PocketSmith Skill

Manage PocketSmith transactions and categories. Supports listing, searching, creating, updating, and deleting financial data.

Prerequisites

Set these environment variables:

• POCKETSMITH_DEVELOPER_KEY - Your PocketSmith developer key (from Settings > Security > Manage Developer Keys)
• POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES - Set to true to enable create, update, and delete operations (disabled by default for safety)

Commands

All commands should be run from the skill directory using uv run pocketsmith.

Authentication

# Check authentication status and get user info
pocketsmith auth status

# Get current user details
pocketsmith me

Transactions

# Get a single transaction
pocketsmith transactions get <transaction_id>

# List transactions for a user
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user <user_id>
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user <user_id> --start-date 2024-01-01 --end-date 2024-12-31
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user <user_id> --search "coffee"
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user <user_id> --uncategorised
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user <user_id> --needs-review
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user <user_id> --type debit

# List transactions by account
pocketsmith transactions list-by-account <account_id>

# List transactions by category
pocketsmith transactions list-by-category <category_ids>  # comma-separated

# List transactions by transaction account
pocketsmith transactions list-by-transaction-account <transaction_account_id>

# Create a transaction (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith transactions create <transaction_account_id> --payee "Store Name" --amount -50.00 --date 2024-01-15
pocketsmith transactions create <transaction_account_id> --payee "Salary" --amount 5000.00 --date 2024-01-01 --category-id 123

# Update a transaction (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith transactions update <transaction_id> --category-id 456
pocketsmith transactions update <transaction_id> --payee "New Payee" --note "Updated note"
pocketsmith transactions update <transaction_id> --labels "groceries,essential"

# Delete a transaction (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith transactions delete <transaction_id>

Categories

# Get a single category
pocketsmith categories get <category_id>

# List all categories for a user
pocketsmith categories list <user_id>

# Create a category (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith categories create <user_id> --title "New Category"
pocketsmith categories create <user_id> --title "Subcategory" --parent-id 123
pocketsmith categories create <user_id> --title "Bills" --colour "#ff0000" --is-bill true

# Update a category (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith categories update <category_id> --title "Renamed Category"
pocketsmith categories update <category_id> --parent-id 456
pocketsmith categories update <category_id> --no-parent  # Make top-level
pocketsmith categories update <category_id> --colour "#00ff00"

# Delete a category (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith categories delete <category_id>

Labels

# List all labels for a user
pocketsmith labels list <user_id>

Budget

# List budget for a user (per-category budget analysis)
pocketsmith budget list <user_id>
pocketsmith budget list <user_id> --roll-up true

# Get budget summary for a user
pocketsmith budget summary <user_id> --period months --interval 1 --start-date 2024-01-01 --end-date 2024-12-31

# Get trend analysis (requires category and scenario IDs)
pocketsmith budget trend <user_id> --period months --interval 1 --start-date 2024-01-01 --end-date 2024-12-31 --categories "123,456" --scenarios "1,2"

# Refresh forecast cache (requires POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true)
pocketsmith budget refresh <user_id>

Transaction Filter Options

When listing transactions, these filters are available:

• --start-date - Filter from date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• --end-date - Filter to date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• --updated-since - Only transactions updated after this datetime
• --uncategorised - Only uncategorised transactions
• --type - Filter by type: debit or credit
• --needs-review - Only transactions needing review
• --search - Search term for payee/memo
• --page - Page number for pagination

Category Options

When creating/updating categories:

• --title - Category name
• --colour - CSS hex colour (e.g., #ff0000)
• --parent-id - Parent category ID for subcategories
• --no-parent - Make category top-level (update only)
• --is-transfer - Mark as transfer category (true/false)
• --is-bill - Mark as bill category (true/false)
• --roll-up - Roll up to parent category (true/false)
• --refund-behaviour - debit_only or credit_only

Output Format

All commands output JSON. Example transaction:

{
  "id": 1234567,
  "payee": "Coffee Shop",
  "amount": -5.50,
  "date": "2024-01-15",
  "category": {
    "id": 123,
    "title": "Eating Out"
  },
  "transaction_account": {
    "id": 456,
    "name": "Checking Account"
  }
}

Date Format

All dates use YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g., 2024-01-15).

Write Protection

Write operations (create, update, delete) are disabled by default for safety. To enable them:

export POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true

Without this, write commands will fail with:

{"error": "Write operations are disabled by default. Set POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true to enable create, update, and delete operations.", "hint": "export POCKETSMITH_ALLOW_WRITES=true"}

Common Workflows

Search and Categorize Transactions

# Find uncategorised transactions
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user 123456 --uncategorised

# Search for specific transactions
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user 123456 --search "Netflix"

# Categorize a transaction
pocketsmith transactions update 789012 --category-id 456

Organize Categories

# List existing categories
pocketsmith categories list 123456

# Create a new subcategory
pocketsmith categories create 123456 --title "Streaming" --parent-id 789

# Move a category under a different parent
pocketsmith categories update 101112 --parent-id 789

Review Transactions

# Find transactions needing review
pocketsmith transactions list-by-user 123456 --needs-review

# Mark as reviewed by updating
pocketsmith transactions update 789012 --needs-review false