--- title: "Connect Bitly and Cliniko - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bitlink in Group\" fires in Bitly, your agent runs \"Create contact\" in Cliniko." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-cliniko" --- # Connect Bitly and Cliniko When **New Bitlink in Group** fires in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), your agent runs **Create contact** in [Cliniko](https://apiant.ai/connections/cliniko), or **Cancelled individual appointment** in Cliniko to **Update a User** in Bitly. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Bitly **8** triggers Bitly **25** actions Cliniko **17** triggers Cliniko **36** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Bitly and Cliniko 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) Cliniko holds your patients, appointments and invoices; Bitly holds the short links and QR codes you hand out for booking, intake forms and review pages. Joining them means a link can be made when an appointment or patient record changes in Cliniko, and the short link or QR code can be written back onto the right Cliniko record. Example flows ## What Bitly and Cliniko can do together ### From Bitly to Cliniko - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Create contact** in Cliniko - When **New QR Code in Group** in Bitly then **Update contact** in Cliniko ### From Cliniko to Bitly - When **Cancelled individual appointment** in Cliniko then **Update a User** in Bitly - When **New or updated individual appointment** in Cliniko then **Generate a static QR Code image** in Bitly 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 Bitly and Cliniko ## Triggers and actions 25 triggers · 61 actions - 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 - Trigger **Cancelled individual appointment** Triggered when an individual appointment is cancelled. - Trigger **New cancelled attendee** Triggered when an attendee is cancelled. - Trigger **New or updated attendee** Triggered when an attendee is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated business** Triggered when a business is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated communication** Triggered when a communication is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated contact** Triggered when a contact is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated daily availability** Triggered when a daily availability is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated group appointment** Triggered when a group appointment is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated individual appointment** Triggered when an individual appointment is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated invoice** Triggered when an invoice is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated patient** Triggered when a patient is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated patient case** Triggered when a patient case is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated practitioner** Triggered when a practitioner is created or updated. - Trigger **New or updated treatment notes** Triggered when treatment notes is created or updated. - Trigger **Patient added or removed for group appointment in date range** Triggered when a patient is added or removed for a group appointment within the specified date range. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated contacts** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Trigger **Two-way sync new or updated patients** A trigger for two-way syncing new and updated patients, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync actions that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Archive patient** Archives a patient. An error will occur if the patient is not found. - Action **Create contact** Creates a new contact. - Action **Create patient** Creates a new patient. - Action **Find Appointment by Patient Id** Returns appointment details for the specified patient if the Patient ID exists. - Action **Find cancelled appointment** Searches for a cancelled appointment. If no matching appointment is found, an error occurs. - Action **Find contact by email** Returns details of the contact having the specified email address. An error occurs if zero or multiple are found. - Action **Find patient by email** Returns details of the patient having the specified email address. An error occurs if zero or multiple are found. - Action **Find Patient by Email and Date of Birth** Finds the single active patient whose email and date of birth both match, returning the patient ID and the match count. - Action **Get appointment** Returns details of the specified appointment. - Action **Get appointments by practitioner ID** Returns appointment details by practitioner ID. - Action **Get appointment type** Returns details of the specified appointment type. - Action **Get appointment type billable item** Returns details for a billable item. - Action **Get billable item** Returns details of the specified billable item. - Action **Get business** Returns details of the specified business. - Action **Get cancelled appointment** Returns details of the specified cancelled appointment. - Action **Get contact** Returns details of the specified contact. - Action **Get group appointment** Returns details of the specified group appointment. - Action **Get group appointment attendees** Returns attendee information for the specified group appointment. - Action **Get individual appointment attendees** Returns attendee information for the specified individual appointment. - Action **Get invoice** Returns details of the specified invoice. - Action **Get patient** Returns details of the specified patient. - Action **Get patient attachment** Returns a patient attachment from Cliniko, including its filename, file type and description. - Action **Get patient case** Returns details of the specified patient case. - Action **Get patient referral source** Returns the referral source for the specified patient. - Action **Get practitioner** Returns details of the specified practitioner. An error occurs if not found. - Action **Get practitioner availabilities** Returns availability information for the specified practitioner. - Action **List Appointments in Date Range** Returns every individual appointment that starts within a given time window, with the total count. - Action **List invoices for patient case** Emits all invoice IDs for the specified patient case. - Action **List Patients** Returns Cliniko patients, optionally filtered (e.g. updated after a date) and sorted, with the total count. - Action **Two-way sync add or update a contact** An action for two-way syncing new and updated contacts, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping using contact email addresses for matching. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync triggers that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Two-way sync add or update a patient** An action for two-way syncing new and updated patients, with enhanced on-the-fly mapping using patient email addresses for matching. Can only be used with enhanced two-way sync triggers that support on-the-fly mapping. - Action **Update contact** Updates a contact. - Action **Update patient** Updates a patient. - Action **Update patient custom field** Updates the value of the specified custom field for the specified patient. - Action **Update patient referral** Sets or changes a patient's referral source. Choose the referral source type; supply a Referrer ID only for types that take one (e.g. Patient or Contact). - Action **Upload patient attachment** Uploads a file, such as a PDF, to a patient's record in Cliniko as an attachment. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly) - [ **Cliniko** Cliniko is a practice management platform — manage patients, appointments, invoices, contacts, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/cliniko) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bitly - [ **Bitly to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-hubspot) - [ **Bitly to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-salesforce) - [ **Bitly to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-mailchimp) - [ **Bitly to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-stripe) - [ **Bitly to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-shopify) - [ **Bitly to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into Cliniko - [ **Mailchimp to Cliniko** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-cliniko) - [ **Shopify to Cliniko** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-cliniko) - [ **Airbrake to Cliniko** Airbrake collects errors generated by other applications, and aggregates the results for review.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airbrake-to-cliniko) - [ **Aplos to Cliniko** Aplos is fund accounting and donor management software for churches and nonprofits: contacts and donors...](https://apiant.ai/connect/aplos-to-cliniko) - [ **AWeber to Cliniko** AWeber provides professional email marketing software and services.](https://apiant.ai/connect/aweber-to-cliniko) - [ **Beanstalk to Cliniko** Beanstalk is a code hosting and deployment workflow tool for Git and Subversion.](https://apiant.ai/connect/beanstalk-to-cliniko) Questions ## Bitly and Cliniko, answered ### ### Can the short link end up on the patient's record in Cliniko? Yes. After a Bitlink is created in Bitly, the agent can write it into a custom field on the patient in Cliniko using Update patient custom field. It can also read the patient first with Get patient so it works with the right record. ### ### Can I make the link only for certain appointments? Yes. The trigger fires on a new or updated individual appointment in Cliniko, and the agent checks a condition you describe, such as the patient having an email on file, before it creates the Bitlink in Bitly. The agent tests every scenario before it goes live. ### ### What can start an automation from Bitly? Any of Bitly's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Bitlink in Group, New QR Code in Group, New Branded Short Domain and New Channel. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Cliniko when something happens in Bitly? Any of Cliniko's 36 actions, including Create contact, Get patient, Update patient custom field and Create patient. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Cliniko to Bitly? Yes. When something happens in Cliniko, your agent can act in Bitly too. This page covers both directions: Cliniko's triggers and Bitly's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bitly or Cliniko? 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 Bitly and Cliniko 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.