Bitly MCP server

Bitly is the official remote MCP server from bitly.com. It answers at https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp over streamable HTTP and asks you to sign in with your bitly.com account before it lists its tools, so your client opens a login the first time it connects. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 4 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, got the sign-in challenge, so it is up.

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Description as the publisher wrote it.

What Bitly needs before it works

A sign-in. The server refused to list its tools to an anonymous client and answered with an authentication challenge, which is how an MCP server protected by OAuth behaves. Add it with one of the setups below; the first connection opens a login for your bitly.com account, and the tools appear once you have approved it.

Add Bitly to your AI client

Every block below points at https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp. Pick your client and copy.

claude mcp add --transport http bitly https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "url": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "bitly": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "context_servers": {
    "bitly": {
      "url": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "url": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

name: Bitly
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: Bitly
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bitly": {
      "url": "https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp"
    }
  }
}

goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi-ssl.bitly.com%2Fv4%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=bitly&name=Bitly

Is Bitly up right now?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 121 ms. Over 10 checks since 4 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

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Questions about Bitly

Is there an official Bitly MCP server?

Yes. It is published by bitly.com and served from api-ssl.bitly.com, the vendor's own domain: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp.

How do I sign in to Bitly?

Add the server with a setup above. The first time your client connects it opens the sign-in page for bitly.com; approve it and the tools load.

Is Bitly down?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 121 ms. Over 10 checks since 4 September 2026 it answered 10.

How do I add Bitly to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does Bitly need an API key?

It needs a sign-in rather than a key you paste: the server answered with an authentication challenge, so your client runs the login when it first connects.

Where this comes from

Publisher: com.bitly. Endpoint host: api-ssl.bitly.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.bitly:mcp:mcp. First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.