises into its place in green (480ms expo-out), and the copy glyph shrinks away as a green check scales in; after 1.6s it all settles back. Hover strengthens the hairline; press compresses to 0.985.

Notes

Interaction
Click (or Enter/Space) to copy; the confirmation replaces the command for 1.6s.
Motion
One-time typing on first view; 480ms vertical exchange of command and confirmation; icon morph 380ms.
Accessibility
A button labelled 'Copy command: …'; the visual text is aria-hidden; 'Copied' is announced. Reduced motion skips typing and makes the exchange instant.
Responsive
Shrinks to its container; long commands clip inside the window.
On touch
Tap to copy.

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