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- 2026/10/08
Update: toui now has a status page
status.toui.link shows whether toui.io redirects and the website are working, posts updates when something goes wrong, and lists where to write if toui.io is unreachable.
- 2026/10/06
Update: your stats now reach further back, 60 days on Free
Every plan can now see a longer stretch of its link stats, with 60 days on Free, 180 on Pro, 365 on Pro+, 2 years on Business. Total clicks have no time limit, and there's a new city breakdown.
- 2026/10/01
Use toui in Claude to create short links and read their stats
How to connect the toui connector to Claude, what it can do with your short links, campaigns and link-in-bio page, what it can't do, and how to fix the common setup problems.
- 2026/10/01
Update: toui is now in Claude's connector directory
toui URL Shortener is listed in Claude's connector directory. Search for toui under Settings → Connectors → Discover and connect it without pasting a URL.
- 2026/08/30
Update: link previews and your own test clicks no longer count
A change to toui's click stats: opening your own link from the dashboard, and the fetch a chat app makes to build a preview card, are no longer counted as clicks. Forward-only — past numbers are untouched.
- 2026/08/03
Update: one account can now hold more than one link-in-bio page
Paid plans can now run several link-in-bio pages, each with its own address, look and numbers. The same batch of updates brings an automatic share card and a rebuilt page editor.
- 2026/07/02
Update: editing a link from the AI chat now covers everything
The MCP tool for ChatGPT and Claude can now change every part of an existing link — title, campaign, social preview, and iOS/Android/geo targeting — not just where it points.
- 2026/07/01
My product is the most commoditized thing on the internet. So I stopped trying to make it prettier.
A redirect is a redirect — about as commoditized as software gets. Redesigning toui meant learning what Tsutaya's founder already knew: when the function is a commodity, design isn't decoration — it's the argument.
- 2026/06/12
A URL shortener's job changed in 2026 — so I moved it into the AI chat
I built a URL shortener, then realized the work had moved into AI chats. The craft behind short links, and how to make any tool reachable from AI agents — MCP server vs open API.
- 2026/06/08
Your API Key Doesn't Belong in AI-Generated Code
When you build a tool inside ChatGPT or Claude, the AI happily hardcodes your API key — and that code gets shared, deployed, or committed. Here's the honest way to connect a service from inside an AI assistant, and what toui did about it.
- 2026/06/06
Shorten links without leaving Claude or ChatGPT — toui's MCP server
Connect toui's MCP server to Claude or ChatGPT and shorten URLs right inside the chat. A remote, OAuth-secured connector — shorten links, tag channels, and read click stats without leaving the conversation. Setup walkthrough for both.
- 2026/05/31
Your toui.io short links can now live on your own domain
toui.io Pro now includes custom domains: put your short links on your own domain (e.g. go.yourcompany.com) with one CNAME record, ready in about five minutes. Brand consistency, editable targets, HTTPS and the open API — at no extra charge.
- 2026/05/31
Set up your own short domain in five minutes — it's just one CNAME record
Step-by-step: put toui.io short links on your own subdomain with a single CNAME record. Cloudflare shown as the example, works with any DNS provider; with dashboard screenshots and the grey-cloud gotcha.
- 2026/05/17
toui.io now has a Telegram bot — shorten any URL from chat
No browser, no signup. Open @toui_io_bot in Telegram, paste any URL, get a short link back. Link your toui.io account to make URLs permanent and see click stats.
- 2026/04/22
Your short links are permanent now — plus 5× the Free quota
Three changes we shipped at toui.io this month: registered users' links never expire, the Free plan grew 5× with open API access, and you can claim anonymous links after signing up.
- 2026/04/10
Automate Your Links: A Developer's Guide to the toui.io API
Your marketing team just dropped 50 product URLs for this weekend's flash sale. Here's how to build a promotion engine with the toui.io API in under 100 lines of JavaScript.
- 2026/04/02
6 Superpowers of Short URLs You're Probably Not Using
Short URLs do way more than save characters. Click tracking, QR codes, branded links, team collaboration, API automation — here are the 6 superpowers most people miss.
- 2026/03/31
You Don't Need Bitly: Why Most Teams Overpay for URL Shortening
Bitly charges $35/mo for features most teams never use. Here's an honest comparison of what URL shorteners actually cost — and what you actually need.