Integration
Connect Buildkite to You Need A Budget
When New build fires in Buildkite, 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Buildkite and You Need A Budget to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
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 Buildkite can start in You Need A Budget
When New build in Buildkite
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 Buildkite and You Need A Budget
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 30 actions
- Build finished
Triggers when a Buildkite build finishes (passed, failed, canceled or otherwise completed).
- New build
Triggers when a new build is scheduled in a Buildkite pipeline.
- Add annotation
Creates an annotation (a Markdown or HTML note) on a Buildkite build, optionally appending to an existing annotation with the same context.
- Add build
Creates (triggers) a new build on a Buildkite pipeline for a given commit and branch, and returns the new build.
- Add pipeline
Creates a new pipeline in a Buildkite organization from a repository and YAML steps configuration.
- Cancel build
Cancels a running or scheduled build in a Buildkite pipeline and returns the updated build.
- Delete pipeline
Permanently deletes a pipeline from your Buildkite organization.
- Get build
Returns a single build of a Buildkite pipeline by its build number, including its state, commit, jobs and pipeline details.
- Get pipeline
Returns a Buildkite pipeline's full details, including its repository, default branch, steps and build counts.
- List agents
Returns the connected and stopping agents in a Buildkite organization, optionally filtered by name, hostname, version or queue.
- List builds
Returns the builds of a Buildkite pipeline, newest first, optionally filtered by branch, commit, state, creator or date range.
- List pipelines
Returns the pipelines in a Buildkite organization, optionally filtered by pipeline name or repository URL.
- Rebuild build
Starts a new build that re-runs an existing build of a pipeline, and returns the new build.
- Update pipeline
Updates one or more settings of an existing Buildkite pipeline, such as its name, repository, YAML steps or branch filters.
- 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
Buildkite and You Need A Budget, answered
What can start an automation from Buildkite?
Any of Buildkite's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New build and Build finished. 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 Buildkite?
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 Buildkite?
You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Buildkite. 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 Buildkite 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 Buildkite 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.