---
title: "Connect Keygen to Shorten.REST - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"License Created\" fires in Keygen, your agent runs \"Update alias\" in Shorten.REST."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-shorten-rest"
---

# Connect Keygen to Shorten.REST

When **License Created** fires in [Keygen](https://apiant.ai/connections/keygen), 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.

Keygen **13** triggers Keygen **28** 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 Keygen 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 Keygen can start in Shorten.REST

- When **License Created** in Keygen then **Update alias** in Shorten.REST
- When **New Event** in Keygen 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 Keygen and Shorten.REST

## Triggers and actions 13 triggers · 33 actions

- Trigger

**License Created**

Fires when a license is created in Keygen.

- Trigger

**License Deleted**

Triggers when a license is deleted.

- Trigger

**License Expired**

Triggers when a license has expired.

- Trigger

**License Expiring**

Triggers when a license is expiring soon.

- Trigger

**License Renewed**

Triggers when a license is renewed.

- Trigger

**License Used**

Triggers when a license's usage is incremented.

- Trigger

**Machine Activated**

Triggers when a machine is activated.

- Trigger

**Machine Deactivated**

Triggers when a machine is deactivated.

- Trigger

**New Event**

Triggers when a new event like a license validation, an activation, or an expiration occurs.

- Trigger

**Password Reset**

Triggers when a user requests a password reset.

- Trigger

**Release Created**

Triggers when a new release is created.

- Trigger

**Release Published**

Triggers when a release is published.

- Trigger

**User Created**

Triggers when a new user is created.

- Action

**Activate Machine**

Activates a new machine for a license using a known fingerprint.

- Action

**Add Release**

creates a new release (version, channel, product relationship) for a product; fires the release.created webhook event.

- Action

**Checkout License**

Checks out a license file.

- Action

**Checkout Machine**

Checks out a machine file.

- Action

**Create License**

Creates a new license according to a policy.

- Action

**Create Policy**

Creates a license policy for a Keygen product.

- Action

**Create Product**

Creates a product in Keygen.

- Action

**Create Release**

/releases with version, channel and product relationship (status DRAFT): creates a draft release for a product, which Publish Release can then publish.

- Action

**Create Token**

Creates a new API token for a license.

- Action

**Create User**

Creates a new user.

- Action

**Deactivate Machine**

deactivates (deletes) a machine, firing machine.deleted.

- Action

**Delete License**

Permanently deletes a license.

- Action

**Find License**

Finds an existing license by its license key or Keygen ID.

- Action

**Find User**

Finds an existing user by their email address or Keygen ID.

- Action

**Get Token**

Retrieves a single API token by its id, returning its kind, name, expiry and permissions.

- Action

**Increment License Usage**

/v1/accounts/{account}/licenses/{id}/actions/increment-usage with optional body {"meta":{"increment":N}} — increments the license's uses count (fires license.usage.incremented).

- Action

**List Entitlements**

Lists a license's entitlements by license key or license ID.

- Action

**List Policies**

Lists the policies in the Keygen account.

- Action

**Publish Release**

moves a draft release to PUBLISHED status; fires the release.published webhook event.

- Action

**Reinstate License**

Reinstates a suspended license.

- Action

**Renew License**

Renews a license by extending its expiration date.

- Action

**Request Password Reset**

/v1/accounts/{account}/passwords with meta.email (and meta.deliver=false) — the Forgot Password call; issues a reset token for the user and fires the user.password-reset webhook event.

- Action

**Reset License Usage**

Resets a license's usage counter.

- Action

**Suspend License**

Suspends a license.

- Action

**Transfer License**

Transfer an existing license to a different policy.

- Action

**Update License**

Updates a license.

- Action

**Update Machine**

Updates a machine.

- Action

**Update User**

Updates a user.

- 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

- [ **Keygen** Keygen is a key generation service that makes it easy for businesses to license and distribute their software.](https://apiant.ai/connections/keygen)
- [ **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 Keygen

- [ **Keygen to Lexware Office** Lexware Office is a cloud app for german accounting.](https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-lexware-office)
- [ **Keygen to Sendr** Sendr is a personalized outreach platform that helps sales teams enrich data, clean leads, and create...](https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-sendr)
- [ **Keygen to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-salesforce)
- [ **Keygen to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-slack)
- [ **Keygen to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-mailchimp)
- [ **Keygen to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/keygen-to-stripe)

## 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](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

## Keygen and Shorten.REST, answered

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### What can start an automation from Keygen?

Any of Keygen's 13 triggers in the catalog, including License Created, New Event, Release Created and User Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Shorten.REST when something happens in Keygen?

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 Keygen?

Shorten.REST has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Keygen. 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 Keygen 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.

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### Can my AI client use Keygen 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.

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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.
