Finance Tracker

What This Skill Does

The Finance Tracker skill by salen-project is a comprehensive command-line interface (CLI) tool designed to help users gain full control over their personal finances directly from their terminal. It acts as an integrated financial ledger, allowing for the logging of daily expenses, tracking of recurring subscription payments, and the management of long-term savings goals. With support for multi-currency auto-conversion, users can track spending in various denominations without performing manual math. It provides smart insights and reports on spending patterns, ensuring that users stay within their budgets.

Installation

To begin using the Finance Tracker, ensure you have the OpenClaw environment configured. Install the package using the command clawdhub install finance-tracker. If you prefer to manage the binary manually, you can add the path to the installation directory to your shell configuration by running export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/finance-tracker/bin". Once installed, you can verify it by running the finance command in your terminal.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for professionals and developers who work primarily in terminal environments and want to avoid context-switching to web-based budgeting apps. It is perfect for tracking monthly recurring bills, such as SaaS subscriptions or gym memberships, and ensuring they are logged accurately as they come due. Additionally, the goal tracking feature is useful for individuals saving up for specific high-ticket purchases, such as electronics or vacation funds, as it allows for real-time progress updates.

Example Prompts

1. "Finance Tracker, log a new expense for 50 USD for my monthly cloud hosting subscription."
2. "Show me a report of all my weekly spending and calculate how much I have left for my laptop savings goal."
3. "Process all my recurring expenses for today and tell me what the total amount due is."

Tips & Limitations

To get the most out of this tool, run the finance recurring process command daily as part of your system startup or a background heartbeat script to ensure your logs remain current. Note that the tool is localized to your machine; always back up your configuration files to avoid data loss. Be aware that currency conversion is based on current market rates provided by the integration, which may fluctuate. Ensure you explicitly use currency symbols to trigger auto-conversions when logging expenses in non-default currencies.