--- title: "Connect Beekeeper to Short Menu - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Navigation Extension Created\" fires in Beekeeper, your agent runs \"Create Short Link\" in Short Menu." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-short-menu" --- # Connect Beekeeper to Short Menu When **Navigation Extension Created** fires in [Beekeeper](https://apiant.ai/connections/beekeeper), your agent runs **Create Short Link** in [Short Menu](https://apiant.ai/connections/short-menu). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Beekeeper **3** triggers Beekeeper **5** actions Short Menu **2** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Beekeeper and Short Menu 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 Beekeeper can start in Short Menu - When **Navigation Extension Created** in Beekeeper then **Create Short Link** in Short Menu - When **New Post** in Beekeeper then **Delete Short Link** in Short Menu 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 Beekeeper and Short Menu ## Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 7 actions - Trigger **Anniversary** Triggers when a user's upcoming work anniversary appears in Beekeeper's reminders. - Trigger **Navigation Extension Created** Triggers when a new navigation extension (link or section) is created in Beekeeper. - Trigger **New Post** Triggers when a new post is published in any Beekeeper stream the connected user can access. - Action **Create Post** Creates a new post in a Beekeeper stream, optionally with a title, labels, attachments or a poll. - Action **Find User** Searches users in Beekeeper by name, username or email and returns the matching users. Requires admin rights. - Action **Send Message to Group Chat** Sends a message to a Beekeeper group chat (conversation) as the connected user. - Action **Send Message to User** Sends a direct chat message to a Beekeeper user, opening the one-on-one conversation with them. - Action **Update Navigation Extension Item** Edits an existing navigation extension (a link or a section in the Beekeeper navigation menu), changing its title, link, icon, visibility and permissions. - Action **Create Short Link** Creates a new short link - Action **Delete Short Link** Deletes an existing Short Menu short link. ## Each app on its own - [ **Beekeeper** Beekeeper is a mobile-first communication platform built for frontline employees that reaches every shift...](https://apiant.ai/connections/beekeeper) - [ **Short Menu** Short Menu is a tool for creating short links.](https://apiant.ai/connections/short-menu) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Beekeeper - [ **Beekeeper to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-hubspot) - [ **Beekeeper to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-salesforce) - [ **Beekeeper to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-slack) - [ **Beekeeper to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-google-sheets) - [ **Beekeeper to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-gmail) - [ **Beekeeper to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/beekeeper-to-google-calendar) ## More into Short Menu - [ **Getgrist to Short Menu** Spreadsheet-database platform for building data apps with relational tables, forms, and a REST API for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/getgrist-to-short-menu) - [ **HubSpot to Short Menu** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-short-menu) - [ **Salesforce to Short Menu** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-short-menu) - [ **Slack to Short Menu** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-short-menu) - [ **Google Sheets to Short Menu** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-short-menu) - [ **Gmail to Short Menu** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-short-menu) Questions ## Beekeeper and Short Menu, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Beekeeper? Any of Beekeeper's 3 triggers in the catalog, including Navigation Extension Created, New Post and Anniversary. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Short Menu when something happens in Beekeeper? Any of Short Menu's 2 actions, including Create Short Link and Delete Short Link. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Short Menu to Beekeeper? Short Menu has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Beekeeper. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Short Menu's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Beekeeper or Short Menu? 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 Beekeeper and Short Menu 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.