How do I connect MCP Clipboard MCP Server to Claude?

The listing records `pipx run mcp-clipboard` as its setup step. Run it, then follow the repository's instructions for the client configuration; the listing names Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor as compatible clients.

Is MCP Clipboard MCP Server free?

The listed licence is Apache-2.0. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.

What can MCP Clipboard MCP Server do?

MCP Clipboard MCP Server documents 8 tools to the agent, including clipboard_copy, clipboard_copy_image, clipboard_copy_markdown. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.

MCP Clipboard

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by cmeans

MCP server that reads and writes your system clipboard — tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images — so Claude can paste, analyze, and copy back without losing structure.

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$pipx run mcp-clipboard

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8 of 8 tools

Documented tools (8)

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clipboard_copy

Write text content to the system clipboard. Accepts an optional mimetype parameter (text/plain by default; also text/html, text/rtf, image/svg+xml, or any text/ on Wayland/X11).

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 clipboardcopy for text.

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_list_formats

List what MIME types are currently on the clipboard. Accepts selection="primary" for the X11/Wayland PRIMARY selection.

clipboard_paste

Primary tool. Read any clipboard content: tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images. Tables are formatted as Markdown/JSON/CSV; pass includeschema=true to append inferred column types. Images are returned as image content the model can see. Optional selection="primary" reads the X11/Wayland PRIMARY sel

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 clipboardpaste 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": "<x.y.z>"}. 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.

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How do I connect MCP Clipboard MCP Server to Claude?: The listing records `pipx run mcp-clipboard` as its setup step. Run it, then follow the repository's instructions for the client configuration; the listing names Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor as compatible clients.
Is MCP Clipboard MCP Server free?: The listed licence is Apache-2.0. Check the upstream terms for permitted use and commercial requirements; a public repository does not by itself mean the software is free or open source. Connected APIs and hosted services may have separate charges.
What can MCP Clipboard MCP Server do?: MCP Clipboard MCP Server documents 8 tools to the agent, including clipboard_copy, clipboard_copy_image, clipboard_copy_markdown. The descriptions above come from project documentation. A live handshake does not test individual tool behavior.