Tasker / Automation Integration — Make Clipboard Part of Your Workflow

CrossPaste provides an open Intent API that is compatible with popular Android automation tools including Tasker, Automate, and MacroDroid. Build powerful clipboard-driven workflows with ease.

Receivable Intents

GET_LATEST

Get the latest clipboard entry.

• Action: com.crosspaste.action.GET_LATEST

SEARCH_CLIPBOARD

Search your clipboard history with filters.

• Action: com.crosspaste.action.SEARCH_CLIPBOARD
• Parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
EXTRA_SEARCH_QUERY	Yes	Search keyword
EXTRA_LIMIT	No	Maximum number of results
EXTRA_PASTE_TYPE	No	Filter by type: text, url, image, file, html, rtf, color

COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD

Copy text content to the clipboard via CrossPaste.

• Action: com.crosspaste.action.COPY_TO_CLIPBOARD
• Parameters:

Parameter	Required	Description
EXTRA_TEXT	Yes	The text to copy

Broadcast

CLIPBOARD_CHANGED

CrossPaste broadcasts this event whenever the clipboard content changes.

• Action: com.crosspaste.event.CLIPBOARD_CHANGED
• Fields:

Field	Description
EXTRA_RESULT_CONTENT	The clipboard content
EXTRA_RESULT_TYPE	The content type
EXTRA_RESULT_TIMESTAMP	Timestamp of the change

Example: Auto-Save Clipboard to Notes File

Using Tasker, you can automatically save every clipboard entry to a text file:

1. Create a new Profile with the trigger Event > Intent Received.
2. Set the action to com.crosspaste.event.CLIPBOARD_CHANGED.
3. Add a Task with the action File > Write File.
4. Write %EXTRA_RESULT_CONTENT to your desired notes file path.

Every time you copy something, it will be automatically appended to your notes file.

More Automation Ideas

• Auto-translate: Detect language of copied text and trigger a translation app.
• Link archiving: Automatically save copied URLs to a bookmark manager or read-later service.
• Work log: Append timestamped clipboard entries to a daily log file.
• Smart categorization: Route clipboard content to different files or apps based on content type.