Get clipboard text
AI agents call get_clipboard_text to retrieve information from AutoBot 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 content from an Android device, which is a read-only operation that queries existing data without modifying, deleting, or executing commands. While clipboard data could theoretically contain sensitive information, the tool itself performs only retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_clipboard_text' and description states 'Get clipboard text', indicating retrieval of data with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get clipboard text. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AutoBot MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AutoBot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_clipboard_text: 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 AutoBot MCP. Nothing to install.
get_clipboard_text 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_clipboard_text 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_clipboard_text. 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_clipboard_text is provided by the AutoBot MCP server (yz0903/autobot-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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