Hledger

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name: hledger Skill for OpenClaw
description: The hledger skill allows OpenClaw agents to execute hledger CLI
  commands on the host system and return structured output to the user.
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# hledger Skill for OpenClaw

The **hledger skill** allows OpenClaw agents to execute `hledger` CLI commands
on the host system and return structured output to the user.

This skill acts as a thin wrapper around the installed `hledger` binary.

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## What This Skill Does

- Executes arbitrary `hledger` subcommands
- Returns stdout and stderr output
- Allows querying balances, registers, reports, and journal data
- Enables automation of personal finance workflows inside OpenClaw

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## Example Usage

Input to the skill:

balance

Result:

Displays account balances from the default journal file.

Input:

register Assets

Result:

Displays register entries for the Assets account.

Input:

balance -f myledger.journal

Result:

Runs hledger against a specific ledger file.

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## Requirements

- `hledger` must be installed and available in PATH
- The user must have read access to their ledger files

Test installation with:

hledger --version

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## Security Notes

This skill executes shell commands using the local `hledger` binary.
It does not allow arbitrary shell execution — only `hledger` commands
are prefixed and executed.

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## Intended Use

- Personal finance automation
- Ledger querying via chat
- Integration with Telegram or WhatsApp bots powered by OpenClaw
- Financial reporting pipelines

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## Version

1.0.0