Claude + ShortURL MCP: AI Assistant for Automatic URL Shortening

ShortURL MCP is a simple yet practical tool that lets Claude automatically convert long URLs into short links. It might seem basic on its own, but combined with other MCP Servers, it becomes very powerful.

¶ Configuration

¶ Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shorturl": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://shorturl.mcp.acedata.cloud/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

¶ Claude Code

claude mcp add shorturl --transport http https://shorturl.mcp.acedata.cloud/mcp \
  -h "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"

¶ Use Cases

¶ Sharing Links

Help me shorten the link to this article: https://platform.acedata.cloud/documents/...

¶ Combined Workflows

Used with Serp search:

Search for best practices in Python asynchronous programming, then shorten the links of several good articles found

Used with Midjourney image generation:

Generate a poster image, then shorten the image link and send it to me

¶ Batch Processing

I have 10 links that need to be shortened (paste the list of links)

¶ Getting a Token

Visit AceDataCloud platform to register and obtain an API Token.