Bitly MCP for AI Agents

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.

Bitly logoBitly
Api KeyOauth2

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.

10 Tools

Try Bitly now

Type what you want done — sign in and watch it run live in the Tool Router playground.

TOOL ROUTER PLAYGROUND
Bitly
Try asking
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/openai @ai-sdk/mcp
Install the Composio SDK for Python or TypeScript
2

Initialize Client and Create Tool Router Session

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

const composio = new Composio({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
console.log(`Tool Router session created: ${session.mcp.url}`);
Import and initialize the Composio client, then create a Tool Router session for Bitly
3

Connect to AI Agent

typescript
import { openai } from '@ai-sdk/openai';
import { experimental_createMCPClient as createMCPClient } from '@ai-sdk/mcp';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: {
    type: 'http',
    url: session.mcp.url,
    headers: {
      'x-api-key': 'your-composio-api-key',
    },
  },
});

const tools = await client.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai('gpt-4o'),
  tools,
  messages: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Shorten https://example.com/summer-sale using Bitly and return the short link'
  }],
  maxSteps: 5,
});

console.log(`Agent: ${text}`);
Use the MCP server with your AI agent (Anthropic Claude or Mastra)
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Bitly API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/openai
Install the Composio SDK
2

Initialize Composio and Create Tool Router Session

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

const composio = new Composio({
  provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider(),
});
const openai = new OpenAI({});
const session = await composio.create('your-user-id');
Import and initialize Composio client, then create a Tool Router session
3

Execute Bitly Tools via Tool Router with Your Agent

typescript
const tools = session.tools;
const response = await openai.responses.create({
  model: 'gpt-4.1',
  tools: tools,
  input: [{
    role: 'user',
    content: 'Shorten https://example.com/summer-sale using Bitly and return the short link'
  }],
});
const result = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(
  'your-user-id',
  response.output
);
console.log(result);
Get tools from Tool Router session and execute Bitly actions with your Agent

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

Yes, Bitly requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

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

Composio is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant with all data encrypted in transit and at rest. Learn more.

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

Start with Bitly.It takes 30 seconds.

Managed auth, hosted MCP servers, and every Bitly tool your agent needs.Free to start.

Start building