YOURLS-MCP acts as a personal bridge between Claude Desktop and a self-hosted YOURLS installation, allowing the AI to manage web links directly. In simple terms, it gives an LLM the ability to shorten long, messy URLs into neat, branded links without the user ever leaving the chat interface. By integrating this tool, anyone running their own URL shortening service can simply ask Claude to "make this link shorter" or "create a custom link for this page," and the AI handles the technical communication with the server instantly. Beyond basic shortening, this MCP server unlocks a suite of administrative tools for link management. It supports retrieving click statistics, expanding shortened links back to their original destinations, and checking global database health.…