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Orlando-Villanueva

YNAB Budget MCP

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
YNAB_ACCESS_TOKENYesYour YNAB Personal Access Token from YNAB developer settings.
YNAB_ENABLE_WRITESNoSet to 'true' to enable the experimental write workflow. Leave unset for read-only mode.false

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
ynab_list_plansA

List the YNAB plans available to the configured token.

ynab_get_budget_snapshotA

Get a high-level snapshot of a YNAB plan for a given month, including month details, account totals, and category highlights.

ynab_list_accountsB

List accounts for a YNAB plan.

ynab_list_categoriesA

List category groups and categories for a YNAB plan, with optional month context.

ynab_list_transactionsA

List transactions for a YNAB plan with optional date, month, account, category, payee, and limit filters.

ynab_get_month_categoryB

Get one exact category for one exact YNAB plan month.

ynab_list_scheduled_transactionsA

List and project scheduled YNAB transaction occurrences through a bounded date horizon.

ynab_list_payeesA

List payees for a YNAB plan.

ynab_preview_assignmentsA

Freshly validate exact category assignment deltas and create a short-lived preview token without changing YNAB.

ynab_apply_assignment_previewA

Apply a short-lived assignment preview token only after the user explicitly approves the exact preview.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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