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Eclosion Under-budget streak.

Reward yourself for staying within budget

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How this automation works

Maintain a streak of spending within budget on a category and reward yourself once you reach your streak goal.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a category stays under budget for a specified number of consecutive months. Builds over time — the longer the streak, the more trigger events.
CreatedAt CategoryName StreakCount BudgetAmount CurrentSpending
Then
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Moves budget funds from one category to another. Reduces the source category's budget and increases the destination's by the same amount. Total planned spending stays the same.
source_category destination_category amount

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13 triggers, queries, and actions

Category balance reaches threshold

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a category's remaining balance crosses a dollar amount you specify — either rising above or dropping below the threshold.

Category under budget

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a budget category's spending comes in under its budgeted amount for the month.

Monthly budget surplus

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires near the end of the month when your total spending across all categories comes in under your total planned budget.

New charge

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new expense transaction appears in your Monarch account. Optionally filter by category and choose whether to include pending transactions.

Savings goal achieved

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when one of your savings goals reaches its target amount in Monarch.

Under-budget streak

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a category stays under budget for a specified number of consecutive months. Builds over time — the longer the streak, the more trigger events.

List achieved goals

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns all of your savings goals that have reached their target amount in Eclosion since app installation.

List category budgets

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the current month's budget status for all your expense categories, including budgeted amount, actual spending, and remaining balance.

List under-budget categories

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns categories where spending is currently below the budgeted amount, sorted by largest savings first.

Monthly budget summary

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a single-row summary of your current month's budget, including planned vs. actual income and expenses, surplus, and ready-to-assign amount.

Budget funds to a category

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Increases a Monarch budget category's planned amount for the current month. The added amount is on top of whatever is already budgeted.

Budget funds to a savings goal

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Increases a savings goal's budgeted amount for the current month. The added amount is on top of whatever is already budgeted toward this goal.

Move funds between categories

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Moves budget funds from one category to another. Reduces the source category's budget and increases the destination's by the same amount. Total planned spending stays the same.

Budget funds to a category

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Increases a Monarch budget category's planned amount for the current month. The added amount is on top of whatever is already budgeted.

Budget funds to a savings goal

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Increases a savings goal's budgeted amount for the current month. The added amount is on top of whatever is already budgeted toward this goal.

Category balance reaches threshold

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a category's remaining balance crosses a dollar amount you specify — either rising above or dropping below the threshold.

Category under budget

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a budget category's spending comes in under its budgeted amount for the month.

List achieved goals

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns all of your savings goals that have reached their target amount in Eclosion since app installation.

List category budgets

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the current month's budget status for all your expense categories, including budgeted amount, actual spending, and remaining balance.

List under-budget categories

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns categories where spending is currently below the budgeted amount, sorted by largest savings first.

Monthly budget summary

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a single-row summary of your current month's budget, including planned vs. actual income and expenses, surplus, and ready-to-assign amount.

Monthly budget surplus

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires near the end of the month when your total spending across all categories comes in under your total planned budget.

Move funds between categories

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
Moves budget funds from one category to another. Reduces the source category's budget and increases the destination's by the same amount. Total planned spending stays the same.

New charge

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new expense transaction appears in your Monarch account. Optionally filter by category and choose whether to include pending transactions.

Savings goal achieved

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when one of your savings goals reaches its target amount in Monarch.

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About Eclosion

Eclosion for IFTTT turns everyday activities into budget rewards in Monarch Money. Complete a workout, finish a chore, or hit your step goal to automatically add money to the categories you choose — a self-directed allowance system synced to Monarch through Eclosion.

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