---
title: "Connect 5pm and Bitly - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Progress\" fires in 5pm, your agent runs \"Update a User\" in Bitly, or \"New Bitlink in Group\" in Bitly to \"Add Task Progress\" in 5pm."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-bitly"
---

# Connect 5pm and Bitly

When **New Progress** fires in [5pm](https://apiant.ai/connections/5pm), your agent runs **Update a User** in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), or **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly to **Add Task Progress** in 5pm. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

5pm **7** triggers 5pm **21** actions Bitly **8** triggers Bitly **25** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want 5pm and Bitly to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What 5pm and Bitly can do together

### From 5pm to Bitly

- When **New Progress** in 5pm then **Update a User** in Bitly
- When **New Project** in 5pm then **Add Custom Bitlink** in Bitly

### From Bitly to 5pm

- When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add Task Progress** in 5pm
- When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Create Task **in 5pm

Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.

Everything your agent can do with 5pm and Bitly

## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 46 actions

- Trigger

**New Progress**

Triggers when a new task progress is created.

- Trigger

**New Project**

Fires when a new project is created in 5pm.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new support task is created.

- Trigger

**New User**

Triggers when a new support user is created.

- Trigger

**Updated Project**

Fires when a project is updated in 5pm.

- Trigger

**Updated Task**

Triggers when a new support task is updated.

- Trigger

**Updated User**

Triggers when a new support user is updated.

- Action

**Add Task Progress**

Add Task Progress (progress in percent and house down).

- Action

**Add User**

Create a new user in the 5pm account (UsersService add).

- Action

**Create Note**

Creates a new note in task.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project.

- Action

**Create Task**

- Action

**Delete Note**

Remove an activity note/progress message (ActivityService remove).

- Action

**Delete Project**

Remove a project (ProjectsService remove).

- Action

**Delete Task**

Remove a task from a 5pm project (TasksService remove).

- Action

**Delete User**

Remove a user from the account (UsersService remove).

- Action

**Find Project by Id**

Retrieve a single project by its id (ProjectsService getById).

- Action

**Find Task**

Finds a task in the application.

- Action

**Find Task by Id**

Finds a task by Id in the application.

- Action

**Find User by Email**

Retrieve a user by their email address (UsersService getByEmail).

- Action

**Find User by Id**

Finds a user by Id in the system.

- Action

**List Notes**

List activity notes/progress messages on a task (ActivityService getList).

- Action

**List Projects**

List all projects in the account (ProjectsService getAll/getList).

- Action

**List Users**

List all users in the account (UsersService getAll).

- Action

**Update Note**

Update an activity note/progress message (ActivityService update).

- Action

**Update Project**

Update a project's fields (ProjectsService update).

- Action

**Update Task**

Update task in the application.

- Action

**Update User**

Update a user's fields (UsersService update).

- Trigger

**New Bitlink in Group**

Triggers when a new Bitlink appears in the group.

- Trigger

**New Branded Short Domain**

Triggers when a new branded short domain is added.

- Trigger

**New Channel**

Triggers when a new channel is created.

- Trigger

**New Group**

Triggers when a new group is created.

- Trigger

**New Organization**

Triggers when a new organization is created.

- Trigger

**New QR Code in Group**

Triggers when a new QR code appears in the group.

- Trigger

**New Sorted Bitlink in Group**

Triggers when a new Bitlink appears in the group's sorted ranking.

- Trigger

**New Tag in Group**

Triggers when a new tag appears in the group.

- Action

**Add Custom Bitlink**

create a custom (branded) Bitlink

- Action

**Bulk update bitlinks**

bulk update Bitlinks in a group

- Action

**Create an inline CSV export for a group**

create an inline CSV export for a group

- Action

**Create Bitlink**

Shortens a long URL into a Bitlink. Optionally set a title and a branded custom domain.

- Action

**Delete a Bitlink**

delete a Bitlink

- Action

**Expand Bitlink**

Returns the long destination URL for a Bitlink ID.

