Cross-platform Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI assistants direct read/write access to your system clipboard. Website
clipboard-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the mnardit/clipboard-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Cross-platform Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI assistants direct read/write access to your system clipboard. Website”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using clipboard-mcp. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| 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. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"clipboard": {
"command": "clipboard-mcp"
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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