# Does ShortPixel have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** ShortPixel maintains an official MCP server.

> Optimizes public image URLs only, using your own ShortPixel API key.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp`
- Repository: [short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp](https://github.com/short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp) — ★ 0, last push 2026-09-29
- Maintainer: ShortPixel
- Language: TypeScript
- Category: [Other Tools and Integrations](https://mcpyet.com/category/other-tools-and-integrations/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-09-29
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-09-29 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> MCP for the ShortPixel ecosystem
> — how [short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp](https://github.com/short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp) describes itself

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp` — a remote server run by ShortPixel itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://github.com/short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp>.
- **Official repository:** [short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp](https://github.com/short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp) — ★ 0, pushed 2026-09-29 (active)

## How to connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http shortpixel https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**
2. Click **Add custom connector**
3. Paste `https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp`
4. Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortpixel": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "shortpixel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

1. Enable **Developer mode** under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
2. Choose **Create** and paste `https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp`
3. Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

## How we know

Published to the MCP Registry under ShortPixel's verified namespace com.shortpixel; the server source is in ShortPixel's own GitHub org (short-pixel-optimizer/com.shortpixel.mcp) and the hosted endpoint mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp answers MCP initialize (200). No page on shortpixel.com documents it yet.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/shortpixel/ — data refreshed 2026-09-29