Clipboard MCP

Cross-platform Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI assistants direct read/write access to your system clipboard. Website. Its 6 documented tools cluster into read & search, update, watch, clear.

People who need these tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-03-29 · ★ 9 · #811 OF 848 MAINTAINED OTHER · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Clipboard MCP

Claude Desktop

Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/clipboard-mcp-linux-x86_64 .mcpb bundle

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.mnardit is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Clipboard MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can read current text from the clipboard. Content over 100 KB is truncated, and write text to the clipboard (max 1 MB).

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Clipboard MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

3 tools - e.g. Read current text from the clipboard. Content over 100 KB is truncated.; Read HTML content from the clipboard (e.g., rich text from browsers).; Probe which formats are available (text, HTML, image, files).

get_clipboard · get_clipboard_html · list_clipboard_formats

update

1 tool - e.g. Write text to the clipboard (max 1 MB).

set_clipboard

Watch

1 tool - e.g. Wait for clipboard text to change (default 30s, max 300s). Max 5 concurrent.

watch_clipboard

Clear

1 tool - e.g. Clear all clipboard content.

clear_clipboard

Latest releases

v0.1.0 · 2026-03-27

04 · Who maintains Clipboard MCP

Clipboard MCP is maintained by mnardit. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp
category: other - ranked #811 of 848 actively-maintained other servers as of 2026-08-25.
registry: io.github.mnardit/clipboard-mcp (active, first published 2026-03-27)
packages: mcpb:https://github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/clipboard-mcp-linux-x86_64 · mcpb:https://github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/clipboard-mcp-linux-aarch64 · mcpb:https://github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/clipboard-mcp-macos-x86_64 · mcpb:https://github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/clipboard-mcp-macos-aarch64 · mcpb:https://github.com/mnardit/clipboard-mcp/releases/download/v0.1.0/clipboard-mcp-windows-x86_64.exe

06 · Clipboard MCP FAQ

Is Clipboard MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-03-29. We re-verify nightly.

What can Clipboard MCP do?

With this server connected, an agent can read current text from the clipboard. Content over 100 KB is truncated, and write text to the clipboard (max 1 MB).

07 · Alternatives to Clipboard MCP

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