Get recent clipboard items with optional filters
AI agents call get_recent_items to retrieve information from Maccy Clipboard MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves clipboard history data without making any changes to it. It performs a query operation with optional filtering parameters, which is characteristic of Read category tools. The blast radius is minimal—an AI agent cannot cause harm by reading clipboard history.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_recent_items' and description 'Get recent clipboard items with optional filters' indicate data retrieval without modification. The server description confirms this is about 'search, retrieval, and management' where retrieval is a read operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_recent_items gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Maccy Clipboard MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_recent_items:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_recent_items": {}
}
}get_recent_items is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get recent clipboard items with optional filters. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Maccy Clipboard MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Maccy Clipboard MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_items: 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 Maccy Clipboard MCP. Nothing to install.
get_recent_items 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 get_recent_items 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 get_recent_items. 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.
get_recent_items is provided by the Maccy Clipboard MCP server (vlad-ds/maccy-clipboard-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Maccy Clipboard MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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