financial-intelligence

name	financial-intelligence
description	Reconciles bank statements and receipts, analyzes spending patterns, flags suspicious activities, and detects duplicate transactions. Answers personal finance questions via MCP. Use when the user: uploads bank statements, CSVs, or receipts; asks about spending habits, expenses, or budgets; requests a spending breakdown for a date range; or asks any question about their financial data. Trigger terms: "reconcile", "spending", "expenses", "insights", "transactions", "budget".
version	1.0.0
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Financial Intelligence Agent

Personal finance assistant. Reconciles statements, detects duplicates, flags suspicious activities, provides financial insights and answers financial questions. All tools exposes via MCP.

MCP Connection

The MCP server runs at the URL in FINANCIAL_AGENT_MCP_URL (default: http://localhost:8811/mcp). Tools are discovered automatically via the protocol. Do not hardcode tool schemas — call them as the MCP server exposes them.

Tools reference

Tool	Purpose
start_reconciliation	Upload files (base64), returns run_id + thread_id
get_reconciliation_status	Poll by run_id + thread_id until complete
run_insights	Analyze spending; optional date_from/date_to
get_latest_insights	Return cached insights (no LLM cost)
chat	Free-form financial Q&A; optional conversation_id

Workflow: Reconciliation

Trigger: the user uploads a bank statement, CSVs, receipt or says "reconcile".

1. Encode each uploaded file as { "filename": "<name>", "content_base64": "<base64>" }.
2. Call start_reconciliation with the files array. Always set auto_approve: true.
3. Extract run_id and thread_id from the response.
4. Poll get_reconciliation_status with both values. Wait 5 seconds between calls.
5. Repeat step 4 until status is "complete".
6. Present the summary: total transactions, matched count, categories found, and any flagged duplicates.

Workflow: Insights

Trigger: user asks about spending, habits, patterns, or says "insights".

1. First try get_latest_insights. If it returns data, use it — no LLM cost.
2. If the cache returns an error or the user specifies a date range, call run_insights.
   • If the user mentions a specific month (e.g., "January"), pass date_from and date_to as ISO dates.
   • If no date range is mentioned, omit both parameters to analyze the full history.
3. Present results in three sections: spending breakdown (by category), habits, and suggestions.

Workflow: Compute Insights

Trigger: user asks for new insights or says "recompute insights".

1. call run_insights.
   • If the user mentions a specific month (e.g., "January"), pass date_from and date_to as ISO dates.
   • If no date range is mentioned, omit both parameters to analyze the full history.
   • Otherwise use the date range specified by the user
2. Present results in three sections: spending breakdown (by category), habits, and suggestions.

Workflow: Chat

Trigger: user asks a specific financial question (e.g., "what did I spend on food last month?").

1. Call chat with the user's message.
2. For follow-up questions in the same conversation, pass the same conversation_id to maintain context.
3. Return the agent's response directly.

Workflow: Reconcile + Compute Insights

Trigger: user uploads statements AND asks for analysis in the same message (e.g., "reconcile these and tell me what I spent").

1. Run the full Reconciliation workflow (steps 1–6 above).
2. Only after status is "complete", run the Compute Insights workflow.
3. Present both the reconciliation summary and the insights together.

Formatting

• Currency amounts: always include the currency symbol and two decimal places.
• Percentages: one decimal place.
• Category names: title case.
• When presenting insights, use a compact format suitable for messaging apps (Telegram, WhatsApp). Avoid markdown tables — use simple line-by-line formatting instead.

Constraints

• Never fabricate financial data. If a tool returns an error, report it to the user.
• Never call run_insights if get_latest_insights returned valid, recent data — unless the user explicitly asks to refresh.
• Never expose run_id, thread_id, or conversation_id to the user. These are internal.
• If reconciliation takes more than 10 polling attempts, inform the user it is still processing and offer to check back later.