diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 782758a..d733fe8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ To get started with `gpt-repository-loader`, follow these steps:
 1. Ensure you have Python 3 installed on your system.
 2. Clone or download the `gpt-repository-loader` repository.
 3. Navigate to the repository's root directory in your terminal.
-4. Run `gpt-repository-loader` with the following command:
+4. Install the dependencies `pip install -r requirements.txt`
+5. Run `gpt-repository-loader` with the following command:
 
    ```bash
-   python gpt_repository_loader.py /path/to/git/repository [-p /path/to/preamble.txt] [-o /path/to/output_file.txt]
+   python gpt_repository_loader.py /path/to/git/repository [-p /path/to/preamble.txt] [-o /path/to/output_file.txt] [-c]
    ```
-    Replace `/path/to/git/repository` with the path to the Git repository you want to process. Optionally, you can specify a preamble file with -p or an output file with -o. If not specified, the default output file will be named output.txt in the current directory.
+    Replace `/path/to/git/repository` with the path to the Git repository you want to process. Optionally, you can specify a preamble file with -p or an output file with -o. If not specified, the default output file will be named output.txt in the current directory. -c optionally copies the content to the clipboard.
 
-5. The tool will generate an output.txt file containing the text representation of the repository. You can now use this file as input for AI language models or other text-based processing tasks.
+
+6. The tool will generate an output.txt file containing the text representation of the repository. You can now use this file as input for AI language models or other text-based processing tasks.
 
 ## Running Tests
 
diff --git a/gpt_repository_loader.py b/gpt_repository_loader.py
index 57279f5..3387dda 100755
--- a/gpt_repository_loader.py
+++ b/gpt_repository_loader.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import fnmatch
+import pyperclip
 
 def get_ignore_list(ignore_file_path):
     ignore_list = []
@@ -71,4 +72,10 @@ def process_repository(repo_path, ignore_list, output_file):
     with open(output_file_path, 'a') as output_file:
         output_file.write("--END--")
     print(f"Repository contents written to {output_file_path}.")
-    
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+
+        # Copy the output to the clipboard if the -c flag is provided
+    if "-c" in sys.argv:
+        with open('output.txt', 'r') as output_file:
+            clipboard_contents = output_file.read()
+        pyperclip.copy(clipboard_contents)
+        print("Repository contents copied to clipboard.")
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2069479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pyperclip
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