Integration
Connect Buddy Punch and YNAB
When Employee Created fires in Buddy Punch, your agent runs Create Transaction in YNAB, or Goal Completed in YNAB to Create Department Code in Buddy Punch. 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 Buddy Punch and YNAB 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.
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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 Buddy Punch and YNAB can do together
From Buddy Punch to YNAB
When Employee Created in Buddy Punch
then Create Transaction in YNAB
When Employee Updated in Buddy Punch
then Budget to a Category in YNAB
From YNAB to Buddy Punch
When Goal Completed in YNAB
then Create Department Code in Buddy Punch
When New Account in YNAB
then Create Employee in Buddy Punch
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 Buddy Punch and YNAB
Triggers and actions 18 triggers · 19 actions
Trigger
Employee CreatedTriggers when a new employee is added to your Buddy Punch account.
Trigger
Employee Punched InTriggers when an employee punches in, returning the punch with the employee, punch-in time, approval status and hours. Watches the current pay period's time cards.
Trigger
Employee UpdatedTriggers when an employee in your Buddy Punch account is added or any of their details change.
Trigger
Punch in ChangedTriggers when an employee's punch-in in the current pay period is recorded or changed (time, approval status or notes).
Action
Assign Employee to Department CodeAssigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch department code.
Action
Assign Employee to LocationAssigns one or more employees to a Buddy Punch location and returns the location.
Action
Create Department CodeCreates a new department code in Buddy Punch.
Action
Create EmployeeCreates a new employee in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Create LocationCreates a new location in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Create PositionCreates a new position in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Find EmployeeFinds employees in your Buddy Punch account whose email, username, employee ID or full name matches the value you search for.
Action
Get Department CodeReturns the details of a specific department code in your Buddy Punch account.
Action
Get LocationReturns the details of a specific Buddy Punch location.
Action
Get PositionReturns a single Buddy Punch position by its ID.
Action
List Department Code EmployeesReturns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch department code.
Action
List Location EmployeesReturns the employees assigned to a Buddy Punch location.
Action
Punch InPunches an employee in on Buddy Punch, either the connected user or a chosen employee.
Action
Punch OutPunches an employee out in Buddy Punch. Defaults to the connected user when no employee is given.
Action
Update EmployeeUpdates an existing employee in Buddy Punch, such as their name, email, username or active status.
Trigger
Category OverspentTriggers when a category is overspent and has a negative balance.
Trigger
Goal CompletedTriggers when a goal is completed.
Trigger
Low Account BalanceTriggers when a Checking or Savings account balance drops below a certain amount during a month.
Trigger
Low Category BalanceTriggers when a category balance drops below a certain amount.
Trigger
New AccountTriggers when a new account is created.
Trigger
New CategoryTriggers when a new category is created.
Trigger
New or Updated AccountTriggers when a new account is created or an existing account is updated.
Trigger
New or Updated CategoryTriggers when a new category is created or an existing category is updated.
Trigger
New or Updated Scheduled TransactionTriggers when a scheduled transaction is created or updated.
Trigger
New or Updated TransactionTriggers when a transaction is created or updated.
Trigger
New PayeeTriggers when a new payee is created.
Trigger
New TransactionTriggers when a new transaction is created.
Trigger
Spending in AccountTriggers when a new outflow transaction is created in an account.
Trigger
Spending in CategoryTriggers when a new outflow transaction is assigned to a category.
Action
Budget to a CategoryBudgets to a category in the current month.
Action
Create TransactionCreates a new transaction.
Action
Get Current Budget MonthReturns the current month of the last-used budget, including Age of Money, income, budgeted, activity, and to-be-budgeted amounts.
Action
Get Current Month SummaryReturns the current budget month's summary, including age of money, income, budgeted, activity, and to-be-budgeted amounts.
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
Buddy Punch and YNAB, answered
What can start an automation from Buddy Punch?
Any of Buddy Punch's 4 triggers in the catalog, including Employee Created, Employee Updated, Punch in Changed and Employee Punched In. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in Buddy Punch?
Any of YNAB's 4 actions, including Create Transaction, Budget to a Category, Get Current Budget Month and Get Current Month Summary. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from YNAB to Buddy Punch?
Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in Buddy Punch too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and Buddy Punch's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Buddy Punch or YNAB?
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 Buddy Punch and YNAB 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.