# TinyURL MCP by usefulapi (remote · tinyurl.usefulapi.io)

Create and manage TinyURL short links: aliases, destinations, tags, archive, click analytics.

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

## Components

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

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://tinyurl.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**: 79/100
  - 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 1595 tokens (~199/item across 8 items; 8 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.
  - We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 9 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 TinyURL MCP by usefulapi server?

TinyURL MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://tinyurl.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-tinyurl 'https://tinyurl.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

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

### Codex

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

### opencode

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

### OpenClaw

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

### Hermes

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

### Netclaw

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

### Vellum

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

### Other

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

### 2026-10-16 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 63, +3)

- [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, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-12 (score 60)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (8)

### `tinyurl_get_link` (~100 tokens)

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}.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string, required): The alias, the part after the domain: https://tinyurl.com/<alias>.
- `domain` (string): The short link's domain: tinyurl.com (default) or one of the account's branded domains.

### `tinyurl_list_links` (~176 tokens)

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}.

Input parameters:

- `from` (string): Only links created after this ISO 8601 date or date-time.
- `limit` (integer): Maximum links to return (default 50).
- `search` (string): Filter: alias:<text> or tag:<text>.
- `to` (string): Only links created before this ISO 8601 date or date-time.
- `type` (string): available = active links, archived = archived links.

### `tinyurl_count_links` (~116 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `from` (string): Only links created after this ISO 8601 date or date-time.
- `search` (string): Filter: alias:<text> or tag:<text>.
- `to` (string): Only links created before this ISO 8601 date or date-time.
- `type` (string): available = active links, archived = archived links.

### `tinyurl_get_analytics` (~253 tokens)

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/*.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string): Only this short link, written domain/alias, e.g. tinyurl.com/myalias.
- `from` (string, required): Start of the report, ISO 8601 date or date-time (required).
- `interval` (string): Bucket size, timeline report only.
- `region` (string): location report only: world (default, lists countries) or a country code such as US (lists its regions).
- `report` (string, required): Which analytics report.
- `tag` (string): Only links with this tag.
- `to` (string): End of the report (default: now).

### `tinyurl_create_link` (~215 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string): Custom alias (5-30 characters on tinyurl.com, 1+ on a branded domain). A random one is generated when omitted.
- `description`: Internal description of the link (3-1000 characters).
- `domain` (string): Domain for the new link: tinyurl.com (default) or one of the account's branded domains.
- `expires_at`: ISO 8601 expiry; omit or null for a link that never expires.
- `tags` (array): Tags to group the link (each up to 45 characters).
- `url` (string, required): The long destination URL (absolute, http:// or https://).

### `tinyurl_update_link` (~228 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string, required): The link's current alias.
- `domain` (string): The short link's domain: tinyurl.com (default) or one of the account's branded domains.
- `new_alias` (string): New alias (5-30 characters on tinyurl.com). The old short URL stops working.
- `new_description`: New description (null clears it).
- `new_expires_at`: New ISO 8601 expiry; null = never expires.
- `new_stats` (boolean): true/false = turn click-analytics collection on/off.
- `new_tags` (array): The complete new tag list; replaces the existing tags (an empty list removes them).

### `tinyurl_change_destination` (~117 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string, required): The link's alias.
- `domain` (string): The short link's domain: tinyurl.com (default) or one of the account's branded domains.
- `url` (string, required): The new destination URL (absolute, http:// or https://).

### `tinyurl_set_link_archived` (~183 tokens)

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.

Input parameters:

- `alias` (string, required): The alias, the part after the domain: https://tinyurl.com/<alias>.
- `archived` (boolean, required): true = archive the link, false = unarchive it.
- `domain` (string): The short link's domain: tinyurl.com (default) or one of the account's branded domains.

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

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

## Common questions

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

TinyURL MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/tinyurl. Create and manage TinyURL short links: aliases, destinations, tags, archive, click analytics. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://tinyurl.usefulapi.io/mcp).

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

TinyURL 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 TinyURL MCP by usefulapi server expose?

TinyURL MCP by usefulapi exposes 8 tools: tinyurl_get_link, tinyurl_list_links, tinyurl_count_links, tinyurl_get_analytics, tinyurl_create_link, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,388 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

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

Yes. TinyURL 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 TinyURL MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

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