- Action

**Generate a static QR Code image**

generate a static QR code image

- Action

**Get Group Limit Usage**

Returns a Bitly group's current feature limit usage, with the count used for each limit.

- Action

**Get Plan Limits**

Returns all plan limits and their current usage counts for a Bitly organization.

- Action

**Get Platform Limits**

Returns the organization's platform limits and current usage counts per API endpoint.

- Action

**Get QR Code Image**

Fetches a QR code's rendered image by QR code ID. The image is saved to APIANT temporary storage and returned as a file reference, so it can be emailed, uploaded or attached in a later step. An error occurs if the QR code is not found.

- Action

**Get Top Links and QR Codes by Engagement**

Returns a group's top-performing bitlinks and decoupled QR codes ranked by engagement count over a chosen reporting window.

- Action

**Retrieve Bitlink**

Fetches the details of a single Bitlink by its ID.

- Action

**Retrieve Custom Bitlink**

Returns the Bitlink that a custom (branded) short link points to, along with that Bitlink's details — destination URL, title, tags, and created timestamp. An error occurs if the custom Bitlink is not found.

- Action

**Retrieve Group**

Fetches a single Bitly group (workspace) by its GUID, returning the group's name, organization, role, status, and branded short domains. An error occurs if the group is not found.

- Action

**Retrieve Group Preferences**

Fetches the preferences for a single Bitly group (workspace) by its GUID, returning the group's default short domain. An error occurs if the group is not found.

- Action

**Retrieve Organization**

Fetches a single Bitly organization by its GUID, returning the organization's name, subscription tier, role, status, and branded short domains. An error occurs if the organization is not found.

- Action

**Retrieve QR Code**

Returns the details of a single QR code by its ID — title, the Bitlink and destination URLs it encodes, its type, tags, and created/updated timestamps. This returns the QR code's information only, not the scannable image file; use Get QR Code Image for that. An error occurs if the QR code is not found.

- Action

**Retrieve User**

Returns the Bitly user account the connection is authenticated as, including its login, name, email addresses, activity flags and default group.

- Action

**Shorten a Link**

shorten a long URL into a Bitlink

- Action

**Update a Group**

update a group

- Action

**Update a QR Code**

update a QR code

- Action

**Update a User**

update the authenticated user

- Action

**Update Bitlink**

Updates a Bitlink's title, tags, or archived state.

- Action

**Update Group Preferences**

update group preferences

## Each app on its own

- [ **5pm** 5pm is an online project management tool for teams.](https://apiant.ai/connections/5pm)
- [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from 5pm

- [ **5pm to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-hubspot)
- [ **5pm to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-salesforce)
- [ **5pm to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-gmail)
- [ **5pm to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-google-calendar)
- [ **5pm to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-google-drive)
- [ **5pm to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/5pm-to-mailchimp)

## More into Bitly

- [ **Asana to Bitly** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-bitly)
- [ **Zoom to Bitly** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/zoom-to-bitly)
- [ **Airbrake to Bitly** Airbrake collects errors generated by other applications, and aggregates the results for review.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airbrake-to-bitly)
- [ **Aplos to Bitly** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-bitly)
- [ **Beehiiv to Bitly** Beehiiv is a newsletter publishing and audience growth platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beehiiv-to-bitly)
- [ **BigML to Bitly** BigML is a machine learning platform for building, evaluating, and running predictive models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bigml-to-bitly)

Questions

## 5pm and Bitly, answered

###

### What can start an automation from 5pm?

Any of 5pm's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Progress, New Project, New Task and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Bitly when something happens in 5pm?

Any of Bitly's 25 actions, including Create an inline CSV export for a group, Create Bitlink, Update a Group and Update a QR Code. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Bitly to 5pm?

Yes. When something happens in Bitly, your agent can act in 5pm too. This page covers both directions: Bitly's triggers and 5pm's actions are listed here as well.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for 5pm or Bitly?

No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.

###

### Can my AI client use 5pm and Bitly without building an automation?

Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.

###

### What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
