--- title: "Connect BlueSuite to You Need A Budget - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Invoice\" fires in BlueSuite, your agent runs \"Add account\" in You Need A Budget." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/bluesuite-to-you-need-a-budget" --- # Connect BlueSuite to You Need A Budget When **New Invoice** fires in [BlueSuite](https://apiant.ai/connections/bluesuite), your agent runs **Add account** in [You Need A Budget](https://apiant.ai/connections/you-need-a-budget). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. BlueSuite **7** triggers BlueSuite **18** actions You Need A Budget **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want BlueSuite and You Need A Budget to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One 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.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What BlueSuite can start in You Need A Budget - When **New Invoice** in BlueSuite then **Add account** in You Need A Budget - When **New Job** in BlueSuite then **Add payee** 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 BlueSuite and You Need A Budget ## Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 36 actions - Trigger **Invoice Paid** Triggers when a BlueSuite invoice is moved to Paid. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice in your BlueSuite workspace is moved to Sent, returning the invoice. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in your BlueSuite workspace. - Trigger **New Job** Triggers when a new job is created in BlueSuite. - Trigger **New or Updated Request** Triggers when a request is created or updated in BlueSuite, depending on the event you choose. - Trigger **New Quote** Triggers when a new quote is created in BlueSuite. - Trigger **Quote Accepted** Triggers when a quote is accepted in BlueSuite. - Action **Add contact** Creates a new contact (a person or company) in your BlueSuite workspace and returns the created contact. - Action **Add event** Creates an appointment, task or calendar event in BlueSuite, optionally linked to a job or request and assigned to team members. - Action **Add invoice** Creates a one-off invoice in BlueSuite, optionally linked to a contact, property, job or quote, with line items. Creating an invoice does not send it to the client. - Action **Add job** Creates a new job in BlueSuite, optionally linked to a contact, property, request or quote, with line items, pricing and billing settings. - Action **Add payment** Records a payment or deposit against an invoice or quote in BlueSuite. - Action **Add quote** Creates a quote in BlueSuite for a contact, with line items and pricing. Creating a quote does not send it to the customer. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single BlueSuite contact by its ID, including its details and custom field values. - Action **Get event** Returns a single BlueSuite event, appointment, task or visit by its ID. - Action **Get invoice** Returns a single BlueSuite invoice by its ID, including line items, payment and balance information. - Action **Get job** Returns a single BlueSuite job by its ID, with all of its details including line items, status and custom fields. - Action **Get quote** Returns a single BlueSuite quote by its ID, including its line items, pricing, status and custom fields. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts (people and companies) in your BlueSuite workspace, optionally filtered by search text, contact type, owner or tags. - Action **List invoices** Returns the invoices in your BlueSuite workspace, optionally filtered by search text, contact, job, tags or excluded statuses. - Action **List jobs** Returns the jobs in your BlueSuite workspace, optionally filtered by contact, quote, status, tags or search text. - Action **List quotes** Returns quotes in your BlueSuite workspace, optionally filtered by contact, status, tags or search text. - Action **Send test event** Sends a sample event to one of your BlueSuite webhook subscriptions so you can check the receiving end. The sample carries test data, not a real record. - Action **Update contact** Updates an existing BlueSuite contact's name, contact details, company, type, owner and custom fields. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update job** Updates an existing BlueSuite job: its client, pricing, line items, billing settings, or status (complete, cancel, or reopen). Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Add account** Create an account. - Action **Add payee** Create a payee. - Action **Add scheduled transaction** Create a scheduled transaction. - Action **Add transaction** Create a transaction. - Action **Delete transaction** Delete a transaction. - Action **Get account** Get an account. - Action **Get plan** Get a plan with all entities. - Action **Get plan month** Get a plan month with category budgets. - Action **Get transaction** Get a transaction by id. - Action **Import transactions** Imports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB. - Action **List accounts** List accounts in a plan. - Action **List categories** List categories grouped. - Action **List payees** List payees. - Action **List plans** List all plans (budgets). - Action **List scheduled transactions** List scheduled transactions. - Action **List transactions** List transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters). - Action **Update category** Update a category. - Action **Update transaction** Update a transaction. ## Each app on its own - [ **BlueSuite** BlueSuite is an all-in-one business platform for home service pros.](https://apiant.ai/connections/bluesuite) - [ **You Need A Budget** REST API for personal budgeting software, providing access to budgets, accounts, categories, transactions...](https://apiant.ai/connections/you-need-a-budget) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from BlueSuite - [ **BlueSuite to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bluesuite-to-hubspot) - [ **BlueSuite to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/bluesuite-to-salesforce) - [ **BlueSuite to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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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 BlueSuite? 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 BlueSuite? You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in BlueSuite. 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 BlueSuite 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 BlueSuite 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.