--- title: "Connect Bitly and SOS Inventory - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bitlink in Group\" fires in Bitly, your agent runs \"Add invoice\" in SOS Inventory, or \"New Customer\" in SOS Inventory to \"Update a User\" in Bitly." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bitly-to-sos-inventory" --- # Connect Bitly and SOS Inventory When **New Bitlink in Group** fires in [Bitly](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly), your agent runs **Add invoice** in [SOS Inventory](https://apiant.ai/connections/sos-inventory), or **New Customer** in SOS Inventory 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 SOS Inventory **10** triggers SOS Inventory **26** 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 SOS Inventory 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 Bitly and SOS Inventory can do together ### From Bitly to SOS Inventory - When **New Bitlink in Group** in Bitly then **Add invoice** in SOS Inventory - When **New Branded Short Domain** in Bitly then **Add purchase order** in SOS Inventory ### From SOS Inventory to Bitly - When **New Customer** in SOS Inventory then **Update a User** in Bitly - When **New Estimate** in SOS Inventory 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 SOS Inventory ## Triggers and actions 18 triggers · 51 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 **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is created. - Trigger **New Estimate** - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created. - Trigger **New Item** - Trigger **New Purchase Order** Triggers when a new purchase order is created. - Trigger **New Sales Order** Triggers when a new sales order is created. - Trigger **New Sales Receipt** Triggers when a new sales receipt is created. - Trigger **New Shipment** Triggers when a new shipment is created. - Trigger **New Vendor** - Trigger **Updated Item Quantity** Triggers when an item quantity is updated. - Action **Add estimate** /api/v2/estimate. Creates an estimate. - Action **Add inventory adjustment** /api/v2/adjustment. Creates an inventory adjustment. - Action **Add invoice** /api/v2/invoice. Creates an invoice. - Action **Add item** /api/v2/item. Creates an item (inventory, non-inventory, service, assembly, kit etc.). - Action **Add purchase order** /api/v2/purchaseorder. Creates a purchase order. - Action **Add transfer** /api/v2/transfer. Creates an inventory transfer between locations. - Action **Add vendor** /api/v2/vendor. Creates a vendor. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer - Action **Create Sales Order** Creates a new sales order - Action **Create Sales Receipt** Creates a new sales receipt - Action **Find Customer** Finds a customer - Action **Find Sales Order** Finds a sales order - Action **Find vendors** /api/v2/vendor with query filters. Searches vendors. - Action **Get customer** /api/v2/customer/{id}. Retrieves one customer by id. - Action **Get estimate** Returns one estimate by id, including its lines and custom fields. - Action **Get inventory adjustment** Returns one inventory adjustment by id, including its lines. - Action **Get invoice** Returns one invoice by id. - Action **Get item** /api/v2/item/{id}. Retrieves one item by id. - Action **Get purchase order** Returns one purchase order by id. - Action **Get sales order** /api/v2/salesorder/{id}. Retrieves one sales order. - Action **Get sales receipt** Returns one sales receipt by id, including its lines and custom fields. - Action **Get transfer** Retrieves a single inventory transfer by id, including its from/to locations and lines. - Action **List items** /api/v2/item. Lists items with query filters and paging. - Action **Update customer** /api/v2/customer/{id}. Updates a customer; requires syncToken. - Action **Update item** /api/v2/item/{id}. Updates an item; requires current syncToken. - Action **Update sales order** /api/v2/salesorder/{id}. Updates a sales order; requires syncToken. ## Each app on its own - [ **Bitly** Bitly is a link-management platform for shortening, branding, and tracking URLs.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bitly) - [ **SOS Inventory** SOS Inventory is an app that tracks inventory, provides order management and manufacturing tracking and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/sos-inventory) 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 SOS Inventory - [ **HubSpot to SOS Inventory** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-sos-inventory) - [ **Salesforce to SOS Inventory** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-sos-inventory) - [ **Slack to SOS Inventory** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-sos-inventory) - [ **Google Sheets to SOS Inventory** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-sos-inventory) - [ **Gmail to SOS Inventory** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-sos-inventory) - [ **Google Calendar to SOS Inventory** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-sos-inventory) Questions ## Bitly and SOS Inventory, 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 SOS Inventory when something happens in Bitly? Any of SOS Inventory's 26 actions, including Create Customer, Create Sales Order, Create Sales Receipt and Update customer. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from SOS Inventory to Bitly? Yes. When something happens in SOS Inventory, your agent can act in Bitly too. This page covers both directions: SOS Inventory's triggers and Bitly's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Bitly or SOS Inventory? 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 SOS Inventory 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.