openfinance

Connect bank accounts to AI models using openfinance.sh

OpenFinance Skill

Query your financial accounts and transactions via the OpenFinance API.

Setup

1. Go to openfinance.sh and create an account
2. Link a bank account through the dashboard
3. Copy your API key from the Connect tab
4. Set the environment variable:

   export OPENFINANCE_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
   

All commands below use these variables:

BASE_URL="${OPENFINANCE_URL:-https://api.openfinance.sh}"
AUTH_HEADER="Authorization: Bearer $OPENFINANCE_API_KEY"

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1. Get Accounts

Fetch all connected financial accounts with balances and institution info.

curl -s "$BASE_URL/api/accounts" -H "$AUTH_HEADER" | cat

Response shape per account:

• id (number) — account ID (use for filtering transactions)
• name, officialName — account names
• type (e.g. "depository", "credit"), subtype (e.g. "checking", "credit card")
• mask — last 4 digits
• currentBalance, availableBalance, isoCurrencyCode
• institutionName, institutionUrl
• status — "active" or "hidden"
• isSyncing (boolean), syncError (object or null)

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2. Get Transactions

Search and filter transactions. Returns newest first by default.

curl -s -G "$BASE_URL/api/transactions" \
  -H "$AUTH_HEADER" \
  --data-urlencode "startDate=YYYY-MM-DD" \
  --data-urlencode "endDate=YYYY-MM-DD" \
  --data-urlencode "search=coffee" \
  --data-urlencode "merchants=Starbucks,Walmart" \
  --data-urlencode "accountId=123" \
  --data-urlencode "limit=100" \
  --data-urlencode "cursor=CURSOR_VALUE" \
  --data-urlencode "pending=false" \
  --data-urlencode "status=active,hidden" \
  --data-urlencode "fields=name,amount,date,merchantName" \
  --data-urlencode 'amountFilters=[{"operator":">","amount":100}]' \
  | cat

All query parameters are optional. Only include the ones you need.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
startDate	YYYY-MM-DD	Start date filter
endDate	YYYY-MM-DD	End date filter
search	string	Search by transaction name or merchant
merchants	comma-separated	Filter by exact merchant names
accountId	number	Filter by account ID
limit	number	Max results (default 100, max 500)
cursor	string	Cursor for pagination (from previous response)
pending	boolean	Filter pending transactions
status	comma-separated	Filter by status: active, hidden, deleted
fields	comma-separated	Return only these fields per transaction (reduces payload)
amountFilters	JSON array	Filter by amount, e.g. [{"operator":">","amount":50}]

Transaction fields

id, name, amount, date, authorizedDate, pending, merchantName, isoCurrencyCode, accountId, status, createdAt, updatedAt

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3. Query Transactions (SQL)

Run a SQL SELECT against the txns CTE for aggregations, grouping, and analysis. The query runs read-only with a 5-second timeout and 1000-row limit.

curl -s -X POST "$BASE_URL/api/transactions/query" \
  -H "$AUTH_HEADER" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sql": "SELECT SUM(amount), COUNT(*) FROM txns WHERE merchant_name ILIKE '\''%starbucks%'\''"}' \
  | cat

txns CTE columns

id, name, amount (numeric), date, authorized_date, merchant_name, pending, iso_currency_code, account_id, status, created_at, updated_at

Note: SQL column names use snake_case (e.g. merchant_name), while the REST API returns camelCase (e.g. merchantName).

Example queries

Monthly spend breakdown:

SELECT TO_CHAR(date, 'YYYY-MM') as month, SUM(amount) as total, COUNT(*) as count
FROM txns GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 1

Top merchants by total spend:

SELECT COALESCE(merchant_name, name) as merchant, SUM(amount) as total
FROM txns GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY total DESC LIMIT 10

Spending in a date range:

SELECT SUM(amount) as total FROM txns
WHERE date >= '2026-01-01' AND date < '2026-02-01'

Large transactions:

SELECT name, merchant_name, amount, date FROM txns
WHERE amount > 500 ORDER BY amount DESC

Response shape

Success: { "rows": [...], "rowCount": N } Error: { "error": "error message" } — fix the SQL and retry.

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Tips

• Use SQL for aggregations — monthly totals, top merchants, category breakdowns. It's faster and returns less data than fetching all transactions.
• Use fields parameter on GET /api/transactions to reduce payload size when you only need a few columns.
• Pagination: if there are more results, the response includes a cursor. Pass it as cursor in the next request.
• Amount values are positive for debits (money spent) and negative for credits (money received).
• When constructing SQL, always reference the txns CTE directly — do not define your own CTE or use transaction control statements.