iflow-mcp-cleanuri-url-shorterner

URL Shortener MCP Tool

This project provides a simple URL shortening tool using the CleanURI API and is designed to run as a FastMCP server tool.

✨ Features

• Shortens any given URL using the CleanURI API.
• Exposes the functionality as a tool via FastMCP.
• Includes proper error handling and response validation.
• Designed to run via stdio transport for integration with agent or tool-based systems.

🚀 Usage

1. Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• httpx
• fastmcp

2. Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install URL Shortener Tool for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Talismanic/cleanuri-url-shortener-mcp --client claude

Manual Installation

uv add httpx 'mcp[cli]'

Docker Installation:

docker build -t url-shortener .

3. Running

uv run main.py

For docker based use, we dont need to do anything here.

4. Adding in Claude Desktop

With the uv

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "url-shortener": {
      "command": "/Users/{userName}/.local/bin/uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "{path_to_repo}/cleanuri-url-shortener-mcp",
        "run",
        "main.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

With Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "url-shortener": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--init",
        "-e",
        "DOCKER_CONTAINER=true",
        "url-shortener"
      ]
    }
  }
}