Nanoid Generate MCP tool

MCP findutils:nanoid_generate

Generate one or more NanoID-style identifiers. Defaults to the standard 21-char URL-safe alphabet used by the npm `nanoid` package. Uses rejection sampling so custom alphabets stay unbiased.

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Arguments

application/json

size

integer optional

Length of each ID. Default: 21.
count

integer optional

How many IDs to generate. Default: 1.
alphabet

string optional

Character set to draw from. Default: nanoid URL-safe.

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "count": 1
}

claude mcp add findutils --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findutils": {
      "url": "https://mcp.findutils.com/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

curl -X POST https://mcp.findutils.com/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "nanoid_generate",
      "arguments": {
        "count": 1
      }
    }
  }'

Also a REST endpoint

The same tool answers plain HTTP at POST /api/tools/nanoid-generate/execute.

REST reference

Rate limit: 120 a minute, per IP
Auth: API key
REST id: nanoid-generate
MCP name: nanoid_generate
Category: Generators
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

Arguments

Example arguments

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