# Connect ActiveCollab and Bitly

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

ActiveCollab **5** triggers ActiveCollab **24** 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 ActiveCollab and Bitly to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

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 ActiveCollab and Bitly can do together

### From ActiveCollab to Bitly

- When **New Project** in ActiveCollab then **Update a User** in Bitly
- When **New Task** in ActiveCollab then **Add Custom Bitlink** in Bitly

### From Bitly to ActiveCollab

- When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add Comment to Task** in ActiveCollab
- When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Add task list** in ActiveCollab

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 ActiveCollab and Bitly

## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 49 actions

- Trigger

**New Project**

Fires when a new active project is created in ActiveCollab.

- Trigger

**New Task**

Triggers when a new task is created.

- Trigger

**New Task List**

Triggers when a new task list is created in a project in Active Collab.

- Trigger

**Task Closed**

Triggers when a task is closed in Active Collab.

- Trigger

**Task Moved**

Fires when an open task in the selected project lands in a task list it has not been seen in before (a task moved between task lists). Newly seen tasks also fire on first appearance.

- Action

**Add Comment to Discussion**

Adds a new comment to discussion.

- Action

**Add Comment to Task**

Creates a new comment in selected task.

- Action

**Add note**

Create a note in a project.

- Action

**Add task list**

Create a task list in a project.

- Action

**Add time record**

Log time on a project or task.

- Action

**Add user**

Create a user.

- Action

**Complete Project**

Completes a project.

- Action

**Complete Task**

Completes a task.

- Action

**Create Company**

Creates a new company.

- Action

**Create Discussion**

Creates a new discussion in a project.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new project.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a task.

- Action

**Delete task**

Moves a task in a project to trash.

- Action

**Get Discussion**

Returns one discussion including its comments.

- Action

**Get project**

Get a project by id.

- Action

**Get task**

Get a task by id.

- Action

**Invite User to Project**

Invites a new user to a project.

- Action

**List companies**

List companies.

- Action

**List projects**

List active projects.

- Action

**List task lists**

List task lists in a project.

- Action

**List tasks**

List open tasks in a project.

- Action

**List users**

List users.

- Action

**Update project**

Update a project.

- Action

**Update task**

Update a task.

- 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

- [ **ActiveCollab** ActiveCollab is a powerful yet simple workspace for task, project, team, client and billing management –...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activecollab)
- [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly)

Reviews

## What our customers say

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Questions

## ActiveCollab and Bitly, answered

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### What can start an automation from ActiveCollab?

Any of ActiveCollab's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New Task, New Task List and Task Moved. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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

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.

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### Can it also run from Bitly to ActiveCollab?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveCollab 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

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