[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":476},["ShallowReactive",2],{"site-content":3,"page-help-mcp":83},{"id":4,"extension":5,"footer":6,"meta":71,"nav":72,"stem":81,"__hash__":82},"site\u002Fdata\u002Fsite.yml","yml",{"description":7,"columns":8,"socials":51,"builtBy":68},"Pastea saves every screenshot, snippet, link, and code block you copy, then lets you search, pin, and paste it back in seconds. 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Everything stays on your Mac: the server listens only on your own machine, every tool is approved individually, and you can revoke any of them at any time. It is a Pastea Pro feature and is off until you turn it on in ",[94,95,96],"code",{},"Settings → MCP & AI Tools",".",[99,100,102],"h2",{"id":101},"claude-desktop","Claude Desktop",[90,104,105,106,110],{},"Claude Desktop installs Pastea as an ",[107,108,109],"strong",{},"extension"," — no config files.",[112,113,114,131,142],"ol",{},[115,116,117,118,120,121,124,125,127,128,97],"li",{},"In Pastea, open ",[94,119,96],{},", turn on ",[107,122,123],{},"Enable MCP",", and click ",[107,126,102],{},". Claude Desktop opens and offers to install the Pastea extension; click ",[107,129,130],{},"Install",[115,132,133,134,137,138,141],{},"Ask Claude something about your clipboard. The first time, Pastea shows ",[107,135,136],{},"\"Allow Claude Desktop to use your clipboard history?\""," — click ",[107,139,140],{},"Allow",". Claude's clipboard tools appear a moment later.",[115,143,144,145,148],{},"That is all. The connection is listed under ",[107,146,147],{},"Connected AI Tools"," in the same Settings page.",[90,150,151,152,155,156,163,164,166],{},"You can also find Pastea in Claude Desktop under ",[94,153,154],{},"Settings → Extensions → Browse extensions",", or download the extension file from the ",[157,158,162],"a",{"href":159,"rel":160},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpastea-app\u002Fpastea-mcp\u002Freleases",[161],"nofollow","pastea-mcp releases"," and double-click it. Installed from the directory, the extension updates itself; installed from Pastea or a file, click ",[107,165,102],{}," in Pastea again after a Pastea update to refresh it.",[99,168,170],{"id":169},"claude-code","Claude Code",[90,172,173,174,176,177,179],{},"Click ",[107,175,170],{}," in ",[94,178,96],{},", then run the command Pastea shows in Terminal. 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The app opens and asks you to confirm installing the Pastea MCP server; that is the whole setup. If the one-click install cannot open the app, Pastea shows the config to paste instead.",[99,254,256],{"id":255},"windsurf-codex-and-other-tools","Windsurf, Codex and other tools",[90,258,259,260,262,263,266,267,270,271,274,275,278],{},"Click the tool in ",[94,261,96],{}," and Pastea shows exactly what to paste and where: ",[94,264,265],{},"~\u002F.codeium\u002Fwindsurf\u002Fmcp_config.json"," for Windsurf, ",[94,268,269],{},"~\u002F.codex\u002Fconfig.toml"," for Codex. For anything else, ",[107,272,273],{},"Custom Tool"," gives you the server URL and the ",[94,276,277],{},"Authorization"," header to use — Pastea speaks streamable HTTP, so any MCP client that can send a header can connect.",[99,280,282],{"id":281},"things-to-try","Things to try",[284,285,286,292,297,302],"ul",{},[115,287,288],{},[289,290,291],"em",{},"\"What did I copy in the last hour?\"",[115,293,294],{},[289,295,296],{},"\"Find the API key I copied from Postman yesterday and put it back on my clipboard.\"",[115,298,299],{},[289,300,301],{},"\"Search my clipboard for the meeting link from Slack and open it.\"",[115,303,304,307],{},[289,305,306],{},"\"What does the screenshot I took this morning say?\""," — Pastea reads the text in your screenshots, and connected tools can search it.",[99,309,311],{"id":310},"what-a-connected-tool-can-do","What a connected tool can do",[90,313,314],{},"Four things, and nothing else:",[284,316,317,323,329,335],{},[115,318,319,322],{},[107,320,321],{},"Search"," your history and lists — text, links, file names, and text recognized inside screenshots.",[115,324,325,328],{},[107,326,327],{},"Read"," one clip in full, with a thumbnail for pictures.",[115,330,331,334],{},[107,332,333],{},"List"," your history and the lists you made.",[115,336,337,340,341,344],{},[107,338,339],{},"Copy"," a clip back to the system clipboard, exactly as you copied it. You paste it yourself with ",[94,342,343],{},"⌘ V","; a tool never pastes into another app.",[90,346,347],{},"A connected tool can never delete a clip, and items Pastea conceals (from password managers) are never available to it. MCP access needs Pastea Pro: without it every tool gets a clear \"Pastea Pro is required\" answer and nothing else.",[99,349,351],{"id":350},"revoking-access","Revoking access",[90,353,354,355,357,358,124,360,363,364,366],{},"Every connected tool has its own access token. Open ",[94,356,96],{},", find it under ",[107,359,147],{},[107,361,362],{},"Revoke",". Its next request fails immediately. For Claude Desktop, Pastea then asks you again only if you ask Claude to reconnect. Turning off ",[107,365,123],{}," stops the server for every tool at once.",[99,368,370],{"id":369},"privacy","Privacy",[90,372,373,374,377,378,381,382,97],{},"The MCP server listens only on ",[94,375,376],{},"127.0.0.1"," — your own Mac — and never on the network. Pastea sends nothing to us about what connected tools read. What a tool does with a clip it reads is governed by that tool's own privacy policy (for Claude, Anthropic's). The Claude Desktop extension stores the token Pastea issued in ",[94,379,380],{},"~\u002FLibrary\u002FApplication Support\u002FPastea\u002FMCP Bridge\u002F",", readable by your user account only; revoking the connection invalidates it. Full detail is in the ",[157,383,384],{"href":50},"Privacy Policy",[99,386,388],{"id":387},"troubleshooting","Troubleshooting",[284,390,391,405,413,421,430,436],{},[115,392,393,396,397,176,399,401,402,97],{},[107,394,395],{},"\"Pastea isn't running, or its MCP endpoint is turned off.\""," Open Pastea and turn on ",[107,398,123],{},[94,400,96],{},". Then ask Claude to call ",[94,403,404],{},"pastea_status",[115,406,407,410,411,97],{},[107,408,409],{},"\"Pastea Pro is required.\""," MCP access is a Pro feature. Subscribe in Pastea's Settings, then ask Claude to call ",[94,412,404],{},[115,414,415,418,419,97],{},[107,416,417],{},"\"Pastea is asking the user to allow this connection.\""," Look for the Pastea window — it may be behind Claude — and click ",[107,420,140],{},[115,422,423,426,427,429],{},[107,424,425],{},"Claude's clipboard tools vanished."," The connection was revoked in Pastea, or Pastea was reset. Ask Claude to call ",[94,428,404],{}," to pair again.",[115,431,432,435],{},[107,433,434],{},"\"Not connected\" in Cursor, VS Code or Claude Code."," The token in that tool's config was revoked. Click the tool in Pastea's Settings again to mint a new one.",[115,437,438,176,441,444],{},[107,439,440],{},"Changed the port",[94,442,443],{},"Settings → MCP & AI Tools → Advanced…","? Tools set up with a snippet keep the old URL; connect them again. The Claude Desktop extension reads the port from Pastea on every launch — restart Claude Desktop.",[90,446,447,448,451],{},"Something not covered? 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