Reference

Create a short link

Shortens a public http(s) address into a /go/<code> link that counts clicks.

REST	`POST /api/v1/agents/{agent_id}/short-links`
MCP tool	`create_short_link`
Classification	Write
Scope	`agents:write`
Minimum role on the agent	editor
Confirmation	Not needed
Retry safety	Send an `Idempotency-Key` header (REST) or `idempotency_key` argument (MCP) to retry safely
Success status	201

What it does

Shortens a public http(s) address into a /go/<code> link that counts clicks. It works while the agent is published. Plans limit how many an agent keeps (plan_limit when full).

Side effects

Creates a public /go/ link that redirects whoever opens it. Counts toward the plan limit for short links.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	In	Description
`agent_id`	string	yes	path	The agent id (agt_...), from list_agents.
`url`	string	yes	body	The public http(s) address to send people to.
`title`	string	no	body	A name to recognize the link by.

Example

REST

curl -X POST "https://covo.lanaai.io/api/v1/agents/agt_4edc89bb2964/short-links" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COVO_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/spring-menu","title":"Spring menu"}'

MCP (POST /mcp)

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "create_short_link",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_id": "agt_4edc89bb2964",
      "url": "https://example.com/spring-menu",
      "title": "Spring menu"
    }
  }
}

Response

Returns an object with id, short_url, url, title, enabled, clicks, total_clicks, last_clicked and created_at. This is a real response, shortened to two items per list.

201 response

{
  "id": "33f5aef6-f05a-4a0e-8716-76aed5e209f9",
  "short_url": "https://covo.lanaai.io/go/NAqH5mp",
  "url": "https://example.com/spring-menu",
  "title": "Spring menu",
  "enabled": true,
  "clicks": 0,
  "total_clicks": 0,
  "last_clicked": null,
  "created_at": "2026-10-07T20:14:42.017Z"
}

Over MCP the same object comes back as the tool result, in structuredContent and as JSON text.

Errors

Status	Code	Meaning
401	`unauthorized`	No token, or it is unknown, revoked or expired. OAuth apps refresh or reconnect.
403	`account_suspended`	The account that owns the token is paused.
403	`insufficient_scope`	The token lacks `agents:write`.
404	`agent_not_found`	Unknown agent, or not reachable with this token.
400	`bad_request`	An input is invalid; `field` names it.
409, 422	`idempotency_in_progress`, `idempotency_key_reused`	See Idempotency on the REST page.
403	`plan_limit`	The plan is full; `details` has the limit.
429	`rate_limited`	Wait `Retry-After` seconds.