Integration
Connect Xero to You Need A Budget
When something happens in Xero, your agent does the next thing in You Need A Budget. Describe it 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.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Xero and You Need A Budget to do together?
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Connect your AI client
Give your AI client this address.
https://mcp.apiant.aiAny 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.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 Xero can start in You Need A Budget
When New bill in Xero
then Add account in You Need A Budget
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 Xero and You Need A Budget
Triggers and actions 4 triggers · 44 actions
- New bill
Triggered when a new bill (ACCPAY) is added.
- New or updated contact
Triggered when a contact is created or updated.
- New payment
Triggered when a new payment is received.
- New sales invoice
Triggered when a new sales invoice (ACCREC) is added.
- Add account
Create a chart of accounts entry.
- Add credit note
Create a credit note.
- Add item
Create an inventory/sales item.
- Add purchase order
Create a purchase order.
- Add quote
Create a quote.
- Create bank transaction
Create a spend or receive money bank transaction.
- Create bill
Create a new bill (Accounts Payable, Type=ACCPAY).
- Create or update contact
Create a new contact or update an existing one.
- Create payment
Create a payment against an approved invoice.
- Create sales invoice
Create a new sales invoice (Accounts Receivable, Type=ACCREC).
- Find contact by email
Find a contact by email address.
- Get contact
Retrieve a single contact by ContactID.
- Get invoice
Retrieve a single invoice by InvoiceID.
- Get quote
Returns one quote by its id, with its contact, status, line items and totals.
- List accounts
Retrieve the chart of accounts.
- List bank transactions
List bank transactions.
- List contacts
Retrieve contacts from Xero.
- List credit notes
List credit notes.
- List invoices
Retrieve sales invoices and bills.
- List items
List items.
- List organisations
Retrieve organisation details for the connected Xero tenant.
- List payments
Retrieve payments.
- List purchase orders
List purchase orders.
- List tax rates
List tax rates.
- Update contact
Update a contact by id.
- Update invoice
Update a draft/submitted invoice.
- Add account
Create an account.
- Add payee
Create a payee.
- Add scheduled transaction
Create a scheduled transaction.
- Add transaction
Create a transaction.
- Delete transaction
Delete a transaction.
- Get account
Get an account.
- Get plan
Get a plan with all entities.
- Get plan month
Get a plan month with category budgets.
- Get transaction
Get a transaction by id.
- Import transactions
Imports available transactions on all linked accounts for a plan, like clicking Import in YNAB.
- List accounts
List accounts in a plan.
- List categories
List categories grouped.
- List payees
List payees.
- List plans
List all plans (budgets).
- List scheduled transactions
List scheduled transactions.
- List transactions
List transactions for a plan (since_date, type filters).
- Update category
Update a category.
- Update transaction
Update a transaction.
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
Xero and You Need A Budget, answered
What can start an automation from Xero?
Any of Xero's 4 triggers in the catalog, including New bill, New or updated contact, New payment and New sales invoice. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in You Need A Budget when something happens in Xero?
Any of You Need A Budget's 18 actions, including Update category, Update transaction, Add account and Add payee. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from You Need A Budget to Xero?
You Need A Budget has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Xero. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads You Need A Budget's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Xero or You Need A Budget?
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.
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.