Clipboard Mcp

clipboard-mcp

Cross-platform MCP server for system clipboard access. Give AI assistants direct read/write access to your clipboard.

Tools

• get_clipboard — Read current text from the clipboard
• set_clipboard — Write text to the clipboard
• watch_clipboard — Wait for clipboard changes in real-time (default 30s timeout)

Install

cargo install clipboard-mcp or download a binary from GitHub Releases.

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipboard": {
      "command": "clipboard-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Platforms                                                                                                                                                                  

Windows, macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon), Linux (X11 + Wayland)                                                                                                              
                
Built with                                                                                                                                                                 

Rust, arboard (by 1Password), rmcp (official MCP SDK). ~250 lines, single binary, zero runtime deps.