Integration
Connect Grist to You Need A Budget
When something happens in Grist, your agent does the next thing in You Need A Budget. Describe it and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Grist and You Need A Budget to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
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 Grist can start in You Need A Budget
When New or Updated Record in Grist
then Add account in You Need A Budget
When New Record in Grist
then Add payee 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 Grist and You Need A Budget
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 39 actions
Trigger
New or Updated RecordTriggered when a row in a Grist table is created or updated.
Trigger
New or Updated Record (Instant)Triggers when a Record is updated, or a new Record is added.
Trigger
New RecordTriggered when a new row is added to a Grist table.
Trigger
New Record (Instant)Triggers when a new Record is created
Action
Add ColumnAdds a column to a table in a Grist document.
Action
Add TableCreates a new table in a Grist document, optionally with a starting set of columns.
Action
Create DocumentCreates a new document in a Grist workspace and returns its document ID.
Action
Create or Update RecordAdds a row to a Grist table, or updates the existing row when the match column already holds the match value. Returns the row ID.
Action
Create RecordAdds a new row to a Grist table and returns its row ID.
Action
Create WorkspaceCreates a new workspace in a Grist organization and returns its ID.
Action
Delete DocumentDeletes a Grist document permanently.
Action
Delete RecordsDeletes one or more rows from a Grist table by row ID.
Action
Delete WorkspaceDeletes a Grist workspace along with every document inside it.
Action
Find RecordSearches a Grist table for a row whose column holds a given value and returns that row's ID and column values.
Action
Get DocumentReturns the details of one Grist document — its name, web address, workspace, and organization.
Action
Get OrgReturns the details of one Grist organization (team site) — its name, subdomain, owner, and your access level.
Action
Get WorkspaceReturns the details of one Grist workspace, including the documents it contains.
Action
List ColumnsReturns the columns of a Grist table, with each column's ID, label, and type.
Action
List OrgsReturns every Grist organization (team site) this connection can reach.
Action
List TablesReturns the tables in a Grist document.
Action
List WorkspacesReturns the workspaces in a Grist organization, each with the documents it contains.
Action
Run SQL QueryRuns a read-only SELECT statement against a Grist document and returns the rows.
Action
Update DocumentRenames a Grist document or changes whether it is pinned. Anything left blank stays as it is.
Action
Update RecordChanges the column values of one row in a Grist table. Columns left blank keep their current values.
Action
Update WorkspaceRenames a Grist workspace.
Action
Add accountCreate an account.
Action
Add payeeCreate a payee.
Action
Add scheduled transactionCreate a scheduled transaction.
Action
Add transactionCreate a transaction.
Action
Delete transactionDelete a transaction.
Action
Get accountGet an account.
Action
Get planGet a plan with all entities.
Action
Get plan monthGet a plan month with category budgets.
Action
Get transactionGet a transaction by id.
Action
Import transactionsImports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB.
Action
List accountsList accounts in a plan.
Action
List categoriesList categories grouped.
Action
List payeesList payees.
Action
List plansList all plans (budgets).
Action
List scheduled transactionsList scheduled transactions.
Action
List transactionsList transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters).
Action
Update categoryUpdate a category.
Action
Update transactionUpdate 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
Grist and You Need A Budget, answered
What can start an automation from Grist?
Any of Grist's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New or Updated Record, New or Updated Record (Instant), New Record and New Record (Instant). 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 Grist?
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 Grist?
You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Grist. 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 Grist 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.