Shortcut.com MCP Server

An implementation of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing and searching tickets on Shortcut.com.

Overview

This project implements an MCP server that allows Claude and other MCP-compatible AI assistants to interact with Shortcut.com's ticket management system. With this integration, AI assistants can:

• List and search for stories (tickets) in Shortcut
• Get detailed information about specific stories
• Create new stories
• Update existing stories
• Add comments to stories
• Retrieve workflow states and projects

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• Shortcut.com API token

Installation

1. Clone this repository:
   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/mcp-server-shortcut.git cd mcp-server-shortcut
2. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
   # Using uv (recommended) curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh # For Mac/Linux uv venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Mac/Linux or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows uv pip install -r requirements.txt # Using pip python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # On Mac/Linux or venv\Scripts\activate on Windows pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Create a .env file in the project root directory with your Shortcut API token:
   SHORTCUT_API_TOKEN=your_token_here SERVER_PORT=5000 SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0 DEBUG_MODE=True

Running the Server

Start the MCP server using:

Configuring Claude Desktop

To use this MCP server with Claude Desktop:

1. Edit the Claude Desktop configuration file:
   • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
   • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add the MCP server configuration:
   { "mcpServers": { "shortcut": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "src.server"], "env": { "SHORTCUT_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here" } } } }
3. Restart Claude Desktop.

Available MCP Capabilities

Resources

• shortcut://stories - Access a list of stories
• shortcut://story/{story_id} - Access a specific story

Tools

• list_stories - List stories with optional filtering
• search_stories - Search for stories using text queries
• get_story_details - Get detailed information about a specific story
• create_story - Create a new story
• update_story - Update an existing story
• add_comment - Add a comment to a story
• list_workflow_states - List all workflow states
• list_projects - List all projects

Prompts

• create_bug_report - Generate a template for bug reports
• create_feature_request - Generate a template for feature requests

Project Structure

• src/ - Source code directory
  • server.py - Main MCP server implementation
  • config.py - Configuration management
  • shortcut_client.py - Client for the Shortcut API
  • utils.py - Utility functions and data models
• requirements.txt - Project dependencies
• .env - Environment variables (not tracked in git)

Development

Adding New Capabilities

To add a new capability to the MCP server:

1. Add any new API methods to shortcut_client.py
2. Define Pydantic models in utils.py if needed
3. Implement the MCP functionality using decorators in server.py:
   • Use @mcp.resource() for read-only resources
   • Use @mcp.tool() for actions that can modify data
   • Use @mcp.prompt() for generating templates or structured text

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License