Set up and maintain basic bookkeeping for a solopreneur business. Use when tracking income and expenses, preparing for taxes, managing invoices and receipts, understanding cash flow, or generating financial reports. Covers accounting software selection, chart of accounts, expense categorization, reconciliation, and financial statements. Not professional accounting advice β consult a CPA for complex situations. Trigger on "bookkeeping", "accounting", "track expenses", "financial records", "QuickBooks", "invoicing", "receipts", "profit and loss".
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Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install bookkeeping-basicsOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install bookkeeping-basicsβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/bookkeeping-basics/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.
Category
Finance & InvestmentWhat Bookkeeping Basics can do for your AI workflow
Up and maintain basic directly from your Claude conversation
Works across Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw β install once, use everywhere
Trusted by 2,438+ developers worldwide
One-command installation β no complex setup required
Combine with other skills to build powerful multi-step AI workflows
Try these prompts with your AI agent after installing Bookkeeping Basics
Help me get started with Bookkeeping Basics
Explains what Bookkeeping Basics does, walks through the setup, and runs a quick demo based on your current project
Use Bookkeeping Basics to set up and maintain basic bookkeeping for a solopreneur business
Invokes Bookkeeping Basics with the right parameters and returns the result directly in the conversation
What can I do with Bookkeeping Basics in my finance & investment workflow?
Lists the top use cases for Bookkeeping Basics, with example commands for each scenario
Guides & tutorials for AI skills
Bookkeeping Basics extends your AI assistant with the ability to set up and maintain basic bookkeeping for a solopreneur business. Use when tracking income and expenses, preparing for taxes, managing invoices and receipts, understanding cash flow, or generating financial reports. Covers accounting software selection, chart of accounts, expense categorization, reconciliation, and financial statements. Not professional accounting advice β consult a CPA for complex situations. Trigger on "bookkeeping", "accounting", "track expenses", "financial records", "QuickBooks", "invoicing", "receipts", "profit and loss". Rather than leaving your conversation to handle this manually, you can ask your Claude agent directly β and it will take care of the task end-to-end, using Bookkeeping Basics as its underlying capability.
Bookkeeping Basics works across Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) β an open standard that lets AI clients share tools and skills without lock-in. Because MCP is platform-agnostic by design, you install Bookkeeping Basics once and it becomes available across all your AI clients. Whether you're working in Claude for focused sessions or Cursor for integrated workflows, the skill behaves consistently.
To install Bookkeeping Basics, copy the skill folder to `~/.claude/skills/bookkeeping-basics/` for use across all your projects, or `.claude/skills/bookkeeping-basics/` for a single project. Restart Claude and the skill is immediately active β invoke it with `/bookkeeping-basics` or just describe your goal and the AI will pick it up automatically.
Bookkeeping Basics has been installed 2,438 times, making it one of the more actively used skills in the Finance & Investment category. The install rate suggests it solves a real, recurring need rather than a niche edge case. The source code is open on GitHub β you can inspect it, contribute fixes, or fork it to adapt the skill for your specific setup. Like all skills on DiscoverAISkills, it is free to install and use. The broader AI skills ecosystem continues to expand as developers contribute new capabilities across categories like developer tools, data analysis, writing, automation, and more.
Place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/bookkeeping-basics/ for personal use (all projects), or .claude/skills/bookkeeping-basics/ for project-specific use. Restart your AI client, then invoke with /bookkeeping-basics or let the AI discover it automatically.
Bookkeeping Basics supports Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw. It integrates seamlessly with these AI platforms to extend their capabilities.
Bookkeeping Basics is free to install. Check the repository for licensing information.
Set up and maintain basic bookkeeping for a solopreneur business. Use when tracking income and expenses, preparing for taxes, managing invoices and receipts, understanding cash flow, or generating financial reports. Covers accounting software selection, chart of accounts, expense categorization, reconciliation, and financial statements. Not professional accounting advice β consult a CPA for complex situations. Trigger on "bookkeeping", "accounting", "track expenses", "financial records", "QuickBooks", "invoicing", "receipts", "profit and loss".
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Automate my finance & investment tasks using Bookkeeping Basics
Identifies repetitive steps in your workflow and sets up Bookkeeping Basics to handle them automatically
MCP vs traditional plugins: what's the difference?
Bookkeeping Basics is categorized under Finance & Investment. These skills help AI agents perform specialized tasks in this domain.