Automatically shorten links and enrich them with page metadata

Takes a submitted URL, pulls its title, description, and image, and creates a shortened link automatically.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

flowchart TD trig(("URL submitted via form")):::human s0["looks up page metadata"]:::task s1["creates shortened link"]:::task s2["returns finished link"]:::task trig --> s0 s1 --> s2 gx{"× is a preview image available"}:::gate s0 --> gx p00["uses existing preview image"]:::task gx -->|"image found"| p00 p10["captures page screenshot"]:::task gx -->|"no image found"| p10 jn{"○ merge back to linking"}:::gate p00 --> jn p10 --> jn jn --> s1 out[/"shortened link with rich preview"/]:::out pay{{"polished links without manual work"}}:::pay s2 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Document Processing & OCRImage & Media ProcessingWeb Scraping & Data CollectionAPI & Webhook IntegrationSurvey & FeedbackDevOps & IT Operations
Connects
Switchy

The problem it solves

Creating a shortened link that also looks good when shared, with the right title, description, and preview image, usually means checking several tools by hand. Doing that one link at a time for everything you share gets old fast.

Who it fits

Marketing teams and content creators who share a lot of links and want them to look polished.

How it works

  1. A URL is submitted through a form
  2. The system looks up the page's title, description, and preview image
  3. If needed, it takes a screenshot of the page to use as the image
  4. It creates or updates a shortened link with that metadata attached
  5. You get back the finished shortened link
What you get

Polished links ready to share everywhere

Every link you share comes back shortened and dressed up with the page's title, description, and image, so it looks polished wherever you post it.

What you get

A shortened link with a proper title, description, and preview image attached, ready to share.

What you need

A Switchy account and access to metadata and screenshot services.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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