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1. Choose trigger event

2. Choose action

1. Select the event

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Trigger event

Choose a trigger event

Choose a trigger

A trigger is the event that starts your Zap—like a "Low Account Balance" from YNAB.

Add your action

An action happens after the trigger—such as "Create Task" in OmniFocus.

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Supported triggers and actions

Zapier helps you create workflows that connect your apps to automate repetitive tasks. A trigger is an event that starts a workflow, and an action is an event a Zap performs.

- Balance Below Amount
  Required
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- Age of Money Days
  Required
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Category Overspent
Triggers when a category is overspent and has a negative balance.
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New or Updated Category
Triggers when a new category is created or an existing category is updated.
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New or Updated Transaction
Triggers when a transaction is created or updated.
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New Account
Triggers when a new account is created.
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New Payee
Triggers when a new payee is created.
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- Account
  Required
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- Category
  Required
- Budget Amount
  Required
Action
Write
- Api_docs_info
- Stop on error
  Required
- HTTP Method
  Required
- URL
  Required
- Query string parameters
- Additional request headers
- Body
Action
Write

Age of Money Changes
Triggers when your Age of Money changes.
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- Balance Below Amount
  Required
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New or Updated Account
Triggers when a new account is created or an existing account is updated.
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New or Updated Scheduled Transaction
Triggers when a scheduled transaction is created or updated.
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Goal Completed
Triggers when a goal is completed.
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New Category
Triggers when a new category is created.
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New Transaction
Triggers when a new transaction is created.
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- Category
  Required
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- Account
  Required
- Amount
  Required
- Date
  Required
- Payee Type
- Category
- Memo
- Cleared
- Approved?
  Required
- Flag Color
- Import_id
Action
Write
- Title
  Required
- Note
Action
Write

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Budget to a Category
Create Task

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Call from code with the Zapier SDK

Trigger YNAB and OmniFocus actions from backend services, scripts, or agent code.

Install

# TypeScript / Node
npm install @zapier/zapier-sdk

Run an action

import { createZapierSdk } from '@zapier/zapier-sdk';

const zapier = createZapierSdk();
await zapier.runAction({ /* ynab / omnifocus action */ });

Run the SDK docs

There is no Python package yet. SDK is TypeScript-only (@zapier/zapier-sdk). The MCP server URL is personal to your account; get it at zapier.com/mcp.

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