--- title: "Connect YouCan to Lunch Money - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Order\" fires in YouCan, your agent runs \"Create a Manual Account\" in Lunch Money." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-lunch-money" --- # Connect YouCan to Lunch Money When **New Order** fires in [YouCan](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan), 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. YouCan **1** trigger YouCan **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 YouCan 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 YouCan can start in Lunch Money - When **New Order** in YouCan then **Create a Manual Account** in Lunch Money - When **New Order** in YouCan 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 YouCan and Lunch Money ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 38 actions - Trigger **New Order** Triggers when a new order is placed in your YouCan store. - Action **Add category** Creates a new product category in your YouCan store. - Action **Add coupon** Creates a discount coupon in your YouCan store, valid for the products you choose. - Action **Add order** Creates an order in your YouCan store for an existing customer, with the product variants, shipping choice and optional addresses, discount, notes and tags. - Action **Create Customer** Creates a customer in your YouCan store with their contact details and optional addresses. - Action **Create Product** Creates a new product in your YouCan store, with optional pricing, inventory, variants, categories and images. - Action **Delete product** Deletes a product from your YouCan store. - Action **Get coupon** Returns a single coupon from your YouCan store, including its code, discount value, type, dates and usage limit. - Action **Get customer** Returns a single customer from your YouCan store, optionally including their addresses and orders. - Action **Get order** Returns a single order by its ID, optionally with its customer, items, payment, shipping and other related details. - Action **Get product** Returns a single product from your YouCan store, including price, inventory, images and optional variants, categories and vendors. - Action **List customers** Returns customers in your YouCan store, optionally filtered by a search on name, phone or email. - Action **List products** Returns the products in your YouCan store, optionally searched, sorted and with related variants, categories or images. - Action **List Shipping Zones** Returns the store's shipping zones, optionally including their shipping rates. - Action **Update customer** Updates an existing customer's name, contact details, location or notes in your YouCan store. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update order status** Updates an order's general, shipping or payment status in your YouCan store. - Action **Update product** Updates an existing product in your YouCan store. Only the fields you fill in are 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 - [ **YouCan** YouCan is an integrated platform specialized in e-commerce, offering a wide range of services needed by...](https://apiant.ai/connections/youcan) - [ **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 YouCan - [ **YouCan to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-zoom) - [ **YouCan to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-linkedin) - [ **YouCan to Facebook** Facebook is a social media and advertising platform used by individuals and businesses to connect, share...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-facebook) - [ **YouCan to Anthropic** Anthropic builds Claude, a family of large language models.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-anthropic) - [ **YouCan to Supabase** Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service providing a Postgres database, authentication, storage, and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-supabase) - [ **YouCan to ElevenLabs** ElevenLabs is an AI audio research and deployment company.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youcan-to-elevenlabs) ## 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 ## YouCan and Lunch Money, answered ### ### What can start an automation from YouCan? Any of YouCan's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Order. 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 YouCan? 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 YouCan? Lunch Money has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in YouCan. 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 YouCan 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 YouCan 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.