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clipboard-image-mcp

A MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that reads images from the clipboard and provides them to Claude.

Installation

pip install clipboard-image-mcp

Or run directly with uvx:

uvx clipboard-image-mcp

Usage

Configure in Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clipboard-image": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["clipboard-image-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

  • get_clipboard_image - Reads the current image from the clipboard and returns it as base64-encoded PNG data.

How to Use

  1. Copy any image to your clipboard (screenshot, right-click copy, etc.)
  2. Ask Claude to use the get_clipboard_image tool
  3. Claude will receive and analyze the image

Requirements

  • Windows OS (uses Windows clipboard API)
  • Python 3.10+

License

MIT

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