--- title: "Connect Curated and YNAB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Collected Link\" fires in Curated, your agent runs \"Create Transaction\" in YNAB." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-ynab" --- # Connect Curated and YNAB When **New Collected Link** fires in [Curated](https://apiant.ai/connections/curated), your agent runs **Create Transaction** in [YNAB](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab), or **Goal Completed** in YNAB to **Add New Collected Link** in Curated. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Curated **2** triggers Curated **4** actions YNAB **14** triggers YNAB **4** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Curated and YNAB 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 Curated and YNAB can do together ### From Curated to YNAB - When **New Collected Link** in Curated then **Create Transaction** in YNAB - When **New Unsubscriber** in Curated then **Budget to a Category** in YNAB ### From YNAB to Curated - When **Goal Completed** in YNAB then **Add New Collected Link** in Curated - When **New Account** in YNAB then **Add New Subscriber** in Curated 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 Curated and YNAB ## Triggers and actions 16 triggers · 8 actions - Trigger **New Collected Link** Triggers when a new link is added to a publication's collected items. - Trigger **New Unsubscriber** Triggers when an email address unsubscribes from the selected Curated publication. - Action **Add New Collected Link** Adds a link to a publication's collected items in Curated, ready to be placed into an issue. - Action **Add New Subscriber** Subscribes an email address to a Curated publication's mailing list. The subscriber receives the usual welcome email. - Action **List Collected Links** Returns the collected links for a publication that have not yet been added to an issue. - Action **Remove Subscriber** Unsubscribes an email address from a Curated publication's email list. - Trigger **Category Overspent** Triggers when a category is overspent and has a negative balance. - Trigger **Goal Completed** Triggers when a goal is completed. - Trigger **Low Account Balance** Triggers when a Checking or Savings account balance drops below a certain amount during a month. - Trigger **Low Category Balance** Triggers when a category balance drops below a certain amount. - Trigger **New Account** Triggers when a new account is created. - Trigger **New Category** Triggers when a new category is created. - Trigger **New or Updated Account** Triggers when a new account is created or an existing account is updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Category** Triggers when a new category is created or an existing category is updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Scheduled Transaction** Triggers when a scheduled transaction is created or updated. - Trigger **New or Updated Transaction** Triggers when a transaction is created or updated. - Trigger **New Payee** Triggers when a new payee is created. - Trigger **New Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction is created. - Trigger **Spending in Account** Triggers when a new outflow transaction is created in an account. - Trigger **Spending in Category** Triggers when a new outflow transaction is assigned to a category. - Action **Budget to a Category** Budgets to a category in the current month. - Action **Create Transaction** Creates a new transaction. - Action **Get Current Budget Month** Returns the current month of the last-used budget, including Age of Money, income, budgeted, activity, and to-be-budgeted amounts. - Action **Get Current Month Summary** Returns the current budget month's summary, including age of money, income, budgeted, activity, and to-be-budgeted amounts. ## Each app on its own - [ **Curated** Curated is the quickest and easiest way to publish a digest newsletter by email and also on the web.](https://apiant.ai/connections/curated) - [ **YNAB** YNAB is an award-winning personal finance app and method that helps you gain total control of your money.](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Curated - [ **Curated to CardClan** A platform to build and send interactive and personalized digital cards using prebuilt templates.](https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-cardclan) - [ **Curated to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-hubspot) - [ **Curated to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-salesforce) - [ **Curated to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-slack) - [ **Curated to Google Sheets** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-google-sheets) - [ **Curated to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/curated-to-gmail) ## More into YNAB - [ **Postman to YNAB** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/postman-to-ynab) - [ **HubSpot to YNAB** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ynab) - [ **Salesforce to YNAB** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ynab) - [ **Slack to YNAB** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ynab) - [ **Gmail to YNAB** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ynab) - [ **Google Calendar to YNAB** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ynab) Questions ## Curated and YNAB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Curated? Any of Curated's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Collected Link and New Unsubscriber. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in Curated? 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 Curated? Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in Curated too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and Curated's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Curated 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 Curated 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.