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Which MCP servers are shortText's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-19

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namecom.shorttext/shorttextverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under shorttext.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-19
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-19
  • Tools2
  • Server calls itselfshorttext
  • Server version1.0.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-19 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 119 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.

Once connected

  • For "create text links through the API", the likely first call is create_shorttext.
  • create_shorttext change data without a sign-in: anyone with the address can call them.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 16, the first on 2026-10-19
  • INITE MCP score76 of 100answers 100 · definitions 83 · context 100 · connects 100 · lowered by the warning signs below
  • Answered100% of days16 of 16 daily checks
  • Median first answer169 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 355 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (2), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsB · 83 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 2 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Not saying whether it only reads or can destroy: 2 of 2

What an agent can do with it

  • not sure · turn pasted text into a shareable link
  • can do · create text links through the API
  • not sure · make text links from a Mac or iOS shortcut

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

  • Tools that change data, on a server that answers without a sign-in: create_shorttext

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers2 tools · read 2026-10-19
  • read_shorttext

    Fetch a shortText by its slug (the id in a shorttext.com/{slug} URL). Returns the text body and metadata. Public and unlisted shortTexts are open; private ones need a password. Reading a burn-after-read shortText consumes it.

  • create_shorttext

    Create a new shortText and get a shareable shorttext.com URL back. Markdown is supported. Requires an API key in the request Authorization header (`Bearer st_live_…`, request one from [email protected]) — without it, creation is rejected…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shorttext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://shorttext.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http shorttext https://shorttext.com/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://shorttext.com/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

OpenAPI spec

3 paths, read 2026-10-19. Open the spec ↗

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.