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shortText.com

shortText.com is a tool for writers to paste short text and get a shareable URL. No account, no signup. Public, Unlisted, or Private (password) visibility. Markdown supported, character limit 30,000. Around since 2006.

For agents: shortText.com lets writers paste short text and get a shareable URL, with no signup, Markdown support, 30,000-character limit and visibility options.

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Their llms.txt

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# shortText.com

> shortText.com is a tool for writers to paste short text and get a shareable URL. No account, no signup. Public, Unlisted, or Private (password) visibility. Markdown supported, character limit 30,000. Around since 2006.

The product is anti-pastebin: built for writers and essays rather than code dumps. The default surface is calm and reading-focused.

## Canonical pages

- [Homepage](https://shorttext.com/) — create a shortText
- [FAQ](https://shorttext.com/faq) — how the product works, in Q&A form
- [Terms of Service](https://shorttext.com/terms) — usage rules, takedown contact

## What lives at /{slug} URLs

Each shortText has a unique 8-character slug. Public shortTexts are crawlable; unlisted and private shortTexts emit noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noai, and noimageai headers and meta tags. Private shortTexts also require a password to view.

## API for agents

Base URL: https://shorttext.com. OpenAPI spec: https://shorttext.com/openapi.json

- Read (JSON): `GET /api/paste/{slug}` → `{ slug, url, body, visibility, burnAfterRead, burned, viewCount, createdAt, updatedAt, expiresAt }`. Private shortTexts need the password via `?password=` or an `X-Password` header.
- Read (plain text): `GET /{slug}/raw` → the raw Markdown body as `text/plain`. Same private-password rules. Ideal for `curl` and shell pipes.
- Create: `POST /api/paste` with JSON `{ body, visibility?, expiry?, burnAfterRead?, password?, commentsEnabled? }` → `{ slug, url, editUrl, editCode }`. Agents authenticate with an API key sent as `Authorization: Bearer st_live_…` (request one at api@shorttext.com); keys bypass the bot check and are rate-limited per key. The public web form instead includes a Cloudflare Turnstile token. Store the returned `editCode` — it's the only way to edit later.
- Update: `PUT /api/paste/{slug}` with `{ body, editCode }` (plus optional `visibility`, `password`, `commentsEnabled`).

Read semantics: a read here counts as a real view — it ticks the view count and consumes a burn-after-read shortText, exactly like opening the URL in a browser. Reads are CORS-open (`Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`).

## MCP server

Streamable HTTP, JSON-RPC 2.0, at `POST https://shorttext.com/mcp`. Stateless — no session id required. Tools:

- `read_shorttext` { slug, password? } — open to all.
- `create_shorttext` { body, visibility?, password?, expiry?, burnAfterRead? } — requires an API key in the Authorization header (`Bearer st_live_…`; request at api@shorttext.com).

## Contact

- abuse@shortText.com — takedown requests, security reports

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Claim my listing on Agent Web Map for shorttext.com:
1. POST https://agentwebmap.com/v1/sites/shorttext.com/claims and keep claim_id and claim_secret private.
2. Publish the proof: add the line "AgentWebMap ownership: <token>" (token from step 1) to https://shorttext.com/llms.txt, or use the DNS, meta-tag or well-known method the response describes.
3. POST https://agentwebmap.com/v1/sites/shorttext.com/verify with {"claim_id": "...", "claim_secret": "..."}.
4. Save the api_key from the answer; it manages the listing (PATCH https://agentwebmap.com/v1/sites/shorttext.com).
MCP equivalent: tools begin_ownership_claim, then verify_domain, at https://agentwebmap.com/mcp. Docs: https://agentwebmap.com/docs#verify

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