--- title: "Connect TidyHQ to Lunch Money - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Contact Added to Group\" fires in TidyHQ, your agent runs \"Create a New Category or Category Group\" in Lunch Money." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-lunch-money" --- # Connect TidyHQ to Lunch Money When **Contact Added to Group** fires in [TidyHQ](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidyhq), your agent runs **Create a New Category or Category Group** in [Lunch Money](https://apiant.ai/connections/lunch-money). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. TidyHQ **10** triggers TidyHQ **19** 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 TidyHQ 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. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What TidyHQ can start in Lunch Money - When **Contact Added to Group** in TidyHQ then **Create a New Category or Category Group** in Lunch Money - When **Contact Created** in TidyHQ then **Create a Manual Account** 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 TidyHQ and Lunch Money ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 41 actions - Trigger **Contact Activated** Triggers when a contact has been activated (after new membership, or reactivated e.g. restored from trash). - Trigger **Contact Added to Group** Triggers when a contact has been added to a group. - Trigger **Contact Created** Triggers when a new contact has been created for the first time. - Trigger **Contact Deactivated** Triggers when a contact has been deleted. - Trigger **Contact Removed From Group** Triggers when a contact has been removed from a group. - Trigger **Event Deleted** Triggers when an event is deleted. - Trigger **Event Ticket Created** Triggers when an event ticket is created. - Trigger **Event Ticket Deleted** Triggers when an event ticket is deleted. - Trigger **Event Ticket Updated** Triggers when an event ticket is updated. - Trigger **Event Updated** Triggers when an event is updated. - Action **Add Contact Note** Adds a note to a TidyHQ contact. - Action **Add Contact To Group** Adds an existing TidyHQ contact to one of your groups. - Action **Add Event Ticket** Creates a new ticket type on a TidyHQ event. - Action **Add invoice** Creates a new invoice in TidyHQ with your own line items, optionally addressed to a contact. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Delete Contact** Deletes a contact from your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Delete Contact Note** Deletes a note from a TidyHQ contact. - Action **Delete Event** Deletes an event from your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Delete Event Ticket** Deletes a ticket type from a TidyHQ event. - Action **Find Contact** Finds contacts in your TidyHQ organisation whose details match the search text. - Action **Get contact** Returns a single TidyHQ contact by its id, including its custom field values. - Action **Get event** Returns a single TidyHQ event by its ID, with all of its details. - Action **List contacts** Returns the contacts in your TidyHQ organisation, optionally narrowed by search text. - Action **List event tickets** Returns the ticket types available on a TidyHQ event. - Action **List groups** Returns the contact groups in your TidyHQ organisation. - Action **Remove Contact From Group** Removes a contact from a TidyHQ group. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing TidyHQ contact's details. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Event** Updates an existing TidyHQ event's name, times, location or description. - Action **Update Event Ticket** Updates a ticket type on a TidyHQ event, such as its name, price, quantity or sales window. Fields left blank are not changed. - 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 - [ **TidyHQ** When your group needs to collect membership dues, communicate with everyone and keep track of your finances...](https://apiant.ai/connections/tidyhq) - [ **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 TidyHQ - [ **TidyHQ to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-trello) - [ **TidyHQ to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-zoom) - [ **TidyHQ to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-twilio) - [ **TidyHQ to Typeform** Build and publish online forms, surveys, and quizzes with Typeform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-typeform) - [ **TidyHQ to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-webflow) - [ **TidyHQ to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/tidyhq-to-wix) ## 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) - [ **Slack to Lunch Money** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-lunch-money) - [ **Google Sheets to Lunch Money** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-lunch-money) - [ **Gmail to Lunch Money** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-lunch-money) - [ **Google Calendar to Lunch Money** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-lunch-money) Questions ## TidyHQ and Lunch Money, answered ### ### What can start an automation from TidyHQ? Any of TidyHQ's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Contact Added to Group, Contact Created, Contact Removed From Group and Event Ticket 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 TidyHQ? 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 TidyHQ? Lunch Money has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in TidyHQ. 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 TidyHQ 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 TidyHQ 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.