# How do I connect Blinkhop to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

> Add the MCP server URL https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp to your AI client. No account or key needed. Steps for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf.

Source: https://blinkhop.com/help/connect-claude-chatgpt-cursor

To connect Blinkhop, add one URL to your AI client: `https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp`. It's a remote MCP server that uses the Streamable HTTP transport, and it needs no account or API key.

## Connect Claude Code

Run this command in your terminal:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http blinkhop https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp
```

## Connect Claude (desktop and web)

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**.
2. Click **Add custom connector**.
3. Paste `https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp` as the URL and add the connector.

## Connect ChatGPT

1. Open **Settings → Connectors → Advanced** and turn on **Developer mode**.
2. Add a new connector with the URL `https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp`.

## Connect Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf

Add Blinkhop to your client's MCP configuration file. If the file already lists other servers, add the `blinkhop` entry next to them.

### Cursor

In `~/.cursor/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blinkhop": { "url": "https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp" }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

In `.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "blinkhop": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp" }
  }
}
```

### Windsurf

In `~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "blinkhop": { "serverUrl": "https://mcp.blinkhop.com/mcp" }
  }
}
```

## Try it

Ask your assistant to "shorten `https://example.com/a/very/long/link`" or to "shorten every link in this draft". Blinkhop gives it three tools: `shorten_link`, `shorten_links` (up to 50 URLs at once) and `expand_link`, which checks where a zou.sh link goes. The server allows 120 calls per minute and 5,000 per day per IP address.

The [MCP server page](https://blinkhop.com/mcp) has more details. If your client doesn't connect, see [My AI assistant can't reach Blinkhop](https://blinkhop.com/help/mcp-troubleshooting).

Still stuck? [Contact us](https://blinkhop.com/contact) and tell us which client you use.