# Cuttly MCP by usefulapi (remote · cuttly.usefulapi.io)

Shorten links with Cuttly, read click stats, and edit, expire, redirect or delete short links.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-17

## Components

- remote · `cuttly.usefulapi.io`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-cuttly/cuttly.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-cuttly/cuttly)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-17.

- **Endpoint Security**: 78/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 77/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1387 tokens (~231/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Cuttly MCP by usefulapi server?

Cuttly MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-cuttly 'https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-cuttly": {
      "url": "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-cuttly": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-cuttly]
url = "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-cuttly": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-cuttly --url 'https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-cuttly:
    url: "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-cuttly": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-cuttly -t streamable-http -u 'https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-cuttly": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-17 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-15 (score 63, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 62, +2)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “getting_started”
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0

### 2026-10-13 (score 60, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 59)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `cuttly_shorten_link` (~207 tokens)

Shorten link

WRITE: create a Cuttly short link for a long URL, optionally with a custom alias (the part after the slash). Returns the short link, the full link and the page title. It counts against the monthly link limit of the plan. Cuttly rate limit: Free 3 calls per 60 seconds, Starter 6, Single 60. The call is sent once and never retried. GET https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?short=...

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string): Custom alias (back-half), e.g. 'spring-sale'. Fails if it is taken.
- `public_stats` (boolean): Make the click statistics of this link readable through the API without the owner's key (Single plan and up).
- `url` (string, required): The long URL to shorten (full http or https URL).
- `use_branded_domain` (boolean): Use the active branded domain of the account instead of cutt.ly (any paid plan).

### `cuttly_get_link_stats` (~168 tokens)

Get link stats

Click statistics of one short link: total clicks, clicks by source (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, other, bots), top referrers, countries, device types, operating systems, browsers, device brands and languages. The date range filter needs the Team plan or higher. Counts as one API call (Free plan 3 per 60 seconds). GET https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?stats=...

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Start of the range (Team plan and up).
- `date_to` (string): End of the range (Team plan and up). May be used alone.
- `link` (string, required): The Cuttly short link, e.g. https://cutt.ly/abc123 (or a link on your branded domain).

### `cuttly_update_link` (~259 tokens)

Update link

WRITE: change a short link: its alias, destination URL, title, tag or unique-click window. Send only what you want to change. Changing the alias makes the old short link stop working; changing the destination redirects every visitor to the new URL at once. Link editing needs the Single plan or higher. Cuttly sends no previous values back, so ask the user before you change a live link. The call is sent once and never retried. GET https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?edit=...

Input parameters:

- `destination_url` (string): New destination URL the short link redirects to.
- `link` (string, required): The Cuttly short link, e.g. https://cutt.ly/abc123 (or a link on your branded domain).
- `new_alias` (string): New alias. The old short link stops working. Fails if the alias is taken.
- `tag` (string): A tag to add to the link.
- `title` (string): New link title.
- `unique_clicks_minutes` (integer): Unique-click counting: 0 = off, 1 = 15-minute window (Single plan), 15-1440 = custom window in minutes (Team plan and up).

### `cuttly_set_link_expiration` (~219 tokens)

Set link expiration

WRITE: set or remove the expiration of a short link. The link expires after a number of clicks or on a date, and can then redirect to another URL. mode 'none' removes an existing expiration. Needs the Single plan or higher. The call is sent once and never retried. GET https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?edit=...&expire=...

Input parameters:

- `clicks` (integer): Click threshold (mode 'clicks').
- `count_unique_clicks` (boolean): Count only unique clicks toward a click threshold.
- `date` (string): Expiration date (mode 'date').
- `link` (string, required): The Cuttly short link, e.g. https://cutt.ly/abc123 (or a link on your branded domain).
- `mode` (string, required): 'clicks' = expire after `clicks` clicks, 'date' = expire on `date`, 'none' = remove the expiration.
- `redirect_url` (string): Where visitors go after the link expired.

### `cuttly_set_device_redirect` (~190 tokens)

Set device redirect

WRITE: send visitors on one device type to another destination (an app store page or a deep link): Android, iOS or Windows Mobile. platform 'redirect' sets the destination for all other devices. Set `remove: true` instead of a destination to delete the rule. Needs the Single plan or higher. The call is sent once and never retried. GET https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?edit=...&mobile=...

Input parameters:

- `destination` (string): URL or deep link for that device type.
- `link` (string, required): The Cuttly short link, e.g. https://cutt.ly/abc123 (or a link on your branded domain).
- `platform` (string, required): Device type. 'redirect' = every other device.
- `remove` (boolean): true = remove the rule of this device type (then do not pass a destination).

### `cuttly_delete_link` (~127 tokens)

Delete link

WRITE, IRREVERSIBLE: permanently delete a short link and its statistics. Anyone who opens the short link afterwards gets an error, and Cuttly cannot restore it. Ask the user to confirm the exact link before you call this. Needs the Single plan or higher. The call is sent once and never retried. GET https://cutt.ly/api/api.php?edit=...&delete=1

Input parameters:

- `link` (string, required): The Cuttly short link, e.g. https://cutt.ly/abc123 (or a link on your branded domain).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-cuttly/cuttly#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-17: 64
- 2026-10-16: 63
- 2026-10-15: 63
- 2026-10-14: 62
- 2026-10-13: 60
- 2026-10-12: 59

## Common questions

### What is the Cuttly MCP by usefulapi server?

Cuttly MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/cuttly. Shorten links with Cuttly, read click stats, and edit, expire, redirect or delete short links. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the Cuttly MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

Cuttly MCP by usefulapi scores 64 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Cuttly MCP by usefulapi server expose?

Cuttly MCP by usefulapi exposes 6 tools: cuttly_shorten_link, cuttly_get_link_stats, cuttly_update_link, cuttly_set_link_expiration, cuttly_set_device_redirect, cuttly_delete_link. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,170 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Cuttly MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. Cuttly MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the Cuttly MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

Cuttly MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 17 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/cuttly/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-cuttly/cuttly.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-cuttly/cuttly.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-cuttly/cuttly