--- title: "Connect Kanban Zone and YNAB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Card Created\" fires in Kanban Zone, your agent runs \"Create Transaction\" in YNAB, or \"Goal Completed\" in YNAB to \"List Boards\" in Kanban Zone." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-ynab" --- # Connect Kanban Zone and YNAB When **Card Created** fires in [Kanban Zone](https://apiant.ai/connections/kanban-zone), your agent runs **Create Transaction** in [YNAB](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab), or **Goal Completed** in YNAB to **List Boards** in Kanban Zone. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Kanban Zone **1** trigger Kanban Zone **1** action 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 Kanban Zone 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 Kanban Zone and YNAB can do together ### From Kanban Zone to YNAB - When **Card Created** in Kanban Zone then **Create Transaction** in YNAB - When **Card Created** in Kanban Zone then **Budget to a Category** in YNAB ### From YNAB to Kanban Zone - When **Goal Completed** in YNAB then **List Boards** in Kanban Zone 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 Kanban Zone and YNAB ## Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 5 actions - Trigger **Card Created** Triggers when a new card is CREATED on a board. - Action **List Boards** lists the account's boards. Live response shape: {"count":1,"boards":[{"BoardItem":{"name","publicId","isArchived","blockedCardsCount","overdueCardsCount"}}]} (note the BoardItem wrapper per row). Read-only; used as a setup step to source a board publicId. - 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 - [ **Kanban Zone** Get into the Kanban Zone to collaborate online using Kanban with a laser focus on the right work at the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/kanban-zone) - [ **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 Kanban Zone - [ **Kanban Zone to Google Chat** Google Chat is a communication software developed by Google built for teams that provides direct messages...](https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-google-chat) - [ **Kanban Zone to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-salesforce) - [ **Kanban Zone to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-slack) - [ **Kanban Zone to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-mailchimp) - [ **Kanban Zone to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-stripe) - [ **Kanban Zone to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/kanban-zone-to-shopify) ## More into YNAB - [ **Postman to YNAB** Postman is a platform for building and testing APIs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/postman-to-ynab) - [ **HubSpot to YNAB** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-ynab) - [ **Salesforce to YNAB** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-ynab) - [ **Slack to YNAB** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-ynab) - [ **Gmail to YNAB** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-ynab) - [ **Google Calendar to YNAB** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-ynab) Questions ## Kanban Zone and YNAB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Kanban Zone? Any of Kanban Zone's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Card Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in Kanban Zone? 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 Kanban Zone? Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in Kanban Zone too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and Kanban Zone's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Kanban Zone 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 Kanban Zone 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.