--- title: "Connect MyDesk to Shorten.REST - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Appointment\" fires in MyDesk, your agent runs \"Update alias\" in Shorten.REST." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-shorten-rest" --- # Connect MyDesk to Shorten.REST When **New Appointment** fires in [MyDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/mydesk), 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. MyDesk **7** triggers MyDesk **13** 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 MyDesk 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 MyDesk can start in Shorten.REST - When **New Appointment** in MyDesk then **Update alias** in Shorten.REST - When **New Company** in MyDesk 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 MyDesk and Shorten.REST ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 18 actions - Trigger **New Appointment** Triggered when a new appointment is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggered when a new opportunity is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **New Task** Triggered when a new task is created in MyDesk. - Trigger **Task Completed** Triggers when a task is marked as completed in MyDesk. - Trigger **Task Overdue** Triggers when an open task passes its planned date without being completed. - Action **Create Address** Creates a new address in MyDesk and links it to a company, country and address type. Returns the new address's ids. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new company (account) in MyDesk and returns its id. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in MyDesk and links it to a company. Returns the new contact's MyDesk id and your own id. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task in MyDesk and returns its id. - Action **Find Contact** Returns the MyDesk contacts that match the name, email address, your own identifier or filter you supply. - Action **Find Country** Returns the countries in your MyDesk environment that match a name, your own identifier or an extra condition. - Action **Find Opportunity** Returns the opportunities in MyDesk that match your own identifier or a filter condition. - Action **Find Representative** Returns the representatives in MyDesk that match the name, your own identifier or filter you specify. - Action **Find Task** Returns the MyDesk tasks that match your identifier, subject or filter condition. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing company in MyDesk by its id. Only the fields you fill in change; everything else keeps its current value. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing contact in MyDesk, changing only the fields you fill in and keeping the rest as they are. - Action **Update Opportunity** Updates an existing opportunity in MyDesk by its id, changing only the values you supply and keeping everything else on the record. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing task by its MyDesk id, changing only the fields you fill in and returning the updated task. - 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 - [ **MyDesk** MyDesk: Get started quickly with a user-friendly CRM for sales.](https://apiant.ai/connections/mydesk) - [ **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 MyDesk - [ **MyDesk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-salesforce) - [ **MyDesk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-slack) - [ **MyDesk to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-stripe) - [ **MyDesk to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-shopify) - [ **MyDesk to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **MyDesk to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mydesk-to-pipedrive) ## 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 ## MyDesk and Shorten.REST, answered ### ### What can start an automation from MyDesk? Any of MyDesk's 7 triggers in the catalog, including New Appointment, New Company, New Contact and New Opportunity. 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 MyDesk? 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 MyDesk? Shorten.REST has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in MyDesk. 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 MyDesk 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 MyDesk 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.