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Shorten.REST integrations

Connect Shorten.REST to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. Shorten.REST is a flexible, robust, scale-able and transactional URL Shortening app.

Connects with an API keyshorten.rest
5 actions

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

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What do you want to automate with Shorten.REST?

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Connect your AI client

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)
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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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What your agent can do with Shorten.REST

Triggers and actions 5 actions

  • 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.

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Shorten.REST, answered

Is there a Shorten.REST MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with Shorten.REST. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run Shorten.REST actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use Shorten.REST. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in Shorten.REST?

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 I use Shorten.REST directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Shorten.REST two ways. Ask it to do something in Shorten.REST 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 on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Shorten.REST API?

No. APIANT connects to the Shorten.REST API for you, with your Shorten.REST API key. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Shorten.REST triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Shorten.REST API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Shorten.REST connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Shorten.REST with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

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.