Integration
Connect Karbon and YNAB
When New work item fires in Karbon, your agent runs Create Transaction in YNAB, or Goal Completed in YNAB to Create Organization Contact in Karbon. Describe the whole flow 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.
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What do you want Karbon and YNAB to do together?
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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 Karbon and YNAB can do together
From Karbon to YNAB
When New work item in Karbon
then Create Transaction in YNAB
When New work item in Karbon
then Budget to a Category in YNAB
From YNAB to Karbon
When Goal Completed in YNAB
then Create Organization Contact in Karbon
When New Account in YNAB
then Create Person Contact in Karbon
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 Karbon and YNAB
Triggers and actions 15 triggers · 20 actions
Trigger
New work itemTriggers when a new work item is created in Karbon.
Action
Add client groupCreates a new client group in Karbon, optionally with members, owner, manager and client team.
Action
Add noteCreates a note in Karbon, optionally assigned to a user and linked to work items, contacts, organizations or client groups.
Action
Add work itemCreates a new work item for a client in Karbon.
Action
Create Organization ContactCreates a new Organization contact in Karbon.
Action
Create Person ContactCreates a new person Contact in Karbon and returns the created Contact record.
Action
Find an Organization ContactFinds Organization contacts in Karbon matching a full name, email address, external key or contact type, and returns the matching organizations.
Action
Find a Person ContactFinds person contacts in Karbon by email address, full name, phone number, contact type or external key, and returns the matches.
Action
Get work itemReturns the details of a single Karbon work item, including its client, dates, status, fee settings and role assignments.
Action
List invoicesReturns the invoices in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by invoice status and sorted.
Action
List timesheetsReturns a list of timesheets from your Karbon account, optionally filtered by date, user, work item or status, with their time entries if requested.
Action
List usersReturns the users in your Karbon account, optionally filtered by name or email address.
Action
List work itemsReturns the work items in your Karbon account, optionally filtered and sorted.
Action
Update client groupRenames an existing Karbon client group by changing its full name.
Action
Update Organization ContactUpdates the name or privacy level of an existing Organization contact in Karbon.
Action
Update Person ContactUpdates the name details or privacy level of an existing Person Contact in Karbon.
Action
Update work itemUpdates a Karbon work item's title, description, dates, assignee, work type, role assignments or status. Fields left blank are not changed.
Trigger
Category OverspentTriggers when a category is overspent and has a negative balance.
Trigger
Goal CompletedTriggers when a goal is completed.
Trigger
Low Account BalanceTriggers when a Checking or Savings account balance drops below a certain amount during a month.
Trigger
Low Category BalanceTriggers when a category balance drops below a certain amount.
Trigger
New AccountTriggers when a new account is created.
Trigger
New CategoryTriggers when a new category is created.
Trigger
New or Updated AccountTriggers when a new account is created or an existing account is updated.
Trigger
New or Updated CategoryTriggers when a new category is created or an existing category is updated.
Trigger
New or Updated Scheduled TransactionTriggers when a scheduled transaction is created or updated.
Trigger
New or Updated TransactionTriggers when a transaction is created or updated.
Trigger
New PayeeTriggers when a new payee is created.
Trigger
New TransactionTriggers when a new transaction is created.
Trigger
Spending in AccountTriggers when a new outflow transaction is created in an account.
Trigger
Spending in CategoryTriggers when a new outflow transaction is assigned to a category.
Action
Budget to a CategoryBudgets to a category in the current month.
Action
Create TransactionCreates a new transaction.
Action
Get Current Budget MonthReturns the current month of the last-used budget, including Age of Money, income, budgeted, activity, and to-be-budgeted amounts.
Action
Get Current Month SummaryReturns the current budget month's summary, including age of money, income, budgeted, activity, and to-be-budgeted amounts.
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
Karbon and YNAB, answered
What can start an automation from Karbon?
Any of Karbon's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New work item. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in Karbon?
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 Karbon?
Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in Karbon too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and Karbon's actions are listed here as well.
Do I have to build a connector for Karbon 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 Karbon 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.