Bitly MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Bitly MCP or direct API to create short links, manage branded links, generate QR codes, and track click analytics through natural language.

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Bitly is a link management platform for shortening, customizing, sharing, and tracking links and QR codes. It helps teams create branded links and measure engagement across campaigns.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Bitly action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Delete Bitlink

Permanently delete an eligible unedited hash Bitlink.

Expand Link

Resolve a Bitlink to its current destination and destination history, when available.

Get Account Context

Return the authenticated Bitly user together with accessible groups and organizations needed by other tools.

Get Bitlink

Retrieve full Bitlink metadata, including destination, title, tags, archive or deletion state, and associated QR code IDs.

Get Bitlink Activity

Return paid-plan click or engagement analytics for a Bitlink as a timeline or summary.

Get Bitlink Traffic Sources

Break down paid-plan Bitlink click analytics by country, city, device, referrer, or referring domain.

Get Usage and Limits

Inspect monthly plan quotas, hourly endpoint budgets, and optional group feature usage before performing quota-consuming work.

List Bitlinks

List or search Bitlinks owned by a group, one cursor-controlled page at a time.

Shorten Link

Create an ordinary Bitly short link for a long URL in a specific group.

Update Bitlink

Update safe metadata or archive state for a Bitlink; this tool does not redirect destinations or configure advanced routing.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Bitly MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["bitly"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Bitly and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "Shorten https://example.com/summer-sale using Bitly and return the short link",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Bitly request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Bitly API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["bitly"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Bitly
3

Run Bitly tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "Shorten https://example.com/summer-sale using Bitly and return the short link" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Bitly tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Bitly Integration

  • Supports both Bitly MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable link and QR code actions
  • Rich coverage for creating, reading, and analyzing your Bitly links

Managed Auth

  • Built-in credential handling for Bitly API keys and OAuth connections
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Bitly access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know which Bitly links were created, updated, or analyzed

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Bitly
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Bitly links, groups, and analytics
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Bitly requires connections to go through your own OAuth app. You register it once with Bitly, add its client ID and secret in the Composio dashboard, and from then on everyone connects by signing in to Bitly as usual. Composio handles the rest of the flow and the token refresh.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Bitly connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

When you connect a Bitly account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Bitly as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Exactly the ones Bitly lists on its consent screen when you connect. Review that screen before approving. If you connect a work account, your Bitly administrator may need to approve the app first, and you can revoke the access inside Bitly whenever you want.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Bitly connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

Composio refreshes Bitly tokens automatically, so day to day you do nothing. If you revoke access inside Bitly, or Bitly invalidates the session, the connection shows as expired in Composio and the agent stops acting on that account until you reconnect it, which is a single sign-in.

Composio's free Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Bitly use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Bitly plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Bitly accounts).

With Composio, you connect Bitly once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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