Onboard your agent to Shorty
Paste the copied prompt into any AI coding agent and it installs Shorty itself, or follow the manual steps for your agent below.
Fastest: Add to Claude. One click opens Shorty in Claude's connector directory — click Connect, approve access, done. Works on claude.ai and syncs to Claude Desktop and mobile.
Add to ClaudeUsing ChatGPT? Open Shorty's ChatGPT app, click Connect and approve access.
Open in ChatGPTThe pill copies: Fetch and execute the appropriate instructions to set me up for Shorty from https://aishorty.com/agent-setup/prompt.md
Claude Code
Full guide →Anthropic's CLI coding agent — connects over MCP with one command.
claude mcp add --transport http shorty https://aishorty.com/api/mcpCodex
Full guide →OpenAI's CLI coding agent — connects over MCP with one command.
codex mcp add shorty --url https://aishorty.com/api/mcpCursor
Full guide →Add Shorty to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project or globally.
{
"mcpServers": {
"shorty": {
"url": "https://aishorty.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}Windsurf
Full guide →Add Shorty to `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`.
{
"mcpServers": {
"shorty": {
"serverUrl": "https://aishorty.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}VS Code
Full guide →Add Shorty to `.vscode/mcp.json` (MCP support, VS Code 1.102+).
{
"servers": {
"shorty": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://aishorty.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}GitHub Copilot
Full guide →Add Shorty to the same `.vscode/mcp.json` MCP config Copilot Chat reads.
{
"servers": {
"shorty": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://aishorty.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}OpenCode
Full guide →Add Shorty to `opencode.json` as a remote MCP server.
{
"mcp": {
"shorty": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://aishorty.com/api/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
}Verify
Call the MCP tool `get_usage_quota` (or `curl -s https://aishorty.com/v1/usage -H "Authorization: Bearer $SHORTY_API_KEY"` for the REST API)
Success: A JSON body naming a plan (Free, Premium, or Pro) and usage limits — not a 401 or a tool-not-found error.