--- title: "Connect Apollo to Shorten.REST - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Account Updated\" fires in Apollo, your agent runs \"Update alias\" in Shorten.REST." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-shorten-rest" --- # Connect Apollo to Shorten.REST When **Account Updated** fires in [Apollo](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo), your agent runs **Update alias** in [Shorten.REST](https://apiant.ai/connections/shorten-rest). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Apollo **4** triggers Apollo **10** actions Shorten.REST **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Apollo and Shorten.REST 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 Apollo can start in Shorten.REST - When **Account Updated** in Apollo then **Update alias** in Shorten.REST - When **Contact Updated** in Apollo then **Short Link** in Shorten.REST 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 Apollo and Shorten.REST ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 15 actions - Trigger **Account Updated** Polls Apollo accounts/search for new or updated accounts (dedup on MD5 of the record; accounts/search returns no updated_at). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Polls Apollo contacts/search for new or updated contacts (dedup on MD5 of the record). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Account** Polls Apollo accounts/search for newly created accounts (dedup on account id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Trigger **New Contact** Polls Apollo contacts/search for newly created contacts (dedup on contact id). Apollo has no record-change webhook API, so this is a polling trigger. - Action **Create Account** An Account is a company that your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Contact** A Contact is a person your team has added to Apollo. - Action **Create Deal** Deals are records that you can use to track possible opportunities with your prospective customers. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task for the specified Apollo contact (via /tasks/bulk_create with a single contact). - Action **Find Contact** Find a contact in your Apollo instance by searching for their email. If you have multiple contacts with the same email address, this search returns the contact that was created first. - Action **Find Deal** Returns up to 100 deals (opportunities) that match the specified name. Leave name blank to return all deals. - Action **Find Task** Returns up to 100 tasks for the specified contact. Leave contact_id blank to return all tasks. - Action **Update Account** Update an existing Account. - Action **Update Contact** Update an already existing Contact. - Action **Update Deal** Update an already existing Deal. - Action **Delete alias** Deletes a short link (alias) from one of your domains. If no domain is given, the alias is looked up on the default short.fyi domain. - Action **Get alias** Returns the details of a single short link alias, including its destinations, meta tags and snippets. - Action **List aliases** Returns the names of all short-link aliases on one of your domains, newest first. Leave the domain blank to list aliases on the default short.fyi domain. - Action **Short Link** Creates a short link (alias) that redirects to a destination URL, optionally on your own domain with a custom alias. - Action **Update alias** Updates a short link's destinations, meta tags or tracking snippets. Only the lists you supply are changed, and each supplied list replaces the existing one completely. ## Each app on its own - [ **Apollo** Apollo is a unified engagement platform that is the foundation for your entire end-to-end sales strategy.](https://apiant.ai/connections/apollo) - [ **Shorten.REST** Shorten.REST is a flexible, robust, scale-able and transactional URL Shortening app.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shorten-rest) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Apollo - [ **Apollo to Streak** Streak is a flexible CRM and process management system that lives inside your Gmail inbox.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-streak) - [ **Apollo to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-hubspot) - [ **Apollo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-salesforce) - [ **Apollo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-slack) - [ **Apollo to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-google-sheets) - [ **Apollo to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/apollo-to-gmail) ## More into Shorten.REST - [ **HubSpot to Shorten.REST** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Salesforce to Shorten.REST** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Slack to Shorten.REST** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Google Sheets to Shorten.REST** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Gmail to Shorten.REST** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Google Calendar to Shorten.REST** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shorten-rest) Questions ## Apollo and Shorten.REST, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Apollo? Any of Apollo's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Account Updated, Contact Updated, New Account and New Contact. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shorten.REST when something happens in Apollo? Any of Shorten.REST's 5 actions, including Update alias, Get alias, List aliases and Short Link. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shorten.REST to Apollo? Shorten.REST has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Apollo. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shorten.REST's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Apollo or Shorten.REST? 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 Apollo and Shorten.REST 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.