# Bitly API for AI Agents

Bitly makes it easy to create, share, and track short links and QR Codes. Call the Bitly API from the agent stack you already run. Swytchcode supplies the manifest, then handles authentication, retries, idempotency, and validation on every call.

## Copy paste to your AI agent

- Build me a Bitly AI assistant
- Set up [Swytchcode Skills](/content/skills.md)

[Visit official site](https://bitly.com/)  
[View documentation](https://dev.bitly.com/)

**Provider:** Bitly  
**Category:** General  
**License:** Proprietary  
**Manifest:** bitly  
**Official site:** [bitly.com](https://bitly.com/)  
**API docs:** [View docs](https://dev.bitly.com/)

## Use cases

### What can you build with the Bitly API?

1. Call Bitly directly from an AI agent without writing custom auth, retry, or error-handling code.
2. Get the right endpoints and call sequence for the workflow you need, instead of having the agent explore the Bitly API surface.
3. Chain Bitly with other approved integrations in one workflow, each step validated against your policy before it runs.
4. Give an agent safe read/write access to Bitly in production, with idempotent retries if a call fails.

## Setup guide

### How to connect the Bitly API to an AI agent

Four steps, no SDK, no boilerplate. Every Bitly call routed through Swytchcode is idempotency-keyed and safe to retry.

1. **Install the CLI**  
   Run "npx swytchcode" to install the Swytchcode CLI—no account required to start.

2. **Pull the manifest**  
   Run "swytchcode get bitly" to pull the Bitly API manifest, including its schema and available actions.

3. **Authenticate once**  
   Provide your Bitly API credentials a single time. Swytchcode stores and refreshes them so your agent never handles raw secrets.

4. **Call it from your agent**  
   Run "swytchcode exec bitly.<action> --key value" from any agent or script. No SDK, no framework lock-in.

```bash
swytchcode get bitly
swytchcode exec bitly.<action> --key value
```

## FAQ

### Frequently asked questions

- What is Swytchcode?
- How do I get started with Swytchcode?
- How does an AI agent actually call the Bitly API through Swytchcode?
- What happens if a Bitly call fails, times out, or hits a rate limit?
- Can I restrict which Bitly actions my agent is allowed to run?
- Where does Swytchcode store my Bitly credentials?
- Do I need to write a custom Bitly SDK integration for my agent?
- How is calling Bitly through Swytchcode different from calling its API directly?
- Do I need a specific framework to call Bitly?
- Does Swytchcode log what my agent does with Bitly?

## Build me a Bitly AI assistant

Copy the prompt into your agent. It will load Swytchcode and wire up Bitly.