--- title: "Connect Habitify to Shorten.REST - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Log\" fires in Habitify, your agent runs \"Update alias\" in Shorten.REST." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-shorten-rest" --- # Connect Habitify to Shorten.REST When **New Log** fires in [Habitify](https://apiant.ai/connections/habitify), your agent runs **Update alias** in [Shorten.REST](https://apiant.ai/connections/shorten-rest). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Habitify **4** triggers Habitify **15** actions Shorten.REST **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Habitify and Shorten.REST 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 Habitify can start in Shorten.REST - When **New Log** in Habitify then **Update alias** in Shorten.REST - When **New Mood** in Habitify then **Short Link** in Shorten.REST 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 Habitify and Shorten.REST ## Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 20 actions - Trigger **New Log** Triggers when a new log entry is recorded for the selected habit. - Trigger **New Mood** Triggered when a new mood is logged on a note for the chosen habit. - Trigger **New Note** Triggers when a new note is added to the selected habit. - Trigger **New Status** Triggers when a habit is marked completed, skipped or failed for a day. - Action **Add area** Creates a new area for organizing and categorizing habits, and returns the created area. - Action **Add Log** Adds a log entry with a specific value and unit to a measurable habit, for today or a chosen date. - Action **Add Note** Adds a note to a habit, with any combination of text, a mood level and photos. Returns the note that was created. - Action **Complete habit** Marks a habit as completed for a specific date, with Habitify working out the log value from the habit's goal. - Action **Delete habit** Permanently deletes a habit along with its logs, notes, goals and reminders. This cannot be undone. - Action **Delete habit log** Permanently deletes one log entry from a habit, removing the recorded value from its tracking history. - Action **Fail habit** Marks a habit as failed for a specific date, defaulting to today. - Action **Get habit** Returns the full details of a habit, including its schedule, goals, reminders, areas and time-of-day periods. An error occurs if the habit is not found. - Action **Get Habit Journal** Returns all your habits for a given day, with each habit's completion status, current streak and progress toward its goal. - Action **Get habit statistics** Returns aggregated statistics for a habit over an optional date range, including completion, skip and failure counts, total and average logged values, and a day-by-day progress breakdown. - Action **List areas** Returns all of the areas in the Habitify account, the groups used to organize habits such as Health or Work. - Action **List habit logs** Returns the log entries recorded for a habit, newest first, optionally limited to a date range. - Action **List habit notes** Returns the notes attached to a habit, including each note's text, mood level, photos and creation time. - Action **List habits** Returns the habits in the account, optionally filtered by archived status, area, habit type or time of day. - Action **Skip habit** Marks a habit as skipped for a specific date, for days you intentionally decide not to perform it. Returns Habitify's confirmation message. - Action **Delete alias** Deletes a short link (alias) from one of your domains. If no domain is given, the alias is looked up on the default short.fyi domain. - Action **Get alias** Returns the details of a single short link alias, including its destinations, meta tags and snippets. - Action **List aliases** Returns the names of all short-link aliases on one of your domains, newest first. Leave the domain blank to list aliases on the default short.fyi domain. - Action **Short Link** Creates a short link (alias) that redirects to a destination URL, optionally on your own domain with a custom alias. - Action **Update alias** Updates a short link's destinations, meta tags or tracking snippets. Only the lists you supply are changed, and each supplied list replaces the existing one completely. ## Each app on its own - [ **Habitify** Habitify is a habit tracker that helps you form habits that actually stick.](https://apiant.ai/connections/habitify) - [ **Shorten.REST** Shorten.REST is a flexible, robust, scale-able and transactional URL Shortening app.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shorten-rest) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Habitify - [ **Habitify to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-hubspot) - [ **Habitify to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-salesforce) - [ **Habitify to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-slack) - [ **Habitify to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-mailchimp) - [ **Habitify to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-stripe) - [ **Habitify to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/habitify-to-shopify) ## More into Shorten.REST - [ **HubSpot to Shorten.REST** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Salesforce to Shorten.REST** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Slack to Shorten.REST** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Google Sheets to Shorten.REST** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Gmail to Shorten.REST** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shorten-rest) - [ **Google Calendar to Shorten.REST** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shorten-rest) Questions ## Habitify and Shorten.REST, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Habitify? Any of Habitify's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New Log, New Mood, New Note and New Status. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shorten.REST when something happens in Habitify? Any of Shorten.REST's 5 actions, including Update alias, Get alias, List aliases and Short Link. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shorten.REST to Habitify? Shorten.REST has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Habitify. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shorten.REST's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Habitify or Shorten.REST? 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 Habitify and Shorten.REST 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.