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title: "Connect Dotdigital to Lunch Money - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Contact Created\" fires in Dotdigital, your agent runs \"Create a Manual Account\" in Lunch Money."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-lunch-money"
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# Connect Dotdigital to Lunch Money

When **Contact Created** fires in [Dotdigital](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital), your agent runs **Create a Manual Account** in [Lunch Money](https://apiant.ai/connections/lunch-money). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Dotdigital **5** triggers Dotdigital **9** actions Lunch Money **22** actions

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

## What do you want Dotdigital and Lunch Money 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 Dotdigital can start in Lunch Money

- When **Contact Created** in Dotdigital then **Create a Manual Account** in Lunch Money
- When **Campaign Activity** in Dotdigital then **Create a New Category or Category Group** in Lunch Money

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 Dotdigital and Lunch Money

## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 31 actions

- Trigger

**Campaign Activity**

Triggers when a contact's activity (opens, clicks, replies, bounces, unsubscribes) on the selected email campaign changes.

- Trigger

**Campaign Opens**

Triggers when a contact opens the selected email campaign.

- Trigger

**Contact Created**

Triggers when a new contact is created in your Dotdigital account.

- Trigger

**Contact Suppressed**

Triggers when a contact is suppressed in your Dotdigital account (unsubscribed, bounced, complained or blocked), with the reason.

- Trigger

**Contact Unsubscribed**

Triggers when a contact unsubscribes from your Dotdigital account.

- Action

**Create a List**

Creates a new contact list (address book) in Dotdigital.

- Action

**Create Contact Data Field**

Creates a new contact data field in your Dotdigital account, such as a birthday or loyalty tier, for storing information about contacts.

- Action

**Create or Update Contact (Deprecated)**

Creates a contact, or updates the existing contact with the same email address, and adds it to the All contacts list. Uses Dotdigital's deprecated contact API; prefer Create or Update Contact for new automations.

- Action

**Refresh Segment**

Starts a refresh of a Dotdigital segment so its membership is recalculated, and returns the refresh status.

- Action

**Resubscribe Contact**

Resubscribes a previously unsubscribed contact to your account, sending them a re-subscription challenge email when Dotdigital requires one.

- Action

**Send Email Campaign**

Sends an email campaign to lists, segments or individual contacts, either immediately or at a scheduled date and time.

- Action

**Send SMS**

Sends a single SMS message to a mobile number, unless that number has opted out of SMS. Long messages over 160 characters are charged as multiple messages.

- Action

**Send Transactional Email**

Sends a transactional email, such as an order confirmation or password reset, with your own HTML or plain-text content. Not for marketing content.

- Action

**Unsubscribe Contact**

Unsubscribes a contact from the whole Dotdigital account by email address, and returns the suppressed contact with the date and reason.

- Action

**Create a Manual Account**

Creates a new manually-managed account in Lunch Money.

- Action

**Create a New Category or Category Group**

Creates a new category with the given name. If the is_group attribute is set to true, a category group is created. In this case, up to three child categories may be added to the newly-created category group.

- Action

**Create a New Tag**

Creates a new tag in your Lunch Money budget.

- Action

**Create a New Transaction**

Creates a new transaction with the given details. Amount, and Date are required. Other attributes may also be provided.

- Action

**Delete a Category or Category Group**

Deletes a category. By default this will fail if the category has dependencies such as existing transactions or child categories. Set force to true to delete the category even if it has dependencies.

- Action

**Delete a Manual Account**

Deletes a single manual account in Lunch Money, optionally along with its transactions, rules, recurring items and balance history.

- Action

**Delete a Tag**

Deletes a tag. By default this will fail if the tag has dependencies such as existing transactions or rules. Set force to true to delete the tag even if it has dependencies.

- Action

**Delete a Transaction**

Deletes the transaction with the specified ID. Will fail if the transaction is grouped or split.

- Action

**Get All Categories**

Retrieve all categories and category groups in the Lunch Money account.

- Action

**Get All Manual Accounts**

Retrieve a list of all manually-managed accounts associated with the user's account.

- Action

**Get All Tags**

Retrieves every tag in the Lunch Money account.

- Action

**Get All Transactions**

Retrieve a list of all transactions associated with a user's account. If called with no parameters, this endpoint will return the most recent transactions up to limit number of transactions.

- Action

**Get a Single Category**

Retrieves one category or category group by its ID. For a group, its categories are returned under children.

- Action

**Get a Single Manual Account**

Retrieves the details of the manually-managed account with the specified ID.

- Action

**Get a Single Tag**

Retrieves the details of a single tag by its ID.

- Action

**Get a Single Transaction**

Retrieves the details of the transaction with the specified ID.

- Action

**Get Current User**

Returns the Lunch Money user and budget associated with the connected account's access token.

- Action

**Get Summary**

Retrieves a summary of the budget for a date range: each category's budget configuration and activity, plus optional overall totals, per-period occurrences and the rollover pool.

- Action

**Update an Existing Category or Category Group**

Modifies the properties of an existing category or category group in Lunch Money. Only the fields you fill in are changed. A category cannot be converted into a group or vice versa.

- Action

**Update an Existing Manual Account**

Modifies the properties of an existing manual account in Lunch Money. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update an Existing Tag**

Updates an existing tag in Lunch Money. Only the properties you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update an Existing Transaction**

Modifies the properties of an existing transaction. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Dotdigital** Dotdigital is a customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketers to create highly...](https://apiant.ai/connections/dotdigital)
- [ **Lunch Money** Lunch Money is a personal finance app to track, organize, and analyze your money in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/lunch-money)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Dotdigital

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- [ **Dotdigital to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-salesforce)
- [ **Dotdigital to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-slack)
- [ **Dotdigital to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/dotdigital-to-google-sheets)
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## More into Lunch Money

- [ **HubSpot to Lunch Money** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-lunch-money)
- [ **Salesforce to Lunch Money** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-lunch-money)
- [ **Slack to Lunch Money** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-lunch-money)
- [ **Google Sheets to Lunch Money** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-lunch-money)
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- [ **Google Calendar to Lunch Money** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-lunch-money)

Questions

## Dotdigital and Lunch Money, answered

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### What can start an automation from Dotdigital?

Any of Dotdigital's 5 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Created, Campaign Activity, Campaign Opens and Contact Suppressed. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Lunch Money when something happens in Dotdigital?

Any of Lunch Money's 22 actions, including Create a Manual Account, Create a New Category or Category Group, Create a New Tag and Create a New Transaction. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Lunch Money to Dotdigital?

Lunch Money has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Dotdigital. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lunch Money's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for Dotdigital or Lunch Money?

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.

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### Can my AI client use Dotdigital and Lunch Money 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.

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### 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.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
