io.github.lonniev/tollbooth-shortlinks
Ephemeral, human-friendly short URLs for Tollbooth MCP services
Installation
Ajoutez ceci à la configuration MCP de votre client (Claude Desktop : claude_desktop_config.json ; Cursor : .cursor/mcp.json ; VS Code et les autres utilisent la même forme « mcpServers »).
claude mcp add --transport http tollbooth-shortlinks 'https://tollbooth-shortlinks.fastmcp.app/mcp'{
"mcpServers": {
"tollbooth-shortlinks": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://tollbooth-shortlinks.fastmcp.app/mcp"
}
}
}Documentation
Tirée du README du projet sur GitHub, actualisée chaque semaine. Les liens ouvrent GitHub.
Sommaire
Tollbooth Shortlinks
Don't Pester Your Customer™ (DPYC™) — Ephemeral, human-friendly short URLs for the Tollbooth ecosystem.
The metaphors in this project are drawn with admiration from The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer (1961). Milo, Tock, the Tollbooth, Dictionopolis, and Digitopolis are creations of Mr. Juster's extraordinary imagination. We just built the payment infrastructure.
Why This Exists
OAuth Authorization URLs are long, ugly, and hostile to copy-paste:
https://api.schwab.com/v1/oauth/authorize?client_id=abc123&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2F
fastmcp.cloud%2Foauth%2Fcallback%3Fserver_id%3D...&scope=...&response_type=code&state=...Traditional link shorteners have become opinionated. They inject interstitial pages, track clicks, require accounts, gate features behind paywalls, or silently expire links on their own schedule. When an MCP server needs to hand a patron a one-time URL for an OAuth dance, none of that belongs in the path.
Tollbooth Shortlinks is a community utility with no monetization. It turns
any URL into a memorable four-word phrase like brave-otter-finds-gold, stores
the mapping in Neon Postgres, and expires it after 24 hours. A companion
Val Town HTTP handler does the 302 redirect with zero interstitial.
How It Works
MCP Server / Patron Shortlinks MCP Neon Val Town
| | | |
|-- create_shortlink(url) ---->|-- INSERT ------>| |
|<-- short_url ----------------| | |
| | | |
|-- GET /brave-otter-finds-gold ----------------------------> |
| | |<-- lookup ---|
|<-- 302 redirect ----------------------------------------------|
| | | |
| (24h later) | expired rows are deleted |Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
create_shortlink | Store a URL, get back a memorable slug (or supply your own) |
resolve_shortlink | Look up where a slug points without redirecting |
delete_shortlink | Remove a shortlink before it expires |
shortlink_status | Health check showing active link count and TTL |
All tools are free -- no credits, no npub, no Tollbooth ledger required.
Install
pip install -e ".[dev]"Run Locally
export NEON_SHORTLINKS_URL="<your Neon connection string>"
# optional: the redirect host put in front of each slug (default https://tollbooth.val.run)
export SHORTLINK_REDIRECT_BASE="https://tollbooth.val.run"
python -c "from server import mcp; mcp.run()"The Val Town handler in val/redirect.js reads the same NEON_SHORTLINKS_URL.
Deploy to Horizon
The fastmcp.json at the repo root is ready for fastmcp deploy.
DPYC Identity
Tollbooth Shortlinks is registered as an Advocate in the DPYC Social Contract.
Peer MCP servers discover its URL by asking the Oracle, and create_shortlink
returns the full short_url, so a peer never needs the redirect host:
from tollbooth.oracle_client import default_oracle_client
svc = await default_oracle_client().resolve_service(name="tollbooth-shortlinks")
shortlinks_url = (svc or {}).get("url", "")Operators built on tollbooth-dpyc get this for free: tollbooth.shortlinks.create_shortlink(url)
does the lookup and the call, best-effort.
Related Repos
The Tollbooth DPYC™ ecosystem:
| Repo | Role |
|---|---|
| tollbooth-dpyc | The wheel -- operator-side credit ledger, BTCPay client, tool gating, constraint engine |
| tollbooth-authority | The institution -- fee collection, Schnorr signing, purchase certification |
| dpyc-oracle | The oracle -- Social Contract governance, membership, ban elections |
| dpyc-community | The registry -- governance data, operator catalog, community rules |
| tollbooth-sample | Reference operator -- weather API with full Tollbooth wiring |
| cypher-mcp | Monetized graph answers -- named Cypher over Neo4j/AuraDB |
| schwab-mcp | Charles Schwab brokerage MCP -- quotes, positions, orders and transaction history (read-only) |
| excalibur-mcp | eXcalibur -- formatted posting to X (Twitter) |
| thebrain-mcp | Personal Brain MCP -- thought graphs, knowledge management |
| taxsort-mcp | Tax sorting and classification MCP |
| optionality-mcp | Options analytics MCP |
| goodearth-mcp | Good Earth -- region-scoped farm climate analytics |
| beesknees-mcp | The Bee's Knees -- a monetized multiplayer race to the queen |
| roastify-mcp | Roastify coffee catalog and packaging artwork |
| ChartRemotely-mcp | ChartRemotely -- drives a desktop chart through a paired agent |
| tollbooth-web | Shared browser SDK for operator front ends |
| tollbooth-shortlinks (this repo) | Community utility -- ephemeral short URLs for OAuth flows |
| tollbooth-oauth2-collector | OAuth2 callback collector -- browser-based token exchange |
| tollbooth-pricing-studio | iOS app -- operator dashboard and pricing model editor |
License
Apache-2.0. See LICENSE for details.
Questions fréquentes
Qu'est-ce que io.github.lonniev/tollbooth-shortlinks ?
Ephemeral, human-friendly short URLs for Tollbooth MCP services
Comment installer io.github.lonniev/tollbooth-shortlinks ?
Il fonctionne comme serveur distant. Dans Claude Code : claude mcp add --transport http tollbooth-shortlinks 'https://tollbooth-shortlinks.fastmcp.app/mcp'. Pour les autres clients, collez la configuration JSON de cette page dans leurs réglages MCP.
Faut-il une clé API pour io.github.lonniev/tollbooth-shortlinks ?
Son entrée au registre n'indique aucune clé ni secret obligatoire. Certaines fonctions peuvent tout de même demander un compte auprès du service auquel il se connecte.
io.github.lonniev/tollbooth-shortlinks est-il open source ?
Oui. Son code est sur GitHub sous licence Apache-2.0.
Qui maintient io.github.lonniev/tollbooth-shortlinks ?
Il est publié par lonniev. AI.tn le référence sans le maintenir ni le recommander.
Issu du registre MCP officiel. Être listé n'est pas une recommandation : vérifiez le code et les permissions d'un serveur avant de lui donner accès à vos données.