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title: "Connect Returnless to Lunch Money - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Request Created\" fires in Returnless, your agent runs \"Create a Manual Account\" in Lunch Money."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-lunch-money"
---

# Connect Returnless to Lunch Money

When **Request Created** fires in [Returnless](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless), your agent runs **Create a Manual Account** in [Lunch Money](https://apiant.ai/connections/lunch-money). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

Returnless **2** triggers Returnless **16** actions Lunch Money **22** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want Returnless and Lunch Money 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 Returnless can start in Lunch Money

- When **Request Created** in Returnless then **Create a Manual Account** in Lunch Money
- When **Return Created** in Returnless then **Create a New Category or Category Group** in Lunch Money

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 Returnless and Lunch Money

## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 38 actions

- Trigger

**Request Created**

Triggers when a customer creates a new return request that needs approval.

- Trigger

**Return Created**

Triggers when a new return is created, including a request once it is approved.

- Action

**Add note**

Adds an internal note to a return or return request.

- Action

**Add Request**

Creates a return request in Returnless for items from an existing sales order.

- Action

**Approve a Request**

Approves a return request in Returnless so the customer can send the items back.

- Action

**Approve a Request Without Shipment**

Approves a pending return request without a return shipment, so the customer keeps the items.

- Action

**Find customers**

Returns the customers in your Returnless account that match an email address.

- Action

**Find products**

Returns the products in your Returnless account that match a SKU.

- Action

**Find Requests**

Finds a Request in your Returnless account.

- Action

**Find Returns**

Finds returns (return orders) in Returnless by return number.

- Action

**Find sales orders**

Finds sales orders in Returnless by order number.

- Action

**Get customer**

Returns a single Returnless customer by its id.

- Action

**Get Request (By Request ID)**

Returns a single return request (return order) from Returnless by its ID.

- Action

**Get Return (By Return ID)**

Returns a single return in Returnless, with all of its details, by its return ID.

- Action

**Get sales order**

Returns a single sales order by its ID, including its customer, address and order details.

- Action

**List return reasons**

Returns the return reasons configured in your Returnless account.

- Action

**Reject Request**

Rejects a pending return request in Returnless.

- Action

**Update return**

Changes the status of a return, such as Checked, Approved or Resolved.

- Action

**Create a Manual Account**

Creates a new manually-managed account in Lunch Money.

- Action

**Create a New Category or Category Group**

Creates a new category with the given name. If the is_group attribute is set to true, a category group is created. In this case, up to three child categories may be added to the newly-created category group.

- Action

**Create a New Tag**

Creates a new tag in your Lunch Money budget.

- Action

**Create a New Transaction**

Creates a new transaction with the given details. Amount, and Date are required. Other attributes may also be provided.

- Action

**Delete a Category or Category Group**

Deletes a category. By default this will fail if the category has dependencies such as existing transactions or child categories. Set force to true to delete the category even if it has dependencies.

- Action

**Delete a Manual Account**

Deletes a single manual account in Lunch Money, optionally along with its transactions, rules, recurring items and balance history.

- Action

**Delete a Tag**

Deletes a tag. By default this will fail if the tag has dependencies such as existing transactions or rules. Set force to true to delete the tag even if it has dependencies.

- Action

**Delete a Transaction**

Deletes the transaction with the specified ID. Will fail if the transaction is grouped or split.

- Action

**Get All Categories**

Retrieve all categories and category groups in the Lunch Money account.

- Action

**Get All Manual Accounts**

Retrieve a list of all manually-managed accounts associated with the user's account.

- Action

**Get All Tags**

Retrieves every tag in the Lunch Money account.

- Action

**Get All Transactions**

Retrieve a list of all transactions associated with a user's account. If called with no parameters, this endpoint will return the most recent transactions up to limit number of transactions.

- Action

**Get a Single Category**

Retrieves one category or category group by its ID. For a group, its categories are returned under children.

- Action

**Get a Single Manual Account**

Retrieves the details of the manually-managed account with the specified ID.

- Action

**Get a Single Tag**

Retrieves the details of a single tag by its ID.

- Action

**Get a Single Transaction**

Retrieves the details of the transaction with the specified ID.

- Action

**Get Current User**

Returns the Lunch Money user and budget associated with the connected account's access token.

- Action

**Get Summary**

Retrieves a summary of the budget for a date range: each category's budget configuration and activity, plus optional overall totals, per-period occurrences and the rollover pool.

- Action

**Update an Existing Category or Category Group**

Modifies the properties of an existing category or category group in Lunch Money. Only the fields you fill in are changed. A category cannot be converted into a group or vice versa.

- Action

**Update an Existing Manual Account**

Modifies the properties of an existing manual account in Lunch Money. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update an Existing Tag**

Updates an existing tag in Lunch Money. Only the properties you fill in are changed.

- Action

**Update an Existing Transaction**

Modifies the properties of an existing transaction. Only the fields you fill in are changed.

## Each app on its own

- [ **Returnless** Returnless gives e-commerce businesses a way to get their returns in check.](https://apiant.ai/connections/returnless)
- [ **Lunch Money** Lunch Money is a personal finance app to track, organize, and analyze your money in one place.](https://apiant.ai/connections/lunch-money)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from Returnless

- [ **Returnless to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-salesforce)
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- [ **Returnless to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-stripe)
- [ **Returnless to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-shopify)
- [ **Returnless to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-trello)
- [ **Returnless to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/returnless-to-zoom)

## More into Lunch Money

- [ **HubSpot to Lunch Money** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-lunch-money)
- [ **Salesforce to Lunch Money** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-lunch-money)
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Questions

## Returnless and Lunch Money, answered

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### What can start an automation from Returnless?

Any of Returnless's 2 triggers in the catalog, including Request Created and Return Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

###

### What can your agent do in Lunch Money when something happens in Returnless?

Any of Lunch Money's 22 actions, including Create a Manual Account, Create a New Category or Category Group, Create a New Tag and Create a New Transaction. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Lunch Money to Returnless?

Lunch Money has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Returnless. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Lunch Money's API documentation and adds it.

###

### Do I have to build a connector for Returnless or Lunch Money?

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 Returnless and Lunch Money 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.
