# NudgeHost

> NudgeHost is a file-hosting service for people and AI agents. Upload any file and get a link in seconds. No account needed.

Uploading without an account works and produces a temporary link. A free account keeps links permanently. Paid plans add larger files, password protection, custom domains, and higher API allowances. Current limits and prices live on the pricing page rather than in this file, because they change.

Agents have two ways in. The MCP server at https://www.nudgehost.com/api/mcp is stateless streamable HTTP with four tools: share_text, create_upload_url, complete_upload, and list_links. The REST API is at https://www.nudgehost.com/api/v1/. Both take a Bearer token, which is either an API key created from the account dashboard or an OAuth access token for software acting on somebody else's account. Either one grants the whole of one account, and there are no scopes.

Both require the www hostname. The apex domain nudgehost.com redirects to www, and that redirect drops the Authorization header, so a request sent to the apex arrives with no credentials.

NudgeHost hosts files and does not convert them. The one exception is the PNG to WebP tool, which runs in the browser with nothing uploaded.

## Product

- [Homepage](https://www.nudgehost.com/): What the service does, and the uploader itself
- [Pricing](https://www.nudgehost.com/pricing): Plans, limits, and what each tier includes
- [Features](https://www.nudgehost.com/features): Link expiry, password protection, custom domains, QR codes, file replacement
- [About](https://www.nudgehost.com/about): Who builds it

## For agents and developers

- [Developer resources](https://www.nudgehost.com/developers): Hub page linking the API documentation, the OpenAPI specification, the MCP server, and every discovery document below
- [API documentation](https://www.nudgehost.com/docs/api): Authentication, rate limits, error codes, the two-step upload flow, and the four MCP tools
- [OpenAPI specification](https://www.nudgehost.com/openapi.json): Machine-readable description of the v1 REST API
- [API catalog](https://www.nudgehost.com/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9264 linkset pointing at the specification and the documentation
- [Protected resource metadata](https://www.nudgehost.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource): RFC 9728 document naming the OAuth authorization server that issues access tokens for the API
- [Agent skills index](https://www.nudgehost.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Discovery index naming the nudgehost skill, where to fetch it, and a SHA-256 digest of its bytes
- [Agent record](https://www.nudgehost.com/.well-known/agent): AID v2 record naming the MCP endpoint, its auth scheme, and the documentation, mirroring the TXT record at _agent.nudgehost.com
- [Markdown sitemap](https://www.nudgehost.com/sitemap.md): Every page that is also served as markdown, grouped by section, linking the markdown URL for each

## Guides by topic

- [Hosting files by type](https://www.nudgehost.com/host): PDF, HTML, ZIP, images, Claude artifacts, and other formats
- [Viewing files in a browser](https://www.nudgehost.com/viewers): What a recipient sees for each file type
- [Developer tools](https://www.nudgehost.com/dev-tools): Browser-based utilities including an HTML tester, a JSON formatter, a JWT decoder, and a PNG to WebP converter
- [Use cases](https://www.nudgehost.com/use-cases): Situations the service is used for
- [Comparisons](https://www.nudgehost.com/compare): How NudgeHost differs from Tiiny.host and Linkyhost
- [Glossary](https://www.nudgehost.com/glossary): Plain definitions of file hosting terms
- [Blog](https://www.nudgehost.com/blog): Guides and articles

## Optional

- [Terms of service](https://www.nudgehost.com/terms)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.nudgehost.com/privacy)
- [DMCA policy](https://www.nudgehost.com/dmca)