--- title: "Connect Karlia and YNAB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Contact\" fires in Karlia, your agent runs \"Create Transaction\" in YNAB, or \"Goal Completed\" in YNAB to \"Create Contact\" in Karlia." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-ynab" --- # Connect Karlia and YNAB When **New Contact** fires in [Karlia](https://apiant.ai/connections/karlia), your agent runs **Create Transaction** in [YNAB](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab), or **Goal Completed** in YNAB to **Create Contact** in Karlia. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Karlia **21** triggers Karlia **39** actions 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 Karlia 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 Karlia and YNAB can do together ### From Karlia to YNAB - When **New Contact** in Karlia then **Create Transaction** in YNAB - When **New Equipment** in Karlia then **Budget to a Category** in YNAB ### From YNAB to Karlia - When **Goal Completed** in YNAB then **Create Contact** in Karlia - When **New Account** in YNAB then **Create Customer** in Karlia 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 Karlia and YNAB ## Triggers and actions 35 triggers · 43 actions - Trigger **Delete Equipment** Triggers when an equipement is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Event** Triggers when an event is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Note** Triggers when a note is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Opportunity** Triggers when an opportunity is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Product** Triggers when a product is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project** Triggers when a project is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project Subtask** Triggers when a project subtask is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Project Task** Triggers when a project task is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Task** Triggers when a task is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Ticket** Triggers when a ticket is deleted. - Trigger **Delete Time** Triggers when a time is deleted. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created. - Trigger **New Equipment** Triggers when a new equipment is created. - Trigger **New Opportunity** Triggers when a new opportunity is created. - Trigger **New Product** Triggers when a new product is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created. - Trigger **New Project Subtask** Triggers when a new project subtask is created. - Trigger **New Project Task** Triggers when a new project task is created. - Trigger **New Task** Triggers when a new task is created. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new ticket is created. - Trigger **New Time** Triggers when a new time is created. - Action **Create Contact** Adds a new contact to a Karlia customer or supplier. - Action **Create Customer** Create a Customer. - Action **Create Equipment** Create a Equipment. - Action **Create Event** Create an Event. - Action **Create Note** Creates a note in Karlia, optionally linked to a customer, opportunity, project or ticket. - Action **Create Opportunity** Create an Opportunity. - Action **Create Product** Create a Product. - Action **Create Project Subtask** Creates a subtask under a task in a Karlia project, with optional status, dates, time estimate and assignee. - Action **Create Project Task** Creates a task inside a Karlia project. - Action **Create Supplier** Create a Supplier. - Action **Create Task** Create a Task. - Action **Create Ticket** Creates a ticket in a Karlia ticketing pipeline. - Action **Create Time** Create a Time. - Action **Delete Equipment** Deletes a piece of equipment from Karlia. - Action **Delete Event** Delete an event (calendar appointment) in Karlia. - Action **Delete Note** Delete a note in Karlia by its ID. - Action **Delete Opportunity** Deletes an opportunity. - Action **Delete Product** Delete a product in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project** Delete a project in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project Subtask** Deletes a subtask from a project task in Karlia. - Action **Delete Project Task** Deletes a task from a Karlia project. - Action **Delete Task** Delete a task in Karlia. - Action **Delete Ticket** Deletes a ticket in Karlia by its ID. - Action **Delete Time** Delete a time entry in Karlia. - Action **Find Contact** Returns up to 100 Karlia contacts that match the specified search criteria (email, name, phone, customer/supplier, and more). - Action **Find Customer** Returns the Karlia customers that match the search criteria you supply, plus the first match on its own. - Action **Find Supplier** Returns the Karlia suppliers that match the specified search criteria. - Action **Get Contact** Show contact details - Action **Get Customer** Show customer details - Action **Get Opportunity** Show opportunity details - Action **Get Product** Show product details - Action **Get Project Subtask** Returns one subtask of a Karlia project task, including its status, dates, time estimate and assignees. - Action **Get Supplier** Show supplier details - Action **Get Ticket** Retrieve one Karlia ticket by its ID. - Action **Get Time** Get one time entry from Karlia by its ID. - Action **List Projects** Lists the projects in your Karlia account. - Action **List Project Tasks** Lists the tasks of one Karlia project. - Action **List Webhook Events** Lists the event names a Karlia webhook can subscribe to. - Action **Update/Create Customer** Updates a Karlia customer when a Customer ID is given; otherwise creates a new customer. - 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 - [ **Karlia** Karlia is the first CRM software to integrate your complete mailboxes with tracking, scheduled mailings...](https://apiant.ai/connections/karlia) - [ **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 Karlia - [ **Karlia to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-salesforce) - [ **Karlia to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-slack) - [ **Karlia to Mailchimp** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-mailchimp) - [ **Karlia to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-stripe) - [ **Karlia to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-shopify) - [ **Karlia to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/karlia-to-quickbooks-online) ## More into YNAB - [ **Vercel to YNAB** Vercel is a platform for building, deploying, and scaling fast, modern web applications effortlessly.](https://apiant.ai/connect/vercel-to-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) Questions ## Karlia and YNAB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Karlia? Any of Karlia's 21 triggers in the catalog, including New Contact, New Equipment, New Opportunity and New Product. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in Karlia? 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 Karlia? Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in Karlia too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and Karlia's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Karlia 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 Karlia 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.