# paste

Connects Paste on macOS to your AI assistant. It lets the model search clipboard history and store generated snippets onto pinboards.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 2
- Author: pasteapp
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/pasteapp/paste-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/paste

## What it does

This server bridges your AI tools with Paste directly on your Mac using `npx @pasteapp/mcp`. It allows the assistant to search your copied clips, read previous clipboard entries into the chat prompt, and push generated responses directly onto dedicated pinboards. Everything operates locally without routing clip data to external Paste infrastructure.

Running this integration requires macOS, Paste version 6.6 or higher with the MCP toggle turned on in preferences, and Node.js 18+. If Paste is not active in the background, tool calls will fail immediately.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add paste -- npx -y @pasteapp/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add paste -- npx -y @pasteapp/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "paste": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@pasteapp/mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "paste": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@pasteapp/mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add paste npx -y @pasteapp/mcp
```

## When to use it
- retrieve copied code snippets from the Mac clipboard history
- feed previous clipboard items into the active conversation prompt
- export generated code or notes directly to a Paste pinboard

## Example prompts
- Find the API key snippet I copied earlier in Paste
- Pull the last copied stack trace from my clipboard into the prompt
- Save this shell script to my Snippets pinboard in Paste

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