# ynab-mcp

> A Model Context Protocol server for interacting with YNAB

Record `ynab-mcp-2` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/ynab-mcp-2/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/ynab-mcp-2
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/ynab-mcp-2/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.4
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:ynab-mcp

### Description (declared)

# YNAB MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with YNAB (You Need A Budget) via their API. 

## Features

- Get budgets, accounts, and categories
- Get, create and update transactions
- Create new categories
- Update budgeted amounts for categories
- Get budget summaries

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.13 or higher
- A YNAB account with an API token ([Get your token here](https://app.ynab.com/settings/developer))
- UV package manager (optional but recommended)

## Installation

1. Clone this repository
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/ntdef/ynab-mcp.git
   cd ynab-mcp
   ```

2. Create a virtual environment
   ```bash
   uv venv
   ```

3. Activate the virtual environment
   - Windows:
     ```
     venv\Scripts\activate
     ```
   - Unix/MacOS:
     ```
     source venv/bin/activate
     ```

4. Install dependencies using UV
   ```bash
   # python -m pip install uv
   uv sync
   ```

5. Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and add your YNAB API token
   ```bash
   cp .env.example .env
   # Edit .env with your favorite editor
   ```

## Usage

### Running the server

```bash
uv run ynab-mcp
```

The server will start in stdio mode, so you won't see any output.

### Available tools

The YNAB MCP Server provides the following tools:

#### Budget management
- `get_budgets`: Retrieve all budgets for the authenticated user
- `get_budget_summary`: Get a summary of the budget, optionally for a specific month

#### Account management
- `get_accounts`: Retrieve all accounts for a specific budget

#### Category management
- `get_categories`: Retrieve all categories for a specific budget
- `create_category`: Create a new category in the specified budget group
- `update_category_budgeted`: Update the budgeted amount for a category in a specific month

#### Transaction management
- `get_transactions`: Retrieve transactions for a specific budget, optionally filtered by date, account, or category
- `create_transaction`: Create a new transaction in the…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/ynab-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:23:21.303Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/ynab-mcp-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/ynab-mcp-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:ynab-mcp-2