clipboard-mcp

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Cross-platform Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI assistants direct read/write access to your system clipboard. [Website](https://max.nardit.com/clipboard-mcp)

Copy an error → ask Claude to fix it → the fix lands in your clipboard. No manual paste into chat, no manual copy from response.

cargo install clipboard-mcp

• Single binary — no Python, no Node.js, no runtime to install
• Native clipboard — uses arboard by 1Password, not shell commands like pbcopy/xclip
• Watch mode — watch_clipboard lets agents react to what you copy in real-time
• HTML + format detection — read HTML content, probe available clipboard formats
• Cross-platform — Windows, macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon), Linux (X11 + Wayland)
• HTTP transport — run as a local HTTP server for remote agent access

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_clipboard | Read current text from the clipboard. Content over 100 KB is truncated. | | get_clipboard_html | Read HTML content from the clipboard (e.g., rich text from browsers). | | set_clipboard | Write text to the clipboard (max 1 MB). | | watch_clipboard | Wait for clipboard text to change (default 30s, max 300s). Max 5 concurrent. | | list_clipboard_formats | Probe which formats are available (text, HTML, image, files). | | clear_clipboard | Clear all clipboard content. |

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | timeout_secs | integer (optional) | 30 | Seconds to w