Integration

Connect BriefTape to You Need A Budget

When something happens in BriefTape, your agent does the next thing in You Need A Budget. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

BriefTape1 triggerBriefTape4 actionsYou Need A Budget18 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

Build solutions, not workarounds.

What do you want BriefTape and You Need A Budget to do together?

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You'll sign in before anything runs. What you typed comes with you.

Connect your AI client

Give your AI client this address.

https://mcp.apiant.ai

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.

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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.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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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.

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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.

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Example flows

What BriefTape can start 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 BriefTape and You Need A Budget

Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 22 actions

Each app on its own

Reviews

What our customers say

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Questions

BriefTape and You Need A Budget, answered

What can start an automation from BriefTape?

Any of BriefTape's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New news story. 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 BriefTape?

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 BriefTape?

You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in BriefTape. 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 BriefTape 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.

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.