Integrations·Project Management
Shortcut + OpenClaw
Give your autonomous agents a live connection to Shortcut: managed, secure, and ready in minutes.
Shortcut is a project management platform that aligns product development work with company objectives. On Molted, your OpenClaw agents connect to Shortcut through the managed MCP integration layer, with no glue code, no servers to run, and no credentials baked into containers. The agent can create and update tasks, track work, and report progress for Shortcut, autonomously and within the guardrails you set.
Available actions
122 ready-to-use Shortcut actions.
Your OpenClaw agents can call any of these Shortcut actions directly through Molted's managed MCP layer. No wrappers, no boilerplate.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_CATEGORY
Create category
Create category allows you to create a new category in shortcut.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_ENTITY_TEMPLATE
Create entity template
Create a new entity template for the workspace.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_EPIC
Create epic
Create epic allows you to create a new epic in shortcut.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_EPIC_COMMENT
Create epic comment
This endpoint allows you to create a threaded comment on an epic.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_EPIC_COMMENT_COMMENT
Create epic comment comment
This endpoint allows you to create a nested comment reply to an existing epic comment.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_GROUP
Create group
Creates a new group in the shortcut system with customizable properties. this endpoint allows you to set up a group with a unique mention name, display name…
SHORTCUT_CREATE_ITERATION
Create iteration
The createiteration endpoint allows you to create a new iteration in shortcut, which represents a time-boxed period for completing a set of stories or tasks…
SHORTCUT_CREATE_LABEL
Create label
Create label allows you to create a new label in shortcut.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_LINKED_FILE
Create linked file
Create linked file allows you to create a new linked file in shortcut.
SHORTCUT_CREATE_MILESTONE
Create milestone
(deprecated: use 'create objective') create milestone allows you to create a new milestone in shortcut.
+ 112 more Shortcut actions, all callable by your agents.
How the connection works
Connect once. The agent acts.
Shortcut connects with an API key you provide once; it is encrypted at rest and never shipped inside the agent's pod. Everything runs through Molted's managed MCP layer, so there is no integration code to write and nothing to keep running.
01
The agent requests access
Your OpenClaw agent asks for Shortcut when a task needs it.
02
You approve the connection
Authorize Shortcut once (API key). Credentials are encrypted at rest and scoped to what you allow.
03
The agent acts
It reads and writes to Shortcut autonomously, inside your guardrails, with full audit and revocable access.
FAQ
Shortcut on Molted, answered.
Q.01
Can OpenClaw agents use Shortcut on Molted?
Yes. Shortcut is one of 1,000+ apps available through Molted's managed MCP integration layer. Your agent requests access, you approve the connection, and it can act on Shortcut straight away, with no integration code to write or maintain.
Q.02
How do I connect Shortcut to my agent?
Shortcut connects with an API key you provide once; it is encrypted at rest and never shipped inside the agent's pod.
Q.03
What can an agent actually do with Shortcut?
Within the permissions you grant, an agent can create and update tasks, track work, and report progress. With Shortcut, your agent can create, assign and update tasks from emails, messages or meeting notes.
Q.04
Is my Shortcut data and credentials secure?
Yes. Molted never bakes credentials into the agent's pod: every connection is brokered through the managed integration layer, secrets are encrypted at rest, and access stays scoped to what you approve. You can revoke Shortcut access at any time.
Q.05
Do I have to run any infrastructure to use Shortcut?
No. Molted is the managed operating environment for autonomous agents: compute, the MCP layer, browser automation and self-healing are all handled for you. Connecting Shortcut is a configuration step, not an engineering project.
Q.06
Can several agents share one Shortcut connection?
Each instance gets its own isolated, scoped Shortcut connection by default, so agents stay separated. You decide which agents may reach Shortcut and with which permissions.
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