Integration
Connect Gmail to You Need A Budget
When something happens in Gmail, your agent does the next thing in You Need A Budget. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
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Claude Code
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Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)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)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)Example flows
What Gmail can start in You Need A Budget
When New Gmail Message in Gmail
then Add account 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 Gmail and You Need A Budget
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 41 actions
- Email Sent
Fires when an email is sent from the mailbox (optionally filtered by query).
- New Gmail Message
Fires when a new email arrives (optionally filtered by query/labels).
- Add Label To Email
Adds and/or removes specified gmail labels for a message; ensure `message id` and all `label ids` are valid (use 'listlabels' for custom label ids).
- Create Email Draft
Creates a gmail email draft, supporting to/cc/bcc, subject, plain/html body (ensure `is html=true` for html), attachments, and threading.
- Create Label
Creates a new label with a unique name in the specified user's gmail account.
- Delete Draft
Permanently deletes a specific gmail draft using its id; ensure the draft exists and the user has necessary permissions for the given `user id`.
- Delete Message
Permanently deletes a specific email message by its id from a gmail mailbox; for `user id`, use 'me' for the authenticated user or an email address to which the authenticated user has delegated access.
- Fetch Emails
Fetches a list of email messages from a gmail account, supporting filtering, pagination, and optional full content retrieval.
- Fetch Message By Message Id
Fetches a specific email message by its id, provided the `message id` exists and is accessible to the authenticated `user id`.
- Fetch Message By Thread Id
Retrieves messages from a gmail thread using its `thread id`, where the thread must be accessible by the specified `user id`.
- Get Attachment
Retrieves a specific attachment by id from a message in a user's gmail mailbox, requiring valid message and attachment ids.
- Get Contacts
Fetches contacts (connections) for the authenticated google account, allowing selection of specific data fields and pagination.
- Get People
Retrieves either a specific person's details (using `resource name`) or lists 'other contacts' (if `other contacts` is true), with `person fields` specifying the data to return.
- Get Profile
Retrieves key gmail profile information (email address, message/thread totals, history id) for a user.
- List Drafts
Retrieves a paginated list of email drafts from a user's gmail account. use verbose=true to get full draft details including subject, body, sender, and timestamp.
- List Labels
Retrieves a list of all system and user-created labels for the specified gmail account.
- List Threads
Retrieves a list of email threads from a gmail account, identified by `user id` (email address or 'me'), supporting filtering and pagination.
- Modify Thread Labels
Adds or removes specified existing label ids from a gmail thread, affecting all its messages; ensure the thread id is valid.
- Move To Trash
Moves an existing, non-deleted email message to the trash for the specified user.
- Patch Label
Patches the specified label.
- Remove Label
Permanently deletes a specific, existing user-created gmail label by its id for a user; cannot delete system labels.
- Reply To Thread
Sends a reply within a specific gmail thread using the original thread's subject, requiring a valid `thread id` and correctly formatted email addresses. supports attachments via the `attachment` parameter with valid `s3key`, `mimetype`, and `name`.
- Search People
Searches contacts by matching the query against names, nicknames, emails, phone numbers, and organizations, optionally including 'other contacts'.
- Send Draft
Sends the specified, existing draft to the recipients in the to, cc, and bcc headers.
- Send Email
Sends an email via gmail api using the authenticated user's google profile display name, requiring `is html=true` if the body contains html and valid `s3key`, `mimetype`, `name` for any attachment.
- Add account
Create an account.
- Add payee
Create a payee.
- Add scheduled transaction
Create a scheduled transaction.
- Add transaction
Create a transaction.
- Delete transaction
Delete a transaction.
- Get account
Get an account.
- Get plan
Get a plan with all entities.
- Get plan month
Get a plan month with category budgets.
- Get transaction
Get a transaction by id.
- Import transactions
Imports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB.
- List accounts
List accounts in a plan.
- List categories
List categories grouped.
- List payees
List payees.
- List plans
List all plans (budgets).
- List scheduled transactions
List scheduled transactions.
- List transactions
List transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters).
- Update category
Update a category.
- Update transaction
Update a transaction.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Gmail and You Need A Budget, answered
What can start an automation from Gmail?
Any of Gmail's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Gmail Message and Email Sent. 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 Gmail?
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 Gmail?
You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Gmail. 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 Gmail 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.
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.