Short Io for AI agents

Short.io is a URL shortening service for creating branded short links and tracking their click performance. Marketing teams use it to shorten links while keeping their own domain in the URL. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect Short Io See the 41 actions ↓

MarketingAPI keyMCP + RESTshort.io

AUDIT LOG · SHORT IOPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

short_io.list_domains

List Domains✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

short_io.get_folder

Get Folder✓ allowed · 164ms

09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write

short_io.create_link

Create Short Link✓ approved · approved by user

09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive

short_io.delete_link

Delete Link✕ blocked · policy: deny

EVERY SHORT IO CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Short Io.

Create a branded short link

Shorten a long URL into a branded link under the company's own domain for a campaign.

Check click statistics for a link

Pull click counts and geography for a short link to see how a campaign is performing.

Confirm before bulk-deleting links

Review a batch of old short links and get approval before deleting them all at once.

02 · ACTIONS

41 Short Io actions, graded by risk.

Every Short Io action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

short_io.get_folder
Get Folder
short_io.list_domains
List Domains
short_io.list_folders
List Folders
short_io.get_links_list
Get Links List
short_io.get_domain_by_id
Get Domain Details by ID
short_io.get_link_regions
Get Link Regions
short_io.get_domains_paths
Get Domain Paths
short_io.get_link_tweetbot
Get Link (Tweetbot)
short_io.get_link_countries
Get Link Countries
short_io.get_link_statistics
Get Link Statistics
short_io.get_bundle_templates
Get Bundle Templates
short_io.get_link_permissions
Get Link Permissions
short_io.get_domain_statistics
Get Domain Statistics
short_io.get_link_info_by_path
Get Link Info by Path
short_io.get_domains_link_clicks
Get Domain Link Clicks
short_io.get_link_by_original_url
Get Link by Original URL

+ 4 MORE

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

short_io.create_link
Create Short Link
short_io.update_link
Update Link
short_io.create_folder
Create Folder
short_io.post_links_bulk
Create Links in Bulk
short_io.post_domains_top
Get Domain Top Values
short_io.post_domain_stats
Get Domain Statistics
short_io.post_links_qr_bulk
Generate QR Codes in Bulk
short_io.add_tag_to_links_bulk
Add Tag to Links in Bulk
short_io.update_domain_settings
Update Domain Settings
short_io.post_domain_link_clicks
Post Domain Link Clicks
short_io.post_domains_by_interval
Get Domain Statistics by Interval
short_io.post_domains_last_clicks
Post Domains Last Clicks
short_io.post_links_unarchive_bulk
Unarchive Links in Bulk
short_io.duplicate_link
Duplicate Link
short_io.unarchive_link
Unarchive Link
short_io.generate_qr_code
Generate QR Code for Link

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

short_io.delete_link
Delete Link
short_io.archive_link
Archive Link
short_io.delete_links_bulk
Delete Links in Bulk
short_io.delete_link_permission
Delete Link Permission
short_io.post_links_archive_bulk
Archive Links in Bulk

03 · HOW IT WORKS

Short Io in three steps.

01Your users connect Short IoThey add their Short Io api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Short Link” can wait for the user, and “delete Link” can be denied outright.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls Short Io through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('short_io', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_link
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_link
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Short Io connects.

Users add their Short Io api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same Short Io connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: API key
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use Short Io from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

More marketing apps.

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ActiveCampaign298 actions ActiveTrail159 actions

Adobe Marketing Agent12 actions

07 · FAQ

Short Io and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Short Io with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Short Io to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Short Io actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Short Io?

Users add their Short Io api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which Short Io actions can my agent take?

41 in total: 20 read, 16 write and 5 destructive, such as “create Short Link”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Short Io?

Yes. Actions like “delete Link” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Short Io too?

Yes. The same Short Io connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug Short Io into your agent.

Your users connect Short Io once, under your brand. Your agent gets 41 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan