MCP server for picoli.site - URL shortening and click analytics for AI agents
If you already use Picoli, the picoli mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. MCP server for picoli.site - URL shortening and click analytics for AI agents.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Cursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this servershorten_url — The shorten_url tool exposed by this servershorten_urls — The shorten_urls tool exposed by this serverget_link_stats — Get click statistics for specific links (bot traffic excluded)list_links — The list_links tool exposed by this serverget_analytics — Get analytics overview: top 10 links, daily click trends, and totalsConfiguration is passed through the environment: PICOLI_API_KEY, PICOLI_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Picoli's toolset — Cursor, shorten_url, shorten_urls and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by amaterous; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| shorten_url | The shorten_url tool exposed by this server. |
| shorten_urls | The shorten_urls tool exposed by this server. |
| get_link_stats | Get click statistics for specific links (bot traffic excluded). |
| list_links | The list_links tool exposed by this server. |
| get_analytics | Get analytics overview: top 10 links, daily click trends, and totals. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"picoli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "picoli-mcp"],
"env": {
"PICOLI_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PICOLI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| PICOLI_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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