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ShortPixel Image Optimizer MCP Server

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ShortPixel Image Optimizer is answering right now. Last checked 5 min ago. It exposes 1 tools. Last commit 26 Oct 2026.

Optimize public image URLs via the ShortPixel SPIO API for AI agents

Uptime history 77 days of history · worst day 96%
77 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
1
Tools
read from the server
88 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 26 Oct 2026

What changed 3

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 8 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

8 Sep a tool description was rewritten optimize_image_urls
8 Sep a tool changed the parameters it asks for optimize_image_urls
8 Sep a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check ShortPixel Image Optimizer every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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 5 min ago.

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

Available tools 1

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

optimize
optimize_image_urls
Compress and optimize images from public URLs. Reduces file size, converts to WebP or AVIF, resizes or smart-crops, upscales, keeps or strips EXIF metadata, and removes backgrounds. Returns the optimized image URL and the percentage saved for each input. Use this when the user wants to: make images smaller or load faster, compress JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP or AVIF files, convert images to WebP or AVIF, resize or crop images to given dimensions, remove an image background, reduce image size without visible quality loss, or improve page speed and Core Web Vitals by optimizing the images of a web page. Requires publicly reachable http(s) image URLs. It cannot read local files, uploaded attachments, or images behind a login.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://mcp.shortpixel.com/mcp streamable-http answering 85 ms 5 min ago

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ShortPixel Image Optimizer — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can ShortPixel Image Optimizer do?
It exposes 1 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: optimize_image_urls. 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 ShortPixel Image Optimizer 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 88 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect ShortPixel Image Optimizer?
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 ShortPixel Image Optimizer need an API key?
No. ShortPixel Image Optimizer completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 1 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is ShortPixel Image Optimizer?
It answers our handshake in 88 ms on average, which is faster than 93% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is ShortPixel Image Optimizer open source?
We cannot say either way: written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.