sharecut-mcp

MCP server for ShareCut — generate QR codes and create trackable short links from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.

QR code generation is free and needs no account.

Install

Remote server, nothing to install:

claude mcp add --transport http sharecut https://sharecut.site/mcp

Or run this package over stdio:

npx sharecut-mcp

<details> <summary>Config file (Claude Desktop, Cursor, …)</summary>

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sharecut": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "sharecut-mcp"],
      "env": { "SHARECUT_API_KEY": "sc_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

SHARECUT_API_KEY is optional — leave it out and create_qr still works.

</details>

Tools

create_qr — free, no API key

Renders any URL or text as a QR code. Returns SVG, and a PNG data URL if you ask for format: "png". Optional color as a hex value.

The code is static: the destination is encoded in the pattern itself, so once it is printed it points there forever.

shorten_url — requires an API key

Creates a ShareCut short link and a QR code that points at it. Because the QR encodes the short link rather than the destination, you can change where it goes after it has been printed, and every scan is counted — country, device, referrer.

That difference is the whole point. A poster, a menu, a business card or a product label outlives the URL printed on it; a static QR does not survive a site migration or a campaign change, and this one does.

Takes url and an optional customCode. Destinations are screened against Google Safe Browsing before a link is created.

API key

Only shorten_url needs one. Create it at sharecut.site/p/profile — API access is part of the Business plan — then pass it as SHARECUT_API_KEY.

There is no programmatic sign-up: a person creates the key. See auth.md for the full authentication contract.

How it works

This package is a thin stdio bridge to https://sharecut.site/mcp. It moves newline-delimited JSON-RPC to that endpoint and back, which means zero dependencies (fast npx start) and no upgrades to chase: the tools live on the server, so changes reach you without touching your config.

Point SHARECUT_MCP_URL elsewhere to target a different deployment.

Links

• Documentation — https://sharecut.site/p/api/
• OpenAPI — https://sharecut.site/openapi.json
• Server card — https://sharecut.site/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json

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