Clipboard
Give your coding agent safe read and write access to the OS clipboard for text, code, JSON, tables, URLs, and images during daily dev loops.
Overview
Clipboard MCP is a Build-phase MCP server that lets coding agents read and write your system clipboard including text, JSON, tables, URLs, and images.
What is this MCP server?
- Read and write system clipboard across text, code, JSON, URLs, images, and tables
- PyPI stdio package mcp-clipboard v2.6.1
- Local OS integration for MCP-capable agents
- Reduces manual paste between browser, IDE, and agent chat
- GitHub repository cmeans/mcp-clipboard
- Server version 2.6.1
- PyPI package identifier mcp-clipboard
- stdio transport
Community signal: 3 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
You constantly copy code, URLs, and tables between apps but your agent cannot see or update the clipboard without you pasting manually.
Who is it for?
Solo builders who want faster copy-paste loops between the agent, IDE, browser, and office tools on a trusted dev machine.
Skip if: Shared or high-security environments where clipboard exfiltration risk outweighs convenience, or headless servers without a desktop clipboard.
What do I get? / Deliverables
With mcp-clipboard in your MCP config, the agent can pull clipboard contents into context and push structured results back for one-step paste workflows.
- Agent-readable clipboard content in multiple formats
- Agent-written clipboard output ready for manual paste elsewhere
- Faster snippet and table handoff during coding sessions
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Journey fit
Clipboard MCP is installed as agent tooling while you build and iterate, though you will reuse it across ship and operate debugging sessions. It extends what the agent can touch on your machine—classic agent-tooling rather than product backend code.
How it compares
Local OS clipboard MCP utility, not a cloud notes app or documentation generator skill.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Clipboard MCP for?
Developers using Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agents on a personal machine who want programmatic clipboard read/write during coding workflows.
When should I use Clipboard MCP?
Use it whenever you repeatedly move snippets, JSON, tables, or images between the agent and other apps during build, debug, or content tasks.
How do I add Clipboard MCP to my agent?
Install the PyPI package mcp-clipboard for stdio transport and add it to your MCP client configuration with Python available on your PATH.