# `io.usefulapi/cuttly` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/cuttly
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/cuttly
- Version: 1.3.4 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-22T11:18:35.241Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Cuttly MCP by usefulapi
Shorten links with Cuttly, read click stats, and edit, expire, redirect or delete short links.
```

Scanned 2026-10-22T11:20:01.811Z over streamable-http.

**6 tools: 4 can delete or cancel things and 2 change things.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 4 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 0 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_delete_link` `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_get_link_stats` `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_set_device_redirect` `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_set_link_expiration` `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_shorten_link` `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_update_link` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_shorten_link` |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `cuttly_get_link_stats` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "cuttly_get_link_stats" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"openWorldHint":true}; The name "cuttly_get_link_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
```


## Deletes or cancels (4)

Removes, cancels or revokes something. Claude Code: deny.

### `cuttly_delete_link`

- The name "cuttly_delete_link" says "delete": a word for removing or ending something.
- The description says "IRREVERSIBLE".
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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
```

### `cuttly_set_device_redirect`

- The name "cuttly_set_device_redirect" says "set": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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=...
```

### `cuttly_set_link_expiration`

- The name "cuttly_set_link_expiration" says "set": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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=...
```

### `cuttly_update_link`

- The name "cuttly_update_link" says "update": a word for a change.
- The server marks it destructive (destructiveHint: true).
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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=...
```

## Changes things (2)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `cuttly_get_link_stats`

- The name "cuttly_get_link_stats" says "get": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "click": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data. The description's first sentence says "click" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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=...
```

### `cuttly_shorten_link`

- The name "cuttly_shorten_link" says "link": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The server marks it openWorldHint: true: it reaches things outside the server's own data.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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=...
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `cuttly`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__cuttly__cuttly_shorten_link",
      "mcp__cuttly__cuttly_get_link_stats"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "mcp__cuttly__cuttly_update_link",
      "mcp__cuttly__cuttly_set_link_expiration",
      "mcp__cuttly__cuttly_set_device_redirect",
      "mcp__cuttly__cuttly_delete_link"
    ]
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_shorten_link`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_get_link_stats`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_update_link`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_set_link_expiration`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_set_device_redirect`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__cuttly__cuttly_delete_link`: untrusted-input

## Remote posture

What an anonymous client saw at the remote endpoint, last 2026-10-22T15:27:16.183Z, unchanged since 2026-10-22T15:27:16.183Z. No credentials were sent and no tool was called. Values are shown as the endpoint returned them. Method: https://anlyon.dev/methodology#remote-posture

| Fact | Observed |
| --- | --- |
| Reachable | `yes` |
| HTTP status of an anonymous initialize | `200` |
| tools/list served without credentials | `yes` |
| Tools that change things, listed without credentials | `6` |
| Protocol version | `2025-06-18` |
| WWW-Authenticate on 401 | `not observed` |
| resource_metadata in WWW-Authenticate | `none` |
| RFC 9728 protected resource metadata | `https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp` |
| Authorization servers | `https://cuttly.usefulapi.io` |
| Legacy HTTP+SSE transport | `no` |
| Dynamic client registration | `yes` |
| Client ID metadata documents | `no` |

- **high** Tools that change things, listed to anyone ([unauth-remote-writes](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#unauth-remote-writes))

```untrusted-server-text
The endpoint served tools/list without credentials, and the list has 6 tools that change things (4 destructive, 2 write). Whether a call also works without credentials was not tested: tools are never called.

https://cuttly.usefulapi.io/mcp: tools/list returned 6 tools to an anonymous client, including cuttly_update_link (destructive), cuttly_set_link_expiration (destructive), cuttly_set_device_redirect (destructive), cuttly_delete_link (destructive), cuttly_shorten_link (write) and 1 more
```