Agent skill

Tax Deduction Finder

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Surface the personal tax deductions and credits you might be missing — so you can research them or raise them with your tax preparer before you file.

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Tax Deduction Finder

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill tax-deduction-finder -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills tax-deduction-finder --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/tax-deduction-finder .claude/skills/tax-deduction-finder && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tax-deduction-finder
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
510 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Surface the personal tax deductions and credits you might be missing — so you can research them or raise them with your tax preparer before you file.

  • Works in 5 steps: Map deductions to the person's life.… → Separate deductions from credits.… → Name the records needed. A deduction you… → …
  • Asked what tax deductions can I claim
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Match Situation To… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Tax Deduction Finder is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Surface the personal tax deductions and credits you might be missing — so you can research them or raise them with your tax preparer before you file. Use when asked what tax deductions can I claim, am I missing any tax breaks, deductions for [job/situation], or help me lower my tax bill. Produces a tailored list of commonly-missed deductions/credits for your situation, what records each needs, the ones worth digging into, and clear flags to verify against current rules or a professional. Educational — not tax…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Tax preparation. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked what tax deductions can I claim
  • Am I missing any tax breaks
  • Deductions for [job/situation]
  • Help me lower my tax bill

Example prompts

  • “/tax-deduction-finder”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Map deductions to the person's life. Self-employment, education, dependents, home office, medical, charitable giving, and major life…
  2. Separate deductions from credits. Credits (reduce tax directly) are often more valuable than deductions (reduce taxable income) — flag the…
  3. Name the records needed. A deduction you can't document is a deduction you'll lose in an audit — list what to keep.
  4. Prioritize by value and likelihood. Point to the ones most worth researching first, not an exhaustive dump.
  5. Insist on verification. Every item is jurisdiction- and year-specific with thresholds — mark all as "confirm current rules / ask a…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tax Deduction Finder loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 145 tokens; SKILL.md has 510 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~145
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 510 words, ~1,087 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tax-deduction-finder/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
tax-deduction-finder
description
Surface the personal tax deductions and credits you might be missing — so you can research them or raise them with your tax preparer before you file. Use when asked what tax deductions can I claim, am I missing any tax breaks, deductions for [job/situation], or help me lower my tax bill. Produces a tailored list of commonly-missed deductions/credits for your situation, what records each needs, the ones worth digging into, and clear flags to verify against current rules or a professional. Educational — not tax advice, and rules vary by country and year.

Tax Deduction Finder

People overpay tax every year by missing deductions and credits they qualify for — for work expenses, education, home office, dependents, charitable giving, or life events. This surfaces the commonly-missed ones relevant to your situation so you can research them or bring them to your preparer — while being explicit that tax rules vary by country and year and this isn't tax advice.

What This Skill Produces

  • A tailored list — commonly-overlooked deductions/credits that may fit your job, family, and life events
  • What each needs — the records/receipts required to actually claim it
  • Priority to investigate — the higher-value or most-likely-applicable ones to dig into first
  • Questions for your preparer — specific things to ask so nothing's left on the table
  • Clear verify flags — that eligibility, limits, and existence of each break depend on your jurisdiction and the current tax year

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • Your situation — employment type (employed/self-employed/freelance), income sources
  • Life factors — dependents, education, home ownership, home office, medical, moving, charity
  • Region & year — country/state and tax year (rules change annually)
  • How you file — yourself or with a preparer
  • Known claims — what you already claim, to avoid repeats

Framework: Match Situation To Breaks, Then Verify

  1. Map deductions to the person's life. Self-employment, education, dependents, home office, medical, charitable giving, and major life events each unlock different breaks — target theirs.
  2. Separate deductions from credits. Credits (reduce tax directly) are often more valuable than deductions (reduce taxable income) — flag the high-value ones.
  3. Name the records needed. A deduction you can't document is a deduction you'll lose in an audit — list what to keep.
  4. Prioritize by value and likelihood. Point to the ones most worth researching first, not an exhaustive dump.
  5. Insist on verification. Every item is jurisdiction- and year-specific with thresholds — mark all as "confirm current rules / ask a professional," never asserted as guaranteed.
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Output Format

Deduction finder: [situation] · [region] · tax year [x]

Possibly missing (verify eligibility)

BreakDeduction/CreditWho it fitsRecords needed
[item][type][situation][receipts/proof]

Dig into first: [highest-value / most-likely items]. Ask your preparer: [specific questions].

Educational only — not tax advice. Eligibility, limits, and whether a break exists depend on your country/state and the tax year. Confirm current rules or consult a tax professional before claiming.

Quality Checks

  • Deductions/credits are matched to the person's actual situation
  • Distinguishes higher-value credits from deductions
  • Lists the records needed to claim each
  • Prioritizes what to investigate first
  • Flags everything as jurisdiction/year-specific — verify or ask a pro
  • States it isn't tax advice

Anti-Patterns

  • Asserting a deduction exists as fact — rules vary by place and year.
  • A generic dump ignoring the person's situation.
  • Ignoring documentation needed to actually claim it.
  • Confusing credits and deductions.
  • Posing as tax advice rather than prompts to verify/ask a pro.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "What tax deductions am I missing as a freelancer?"
  • "Are there tax breaks for having a home office?"
  • "Help me find deductions I can claim before I file."
  • "What credits might I qualify for with two kids and student loans?"
  • "Questions to ask my accountant so I don't overpay tax."

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/tax-deduction-finder of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Tax Deduction Finder

What does Tax Deduction Finder do?

Surface the personal tax deductions and credits you might be missing — so you can research them or raise them with your tax preparer before you file. Tax Deduction Finder is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Surface the personal tax deductions and credits you might be missing — so you can research them or raise them with your tax preparer before you file.

When should I use Tax Deduction Finder?

Tax Deduction Finder fits situations like: asked what tax deductions can I claim; am I missing any tax breaks; deductions for [job/situation]; help me lower my tax bill.

How do I install Tax Deduction Finder in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill tax-deduction-finder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tax-deduction-finder in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/tax-deduction-finder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tax Deduction Finder in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill tax-deduction-finder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tax-deduction-finder in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/tax-deduction-finder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tax Deduction Finder in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill tax-deduction-finder -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tax-deduction-finder, .gemini/skills/tax-deduction-finder, .github/skills/tax-deduction-finder and .opencode/skills/tax-deduction-finder in your project.

What does Tax Deduction Finder need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Tax Deduction Finder is instructions for the agent only.

Does Tax Deduction Finder access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tax Deduction Finder safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tax Deduction Finder use?

Tax Deduction Finder is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tax Deduction Finder use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Tax Deduction Finder?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.