Agent skill

Setup

Set up BankMCP™ on this machine step by step: check Node, register the local MCP server, walk through the Enable Banking application, finish the setup page and connect the first bank.

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Install Setup

skills CLI

$ npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install noskillish/bankmcp setup --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/noskillish/bankmcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/setup .claude/skills/setup && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup into .claude/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install noskillish/bankmcp setup --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/setup .agents/skills/setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup into .agents/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install noskillish/bankmcp setup --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/setup .cursor/skills/setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup into .cursor/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp.git --path plugin/skills/setup

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install noskillish/bankmcp setup --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/setup .gemini/skills/setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup into .gemini/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install noskillish/bankmcp setup

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/setup .github/skills/setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup into .github/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install noskillish/bankmcp setup --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugin/skills/setup .opencode/skills/setup && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/noskillish/bankmcp/tree/main/plugin/skills/setup into .opencode/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: setup
GitHub stars: 276
Token cost: ~805 tokens
SKILL.md length: 454 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 3
Repo updated: Sep 28, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Set up BankMCP™ on this machine step by step: check Node, register the local MCP server, walk through the Enable Banking application, finish the setup page and connect the first bank.

Works in 6 steps: Node → Register the server with Claude Code → Find the setup page → …
The user says set up bankmcp
SKILL.md covers 1. Node, 2. Register the server with…, 3. Find the setup page and 4. Enable Banking application, plus 3 more sections
Calls claude and node

What it does

Setup is an agent skill from noskillish/bankmcp. Set up BankMCP™ on this machine step by step: check Node, register the local MCP server, walk through the Enable Banking application, finish the setup page and connect the first bank. Use when the user says "set up bankmcp", "install bankmcp", "/setup", "connect my bank for the first time", or has BankMCP tools that report "not set up yet".

Its SKILL.md is about 810 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 Agent Workflows, covering MCP servers and LLM inference and serving. It works with Model Context Protocol, Ollama and OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: BankMCP™: your AI can now read your bank. Self-hosted, read-only MCP server for your own bank accounts via open banking (Enable Banking). Standard MCP; tested with Claude and… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

The user says set up bankmcp
Install bankmcp
Connect my bank for the first time
Has BankMCP tools that report not set up yet

Example prompts

“set up bankmcp”
“install bankmcp”
“/setup”
“/setup”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Node
Register the server with Claude Code
Find the setup page
Enable Banking application
Finish the setup page
Connect the first bank

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f28fac6. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- claude
- node
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- nodejs.org
- enablebanking.com
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

Setup loads about 805 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 454 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~805

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 noskillish/bankmcp at commit f28fac6, republished under its MIT licence (© noskillish). 454 words, ~805 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: setup
description: Set up BankMCP™ on this machine step by step: check Node, register the local MCP server, walk through the Enable Banking application, finish the setup page and connect the first bank. Use when the user says "set up bankmcp", "install bankmcp", "/setup", "connect my bank for the first time", or has BankMCP tools that report "not set up yet".

Set up BankMCP™ locally

You are guiding one person through running BankMCP™ on their own machine. Do the steps in order, one at a time, and confirm each before the next. Run commands yourself where you can; ask the user to do the parts that need their browser or their bank login. Do not guess values; read them from command output.

1. Node

Run node --version. BankMCP needs 24 or newer. If it is older or missing, tell the user to install the current LTS from https://nodejs.org and stop until it is done.

2. Register the server with Claude Code

Run:

claude mcp add --scope user bankmcp -- npx -y bankmcp

Then tell the user to restart Claude Code (or run /mcp) so the bankmcp tools appear. Wait for them to confirm the tools are listed.

3. Find the setup page

Call any BankMCP tool, for example list_accounts. On a fresh install it answers with a localhost address such as https://localhost:8080. Give the user that exact address and tell them:

their browser will warn about a self-signed certificate on localhost; they should continue past it, it is the server they just started;
the page lists four values for Enable Banking's form, each with a Copy button.

4. Enable Banking application

Tell the user to open https://enablebanking.com/cp/applications in another tab, create an account if needed, and add an application:

Environment: Production for real accounts, Sandbox to try with test data.
Paste the redirect URL, description, privacy URL and terms URL from the setup page.
Keep "generate private key" selected. On Save a .pem file downloads once; the application id (a UUID) is shown after saving.

For Production, mention that the application starts Inactive and that clicking Activate by linking accounts and logging in at their bank is what activates it for their own accounts.

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5. Finish the setup page

Back on the localhost page: paste the application id, choose the downloaded .pem, set the country, click Finish setup. The page turns into a status page. Confirm with the user.

6. Connect the first bank

Call list_banks with the user's country and let them pick. Call start_consent with the exact bank name and give them the URL. They log in at the bank and land on a "Bank connected" page. Then call list_accounts and show what got linked. Offer labels with set_account_label.

If something fails

Tool says "not set up yet" after setup: the server may need a restart; run /mcp and reconnect bankmcp.
"redirect_uri" errors from Enable Banking: the redirect URL on the application must be exactly the one the setup page showed, including https:// and the port.
Port in use: set PORT for the server (for example claude mcp add --scope user -e PORT=8085 bankmcp -- npx -y bankmcp) and register the matching redirect URL.

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugin/skills/setup of noskillish/bankmcp.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f28fac6

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Questions about Setup

What does Setup do?

Set up BankMCP™ on this machine step by step: check Node, register the local MCP server, walk through the Enable Banking application, finish the setup page and connect the first bank. Setup is an agent skill from noskillish/bankmcp. Set up BankMCP™ on this machine step by step: check Node, register the local MCP server, walk through the Enable Banking application, finish the setup page and connect the first bank.

When should I use Setup?

Setup fits situations like: the user says set up bankmcp; install bankmcp; connect my bank for the first time; has BankMCP tools that report not set up yet.

How do I install Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin/skills/setup in noskillish/bankmcp) into .claude/skills/setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugin/skills/setup in noskillish/bankmcp) into .agents/skills/setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Setup 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 noskillish/bankmcp --skill setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/setup, .gemini/skills/setup, .github/skills/setup and .opencode/skills/setup in your project.

What does Setup need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Setup needs the command-line tools its instructions call (claude and node). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Setup access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: nodejs.org and enablebanking.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Setup 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 Setup use?

Setup 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 Setup use?

About 805 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Setup: Agent Framework (jihadkhawaja/Egroo, 178 stars), Facturas (gustavoeenriquez/MakerAi, 212 stars), Hegelion (Hmbown/Hegelion, 173 stars) and Ollama MCP Tool for NanoClaw (nanocoai/nanoclaw, 31k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Setup?

noskillish (a GitHub user) maintains it in noskillish/bankmcp, which has 276 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

Source: noskillish/bankmcp on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Setup

Install Setup

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Set up BankMCP™ locally

1. Node

2. Register the server with Claude Code

3. Find the setup page

4. Enable Banking application

5. Finish the setup page

6. Connect the first bank

If something fails

Files

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Questions about Setup

Install Setup

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Set up BankMCP™ locally

1. Node

2. Register the server with Claude Code

3. Find the setup page

4. Enable Banking application

5. Finish the setup page

6. Connect the first bank

If something fails

Files

Compare with similar skills

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