# Get the most clicked links — Holdout

Botize method — `holdout.top_links` (action).

The links of a channel that people clicked the most in the last hours, with the offer data sent when each was created. Made for a daily top post. Links to the same product count as one, and previews and robots do not count.

This is an action: it runs as a step of a task. Several can be chained.

## Fields you set

The field's internal name, its type and the values it accepts. These fields accept `{{...}}` tags from earlier steps.

- `channel` *(string)* — Channel. The Holdout channel to rank. Pick it from the list, or write its exact name.
- `hours` *(string, default: "24")* — Hours. Links created in the last hours, from 1 to 168 (a week). 24 by default.
- `limit` *(string, default: "5")* — How many. From 1 to 20. 5 by default.
- `exclude_without_image` *(boolean)* — Exclude products without image. Leave out the links created without an image URL, and fill their places with the next most clicked ones. Useful when the links go to a step that draws the products.

## Output variables

Data this step makes available. Reference them in later steps with the double-brace tag.

- `{{links}}` *(array)* — Links
- `{{links.0.title}}` *(text)* — Title
- `{{links.0.short_url}}` *(text)* — Short URL. The link of its most recent post. To publish it again in your top, shorten the long URL in a new step: each post gets its own link and its own stats.
- `{{links.0.destination}}` *(text)* — Long URL
- `{{links.0.image_url}}` *(text)* — Image URL
- `{{links.0.price}}` *(decimal)* — Price
- `{{links.0.list_price}}` *(decimal)* — Original price
- `{{links.0.currency}}` *(text)* — Currency
- `{{links.0.category}}` *(text)* — Category
- `{{links.0.clicks}}` *(decimal)* — Clicks
- `{{links.0.created_at}}` *(text)* — Created at (UTC)
- `{{total_links}}` *(decimal)* — Total links. Can be fewer than you asked for, or 0: only links with clicks are included

## Account

Needs a connected Holdout account in Botize: https://botize.com/en/app/holdout/authenticate

## This app

Every trigger and action for Holdout: https://botize.com/en/app/holdout.md

## How to build this

An AI assistant (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor…) can create and edit these tasks in the user's account through the Botize MCP connector, included in every plan:

    https://webhook.botize.es/mcp

- Connection guide: https://botize.com/en/mcp
- Agent map: https://botize.com/llms.txt
- New account: https://botize.com/en/join (500 free operations, no card)

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Machine-readable summary for AI assistants. Human version: https://botize.com/en/method/holdout/top_links