--- title: "Connect Finmo and YNAB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Application Submitted by Borrower\" fires in Finmo, your agent runs \"Create Transaction\" in YNAB, or \"Goal Completed\" in YNAB to \"Add client\" in Finmo." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/finmo-to-ynab" --- # Connect Finmo and YNAB When **Application Submitted by Borrower** fires in [Finmo](https://apiant.ai/connections/finmo), your agent runs **Create Transaction** in [YNAB](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab), or **Goal Completed** in YNAB to **Add client** in Finmo. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Finmo **6** triggers Finmo **13** 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 Finmo 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 Finmo and YNAB can do together ### From Finmo to YNAB - When **Application Submitted by Borrower** in Finmo then **Create Transaction** in YNAB - When **Deal Submitted** in Finmo then **Budget to a Category** in YNAB ### From YNAB to Finmo - When **Goal Completed** in YNAB then **Add client** in Finmo - When **New Account** in YNAB then **Add client income** in Finmo 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 Finmo and YNAB ## Triggers and actions 20 triggers · 17 actions - Trigger **Application Started** Triggers when a new mortgage application is started in Finmo. - Trigger **Application Submitted by Borrower** Triggers when a borrower submits (or resubmits) a mortgage application in Finmo. - Trigger **Deal Submitted** Triggers when a deal (application) in Finmo reaches the Submitted status. - Trigger **Updated Borrower Email** Triggers when a borrower's email address changes (or a new borrower appears) on any application in the selected team. - Trigger **Updated Deal Status** Triggers when an application (deal) changes to a new status. - Trigger **Updated Document Request Status** Triggers when a document request on a Finmo application changes status (requested, needs attention, for review, approved, archived). - Action **Add application** Creates a new mortgage application (deal) in Finmo for a new or existing applicant, optionally inviting the borrower. - Action **Add client** Adds a client (borrower) to a Finmo application, optionally inviting them to the borrower portal. - Action **Add client income** Adds an income (employment, pension, support or other) to a borrower on a Finmo application. - Action **Add client liability** Creates a liability (credit card, loan, lease, support payment, etc.) on a Finmo application for one or more of its borrowers. - Action **Add document** Creates a document upload on a Finmo application and returns a signed link for uploading the file. - Action **Add document request** Creates a document request on a Finmo application, asking one or more borrowers to provide a document of the chosen type. - Action **Delete client** Removes a client (borrower) from a Finmo application. - Action **Find applications by criteria** Searches applications by borrower name or application ID, optionally narrowed to a brokerage, team or broker. - Action **Get client** Returns a client (borrower) on a Finmo application, including their contact details and profile. - Action **List application documents** Returns every document (document request) on a Finmo application, with its status, file details, borrower and document template. - Action **List applications** Returns application overviews for a brokerage, team or broker, optionally searched by borrower name. - Action **Update application** Updates an application's goal settings, such as the goal, purchase price, down payment, property use and closing date. - Action **Update client** Updates a client (borrower) on a Finmo application with new contact, personal and portal details. - 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 - [ **Finmo** Finmo manages the end to end mortgage process.](https://apiant.ai/connections/finmo) - [ **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 Finmo - [ **Finmo to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/finmo-to-hubspot) - [ **Finmo to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/finmo-to-salesforce) - [ **Finmo to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ynab) Questions ## Finmo and YNAB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Finmo? Any of Finmo's 6 triggers in the catalog, including Application Submitted by Borrower, Deal Submitted, Updated Borrower Email and Updated Deal Status. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in Finmo? 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 Finmo? Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in Finmo too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and Finmo's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Finmo 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 Finmo 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.