# Home Assistant + You Need a Budget — Pipedream Connect

> Connect a user's Home Assistant and You Need a Budget accounts and expose tools for both apps directly in your product or your agent.

- Apps: Home Assistant (`home_assistant`) + You Need a Budget (`you_need_a_budget`)
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/home-assistant/integrations/you-need-a-budget
- One `external_user_id` owns both connected accounts, and each account stays independently revocable.

## One session, both toolsets (recommended)

- Endpoint: `https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3`
- Headers: `Authorization: Bearer <token>` · `x-pd-project-id` · `x-pd-environment` · `x-pd-external-user-id` · `x-pd-app-slug: home_assistant,you_need_a_budget`
- `x-pd-app-slug` takes a comma-separated list, so `home_assistant,you_need_a_budget` is one session on one transport. Both toolsets arrive from a single `listTools()`, and a tool is called exactly as it would be in a single-app session.

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "home_assistant,you_need_a_budget",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// One list, both toolsets: Home Assistant and You Need a Budget tools arrive
// together, each keyed by its own app's slug.

// e.g. run Create Transaction:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "you_need_a_budget-create-transaction",
  arguments: {
    budgetId: "Budget ID",
    accountId: "Account ID",
  },
})
```

Docs: [MCP guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/mcp/developers.md)

## Both apps from your backend

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const externalUserId = "{external_user_id}" // any stable ID for this user in your system

const [homeAssistantTools, youNeedABudgetTools] =
  await Promise.all([
    pd.components.list({ app: "home_assistant" }),
    pd.components.list({ app: "you_need_a_budget" }),
  ])

// One external user owns both connected accounts, so either app's tools
// run on their behalf with the same externalUserId.
```

Docs: [Managed auth guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/quickstart.md) · [Tools guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components.md)

## Home Assistant

- API slug: `home_assistant` (use in MCP headers and tool keys)
- Auth: API key (Pipedream-managed)
- Categories: Smart Home Automation
- Website: https://home-assistant.io
- App page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/home-assistant
- Tools: 0 actions · 0 triggers

Full tool list, API proxy, and SDK quickstart: https://pipedream.com/apps/home-assistant.md

## You Need a Budget

- API slug: `you_need_a_budget` (use in MCP headers and tool keys)
- Auth: OAuth (Pipedream-managed)
- Categories: Business Management
- Website: https://youneedabudget.com
- App page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget
- Tools: 6 actions · 6 triggers

Full tool list, API proxy, and SDK quickstart: https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget.md

### Actions (6)

- [Create Transaction](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/actions/create-transaction.md) — `you_need_a_budget-create-transaction`
- [Get Account](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/actions/get-account.md) — `you_need_a_budget-get-account`
- [List Accounts](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/actions/list-accounts.md) — `you_need_a_budget-list-accounts`
- [List Budget ID Options](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/actions/list-budget-id-options.md) — `you_need_a_budget-list-budget-id-options`
- [Update Category Budget](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/actions/update-category-budget.md) — `you_need_a_budget-update-category-budget`
- [Update Transaction](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/actions/update-transaction.md) — `you_need_a_budget-update-transaction`

### Triggers (top 4 of 6)

- [Category Overspent](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/triggers/category-overspent.md) — `you_need_a_budget-category-overspent`
- [Low Account Balance](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/triggers/low-account-balance.md) — `you_need_a_budget-low-account-balance`
- [Low Category Balance](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/triggers/low-category-balance.md) — `you_need_a_budget-low-category-balance`
- [New or Updated Transaction](https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget/triggers/new-or-updated-transaction.md) — `you_need_a_budget-new-or-updated-transaction`

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- Home Assistant: https://pipedream.com/apps/home-assistant.md · You Need a Budget: https://pipedream.com/apps/you-need-a-budget.md
- All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps — index: https://pipedream.com/llms.txt
- Pipedream docs for agents: https://pipedream.com/docs/llms.txt