Clipboard MCP server
Read, write, and inspect the system clipboard on macOS, Linux (X11/Wayland), and Windows via MCP.
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2 stars666 downloads/wk
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Clipboard tools
No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.
How Clipboard compares
Against every graded MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 92/100
- higher than 95% of 48,255 servers
- GitHub stars
- 2
- more than 75% of 28,688 servers
- Downloads a week
- 666
- more than 91% of 12,191 servers with a package
Release history: 5 versions in the registry since 2026-09-09, latest 2026-10-29, typically one every 13 days.
Install Clipboard in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y @cyanheads/clipboard-mcp-server on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add clipboard-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/clipboard-mcp-server
What the publisher says
From the Clipboard repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
@cyanheads/clipboard-mcp-server Read, write, and inspect the system clipboard across macOS, Linux (X11/Wayland), and Windows via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 3 Tools
Overview
The system clipboard across macOS, Linux (X11/Wayland), and Windows. Read, write, and inspect text, HTML, RTF, and image content from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process or a local Streamable HTTP server.
Tools
Capability reference
clipboard_read tool
- auto returns the richest format explicitly present — priority: image > html > rtf > text; format requests a specific one instead
- Size limits: 512 KB for text/HTML/RTF, 5 MB for images (raw bytes before base64 expansion)
- Content above the limit reads via offset/limit slicing — pass both to read a bounded window (limit is at least 4, clamped to the format's size limit) and follow the returned nextOffset until complete is true
- image returns base64-encoded PNG data, with width/height whenever the capture carries a readable PNG header
- Typed errors: formatunavailable when the requested format isn't on the clipboard, contenttoo_large when no offset/limit was given and content exceeds the size limit
clipboard_write tool
Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Clipboard: common questions
- Is Clipboard MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the Clipboard safety report
- How do I install Clipboard?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Clipboard need an API key?
- No secret keys are declared. It reads 11 settings from the environment.
- Is Clipboard maintained?
- The last commit was 28 days ago (2026-10-07). The latest release is v0.3.0.
- What can I use instead of Clipboard?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: SSH — policy-gated remote access MCP server.
- How does Clipboard compare with other MCP servers?
- safety score 92/100 (higher than 95% of 48,255 servers); github stars 2 (more than 75% of 28,688 servers); downloads a week 666 (more than 91% of 12,191 servers with a package). Full comparison.
Alternatives to Clipboard
Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.
- SSH — policy-gated remote accessPolicy-gated, audited SSH for Linux and Windows hosts: roles, approvals, and an audit log.not reviewedEstablishedB
