--- title: "Connect ChargeOver to You Need A Budget - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Was Updated\" fires in ChargeOver, your agent runs \"Add account\" in You Need A Budget." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-you-need-a-budget" --- # Connect ChargeOver to You Need A Budget When **Contact Was Updated** fires in [ChargeOver](https://apiant.ai/connections/chargeover), 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. ChargeOver **1** trigger ChargeOver **20** 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 ChargeOver 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ChargeOver can start in You Need A Budget - When **Contact Was Updated** in ChargeOver then **Add account** in You Need A Budget - When **Contact Was Updated** in ChargeOver 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 ChargeOver and You Need A Budget ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 38 actions - Trigger **Contact Was Updated** Triggers when a contact is updated in ChargeOver. - Action **Add item** Create an item (product or discount). - Action **Add note** Add a note to a customer, invoice, etc. - Action **Add Transaction** records a payment, refund or credit against a customer (e.g. transaction_type=pay, gateway_method=check, amount) without charging a payment gateway. Creates a transaction record. - Action **Cancel a Subscription** Cancel an existing subscription in ChargeOver. - Action **Create a Contact** Create a new contact in ChargeOver. - Action **Create a Customer** Create a new customer in ChargeOver. - Action **Create an Invoice** Create a new Invoice in ChargeOver. - Action **Create a Subscription** Create a new subscription in ChargeOver. - Action **Delete Item** deletes an item (product/discount) by id. - Action **Find Contact** Finds an existing contact by a specified field. - Action **Find Customer** Finds an existing customer by a specified field. - Action **Find Item (Product, Discount)** Finds an existing item (product, discount) by a specified field. - Action **Find Subscription** Finds an existing subscription by a specified field. - Action **List Notes** Lists the notes attached to a ChargeOver record (customer, invoice, subscription, contact), filtered by record type and record ID. - Action **Update a Customer** Update a existing customer in ChargeOver. - Action **Update contact** Update a user/contact. - Action **Update invoice** Update an invoice. - Action **Update item** Update an item. - Action **Update subscription** Update a subscription (package). - Action **Void Transaction** marks an existing transaction voided in ChargeOver (logs an externally-voided transaction; does not contact the gateway), changing its status. - 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 - [ **ChargeOver** Go beyond recurring and subscription billing with ChargeOver.](https://apiant.ai/connections/chargeover) - [ **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 ChargeOver - [ **ChargeOver to CustomGPT.ai** CustomGPT.ai is a no-code platform that lets you build AI chatbots using your own business content, designed...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-customgpt-ai) - [ **ChargeOver to IP2Location** IP geolocation and intelligence. Look up location, network, proxy, and security data for any IP address...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-ip2location) - [ **ChargeOver to Memberstack** Simple Auth & Payments for Webflow Developers.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-memberstack) - [ **ChargeOver to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-hubspot) - [ **ChargeOver to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-salesforce) - [ **ChargeOver to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/chargeover-to-slack) ## More into You Need A Budget - [ **HubSpot to You Need A Budget** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Salesforce to You Need A Budget** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-you-need-a-budget) - [ **Slack to You Need A Budget** 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 ChargeOver? 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 ChargeOver? You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ChargeOver. 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 ChargeOver 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 ChargeOver 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.