# clipboard-mcp-server

> MCP server that reads and writes the system clipboard — tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images, and more.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/clipboard-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/cmeans/clipboard-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/cmeans/clipboard-mcp
- version: 1.3.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: claude, clipboard, mcp, paste, spreadsheet, table
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:clipboard-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# clipboard-mcp

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that reads and writes your system clipboard —
tables, plain text, code, JSON, URLs, images, and more. Preserves structure when
possible (e.g. spreadsheet row/column layout) and returns non-tabular content cleanly.

## The Problem

When you copy cells from Google Sheets or Excel and paste into Claude's chat input, the
tabular structure (rows and columns) is destroyed — it arrives as a flat string with no
delimiters. And for non-tabular content, there's no easy way to say "look at what I
copied" without manually pasting.

## The Solution

Instead of pasting, tell Claude to **"read my clipboard"**. This MCP server reads the
clipboard directly and handles any content type: spreadsheet tables (returned as
Markdown, JSON, or CSV), images (returned as image content), code snippets, JSON data,
URLs, rich HTML text, and plain text. It can also **write** to the clipboard, so Claude
can copy results back for you to paste elsewhere.

## Tools

| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `clipboard_paste` | **Primary tool.** Read any clipboard content — tables, text, code, JSON, URLs, images. Tables are formatted as Markdown/JSON/CSV; pass `include_schema=true` to append inferred column types (integer, float, currency, percentage, date, boolean, text). Images are returned as image content; other content is returned with smart formatting. |
| `clipboard_copy` | Write text to the system clipboard |
| `clipboard_read_raw` | Return raw clipboard content for a given MIME type — supports text formats plus `image/svg+xml`, `application/json`, `application/xml`, `application/xhtml+xml` (diagnostic) |
| `clipboard_list_formats` | List what MIME types are currently on the clipboard |

## Setup

### Prerequisites

**Python 3.11+** and one of: [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) (recomme…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.spreadsheets (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/clipboard-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:31:04.824Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/clipboard-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/clipboard-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:clipboard-mcp-server