diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d89c22d..ebad221c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,12 +104,19 @@ uis = [
 dev = [
     "pytest >=6.0.0, <7.0.0",
     "elasticsearch >=8.9.0, <9.0.0",
+    "cython >=3.0.0, <4.0.0",
+    "ruff>=0.9.6",
+
+    # `tractor.pause_from_sync()` support
+    "greenback >=1.1.1, <2.0.0",
+
+    # `piker.tsp/storage` console anal
+    "visidata>=3.1.1",
+
+    # @goodboy's shell Bp
     "xonsh >=0.14.2, <0.15.0",
     "prompt-toolkit ==3.0.40",
-    "cython >=3.0.0, <4.0.0",
-    "greenback >=1.1.1, <2.0.0",
-    "ruff>=0.9.6",
-    "visidata>=3.1.1",
+    "pyperclip>=1.9.0",  # clipboard interop for `xonsh`
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f15dd3d1..65f270bf 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "elasticsearch" },
     { name = "greenback" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit" },
+    { name = "pyperclip" },
     { name = "pytest" },
     { name = "ruff" },
     { name = "visidata" },
@@ -757,6 +758,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "elasticsearch", specifier = ">=8.9.0,<9.0.0" },
     { name = "greenback", specifier = ">=1.1.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit", specifier = "==3.0.40" },
+    { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.9.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=6.0.0,<7.0.0" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.6" },
     { name = "visidata", specifier = ">=3.1.1" },
@@ -892,6 +894,12 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8a/0b/9fcc47d19c48b59121088dd6da2488a49d5f72dacf8262e2790a1d2c7d15/pygments-2.19.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9ea1544ad55cecf4b8242fab6dd35a93bbce657034b0611ee383099054ab6d8c", size = 1225293 },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyperclip"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/30/23/2f0a3efc4d6a32f3b63cdff36cd398d9701d26cda58e3ab97ac79fb5e60d/pyperclip-1.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b7de0142ddc81bfc5c7507eea19da920b92252b548b96186caf94a5e2527d310", size = 20961 }
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyqt6"
 version = "6.8.0"