--- title: "Connect YNAB to Shift4 - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Goal Completed\" fires in YNAB, your agent runs \"Add customer\" in Shift4." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-shift4" --- # Connect YNAB to Shift4 When **Goal Completed** fires in [YNAB](https://apiant.ai/connections/ynab), your agent runs **Add customer** in [Shift4](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. YNAB **14** triggers YNAB **4** actions Shift4 **21** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want YNAB and Shift4 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 YNAB can start in Shift4 - When **Goal Completed** in YNAB then **Add customer** in Shift4 - When **New Account** in YNAB then **Update customer** in Shift4 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 YNAB and Shift4 ## Triggers and actions 14 triggers · 25 actions - 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. - Action **Add card** Saves a credit or debit card to an existing Shift4 customer, either from a card token / successful charge, or from full card details. - Action **Add charge** Creates a new charge to a customer or card. - Action **Add customer** Creates a new customer in Shift4, optionally saving a card to them as their default card. - Action **Add plan** Creates a new subscription plan that customers can be subscribed to. - Action **Add refund** Refunds an existing charge in full or in part, returning the funds to the card that was charged. - Action **Add subscription** Creates a subscription that bills a customer automatically according to a plan. - Action **Delete card** Deletes a saved card from a Shift4 customer. If the deleted card was the customer's default, the most recently added card becomes the new default. - Action **Delete customer** Deletes an existing Shift4 customer. - Action **Delete plan** Deletes a plan by ID. - Action **Delete subscription** Cancels/deletes an existing subscription by ID. - Action **Get charge** Fetches a charge by ID. - Action **Get customer** Fetches a customer by ID. - Action **Get dispute** Fetches a dispute by ID. - Action **Get plan** Fetches a plan by ID. - Action **Get refund** Retrieves an existing Shift4 refund by its id. - Action **Get subscription** Fetches a subscription by ID. - Action **List cards** Lists the saved cards of a Shift4 customer, most recently created first. - Action **List refunds** Returns all refunds. - Action **Update charge** Updates an existing Shift4 charge's customer, description, shipping, billing, fraud status or metadata. Fields left blank are unchanged. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing Shift4 customer. Any field left blank is left unchanged. - Action **Update subscription** Updates an existing subscription. Any field left blank is left unchanged. ## Each app on its own - [ **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) - [ **Shift4** Payment processing platform with a REST API for card and alternative payment transactions across e-commerce...](https://apiant.ai/connections/shift4) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from YNAB - [ **YNAB to MILKEE** MILKEE is a all in one accounting tool for Swiss Freelancers and small businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-milkee) - [ **YNAB to The Muse** Job board and company profiles](https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-the-muse) - [ **YNAB to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-google-sheets) - [ **YNAB to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-google-drive) - [ **YNAB to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-zoom) - [ **YNAB to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/ynab-to-linkedin) ## More into Shift4 - [ **Instagram to Shift4** Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos, videos, and stories.](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-shift4) - [ **HubSpot to Shift4** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-shift4) - [ **Salesforce to Shift4** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-shift4) - [ **Slack to Shift4** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shift4) - [ **Google Sheets to Shift4** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-shift4) - [ **Gmail to Shift4** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-shift4) Questions ## YNAB and Shift4, answered ### ### What can start an automation from YNAB? Any of YNAB's 14 triggers in the catalog, including Goal Completed, New Account, New Category and New or Updated Account. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Shift4 when something happens in YNAB? Any of Shift4's 21 actions, including Update charge, Update customer, Update subscription and Add card. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Shift4 to YNAB? Shift4 has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in YNAB. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Shift4's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for YNAB or Shift4? 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 YNAB and Shift4 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.