clipboard-image-mcp 0.1.0

MCP server for reading clipboard images and passing them to Claude

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