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mcp-shlink

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Shlink link shortening service. This server exposes Shlink's URL shortening, management, and tagging capabilities as MCP tools for AI assistants.

Features

  • Create shortened URLs with custom slugs, tags, and expiration

  • List all shortened URLs with pagination info

  • Get details of specific URLs by short code

  • Delete shortened URLs

  • List and manage tags

  • Full type safety with Pydantic models

  • Built with the official MCP Python SDK

Related MCP server: DWZ Short URL MCP Server

Requirements

  • Python >= 3.10

  • A Shlink instance with API access

Installation

pip install mcp-shlink

Configuration

Set these environment variables before running the server:

Variable

Description

Required

SHLINK_BASE_URL

Your Shlink instance base URL (e.g., https://shlink.example.com)

Yes

SHLINK_API_KEY

Your Shlink API key

Yes

Generate an API key in Shlink:

shlink api-key:generate --name=my_api_key

Usage

Running as a standalone MCP server

SHLINK_BASE_URL=https://shlink.example.com SHLINK_API_KEY=your-key python -m mcp_shlink.server

Installing into Claude Desktop

uv run mcp install src/mcp_shlink/server.py --name "shlink"

Running with MCP Inspector

SHLINK_BASE_URL=https://shlink.example.com SHLINK_API_KEY=your-key uv run mcp dev src/mcp_shlink/server.py

Available Tools

Tool

Description

create_short_url

Create a new shortened URL

list_short_urls

List all shortened URLs

get_short_url

Get details of a URL by short code

delete_short_url

Delete a shortened URL

list_tags

List all tags

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/magnus919/mcp-shlink
cd mcp-shlink

# Install in development mode
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Lint and format
ruff check .
ruff format .

# Type check
mypy src/

# Full verification
ruff check . && ruff format . --check && mypy src/ && pytest

Project Structure

src/mcp_shlink/
├── server.py       # FastMCP server entry point
├── client.py       # Shlink API client
├── tools.py        # MCP tool definitions
└── models.py       # Pydantic models for API requests/responses

tests/
├── test_tools.py    # Unit tests for MCP tools
└── test_client.py   # Unit tests for Shlink client

License

Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.

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