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PowerToys Advanced Paste

Microsoft's free Windows utility transforms clipboard text with AI, on the OpenAI, Azure, Gemini, Mistral or Ollama key you configure.

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Category:
Productivity Tools
Pricing:
Open Source
Open source:
Yes (MIT)
Self-hostable:
No
Local-first:
Yes
Platforms:
Desktop
AI providers (bring your own key):
OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, Ollama
API key storage:
Stored locally on device
Key risk level:
LOW
Trust score:
82/100

Advanced Paste is a module in Microsoft's open-source PowerToys suite for Windows that reformats clipboard content into Markdown, JSON or a custom prompt result using an AI provider you configure yourself. In settings you add a model provider and, per Microsoft's documentation, usually supply the API key, endpoint URL and any extra options for OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Mistral or Google, or point at a local Foundry Local or Ollama model requiring no key at all. PowerToys is MIT licensed and free; you pay only your chosen provider. 137,669 stars on the monorepo, continuous development.

Why this trust score (82/100)

Trust measures how the tool treats your API key and how much of that has been verified. It contains no popularity signal.

  • Key Safety 23/25 — The key is held on your own device.
  • Request Routing 17/20 — Requests go straight from you to the AI provider.
  • Transparency 20/20 — Source is public under MIT, so anyone can check how the key is handled.
  • Privacy 11/15 — Local-first: it works without sending your data anywhere.
  • Maintenance 10/10 — Actively developed — commits within the last three months.
  • Verification Confidence 1/10 — Compiled from public documentation by an AI-assisted pass, not independently confirmed.

What was checked

Verification tier: RESEARCH_ASSISTED — derived from the evidence below, not set by hand.

  • [CONFIRMED · SOURCE_SCAN] Most recent commit 2026-08-11 — about 0 month(s) ago. source

How your API key is handled

Your API key is stored locally on your device. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider.

Setup

Open settings, paste your provider API key, choose a model, and start — the key stays on your device.