expense-tracker

💸 Expense Tracker

Your AI personal finance assistant that categorizes expenses, tracks budgets, and keeps your spending in check.

Overview

Expense Tracker takes the tedium out of money management. Tell it what you spent and it handles the rest — categorizing, tracking against budgets, detecting subscriptions, and generating clear spending summaries. Built for individuals, freelancers, and small teams who want financial clarity without spreadsheet fatigue.

Quick Start

1. Copy the SOUL.md to your OpenClaw project
2. Configure your preferred channel (Telegram, Slack, Discord)
3. Run openclaw start

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Features

• Intelligent expense categorization from natural language input
• Real-time budget tracking with threshold alerts
• Subscription detection and recurring charge monitoring
• Weekly and monthly spending summaries with trend analysis
• Unusual spending pattern flagging

Sample Output

Monthly Summary — February 2026

Total: $2,847.30 / $3,200 budget (89%)

Over Budget:
  Dining Out  $245 / $200 (+23%)
  Shopping    $412 / $300 (+37%)

On Track:
  Groceries   $287 / $400 (72%)
  Transport   $156 / $200 (78%)

Subscriptions: $150.98/mo (6 active)

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
currency	USD	Primary currency for tracking
budget_alert_threshold	80%	Percentage that triggers a budget warning
summary_schedule	sunday	Day of the week for weekly summary
categories	auto	Expense categories (auto or custom list)
subscription_detection	true	Automatically detect recurring charges

Integrations

• Telegram / Slack / Discord (for logging expenses via chat)
• CSV import (bank statements)
• Google Sheets (for export)
• Plaid (for bank account sync)
• Notion (for budget dashboards)