--- title: "Connect Bitly and Follow Up Boss - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bitlink in Group\" fires in Bitly, your agent runs \"Add Tags to a Contact\" in Follow Up Boss." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-follow-up-boss" --- # Connect Bitly and Follow Up Boss When **New Bitlink in Group** fires in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), your agent runs **Add Tags to a Contact** in [Follow Up Boss](https://apiant.ai/connections/follow-up-boss), or **Deal Stage Updated** in Follow Up Boss 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 Follow Up Boss **8** triggers Follow Up Boss **29** 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 Follow Up Boss 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Bitly and Follow Up Boss can do together ### From Bitly to Follow Up Boss - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add Tags to a Contact** in Follow Up Boss - When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Create Contact Without Triggering Action Plans** in Follow Up Boss ### From Follow Up Boss to Bitly - When **Deal Stage Updated** in Follow Up Boss then **Update a User** in Bitly - When **New Appointment** in Follow Up Boss then **Add Custom Bitlink** 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 Follow Up Boss ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 54 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 **Deal Stage Updated** Triggers when a deal in Follow Up Boss is updated, including when it moves to a new pipeline stage. - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggers when a new appointment is created in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is added in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **New Deal** Triggers when a new deal is created in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **New task** Triggers when a new task is created in Follow Up Boss, optionally limited to a person, assignee, type or due range. - Trigger **Person Stage Updated** Triggers when a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss moves to a different stage. - Trigger **Tag Added to Contact** Triggers when one or more tags are added to a contact in Follow Up Boss. - Trigger **Updated Contact** Triggers when a contact is added or updated in Follow Up Boss. - Action **Add appointment** Creates an appointment in Follow Up Boss, optionally inviting users and contacts. - Action **Add Collaborators** Sets the collaborating users on a Follow Up Boss contact. - Action **Add Tags to a Contact** Adds one or more tags to a Follow Up Boss contact, keeping the tags the contact already has. - Action **Apply an Action Plan to a Contact** Applies an existing action plan to a Follow Up Boss contact. - Action **Change Stage of a Contact** Moves a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss to a different stage. - Action **Create Contact Without Triggering Action Plans** Creates a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss directly, without running lead-flow automations, agent notifications or action plans. - Action **Create Deal** Creates a deal in Follow Up Boss in the chosen pipeline stage, optionally linked to contacts and agents. - Action **Create Note** Adds a note to a contact (person) in Follow Up Boss. - Action **Create Task** Creates a task on a Follow Up Boss contact, optionally assigned to an agent with a due date and reminder. - Action **Delete contact** Deletes a contact (person) from Follow Up Boss by its id. - Action **Find a Contact** Searches Follow Up Boss contacts by email, phone, name, stage, tags and other criteria, and returns the matching people. - Action **Get Action Plan Assignment** Returns one action plan assignment — which action plan is applied to which contact, and its status. - Action **Get Appointment** Returns a single Follow Up Boss appointment by its ID. - Action **Get Call** Returns a single call logged in Follow Up Boss, looked up by its ID. - Action **Get contact** Returns a Follow Up Boss contact (person) by ID, including custom fields. - Action **Get deal** Returns a single deal by its id, including its pipeline, stage, price, linked people and users, and any deal custom fields. - Action **Get Note** Returns a single note by its id, including its subject, body and the contact it belongs to. - Action **List Action Plan Assignments** Returns the action plans applied to a contact, or the contacts on an action plan. - Action **List tasks** Returns a list of tasks in Follow Up Boss, optionally filtered by contact, assigned agent, name, type, completion status or due date. - Action **List users** Returns the users (agents, brokers, lenders) in the Follow Up Boss account, optionally filtered by role, name or email. - Action **Log Call** Logs a phone call on a Follow Up Boss contact, with its outcome, note and duration. - Action **Pause an Action Plan for a Contact** Pauses an action plan that is running for a contact, so its remaining steps stop until it is resumed. - Action **Reassign Agent** Reassigns a Follow Up Boss contact to a different agent, by user id or agent name. - Action **Send Inquiry or Website Event** Sends a lead inquiry or website activity event (registration, property inquiry, viewed page, etc.) to Follow Up Boss, creating or updating the matching contact. - Action **Update appointment** Updates an existing appointment in Follow Up Boss, such as its time, title, invitees, type or outcome. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact (person) in Follow Up Boss, including names, emails, phones, tags, stage, assignment and custom fields. - Action **Update deal** Updates an existing deal in Follow Up Boss, including its stage, people, agents, price, dates and custom field values. - Action **Update note** Edits an existing note's subject, content, or associated contact in Follow Up Boss. - Action **Update task** Updates an existing task in Follow Up Boss, such as its name, type, assignee, related contact or completion status. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly) - [ **Follow Up Boss** Simple lead management software for real estate agents and brokers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/follow-up-boss) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Bitly - 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[ **Airtable to Follow Up Boss** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-follow-up-boss) - [ **Asana to Follow Up Boss** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-follow-up-boss) - [ **ClickUp to Follow Up Boss** ClickUp is an all-in-one app to plan, track, and manage your work in a beautifully intuitive environment.](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-follow-up-boss) - [ **Discord to Follow Up Boss** Discord is an all-in-one voice and text chat for gamers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-follow-up-boss) - [ **Brevo to Follow Up Boss** Brevo is the leading CRM suite designed to cultivate long-term customer relationships and help businesses...](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-follow-up-boss) Questions ## Bitly and Follow Up Boss, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Bitly? Any of Bitly's 8 triggers in the catalog, including New Bitlink in Group, New Branded Short Domain, New Channel and New Group. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Follow Up Boss when something happens in Bitly? Any of Follow Up Boss's 29 actions, including Create Contact Without Triggering Action Plans, Create Deal, Create Note and Create Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Follow Up Boss to Bitly? Yes. When something happens in Follow Up Boss, your agent can act in Bitly too. This page covers both directions: Follow Up Boss's triggers and Bitly's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bitly or Follow Up Boss? 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 Follow Up Boss 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.