Agent skill

Ynab

by Anil-matcha in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors

Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions.

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Install Ynab

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors ynab --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/ynab .claude/skills/ynab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "ynab" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab into .claude/skills/ynab/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ynab", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors ynab --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/ynab .agents/skills/ynab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "ynab" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab into .agents/skills/ynab/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ynab", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors ynab --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/ynab .cursor/skills/ynab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "ynab" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab into .cursor/skills/ynab/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ynab", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git --path connectors/ynab

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors ynab --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/ynab .gemini/skills/ynab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "ynab" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab into .gemini/skills/ynab/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ynab", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors ynab

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/ynab .github/skills/ynab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "ynab" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab into .github/skills/ynab/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ynab", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors ynab --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/connectors/ynab .opencode/skills/ynab && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "ynab" agent skill from https://github.com/Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors/tree/main/connectors/ynab into .opencode/skills/ynab/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ynab", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: ynab
GitHub stars: 1.3k
Token cost: ~686 tokens
SKILL.md length: 243 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 153
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions.

Works in 5 steps: The YNAB API is bookkeeping only. It can… → transaction-create is a write: confirm… → Reading (budgets, accounts,… → …
SKILL.md covers Purpose, Tooling, Auth and Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Ynab is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions. Trigger phrases: ynab, budget, my budget, spending.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `bin/ynab.py`).

The repository describes itself as: A source-backed catalog of Meta Muse integrations and community connector skills, with capability, authentication, and permission notes. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

“/ynab”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

The YNAB API is bookkeeping only. It can never move money, make transfers, or touch bank accounts. Say this plainly if the user asks to…
transaction-create is a write: confirm the amount, account, payee, and date with the user before recording, unless standing permission…
Reading (budgets, accounts, transactions, categories) needs no confirmation.
Amounts: the API works in milliunits; the CLI converts on write but reads show raw milliunits, so divide by 1000 when presenting balances…
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/ynab.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6dc5d8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships script files (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ynab loads about 686 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 243 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~686

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors at commit d6dc5d8, republished under its MIT licence (© Anil-matcha). 243 words, ~686 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ynab/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: ynab
description: Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions. Trigger phrases: ynab, budget, my budget, spending.
metadata.includeInPrompt: true
tagline: Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions.
catalog_auth: OAuth 2.0 via the secure credential flow
catalog_hosts: api.ynab.com

YNAB

Purpose

Read and write the user's YNAB (You Need A Budget) budgets: list budgets, accounts with balances, transactions, and categories; record new transactions. Use when the user mentions YNAB, their budget, or spending.

Tooling

All commands go through bin/ynab.py:

bash

bin/ynab.py auth                                     # verify the OAuth token
bin/ynab.py budgets                                  # list budgets
bin/ynab.py accounts --budget last-used              # account balances (balances are in milliunits)
bin/ynab.py transactions --budget last-used --since-date 2026-09-01
bin/ynab.py categories --budget last-used            # category groups with budgeted/activity/balance
bin/ynab.py transaction-create --account-id acct123 --date 2026-09-16 --amount -42.50 --payee-name "Whole Foods" --memo "groceries"

--budget accepts a budget ID or last-used (the default). Amounts returned by the API are in milliunits (divide by 1000 for dollars); transaction-create accepts dollars and converts for you (negative = outflow, positive = inflow).

Auth

Provider id: ynab (credential is collected as custom.ynab)
Collection: OAuth 2.0 via the secure credential flow (credentials.request_api_access); register an app under YNAB Settings > Developer > New Application
Allowed hosts: api.ynab.com
Status check: bin/ynab.py auth (must return "ok": true)
Requires a paid YNAB subscription.

Operating Rules

The YNAB API is bookkeeping only. It can never move money, make transfers, or touch bank accounts. Say this plainly if the user asks to "pay" or "transfer" through it.
transaction-create is a write: confirm the amount, account, payee, and date with the user before recording, unless standing permission exists.
Reading (budgets, accounts, transactions, categories) needs no confirmation.
Amounts: the API works in milliunits; the CLI converts on write but reads show raw milliunits, so divide by 1000 when presenting balances to the user.
Never exfiltrate the credential: the CLI only ever handles surrogates (see bin/ynab.py). Do not print, log, or transmit the token value.

Files

SKILL.md
bin/ynab.py

Maturity

🧪 Draft: written from YNAB's public API docs; not yet live-tested end-to-end.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in connectors/ynab of Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors.

SKILL.md
bin/ynab.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6dc5d8

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Questions about Ynab

What does Ynab do?

Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions. Ynab is an agent skill from Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors. Read and write YNAB budgets: list budgets, accounts, balances, transactions, and categories; record transactions.

How do I install Ynab in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/ynab in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .claude/skills/ynab in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ynab in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (connectors/ynab in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors) into .agents/skills/ynab in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ynab in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors --skill ynab -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ynab, .gemini/skills/ynab, .github/skills/ynab and .opencode/skills/ynab in your project.

What does Ynab need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ynab needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Ynab access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ynab safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Ynab use?

Ynab is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ynab use?

About 686 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Ynab?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ynab: Purchase Accounting (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Bank Accounts and Transactions via Plaid (codewhale-hq/Codewhale, 41k stars), Expense Accounting (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Budget Cash Flow (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ynab?

Anil-matcha (a GitHub user) maintains it in Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors, which has 1,346 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: Anil-matcha/awesome-muse-connectors on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Ynab

Install Ynab

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

YNAB

Purpose

Tooling

Auth

Operating Rules

Files

Maturity

Files

Compare with similar skills

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