koolink

MCP serverAI & models

Your AI can turn any long URL into a short, clean kool.ink link on request. It is free, works with unlimited links, and needs no signup. This is a community contribution from the KooLink project.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Add it, then paste a long URL into a message and ask your AI to shorten it. No signup is needed, so you can start shortening links right away.

Then ask your AI: use the shorten url tool from koolink

What your AI can do with it

  • Turn long URLs into clean kool.ink short links
  • Shorten as many links as you need
  • Create short links at no cost
  • Shorten links without creating an account
  • Get a shortened link whenever you ask in a conversation

From the project's README

As published by koolink/koolink-cli in README.md.

Shorten any URL to a clean kool.ink/xyz link from your terminal. Free, unlimited, no signup. AI-agent ready.

npx @koolink/koolink https://example.com/very/long/path
# → https://kool.ink/abc123

Install

# one-off (no install)
npx @koolink/koolink https://example.com

# or install globally
npm install -g @koolink/koolink
koolink https://example.com

Usage

# Shorten a URL (prints the short link, copies to clipboard on desktop)
koolink https://example.com/very/long/path

# Shorten from stdin (great for piping)
echo "https://example.com" | koolink

# Shorten a batch
cat urls.txt | xargs -I{} koolink {}
FlagDescription
--help / -hShow help
--version / -vShow version

Install as an MCP server

Point any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) at the hosted MCP server at https://mcp.kool.ink — no API key required for anonymous shortening.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "koolink": {
      "url": "https://mcp.kool.ink"
    }
  }
}

Tools

This server exposes the following MCP tools:

ToolDescriptionInput
shorten_urlShorten a long URL and return a compact kool.ink short link.{ "url": "<long-url>" }

Why KooLink

  • Free forever — no account, no credit card, no limits
  • Clean, memorable URLskool.ink/xyz, not bit.ly/4xdK9qZ
  • AI-agent ready — same service over MCP at https://mcp.kool.ink, or the REST API
  • Analytics — every link is click-tracked with bot traffic filtered out
  • Creator Earning Programme — as traffic grows, you earn

API

The CLI calls the public anonymous endpoint:

curl -X POST https://kool.ink/api/links \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

For AI agents, use the MCP server at https://mcp.kool.ink (no API key needed for anonymous shortening).

License

MIT

Tools it offers (3)

What this server listed when ahel dialed its public endpoint in Sep 2026, with no key and no account of yours. The names are the server’s own.

  • shorten_url
  • link_stats
  • list_links

Signals

Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Delivery
url-shortener MCP server → your ahel gateway (mcp.ahel.ai) → every connected AI client.
Catalog kind
mcp-server
Gateway key
ink-kool-url-shortener
Source
github.com/koolink/koolink-cli
Hosted endpoint
https://mcp.kool.ink