Paste MCP & AI Tools - Infinite clipboard for Claude, Codex and other AI tools

Been using Paste for a long time, great idea!

The MCP integration is a smart move — clipboard history becomes searchable long-term memory for Claude/Codex instead of losing everything when the session ends. One thing I wonder about is how you handle sensitive tokens or passwords that accidentally get copied. Is there a way to exclude certain apps or patterns from being saved?

This is exactly the friction point that matters. Most people don't realize how much context they're throwing away each time they clear their clipboard or switch apps. Being able to search and surface that history when you need it for AI prompts could genuinely change how people work across tools.

Paste is in my top 10 must have mac apps

"Windsurf was asked about in the comments but I'm curious about the Claude desktop app and other native AI tools — does Paste expose its history as MCP-accessible context so an AI agent can actually reference past clips mid-conversation, or is it just a manual paste-from-history experience?"

I've legitimately been using Paste since at least 2018, maybe 2017 through Setapp. It's an insane game changer for obvious reasons. Easy access to recent or frequently copied text. I use this all day for evaluation prompts that require standard text in the same places. I also love the Pin boards that they have that allow me to just store blocks of text in there. I have them set up with specific projects. Depending on how long you save your clipboard history for, being able to easily recall old copies is super helpful and has saved me many times. Aesthetically as well, the UI has only gotten slicker. Super psyched to fire up the MCP connection to Claude and CoWork. This is not a paid post, I'm just an advocate supporting a rad tool!