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KeyShortcuts MCP Server

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KeyShortcuts is answering right now. Last checked 4 min ago. It exposes 8 tools. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.

Verified keyboard shortcuts for Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS and 45+ apps, with sources.

Uptime history 16 days of history · worst day 99%
16 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
8
Tools
read from the server
302 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 20 Oct 2026

KeyShortcuts missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 4 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add keyshortcuts --transport http https://keyshortcuts.net/api/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://keyshortcuts.net/api/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.keyshortcuts]
url = "https://keyshortcuts.net/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "keyshortcuts": {
      "url": "https://keyshortcuts.net/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "keyshortcuts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://keyshortcuts.net/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 8

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

app
get_app_shortcuts
Get an app's recorded shortcuts.
apps
list_apps
List supported apps and platforms.
compare
compare_platforms
Compare reviewed same-context bindings.
lookup
lookup_shortcut
Look up exact keys without guessing.
shortcut
create_shortcut_set
Generate a collection; does not store private data.
shortcuts
search_shortcuts
Search action meanings and app labels.
source
get_source
Read official provenance registry metadata.
translate
translate_shortcut
Translate only with reviewed origin and destination evidence.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://keyshortcuts.net/api/mcp streamable-http answering 270 ms 4 min ago

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KeyShortcuts — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can KeyShortcuts do?
It exposes 8 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: compare_platforms, create_shortcut_set, get_app_shortcuts, get_source, list_apps, lookup_shortcut and 2 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is KeyShortcuts working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 302 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect KeyShortcuts?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does KeyShortcuts need an API key?
No. KeyShortcuts completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 8 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is KeyShortcuts?
It answers our handshake in 302 ms on average, which is faster than 47% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is KeyShortcuts open source?
We cannot say either way: 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.