# Shortimize API and MCP docs

> Shortimize tracks TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts accounts and videos. The Shortimize API and MCP server let you read their metrics (views, likes, comments, shares, bookmarks, growth) and manage what you track. Base URL: https://api.shortimize.com. Authentication: `Authorization: Bearer <API key>`.

## Start here

- [Quickstart](https://docs.shortimize.com/quickstart.md): get an API key and make a first call with curl, JavaScript or Python
- [Welcome and API access](https://docs.shortimize.com/index.md): how to get an API key
- [MCP server](https://docs.shortimize.com/mcp.md): connect Claude, Claude Code, Cursor and other MCP clients; lists all 32 tools

## API reference

- [API reference](https://docs.shortimize.com/docs): every endpoint, parameter, response and rate limit
- [OpenAPI specification](https://docs.shortimize.com/openapi.json): the full API as OpenAPI 3.1 JSON

## Optional

- [Complete docs as one text file](https://docs.shortimize.com/llms-full.txt): the text of the Welcome, Quickstart and MCP pages
- [Sitemap](https://docs.shortimize.com/sitemap.xml)
- [Shortimize website](https://www.shortimize.com/)