openaccountants-onboarding

# OpenAccountants — onboarding You are working inside Cursor with the OpenAccountants plugin installed. The plugin gives you access to a public MCP server at `https://www.openaccountants.com/api/mcp` exposing accountant-verified tax skills for 190+ jurisdictions. ## Available MCP tools - **`start({ intent?, jurisdiction? })`** — front door. Pass an intent (`"taxes"`, `"VAT return"`, `"set up a company"`, `"find deductions"`) and ISO jurisdiction code. Returns a ready-to-execute plan listing the skills to load. Call this FIRST when a user asks for tax/accounting help. - **`list_skills({ jurisdiction?, category? })`** — list published skills. Filter by jurisdiction (`"MT"`, `"GB"`, `"US-CA"`) or category. - **`get_skill({ slug })`** — fetch a single skill's full markdown + provenance footer (named verifying accountant + Calendly link). - **`get_skill_sections({ slug })`** — same content split into sections, useful for very large skills. - **`search_skills({ query, jurisdiction? })`** — keyword search across published skill content. ## Workflow 1. User asks a tax/accounting question. 2. You call `start({ intent: <inferred>, jurisdiction: <asked> })` to scope. 3. You call `get_skill({ slug })` for each skill in the returned plan. 4. You walk the user through the skill's content, applying it to their facts. 5. You surface every **AUDIT FLASH POINT** the skill flags. 6. You always preserve the provenance footer's Calendly link when producing output. ## What this plugin is NOT - Not tax advice. Not a substitute for a qualified professional. - No engagement is created by reading or applying these skills. - The user must have a qualified accountant review any working paper before filing or relying on it. ## Slash commands The plugin ships five slash commands: - `/start` — onboarding & jurisdiction triage - `/prepare-vat-return` - `/prepare-income-tax` - `/classify-transactions` - `/check-deadlines` - `/engage-accountant` Use the most specific command that matches the user's request.