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title: "Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Bitly - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Benchmark Email Classic, your agent runs \"Update a User\" in Bitly."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-bitly"
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# Connect Benchmark Email Classic and Bitly

When **New Contact** fires in [Benchmark Email Classic](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic), your agent runs **Update a User** in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), or **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly to **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Benchmark Email Classic **6** triggers Benchmark Email Classic **10** 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 Benchmark Email Classic 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 Benchmark Email Classic and Bitly can do together

### From Benchmark Email Classic to Bitly

- When **New Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Update a User** in Bitly
- When **New Contact in Segment** in Benchmark Email Classic then **Add Custom Bitlink** in Bitly

### From Bitly to Benchmark Email Classic

- When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add Contact to List** in Benchmark Email Classic
- When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Unsubscribe Contact** in Benchmark Email Classic

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 Benchmark Email Classic and Bitly

## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 35 actions

- Trigger

**Email Opened**

Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign.

- Trigger

**Link Clicked**

Triggers when a contact clicks a link in the selected email campaign.

- Trigger

**New Contact**

Triggers when a new contact is added to the selected Benchmark Email contact list.

- Trigger

**New Contact in Segment**

Triggers when a contact is added to the selected segment.

- Trigger

**New List**

Triggers when a new contact list is created in your Benchmark Email account.

- Trigger

**New Unsubscriber**

Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from the selected email campaign.

- Action

**Add Contact to List**

Adds a contact to a Benchmark Email contact list.

- Action

**Add list**

Creates a new contact list in Benchmark Email.

- Action

**Delete contact**

Deletes a contact from a Benchmark Email contact list.

- Action

**Find Contact**

Finds contacts by email address across all lists, returning each list membership found.

- Action

**Get contact**

Returns the details of one contact in a contact list, including its name, email, opt-in info and custom field values.

- Action

**Get email**

Returns the details of an email campaign, including its subject, sender, contact lists and content.

- Action

**List contacts**

Returns the contacts in a Benchmark Email contact list, optionally filtered by a search value or status.

- Action

**List emails**

Returns the email campaigns in the Benchmark Email account, optionally filtered and sorted.

- Action

**List lists**

Returns the contact lists in the Benchmark Email account.

- Action

**Unsubscribe Contact**

Unsubscribes a contact by moving them from a list to the account's Do Not Contact (master unsubscribe) list.

- 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

- [ **Benchmark Email Classic** Benchmark Email Classic is an easy-to-use email marketing tool, the original version that has helped...](https://apiant.ai/connections/benchmark-email-classic)
- [ **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 Benchmark Email Classic

- [ **Benchmark Email Classic to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-hubspot)
- [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-salesforce)
- [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-slack)
- [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-sheets)
- [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-gmail)
- [ **Benchmark Email Classic to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/benchmark-email-classic-to-google-calendar)

## 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

## Benchmark Email Classic and Bitly, answered

###

### What can start an automation from Benchmark Email Classic?

Any of Benchmark Email Classic's 6 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Contact in Segment, New List and New Unsubscriber. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Bitly when something happens in Benchmark Email Classic?

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 Benchmark Email Classic?

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

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Benchmark Email Classic 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 Benchmark Email Classic 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.
