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Text Truncate with Ellipsis

Shorten text to at most max_length characters, replacing the cut tail with an ellipsis marker (optionally at a word boundary).

Free tier eligible — 500 calls/month with a free key from /pricing; x402 pay-per-call above quota.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
textstringrequiredText to truncate
max_lengthintegerrequiredMaximum output length in characters
ellipsisstringoptionalEllipsis marker (default the single-char U+2026 '…')
word_boundarybooleanoptionalCut at the last whitespace before the limit instead of mid-word (default false)

Call it over MCP (JSON-RPC 2.0)

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "text_truncate_ellipsis", "arguments": {"text": "hello from an agent", "max_length": 20}}}'

Or plain HTTP

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/text_truncate_ellipsis \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"text": "hello from an agent", "max_length": 20}'

Try it live

Edit the JSON and run it — this POSTs to https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/text_truncate_ellipsis from your browser.

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