Linkfuse Skill

Creates an affiliate short link via the Linkfuse REST API — same API used by the Chrome and Firefox extensions.

Trigger Conditions

Use this skill when the user:

• Says /linkfuse [url]
• Asks to "create a Linkfuse link" for a URL
• Wants to shorten an affiliate/Amazon URL via Linkfuse

Authentication

This skill reads the Bearer token exclusively from the LINKFUSE_TOKEN environment variable. If it is not set, tell the user:

LINKFUSE_TOKEN is not set. Get your token from https://app.linkfuse.net/user/external-token and add it to your environment:

export LINKFUSE_TOKEN=your_token_here

Then retry.

Do not proceed without a token.

Workflow

Step 1 — Get the URL

If the user did not provide a URL, ask for one before proceeding.

Step 2 — Create the link

node scripts/create-link.js --url "<url>"

• Exit 0: stdout contains JSON { "url": "...", "title": "..." } — proceed to Step 3.
• Exit 2 (Unauthorized): Tell the user their LINKFUSE_TOKEN is invalid or expired and they should update it.
• Exit 1: Display the stderr error message to the user.

Step 3 — Display result

Show the user:

✓ Link created: <short-url>
  Title: <title>

Offer to copy the short URL to the clipboard:

echo -n "<short-url>" | xclip -selection clipboard 2>/dev/null || echo -n "<short-url>" | pbcopy 2>/dev/null || true

Notes

• allowRecycle: true is sent with every request — if the same URL was shortened before, the existing link is returned rather than creating a duplicate.
• The X-API-CLIENT: claude-skill header identifies this client to the server.