--- title: "Connect ActiveTrail and Bitly - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to Group\" fires in ActiveTrail, your agent runs \"Update a Group\" in Bitly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-bitly" --- # Connect ActiveTrail and Bitly When **Contact Added to Group** fires in [ActiveTrail](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail), your agent runs **Update a Group** in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), or **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly to **Add group** in ActiveTrail. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ActiveTrail **4** triggers ActiveTrail **15** 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 ActiveTrail 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 ActiveTrail and Bitly can do together ### From ActiveTrail to Bitly - When **Contact Added to Group** in ActiveTrail then **Update a Group** in Bitly - When **Contact Updated** in ActiveTrail then **Update a User** in Bitly ### From Bitly to ActiveTrail - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add group** in ActiveTrail - When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Add Contact to Group** in ActiveTrail 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 ActiveTrail and Bitly ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 40 actions - Trigger **Contact Added to Group** Triggers when a contact is added to a group (any group). - Trigger **Contact Removed From Group** Triggers when a contact is removed from a group (any group). - Trigger **Contact Unsubscribed** Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from receiving further emails. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact record in ActiveTrail is updated via the API (status or details). - Action **Add Contact to Group** Add a new or an existing contact to a specific group (The new contact will be created if not already exists). - Action **Add email campaign** Creates a new email campaign for one or more groups, and either sends/schedules it or saves it as a draft. - Action **Add group** Creates a new group in your ActiveTrail account and returns it. - Action **Add order** Adds an order (or updates it if the order id already exists) to ActiveTrail Commerce, with its customer, amounts and products. - Action **Add template** Create a template in My Templates. - Action **Delete group** Deletes a group from the ActiveTrail account. - Action **Find Group** Returns up to 100 groups whose name matches the search term. - Action **Get email campaign** Retrieves an ActiveTrail email campaign by its id, including its details, design, template, A/B settings and e-commerce data. - Action **Get group** Get a group's details (name, contact counts, creation date) by its id. - Action **Get order** Returns a commerce order by your store's order id. - Action **Get template** Returns one of your My Templates by id: its name, subject and category. - Action **List email campaigns** Lists the account's email campaigns, optionally filtered by mailing list, content category, name, send type and last-updated date range. - Action **List groups** Lists the groups in the ActiveTrail account, optionally filtered by group name. - Action **Remove Contact From Group** Removes a contact from an ActiveTrail group. The contact itself stays in the account. - Action **Update group** Rename an existing ActiveTrail group. - 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 - [ **ActiveTrail** ActiveTrail is a marketing automation platform designed to help you maintain active relationships with...](https://apiant.ai/connections/activetrail) - [ **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 ActiveTrail - [ **ActiveTrail to WoopSocial** WoopSocial is a social media management platform that helps you manage multiple accounts, automate...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-woopsocial) - [ **ActiveTrail to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-hubspot) - [ **ActiveTrail to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-salesforce) - [ **ActiveTrail to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-slack) - [ **ActiveTrail to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-google-sheets) - [ **ActiveTrail to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/activetrail-to-gmail) ## 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 ## ActiveTrail and Bitly, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ActiveTrail? Any of ActiveTrail's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Added to Group, Contact Removed From Group, Contact Updated and Contact Unsubscribed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Bitly when something happens in ActiveTrail? 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 ActiveTrail? Yes. When something happens in Bitly, your agent can act in ActiveTrail too. This page covers both directions: Bitly's triggers and ActiveTrail's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ActiveTrail 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 ActiveTrail 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.