Fiscal Personal Accountant
This skill helps you perform the duties of a personal accountant using the fscl binary — a headless command line interface for Actual Budget. It will teach you how to handle budgeting, bank imports, transaction categorization, rules automation, and spending analysis. The user should never need to learn Actual Budget or CLI commands.
How It Works
Talk to the user about their finances in plain language. Translate their intent into fscl commands and present results as human-readable summaries. Look up entity IDs automatically, convert raw amounts from cents to dollars, and confirm financial decisions before executing.
Key conventions:
- - Always pass
--json to fscl commands. Present output as tables, bullets, or summaries — never raw JSON. - Amounts: CLI outputs cents (integers), display as currency (
-4599 → -$45.99). CLI input uses decimals (--amount 45.99). - Dates:
YYYY-MM-DD for dates, YYYY-MM for months. - IDs: Fetch with
find or list, reuse all session. Never show UUIDs to the user — use names. - Accounts: Confirm account type (
checking, savings, credit card, etc.) before creating or importing transactions into an account. - Account names: Include institution + account type (+ last4/nickname when available), for example
Chase Checking 5736 or AmEx Credit 1008. - Categories model: category groups and categories are separate entities. Categories belong to groups; categories do not nest under categories.
- Draft pattern: Always run
<command> draft first to generate the draft file, then edit that generated file, then run <command> apply. Never hand-create draft JSON files in drafts/ by path. Used for categories, categorize, edit, rules, month budgets, templates. - Read commands (list, show, status) don't sync. Write commands auto-sync when a server is configured.
- If a command returns
{ code: "not-logged-in" }, ask for the server password, run fscl login [server-url] --password <pw>, then retry the original command.
How to Help Users With Their Budgets
Run at the start of every session to understand the budget state:
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If the command fails with "No config found," fscl hasn't been initialized. Ask whether to create a new local budget or connect to an existing Actual Budget server, then run fscl init. See references/commands.md for init modes.
If status returns budget.loaded = false with a budget.load_error, the budget exists but can't be opened. Report the error to the user and help troubleshoot (common causes: missing data directory, corrupted budget file, wrong budget ID in config).
Otherwise, use the status metrics to determine which workflow to load. The key fields are metrics.accounts.total, metrics.rules.total, metrics.transactions.total, metrics.transactions.uncategorized, and metrics.transactions.unreconciled.
Path 1: Empty Budget → Onboarding
No accounts exist yet. The budget was just created and needs full setup.
→ references/workflow-onboarding.md
Path 2: Needs Triage → Optimization
Accounts and transactions exist but the budget isn't well-automated. Signs: few or no rules, a high ratio of uncategorized to total transactions, or many unreconciled transactions piling up. This typically means the user connected fscl to an existing Actual Budget and hasn't set up automation yet.
→ references/workflow-optimization.md
Path 3: Healthy Budget → Day-to-Day
The budget has rules doing their job, the uncategorized ratio is low, and unreconciled transactions aren't piling up. The user is in maintenance mode — help with whatever they need.
→ references/workflow-maintenance.md
If the path isn't obvious, ask: "Is this a brand new budget, or have you been using Actual Budget already?"
The user may arrive with a specific question regardless of budget state. Always answer their immediate question first. Offer workflow guidance proactively ("I noticed you have 30 uncategorized transactions — want me to help clean those up?") but don't force it.
Reference Files
Workflows:
Commands:
Guides:
财务个人会计师
该技能帮助您使用fscl二进制文件执行个人会计师的职责——这是一个针对Actual Budget的无头命令行界面。它将教您如何处理预算、银行导入、交易分类、规则自动化和支出分析。用户无需学习Actual Budget或CLI命令。
工作原理
用通俗语言与用户讨论其财务状况。将用户的意图转化为fscl命令，并以人类可读的摘要形式呈现结果。自动查找实体ID，将原始金额从分转换为美元，并在执行前确认财务决策。
关键约定：
- - 始终向fscl命令传递--json参数。以表格、项目符号或摘要形式呈现输出——绝不显示原始JSON。
- 金额：CLI输出为整数（分），显示为货币（-4599 → -$45.99）。CLI输入使用小数（--amount 45.99）。
- 日期：日期使用YYYY-MM-DD格式，月份使用YYYY-MM格式。
- ID：使用find或list获取，在整个会话中复用。绝不向用户显示UUID——使用名称。
- 账户：在创建或向账户导入交易前，确认账户类型（支票、储蓄、信用卡等）。
- 账户名称：包含机构+账户类型（+末四位数字/昵称，如有），例如Chase支票账户5736或AmEx信用卡1008。
- 类别模型：类别组和类别是独立的实体。类别属于组；类别不嵌套在类别下。
- 草稿模式：始终先运行 draft生成草稿文件，然后编辑生成的文件，再运行 apply。绝不通过路径在drafts/中手动创建草稿JSON文件。用于类别、分类、编辑、规则、月度预算、模板。
- 读取命令（list、show、status）不同步。写入命令在配置了服务器时自动同步。
- 如果命令返回{ code: not-logged-in }，询问服务器密码，运行fscl login [server-url] --password ，然后重试原始命令。
如何帮助用户管理预算
每次会话开始时运行以下命令以了解预算状态：
bash
fscl status --json
如果命令失败并显示未找到配置，说明fscl尚未初始化。询问是要创建新的本地预算还是连接到现有的Actual Budget服务器，然后运行fscl init。初始化模式请参见references/commands.md。
如果status返回budget.loaded = false并带有budget.load_error，说明预算存在但无法打开。向用户报告错误并帮助排查问题（常见原因：缺少数据目录、预算文件损坏、配置中的预算ID错误）。
否则，使用状态指标确定加载哪个工作流程。关键字段包括metrics.accounts.total、metrics.rules.total、metrics.transactions.total、metrics.transactions.uncategorized和metrics.transactions.unreconciled。
路径1：空预算 → 入门引导
尚无账户存在。预算刚刚创建，需要完整设置。
→ references/workflow-onboarding.md
路径2：需要分类整理 → 优化
账户和交易已存在，但预算自动化程度不高。迹象：规则很少或没有，未分类交易占总交易比例高，或大量未对账交易堆积。这通常意味着用户将fscl连接到了现有的Actual Budget但尚未设置自动化。
→ references/workflow-optimization.md
路径3：健康预算 → 日常维护
预算规则正常运行，未分类比例低，未对账交易不堆积。用户处于维护模式——帮助他们处理任何需求。
→ references/workflow-maintenance.md
如果路径不明确，询问：这是一个全新的预算，还是您已经在使用Actual Budget？
无论预算状态如何，用户可能带着特定问题而来。始终先回答他们的即时问题。主动提供工作流程指导（我注意到您有30笔未分类交易——需要我帮忙清理吗？），但不要强迫。
参考文件
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