URL Shortener MCP

URL Shortener MCP Tool

This project provides a simple URL shortening tool using the CleanURI API and is designed to run as a FastMCP server tool.

✨ Features

Shortens any given URL using the CleanURI API.
Exposes the functionality as a tool via FastMCP.
Includes proper error handling and response validation.
Designed to run via stdio transport for integration with agent or tool-based systems.

🚀 Usage

1. Requirements

Python 3.10+
httpx
fastmcp

2. Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install URL Shortener Tool for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Talismanic/cleanuri-url-shortener-mcp --client claude

Manual Installation

uv add httpx 'mcp[cli]'

Docker Installation:

docker build -t url-shortener .

3. Running

uv run main.py

For docker based use, we dont need to do anything here.

4. Adding in Claude Desktop

With the uv

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "url-shortener": {
      "command": "/Users/{userName}/.local/bin/uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "{path_to_repo}/cleanuri-url-shortener-mcp",
        "run",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

With Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "url-shortener": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--init",
        "-e",
        "DOCKER_CONTAINER=true",
        "url-shortener"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install Server

HTTP connection URL

security – no known vulnerabilities

license - permissive license

quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

Tools

shorten

Provides a simple tool to shorten URLs using the CleanURI API, designed to run as a FastMCP server that can be integrated with agent or tool-based systems.

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