# libtmux_mcp.tools.pane_tools.paste_text

- **Module:** libtmux_mcp.tools.pane_tools
- **Package:** libtmux-mcp
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux-mcp/blob/4daddc0dfca96c43bf521d818bf91564e1434760/src/libtmux_mcp/tools/pane_tools/io.py#L716
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/latest/mcp/reference/libtmux_mcp-tools-pane_tools-paste_text/

```
libtmux_mcp.tools.pane_tools.paste_text(text: str, pane_id: str | None = None, bracket: bool = True, session_name: str | None = None, session_id: str | None = None, window_id: str | None = None, socket_name: str | None = None) -> str
```

Paste multi-line text into a pane using tmux paste buffers.

Uses tmux's load-buffer and paste-buffer for clean multi-line input,
avoiding the issues of sending text line-by-line via send_keys.
Supports bracketed paste mode for terminals that handle it.

**When to use this vs. load_buffer + paste_buffer:** ``paste_text``
is the fire-and-forget path — the buffer is created, pasted, and
deleted in one call. Use ``load_buffer`` + ``paste_buffer`` when
you need to stage content first, paste it into multiple panes, or
inspect it with ``show_buffer`` before pasting.

## Parameters

- `text` (str): The text to paste.
- `pane_id` (str | None): Pane ID (e.g. '%1').
- `bracket` (bool): Whether to use bracketed paste mode. Default True.
Bracketed paste wraps the text in escape sequences that tell
the terminal "this is pasted text, not typed input".
- `session_name` (str | None): Session name for pane resolution.
- `session_id` (str | None): Session ID for pane resolution.
- `window_id` (str | None): Window ID for pane resolution.
- `socket_name` (str | None): tmux socket name.

## Returns

str
    Confirmation message.