Integration
Connect Basecamp 3 to You Need A Budget
When New Project fires in Basecamp 3, your agent runs Add account in You Need A Budget. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
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What do you want Basecamp 3 and You Need A Budget to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.
Set it up in your client
Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)Claude, web and desktop
Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Cursor
Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app
Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Any other MCP client
Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What Basecamp 3 can start in You Need A Budget
When New Project in Basecamp 3
then Add account in You Need A Budget
Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.
Everything your agent can do with Basecamp 3 and You Need A Budget
Triggers and actions 3 triggers · 23 actions
- New Project
Polling trigger that fires when a new project is created in the Basecamp account.
- New To-do
Instant (webhook) trigger that fires when a new to-do is created in the selected Basecamp project. Basecamp POSTs a webhook event payload; the kind is filtered to todo_created and the recording (the to-do) is surfaced.
- New To-do in any project
Instant (webhook) trigger that fires when a new to-do is created in any Basecamp project. Basecamp POSTs a webhook event payload; the kind is filtered to todo_created and the recording (the to-do) is surfaced.
- Create Webhook
Creates a webhook subscription in a Basecamp project (bucket), delivering events to a payload URL. Returns the webhook id and details.
- Delete Webhook
Deletes a registered webhook from a Basecamp project (bucket). Returns the deleted webhook id.
- Get project
Retrieves a single Basecamp project by its ID, including its tools (dock) and people summary.
- List people
Lists every person visible to the connected user on the Basecamp account.
- List projects
Lists the projects visible to the connected user, most recently created first, optionally filtered by status.
- Add account
Create an account.
- Add payee
Create a payee.
- Add scheduled transaction
Create a scheduled transaction.
- Add transaction
Create a transaction.
- Delete transaction
Delete a transaction.
- Get account
Get an account.
- Get plan
Get a plan with all entities.
- Get plan month
Get a plan month with category budgets.
- Get transaction
Get a transaction by id.
- Import transactions
Imports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB.
- List accounts
List accounts in a plan.
- List categories
List categories grouped.
- List payees
List payees.
- List plans
List all plans (budgets).
- List scheduled transactions
List scheduled transactions.
- List transactions
List transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters).
- Update category
Update a category.
- Update transaction
Update a transaction.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Basecamp 3 and You Need A Budget, answered
What can start an automation from Basecamp 3?
Any of Basecamp 3's 3 triggers in the catalog, including New Project, New To-do and New To-do in any project. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in You Need A Budget when something happens in Basecamp 3?
Any of You Need A Budget's 18 actions, including Update category, Update transaction, Add account and Add payee. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from You Need A Budget to Basecamp 3?
You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Basecamp 3. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads You Need A Budget's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Basecamp 3 or You Need A Budget?
No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.
Can my AI client use Basecamp 3 and You Need A Budget without building an automation?
Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.
What happens when something fails?
Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.