Clipboard

Name: Clipboard
Author: cmeans

by cmeansversion 2.6.3i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.cmeans/mcp-clipboard

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Read and write the system clipboard — tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images, and more.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Developer tools

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipboard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-clipboard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add clipboard -- uvx mcp-clipboard

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipboard": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-clipboard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "clipboard": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-clipboard"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Is Clipboard safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (2.6.3) reached the registry 20 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: GitHub, Desktop Commander, Cloudflare MCP

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mcp-clipboard

An MCP server that gives your AI assistant direct access to your system clipboard: read what you copied, or write clean text straight to it. Works with any MCP-compatible client, including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and others.

Why This Exists

Pasting loses structure

When you copy cells from Google Sheets or Excel and paste into a chat input, the tabular structure (rows and columns) is destroyed. It arrives as a flat string with no delimiters. The model has to guess where one cell ends and the next begins, and it often guesses wrong.

mcp-clipboard preserves it. Instead of pasting, tell your assistant to "read my clipboard." The server reads the clipboard directly, detects tabular data from the HTML that spreadsheet apps put on the clipboard, and returns it as a properly formatted Markdown table, JSON, or CSV. No structure lost, no guessing.

Bonus: it also fixes copying from Claude Code

Claude Code's terminal renderer adds 2-character padding, hard line breaks at ~80 columns, and trailing whitespace to all output. When you select and copy text from the terminal, those artifacts come along for the ride:

  echo "this is a long command that wraps and

breaks when you paste it because of the hard newlines and leading spaces"

This has been reported repeatedly on the claude-code repo (issues #4686, #6827, #7670, #13378, #15199, #25040, #25427, #26016) with dozens of upvotes and no fix shipped.

mcp-clipboard sidesteps the problem entirely. Instead of copying text from the terminal, ask Claude Code to put it on your clipboard:

"Copy that command to my clipboard"

Claude Code calls clipboard_copy, writes the clean text directly to your system clipboard, and you paste it wherever you need it. No padding, no hard wraps, no cleanup.

Tip: To make this automatic, add a line to your project or global CLAUDE.md:

When you produce a shell command for the user to run, also copy it to the clipboard using clipboard_copy.

Claude Code will then copy every command it suggests without you having to ask.

Bonus: read your X11/Wayland selection without Ctrl-C

Linux desktops have two clipboards: the CLIPBOARD that Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V uses, and the PRIMARY selection. PRIMARY is whatever text you currently have highlighted, pasted by middle-click. It updates as soon as you select something; you don't have to copy it.

mcp-clipboard reads PRIMARY too. Pass selection="primary" to clipboard_paste, clipboard_read_raw, or clipboard_list_formats and the server reads the selection buffer instead of the Ctrl-C clipboard. Some workflows this enables:

Terminal triage. An error message scrolls past, mouse-select it, ask the model what it means. Your Ctrl-C buffer stays intact for whatever you had on it.
vim / IDE visual selection. v-select a function, ask the model to explain it or refactor it.
Browser / PDF reading. Drag-select a paragraph, ask "what's this saying?" without leaving the reading flow.
Two-buffer workflows. Keep a snippet in CLIPBOARD (Ctrl-C) and pull a different one through PRIMARY in the same conversation.

Linux only. macOS and Windows have no equivalent buffer; passing selection="primary" on those platforms returns a clear error.

Tools

Tool	Description
`clipboard_paste`	Primary tool. Read any clipboard content: tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images. Tables are formatted as Markdown/JSON/CSV; pass `include_schema=true` to append inferred column types. Images are returned as image content the model can see. Optional `selection="primary"` reads the X11/Wayland PRIMARY selection (middle-click / select-text-to-paste buffer) instead of the default Ctrl-C clipboard.
`clipboard_copy`	Write text content to the system clipboard. Accepts an optional `mime_type` parameter (`text/plain` by default; also `text/html`, `text/rtf`, `image/svg+xml`, or any `text/*` on Wayland/X11).
`clipboard_copy_markdown`	Render markdown to HTML and place both formats on the clipboard so paste targets pick the right one — Slack/Gmail/Notion/Discord get rich text; vim/terminal get the source. macOS/Windows write both atomically; Wayland/X11 are single-MIME and write only `text/html`.
`clipboard_copy_image`	Write a PNG or JPEG image to the system clipboard from base64-encoded bytes. Pass-through with no re-encoding; magic bytes are validated against the declared MIME. Use `clipboard_copy` for text.
`clipboard_list_formats`	List what MIME types are currently on the clipboard. Accepts `selection="primary"` for the X11/Wayland PRIMARY selection.
`clipboard_read_raw`	Return raw clipboard content for a given MIME type (diagnostic). Any non-binary type passes through; only `image/`, `audio/`, `video/*`, and `application/octet-stream` are rejected. Use `clipboard_paste` for images. Accepts `selection="primary"` for the X11/Wayland PRIMARY selection.
`clipboard_version`	Return the running mcp-clipboard package version as `{"name": "mcp-clipboard", "version": " "}`. Diagnostic. Useful for hosts that don't surface the standard MCP `serverInfo` block to the model, and for test harnesses that need to record which build served a given run.

