Read from or write to the browser clipboard. Use when the user wants to read content that an app copied to clipboard (share links, API keys, generated tokens), or pre-populate clipboard with text for paste operations. Parameters: - action:
AI agents call pilot_clipboard to retrieve information from Pilot without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool supports both reading and writing clipboard content. Since it can write/pre-populate the clipboard, the most severe applicable category would normally be Write, but the description also emphasizes reading ('read content that an app copied to clipboard'). However, writing to the clipboard is a reversible side-effect (Write category).
From the tool's definition Read from or write to the browser clipboard
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access pilot_clipboard gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Pilot, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for pilot_clipboard:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"pilot_clipboard": {}
}
}pilot_clipboard is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Read from or write to the browser clipboard. Use when the user wants to read content that an app copied to clipboard (share links, API keys, generated tokens), or pre-populate clipboard with text for paste operations. Parameters: - action:. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pilot MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pilot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for pilot_clipboard: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Pilot. Nothing to install.
pilot_clipboard is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the pilot_clipboard rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for pilot_clipboard. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
pilot_clipboard is provided by the Pilot MCP server (tacosyhorchata/pilot). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 61 Pilot tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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