Integration
Connect Bitly and Grist
When New Bitlink in Group fires in Bitly, your agent runs Create or Update Record in Grist, or New or Updated Record in Grist to Update a User in Bitly. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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Claude Code
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Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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.
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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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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.
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What Bitly and Grist can do together
From Bitly to Grist
When New Bitlink in Group in Bitly
then Create or Update Record in Grist
From Grist to 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 Grist
Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 46 actions
- New Bitlink in Group
Triggers when a new Bitlink appears in the group.
- New Branded Short Domain
Triggers when a new branded short domain is added.
- New Channel
Triggers when a new channel is created.
- New Group
Triggers when a new group is created.
- New Organization
Triggers when a new organization is created.
- New QR Code in Group
Triggers when a new QR code appears in the group.
- New Sorted Bitlink in Group
Triggers when a new Bitlink appears in the group's sorted ranking.
- New Tag in Group
Triggers when a new tag appears in the group.
- Add Custom Bitlink
create a custom (branded) Bitlink
- Bulk update bitlinks
bulk update Bitlinks in a group
- Create an inline CSV export for a group
create an inline CSV export for a group
- Create Bitlink
Shortens a long URL into a Bitlink. Optionally set a title and a branded custom domain.
- Delete a Bitlink
delete a Bitlink
- Expand Bitlink
Returns the long destination URL for a Bitlink ID.
- Generate a static QR Code image
generate a static QR code image
- Get Group Limit Usage
Returns a Bitly group's current feature limit usage, with the count used for each limit.
- Get Plan Limits
Returns all plan limits and their current usage counts for a Bitly organization.
- Get Platform Limits
Returns the organization's platform limits and current usage counts per API endpoint.
- 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.
- 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.
- Retrieve Bitlink
Fetches the details of a single Bitlink by its ID.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Retrieve User
Returns the Bitly user account the connection is authenticated as, including its login, name, email addresses, activity flags and default group.
- Shorten a Link
shorten a long URL into a Bitlink
- Update a Group
update a group
- Update a QR Code
update a QR code
- Update a User
update the authenticated user
- Update Bitlink
Updates a Bitlink's title, tags, or archived state.
- Update Group Preferences
update group preferences
- New or Updated Record
Triggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.
- New or Updated Record (Instant)
Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.
- New Record
Triggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
- New Record (Instant)
Triggers when a new Record is created
- Add Column
Adds a column to a table in a Grist document.
- Add Table
Creates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
- Create Document
Creates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
- Create or Update Record
Adds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.
- Create Record
Adds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
- Create Workspace
Creates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
- Delete Document
Deletes a Grist document permanently.
- Delete Records
Deletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
- Delete Workspace
Deletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
- Find Record
Searches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
- Get Document
Returns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
- Get Org
Returns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
- Get Workspace
Returns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
- List Columns
Returns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
- List Orgs
Returns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
- List Tables
Returns the tables in a Grist document.
- List Workspaces
Returns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
- Run SQL Query
Runs a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
- Update Document
Renames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
- Update Record
Changes the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
- Update Workspace
Renames a Grist workspace.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Bitly and Grist, 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 Grist when something happens in Bitly?
Any of Grist's 21 actions, including Create Document, Create or Update Record, Create Record and Create Workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from Grist to Bitly?
Yes. When something happens in Grist, your agent can act in Bitly too. This page covers both directions: Grist's triggers and Bitly's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Bitly or Grist?
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 Grist 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.