Shortimize
Track TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts accounts and videos: views, growth and analytics.
What can you do with Shortimize?
- "Start tracking these 20 TikTok creators and tell me who grew fastest this week."
- "Which of our tracked videos passed 1M views in the last 7 days?"
- "Show the view history of this Reel and compare it to the account's average."
- "Put every video about our launch into a collection called 'Launch week'."
- "How many accounts and videos is our organisation tracking?"
Install
Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).
claude mcp add --transport http shortimize 'https://api.shortimize.com/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Bearer <API key>; create one in Shortimize under Settings → API & Automation>'
{
"mcpServers": {
"shortimize": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.shortimize.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<Bearer <API key>; create one in Shortimize under Settings → API & Automation>"
}
}
}
}
Documentation
From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.
Contents
Shortimize MCP server
Shortimize lets your AI assistant track and analyze short-form video: TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts accounts and videos, their views, growth and history, organized into collections.
Website · Pricing · API docs · Official MCP Registry
| Endpoint | https://api.shortimize.com/mcp |
| Transport | Streamable HTTP (remote, hosted, nothing to install) |
| Auth | Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Create one in Shortimize under Settings → API & Automation |
| Registry name | com.shortimize/mcp |
What you can ask
- "Start tracking these 20 TikTok creators and tell me who grew fastest this week."
- "Which of our tracked videos passed 1M views in the last 7 days?"
- "Show the view history of this Reel and compare it to the account's average."
- "Put every video about our launch into a collection called 'Launch week'."
- "How many accounts and videos is our organisation tracking?"
Tools
| Area | Tools |
|---|---|
| Accounts | get_all_accounts, get_account, get_account_history, get_videos_linked_to_account, track_account, bulk_track_accounts, stop_tracking_account, bulk_stop_tracking_accounts, refresh_account_data, total_accounts |
| Videos | get_all_videos, get_video, get_video_history, track_video, bulk_track_videos, stop_tracking_video, bulk_stop_tracking_videos, refresh_video_data, total_videos |
| Collections | get_all_collections, get_collection, create_collection, update_collection, delete_collection, get_collection_videos, add_videos_to_collection, remove_videos_from_collection, get_collection_accounts, add_accounts_to_collection, remove_accounts_from_collection |
| Organisation | get_organisation_history, authenticate |
Bulk tools handle up to 500 accounts or videos per call. Full API reference: docs.shortimize.com.
Connect
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http shortimize https://api.shortimize.com/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $SHORTIMIZE_API_KEY"
Any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code…): use .mcp.json and set SHORTIMIZE_API_KEY.
{
"mcpServers": {
"shortimize": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.shortimize.com/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer ${SHORTIMIZE_API_KEY}" }
}
}
}
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About this repo
| What it is | Config only: the MCP Registry entry (server.json) and a client config (.mcp.json). The server itself runs at the endpoint above. |
| How it deploys | Bump version in server.json and merge to main. The publish workflow republishes to the MCP Registry after a maintainer approves the run. |
| Ownership proof | DNS TXT record on shortimize.com. The signing key is a GitHub environment secret. |
| Health check | curl -s "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=shortimize" |
The files in this repo are MIT licensed. Use of the hosted service follows the terms at shortimize.com.
Frequently asked questions
What is Shortimize?
Track TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts accounts and videos: views, growth and analytics.
How do I install Shortimize?
It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http shortimize 'https://api.shortimize.com/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Bearer <API key>; create one in Shortimize under Settings → API & Automation>'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.
Does Shortimize need an API key?
Yes. It expects Authorization, which you set in its configuration.
Is Shortimize open source?
Its code is public on GitHub, but the repository does not declare a standard license.
Who maintains Shortimize?
It is published by top-init. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.
From the official MCP Registry. Listing is not an endorsement: review a server's code and permissions before giving it access to your data.