Get current clipboard content.
AI agents call cond_clipboard_get to retrieve information from TermPipe MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves clipboard content, producing no side effects. It does not execute commands, modify data, or destroy information. While the server overall provides execute capabilities, this specific tool is a simple data retrieval operation classified as Read with low severity due to minimal blast radius (clipboard content is typically user-visible and non-sensitive in most contexts).
From the tool's definition Tool name 'cond_clipboard_get' and description 'Get current clipboard content' indicate a read-only operation that retrieves data without modification or execution.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get current clipboard content. It is categorised as a Read tool in the TermPipe MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the TermPipe MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cond_clipboard_get: 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 TermPipe MCP. Nothing to install.
cond_clipboard_get 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 cond_clipboard_get 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 cond_clipboard_get. 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.
cond_clipboard_get is provided by the TermPipe MCP server (wbind-core/termpipe-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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