About Bitly MCP Server
Bitly MCP Server connects Claude with Bitly to manage short links using natural-language requests. It supports link creation, updates, retrieval, deletion, and monthly click counts.
Key features
- 01Create Bitlinks
- 02Update Bitlinks
- 03Retrieve Bitlinks
- 04Resolve Bitlinks to long URLs
- 05Delete Bitlinks
- 06Get monthly click counts
Use cases
- 01Shorten a URL
- 02Update a short link
- 03Look up a Bitlink’s destination
- 04Check monthly link clicks
MCP support
Exposes Bitly link-management operations as tools for MCP clients, including creation, updates, retrieval, deletion, URL resolution, and click counts.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEBitly MCP Server
This MCP server will help integrate Claude with Bitly for natural language short URL management.
Supported features
- CreateBitlink
- UpdateBitlink
- RetrieveByBitlink
- GetLongUrlFromBitlink
- DeleteBitlink
- GetClickCountByMonth
Using this in Claude Desktop
- Open the
claude_desktop_config.jsonand add the following configuration.
"bitly": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"BITLY_API_KEY=YOUR_BITLY_API_KEY",
"anuraj/bitlymcpserver"
],
"env": {
"BITLY_API_KEY": "YOUR_BITLY_API_KEY"
}
}
- Restart the Claude desktop - in the MCP Tools you will get the bitly tools.
- Now you can write something like
Shorten this https://github.com/anuraj/bitly-mcp-server.
MCPHub Certification
Bitly MCP Server is certified by https://mcphub.com/. This certification ensures that Bitly MCP Server follows best practices for Model Context Protocol implementation.
Disclaimer
This is an unofficial MCP package for Bitly and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or maintained by Bitly.
It is provided for learning purposes only and comes with no guarantees or warranties of any kind.
Use at your own risk.
Happy Programming.
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