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title: "Connect Clientary and Short.io - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"New Expense\" fires in Clientary, your agent runs \"Create a Short Link\" in Short.io, or \"New Link Created\" in Short.io to \"Add contact\" in Clientary."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/clientary-to-short-io"
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# Connect Clientary and Short.io

When **New Expense** fires in [Clientary](https://apiant.ai/connections/clientary), your agent runs **Create a Short Link** in [Short.io](https://apiant.ai/connections/short-io), or **New Link Created** in Short.io to **Add contact** in Clientary. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Clientary **3** triggers Clientary **14** actions Short.io **1** trigger Short.io **9** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Clientary and Short.io 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 Clientary and Short.io can do together

### From Clientary to Short.io

- When **New Expense** in Clientary then **Create a Short Link** in Short.io
- When **New Invoice** in Clientary then **Update a Link** in Short.io

### From Short.io to Clientary

- When **New Link Created** in Short.io then **Add contact** in Clientary
- When **New Link Created** in Short.io then **Create Invoice** in Clientary

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 Clientary and Short.io

## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 23 actions

- Trigger

**New Expense**

Triggers when a new expense is recorded in your Clientary account during the current fiscal year.

- Trigger

**New Invoice**

Triggers when a new invoice is created in Clientary, optionally limited to invoices in a given status or matching a search.

- Trigger

**New Staff**

Triggers when a new staff user is added to your Clientary account.

- Action

**Add comment**

Posts a comment on an invoice, estimate, project, task, proposal or contract and notifies the people involved.

- Action

**Add contact**

Creates a new contact (an individual person) under an existing Clientary client.

- Action

**Add contract**

Creates a contract for a client in Clientary, optionally starting from a contract template, with its sections and signers.

- Action

**Add proposal**

Creates a proposal for a client in Clientary, optionally starting from a proposal template, with its sections and signers.

- Action

**Add retainer**

Creates a retainer for a client in Clientary: an up-front payment request kept apart from ordinary invoices.

- Action

**Client**

Creates a new client in Clientary with its name, address, tax id, website and description.

- Action

**Create Estimate**

Creates an estimate in Clientary, optionally for a client, with its dates, taxes, notes and line items.

- Action

**Create Invoice**

Creates an invoice in Clientary, optionally for a client, with dates, currency, taxes, notes and line items.

- Action

**Create Lead**

Creates a new lead (a prospective client) in Clientary.

- Action

**Create Task**

Creates a new task (a to-do item) in Clientary, optionally on a project and assigned to a staff member.

- Action

**Expense**

Creates a new expense in Clientary, optionally assigned to a client or project.

- Action

**Get client**

Returns a single Clientary client by its ID, including its contact and address details.

- Action

**List comments**

Returns the comments on one Clientary invoice, estimate, project, task, proposal or contract, newest first.

- Action

**Update contract**

Updates an existing Clientary contract: its subject, date, client, status, signers or sections. Only a draft contract can be changed; void and reopen a sent contract first.

- Trigger

**New Link Created**

Triggers when new link is created.

- Action

**Create a Short Link**

Creates new link on your own domain.

- Action

**Delete a Link**

Deletes a link by ID.

- Action

**Domain Statistics**

Returns detailed statistics for domain in given period

- Action

**Generate QR Code**

Generate QR code for the link

- Action

**Get Link by Long URL**

Get long URL by the short one

- Action

**Get Link by Path**

Returns link info by path and Domain ID

- Action

**Link Clicks**

Gets link clicks for link ids

- Action

**Link List**

Returns list of links

- Action

**Update a Link**

Updates existing short link with new values.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Clientary** Online invoicing and time tracking for small businesses and freelancers.](https://apiant.ai/connections/clientary)
- [ **Short.io** Short.io is a white label link shortener, which allows you to create short links on your own domain.](https://apiant.ai/connections/short-io)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Clientary

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

## More into Short.io

- [ **HubSpot to Short.io** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-short-io)
- [ **Salesforce to Short.io** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-short-io)
- [ **Google Sheets to Short.io** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-short-io)
- [ **Gmail to Short.io** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-short-io)
- [ **Google Calendar to Short.io** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-short-io)
- [ **Google Drive to Short.io** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-short-io)

Questions

## Clientary and Short.io, answered

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### What can start an automation from Clientary?

Any of Clientary's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Expense, New Invoice and New Staff. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Short.io when something happens in Clientary?

Any of Short.io's 9 actions, including Create a Short Link, Update a Link, Domain Statistics and Generate QR Code. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Can it also run from Short.io to Clientary?

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

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### Do I have to build a connector for Clientary or Short.io?

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 Clientary and Short.io 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
