--- title: "Connect RepairDesk and YNAB - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Inventory Updated\" fires in RepairDesk, your agent runs \"Create Transaction\" in YNAB." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-ynab" --- # Connect RepairDesk and YNAB When **Inventory Updated** fires in [RepairDesk](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk), your agent runs **Create Transaction** in [YNAB](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab), or **Goal Completed** in YNAB to **Create a New Invoice** in RepairDesk. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. RepairDesk **9** triggers RepairDesk **7** 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 RepairDesk 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 RepairDesk and YNAB can do together ### From RepairDesk to YNAB - When **Inventory Updated** in RepairDesk then **Create Transaction** in YNAB - When **New Customer** in RepairDesk then **Budget to a Category** in YNAB ### From YNAB to RepairDesk - When **Goal Completed** in YNAB then **Create a New Invoice** in RepairDesk - When **New Account** in YNAB then **Create a New Ticket** in RepairDesk 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 RepairDesk and YNAB ## Triggers and actions 23 triggers · 11 actions - Trigger **Employee Commission** Triggers when an employee's payroll report row (pay period, commissions and net pay) appears or changes. - Trigger **Inventory Updated** Triggers when an inventory item is added or changed (stock, price, name or other details). - Trigger **New Customer** Triggers when a new customer is added in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Inventory Item** Triggers when a new inventory item is added in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Lead** Triggers when a new lead (appointment) is created in RepairDesk. - Trigger **New Payment Added** Triggers when a payment is recorded against an invoice in your RepairDesk store today. - Trigger **New Ticket** Triggers when a new repair ticket is created in RepairDesk. - Trigger **Ticket Status Change** Triggers when the repair status of a device on a ticket changes (checks the 1000 most recently created tickets). - Action **Add Payment** Records a payment against an existing RepairDesk invoice. - Action **Create a New Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a customer in RepairDesk with the given line items. - Action **Create a New Ticket** Creates a repair ticket in RepairDesk for a customer, with one or more device line items. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a new customer in RepairDesk with their contact details and address. - Action **Create Lead** Creates a lead (appointment) in RepairDesk with the customer's contact details and the devices they want repaired. - Action **Find Customer** Finds customers whose name, phone, email, postcode, city, organization or driving licence matches a keyword, optionally narrowed by referral source. - Action **Update Ticket** Updates a repair ticket's summary (customer, discount, totals) and its line items (devices), including their parts, conditions and images. - 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 - [ **RepairDesk** RepairDesk is an all-in-one repair shop management platform that helps cell phone repair shops easily manage...](https://apiant.ai/connections/repairdesk) - [ **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 RepairDesk - [ **RepairDesk to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-salesforce) - [ **RepairDesk to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-slack) - [ **RepairDesk to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-stripe) - [ **RepairDesk to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-shopify) - [ **RepairDesk to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-trello) - [ **RepairDesk to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/repairdesk-to-zoom) ## 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 ## RepairDesk and YNAB, answered ### ### What can start an automation from RepairDesk? Any of RepairDesk's 9 triggers in the catalog, including Inventory Updated, New Customer, New Inventory Item and New Invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YNAB when something happens in RepairDesk? 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 RepairDesk? Yes. When something happens in YNAB, your agent can act in RepairDesk too. This page covers both directions: YNAB's triggers and RepairDesk's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for RepairDesk 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 RepairDesk 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.