Text Truncate

Text REST API MCP

Truncate text to a max length, optionally at the last word boundary, with a suffix.

This page documents the HTTP endpoint POST /api/tools/text-truncate/execute. See the MCP reference →

View as Markdown

Call it over REST

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/text-truncate/execute · no API keys · 60 requests/min per IP

Execute — verified arguments

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/text-truncate/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "hello world",
    "max_length": 5
  }'

Parameter schema for this endpoint

curl https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/text-truncate

Interactive docs · OpenAPI 3.1 spec · All REST tools

Input schema

Argument Type Required Description
text string yes Text to truncate.
length integer no Max characters in output. Defaults to 100. Default: 100.
suffix string no Appended when truncation occurs. Defaults to "...". Default: "...".
word_boundary boolean no Cut at last space before limit. Defaults to true. Default: true.

Example arguments (verified)

{
  "text": "hello world",
  "max_length": 5
}

Also an MCP tool

Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client can call this tool as findutils:text_truncate after one connect command.

Connect once

claude mcp add findutils --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/
Open the MCP reference for Text Truncate →

More Text tools

Case Convert

Convert a string between camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case, SCREAMING_SNAKE, Title Case, Sentence case, lower, UPPER.

Citation Generator

Generate a reference-list citation in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, or Harvard style for a book, website, journal, or article.

Code Diff Checker

Returns a line-by-line diff of two code snippets: each line marked added, removed or unchanged with its original and modified line numbers,

Code Highlight Html

Returns syntax-highlighted HTML for a code snippet: HTML-escaped text wrapped in <span style="color: ..."> elements using one of six colour

Email Signature Generator

Generate an HTML email signature (table-based, inline styles, safe for Gmail/Outlook) from name, title, company, contact details and social

Html Entity Finder

Search the HTML entity catalog and return matching entities with their character, named entity, decimal code, hex code, and category.

Html Strip

Strip all HTML tags from a string, converting block tags to newlines and decoding common entities.

Html To Markdown

Convert HTML fragments to Markdown.