overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist enhancements — Bitly Organizations API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/bitly-organizations-api-openapi.yml
x-provenance:
generated: '2026-08-13'
method: generated
source: openapi/bitly-organizations-api-openapi.yml + repo artifacts
note: Captures API Evangelist annotations only. The underlying OpenAPI is Bitly's own and is never mutated.
actions:
- target: $.info
description: Record API Evangelist provenance and the artifacts derived from this contract.
update:
x-apievangelist:
source: https://dev.bitly.com/v4/v4.json
harvested: '2026-08-13'
surface: Organizations
operations: 5
artifacts:
conventions: conventions/bitly-conventions.yml
errors: errors/bitly-problem-types.yml
authentication: authentication/bitly-authentication.yml
rate_limits: rate-limits/bitly-rate-limits.yml
data_model: data-model/bitly-data-model.yml
lifecycle: lifecycle/bitly-lifecycle.yml
- target: $.info
description: Bitly publishes no idempotency mechanism; flag it on the contract so agents see it.
update:
x-idempotency:
supported: false
note: No Idempotency-Key header and no client token. A retried write creates a duplicate Bitlink
and consumes metered monthly quota.
- target: $.info
description: 'Rate-limit posture: no budget headers are returned; quota must be polled.'
update:
x-rate-limit-signalling:
budget_headers: false
retry_after: false
only_header: X-Ratelimit-Reason (403 only)
exhaustion_status: 429
introspection:
- GET /v4/user/platform_limits
- GET /v4/organizations/{organization_guid}/plan_limits
- target: $.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
description: Document how the bearer token is obtained and that no scopes exist.
update:
description: 'Bitly access token. Send as `Authorization: Bearer {token}`. Generic tokens are issued
at https://bitly.com/settings/api; user-delegated tokens come from the OAuth 2.0 authorization-code
flow at https://bitly.com/oauth/authorize. Bitly publishes no OAuth scopes, so a token carries the
full permissions of the granting user.'
x-token-source: https://bitly.com/settings/api
x-scopes-published: false
- target: $.paths.*.*
description: Mark every operation with the surface it belongs to for catalog routing.
update:
x-bitly-surface: Organizations
- target: $.info
description: Note which MCP tools front this surface.
update:
x-mcp:
server: https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v4/mcp
tools:
- get_organizations
crosswalk: mcp/bitly-tool-crosswalk.yml
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