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URL shortener evolves to serve marketers and integrate with AI chats

The author developed a URL shortening service, initially designed to solve practical problems like managing campaign links and dealing with CDN cache lags. After realizing the primary users were marketers, the service was updated with features like social preview controls and deeper analytics. The next challenge is integrating this utility into AI chat interfaces, with the author exploring solutions like an MCP server or an open API. AI

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URL shortener evolves to serve marketers and integrate with AI chats

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · thebrecht ·

    A URL shortener's job changed in 2026 — so I moved it into the AI chat

    <p>You hit send on the email blast. Forty thousand inboxes. Then someone notices the campaign link points at last quarter's landing page.</p> <p>There's no undo. The email is already out. The link is baked into every copy.</p> <p>The first time that happened to me, I learned what…