Setup

Step 1: Install a Python package runner

mcp-clipboard is a Python package on PyPI. Any Python tool that can install and launch console-script entry points works for running it as an MCP server. The two most common choices are pipx and uv; both appear in the install-counts badges at the top of this README and both are in active use. Pick whichever you have or prefer:

pipx: install instructions per platform are in the official pipx install docs. On most distros pipx is available via the system package manager (apt, dnf, pacman, brew, etc.).
uv: install instructions per platform are in the official uv install docs. Astral documents package-manager paths, signed standalone-binary downloads, and shell installers for each platform.

Verify your chosen runner is on PATH:

pipx --version   # if you chose pipx

uv --version     # if you chose uv

The rest of this section shows commands for both runners; substitute the one you installed.

Step 2: Install the platform clipboard tool (Linux only)

macOS and Windows have everything they need built in. Linux needs one CLI utility:

Platform	Tool	Install
Fedora / RHEL (Wayland)	`wl-copy` / `wl-paste`	`sudo dnf install wl-clipboard`
Ubuntu / Debian (Wayland)	`wl-copy` / `wl-paste`	`sudo apt install wl-clipboard`
Linux (X11)	`xclip`	`sudo dnf install xclip` or `sudo apt install xclip`
macOS	Built-in	No install needed (`pbcopy` / `pbpaste`)
Windows	Built-in	No install needed (PowerShell)

Platform status: Linux with Wayland is tested and actively used. Windows has been exercised end-to-end on a QEMU Windows guest (a real Windows-only encoding bug, #129, was found and fixed via that testing in v2.5.x). X11 and macOS implementations are complete but unverified beyond the unit tests. Bug reports and PRs are welcome.

Step 3: Verify mcp-clipboard works on your system

Before wiring it into a client, confirm the package installs and detects your platform correctly. With pipx:

pipx run mcp-clipboard --check

Or with uv:

uvx mcp-clipboard --check

Both forms fetch the package on demand without a permanent install (use pipx install mcp-clipboard or uv tool install mcp-clipboard first if you'd rather install it persistently). Expected output:

mcp-clipboard 2.5.1

Platform: ... Backend: ... (detected) OK: mcp-clipboard should work on this system.

If you see Backend: NOT AVAILABLE, follow the platform-specific hint in the error message (typically: install the Linux clipboard tool from Step 2) and re-run.

Step 4: Register the server with your MCP client

The MCP host launches mcp-clipboard via a command + args pair. Both pipx and uv expose a one-shot run subcommand that fetches and executes the package, so the most convenient configs use those forms.

Claude Code

With pipx:

claude mcp add clipboard --scope user -- pipx run mcp-clipboard

With uv:

claude mcp add clipboard --scope user -- uvx mcp-clipboard

Claude Desktop

Locate your Claude Desktop config file (paste the path into your file manager's address bar to jump straight there):

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Clipboard

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

Common questions

Alternatives

GitHub

Desktop Commander

Cloudflare MCP

README from the maker

mcp-clipboard

Why This Exists

Pasting loses structure

Bonus: it also fixes copying from Claude Code

Bonus: read your X11/Wayland selection without Ctrl-C

Tools

Setup

Step 1: Install a Python package runner

Step 2: Install the platform clipboard tool (Linux only)

Step 3: Verify mcp-clipboard works on your system

Step 4: Register the server with your MCP client

Claude Code

Claude Desktop