--- title: "Connect Formstack Documents to Lunch Money - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Merged Document\" fires in Formstack Documents, your agent runs \"Create a Manual Account\" in Lunch Money." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-lunch-money" --- # Connect Formstack Documents to Lunch Money When **New Merged Document** fires in [Formstack Documents](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents), 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. Formstack Documents **1** trigger Formstack Documents **15** 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 Formstack Documents and Lunch Money to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Formstack Documents can start in Lunch Money - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents then **Create a Manual Account** in Lunch Money - When **New Merged Document** in Formstack Documents 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 Formstack Documents and Lunch Money ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 37 actions - Trigger **New Merged Document** Triggers when a merged/populated document is created. - Action **Combine Files** Joins several files into one PDF or Word document. Give it the files in the order you want them, either as links or as base64 content, and it returns the combined file. - Action **Convert File to PDF** Turns a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or HTML file into a PDF. Point it at the file with a link or supply the file content, and it returns the PDF. - Action **Copy Document** Makes a copy of one of your Formstack Documents templates under a new name, and returns the new document with its merge key, merge URL and available merge fields. - Action **Create Data Route** Creates a data route in Formstack Documents — a single endpoint that sends one set of data to several documents at once, following the rules you give it. Returns the new route with the URL to post data to. - Action **Create Data Route Merge** Sends one set of data into a Formstack Documents data route, which merges it into every document the route's rules select. Optionally returns the finished documents in the response. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new document template in Formstack Documents from HTML or from an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, and returns its merge URL and the merge fields found in it. - Action **Delete Data Route** Deletes a data route from Formstack Documents. The documents the route pointed at are not deleted. - Action **Delete Document** Deletes a document template from Formstack Documents. - Action **Get Data Route** Returns one Formstack Documents data route, with its name, its merge URL and the rules that decide which documents the data goes to. - Action **Get Document** Returns one document template from Formstack Documents, with its name, type, output format, merge URL and — for HTML templates — the template's HTML. - Action **Get Document Fields** Returns the merge fields found in a Formstack Documents template, so you know which names to send when merging data into it. - Action **List Data Routes** Returns your Formstack Documents data routes, each with its name, key and the URL to send data to. - Action **List Documents** Returns your Formstack Documents templates, each with its name, type, output format and merge URL. - Action **Update Data Route** Updates a Formstack Documents data route — its name, folder, or the rules that decide which documents receive the data. Anything you leave blank stays as it is. - Action **Update Document** Updates a Formstack Documents template — its name, folder, output format, filename or the template content itself. Anything you leave blank stays as it is; the template type cannot be changed. - 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 - [ **Formstack Documents** Introducing Formstack Documents, formerly WebMerge.](https://apiant.ai/connections/formstack-documents) - [ **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 Formstack Documents - [ **Formstack Documents to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-hubspot) - [ **Formstack Documents to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-salesforce) - [ **Formstack Documents to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-slack) - [ **Formstack Documents to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-sheets) - [ **Formstack Documents to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-gmail) - [ **Formstack Documents to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/formstack-documents-to-google-calendar) ## 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) - [ **Gmail to Lunch Money** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-lunch-money) - [ **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 ## Formstack Documents and Lunch Money, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Formstack Documents? Any of Formstack Documents's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Merged Document. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Lunch Money when something happens in Formstack Documents? 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 Formstack Documents? Lunch Money has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Formstack Documents. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lunch Money's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Formstack Documents 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. ### ### Can my AI client use Formstack Documents 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. ### ### 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.