Create and manage TinyURL short links: aliases, destinations, tags, archive, click analytics. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tinyurl": {
"url": "https://tinyurl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"tinyurl": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://tinyurl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The login page asks for your TinyURL API token.
Create a token in TinyURL under Settings → API (tinyurl.com/app/settings/api). Your token is used only to call the TinyURL API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your TinyURL API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
tinyurl_get_link | read | Get a short link Details of one short link: destination URL, tiny_url, tags, created/expires dates, archived/deleted flags, analytics settings, total hits and owner. GET /alias/{domain}/{alias}. |
tinyurl_list_links | read | List short links List the account's short links (type available = active, archived = archived), optionally created within a date range or filtered by alias or tag. The TinyURL API does not page this list: at most `limit` items (default 50, max 200) are returned together with the total, so narrow with from/to/search when truncated is true. GET /urls/{type}. |
tinyurl_count_links | read | Count short links How many short links the account has (active or archived), optionally within a creation date range or filtered by alias or tag. GET /urls/{type}/count. |
tinyurl_get_analytics | read | Get click analytics Aggregated click analytics for the account, or for one link (alias) or one tag, from a start date. report: timeline (clicks over time; interval minute/hour/day/week/month), general (browsers, operating systems, devices), weekday and hour (popularity), top_sources (referrers), top_languages, location (countries, or the regions of one country via region = ISO 3166 alpha-2 code). Which reports are available depends on the account's TinyURL plan. Visitor-level raw logs are not exposed. GET /analytics/*. |
tinyurl_create_link | write | Create a short link WRITE: create ONE new short link for an http(s) destination URL. Optional custom alias (5-30 characters on tinyurl.com), domain (tinyurl.com or a branded domain), tags, expiry and description. Not idempotent: calling it again without an alias creates another link. Returns the new tiny_url. POST /create. |
tinyurl_update_link | write | Update a short link's alias, tags or settings WRITE: change an existing short link's alias, tags, expiry, description or click-analytics switch. At least one new_* field is required. DESTRUCTIVE for what it replaces: new_tags REPLACES all existing tags, and renaming the alias (new_alias) makes the old short URL stop working. The destination URL is changed with tinyurl_change_destination. PATCH /update. |
tinyurl_change_destination | write | Change a short link's destination URL WRITE: point an existing short link at a new destination. DESTRUCTIVE: everyone who opens the short link is sent to the new URL from now on and the old destination is overwritten. The new URL must be http(s). PATCH /change. |
tinyurl_set_link_archived | write | Archive or unarchive a short link WRITE: archive an active short link (archived = true) or restore an archived one (archived = false). Archiving moves the link to the archived list; nothing is deleted and it can be restored. The API's archive endpoint is a toggle, so the link's current state is read first and nothing is changed when it already matches, and the state afterwards is checked. Do not run two archive calls for the same link at once. GET /alias/{domain}/{alias}, then PATCH /archive. |
tinyurl_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current free-tier usage this month: calls used, monthly limit, remaining, and whether the cap is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
tinyurl_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the TinyURL tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
tinyurl_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited) Subscribe to the Pro plan for UNLIMITED TinyURL tool calls (the free tier caps monthly usage). Choose monthly ($9/month) or yearly ($90/year — 2 months free) billing. Returns a Stripe Checkout link to open in your browser; after payment your account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
tinyurl_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's TinyURL Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; unlimited calls continue until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run tinyurl_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 tool calls / month |
| Proper user | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited |
Pro covers this TinyURL server only. Subscribe with tinyurl_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with tinyurl_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running tinyurl_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by TinyURL. The server calls the TinyURL API with your own TinyURL access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
The login page asks for your TinyURL API token. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your TinyURL API token. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the TinyURL API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in TinyURL.
Yes, if you approve it. 4 of the 8 TinyURL tools can create or change data. The other 4 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 100 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls, for this TinyURL server only. Run tinyurl_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run tinyurl_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run tinyurl_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with tinyurl_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.