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<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)". That is what the clipboard mcp mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
The server publishes 7 tools. What each one is for:
clipboard_paste — Primary tool. Read any clipboard content: tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images. Tables are formatted as Markdown/JSON/CSV; passclipboard_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+xmlclipboard_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 textclipboard_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 theclipboard_list_formats — List what MIME types are currently on the clipboard. Accepts selection="primary" for the X11/Wayland PRIMARY selectionclipboard_read_raw — Return raw clipboard content for a given MIME type (diagnostic). Any non-binary type passes through; only image/, audio/, video/*, andclipboard_version — Return the running mcp-clipboard package version as {"name": "mcp-clipboard", "version": "<x.y.z>"}. Diagnostic. Useful for hosts that don't surfaceThe server ships on PyPI as mcp-clipboard, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Among the team communication options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Clipboard MCP's toolset — clipboard_paste, clipboard_copy, clipboard_copy_markdown and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by cmeans; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Clipboard MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| 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 cont |
| 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/X1 |
| 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 sele |
| clipboard_version | Return the running mcp-clipboard package version as {"name": "mcp-clipboard", "version": "<x.y.z>"}. Diagnostic. Useful for hosts that don't surface the standard MCP serverInfo block to the model, and for test harnesses |
{
"mcpServers": {
"clipboard": {
"command": "pipx",
"args": ["run", "mcp-clipboard"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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