Agent skill

Actual Budget

by sundial-org in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

Query and manage personal finances via the official Actual Budget Node.js API.

No licenceAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Actual Budget

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill actual-budget -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills actual-budget --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/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/actual-budget .claude/skills/actual-budget && 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
actual-budget
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
177 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Query and manage personal finances via the official Actual Budget Node.js API.

  • Transaction imports/exports
  • SKILL.md covers Installation, Environment Variables, Quick Start and Core Concepts, plus 7 more sections
  • Calls npm; needs ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD and ACTUAL_PASSWORD
  • Account management

What it does

Actual Budget is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Query and manage personal finances via the official Actual Budget Node.js API. Use for budget queries, transaction imports/exports, account management, categorization, rules, schedules, and bank sync with self-hosted Actual Budget instances.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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 Budgeting and forecasting and Customer success. It works with Node.js. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • Transaction imports/exports
  • Account management
  • Bank sync with self-hosted Actual Budget instances

Example prompts

  • “/actual-budget”

Requirements

  • Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. 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:

    • npm

    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):

    • actualbudget.org

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD
    • ACTUAL_PASSWORD

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

Context cost

Actual Budget loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 177 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 177 words (~1,593 tokens).

“Official Node.js API for Actual Budget. Runs headless — works on local budget data synced from your server.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
actual-budget

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/actual-budget of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Aiusd SkillLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills2.2k—~4.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Stock APIzhangxiangliang/stock-api2k—~507Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Actual Budget

What does Actual Budget do?

Query and manage personal finances via the official Actual Budget Node.js API. Actual Budget is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.js API.

When should I use Actual Budget?

Actual Budget fits situations like: transaction imports/exports; account management; bank sync with self-hosted Actual Budget instances.

How do I install Actual Budget in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill actual-budget -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/actual-budget in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/actual-budget in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Actual Budget in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill actual-budget -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/actual-budget in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/actual-budget in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Actual Budget 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 sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill actual-budget -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/actual-budget, .gemini/skills/actual-budget, .github/skills/actual-budget and .opencode/skills/actual-budget in your project.

What does Actual Budget need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Actual Budget needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm) and credentials named ACTUAL_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD and ACTUAL_PASSWORD. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Actual Budget access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: actualbudget.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Actual Budget 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 Actual Budget use?

No licence was found for Actual Budget or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Actual Budget use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 Actual Budget?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Actual Budget: Security Comms (briiirussell/cybersecurity-skills, 413 stars), Partnerships Ecosystem (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Financial Planning Integration (JoelLewis/finance_skills, 206 stars) and Aiusd Skill (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Actual Budget?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

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