# account-maintenance

Guides AI assistants through brokerage and wealth management operations, covering client address updates, beneficiary elections, compliance holds, and account transfers.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 653 installs · ★ 218
- Author: JoelLewis
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JoelLewis/finance_skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/client-operations/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/account-maintenance

## What it does

This skill provides procedural workflows for servicing brokerage and trust accounts. It sets identity verification rules for contact updates, data synchronization between CRM and custodians, and anti-fraud screening under FINRA Notice 07-43. If an address changes right before a large withdrawal, the procedure flags it immediately. The firm must freeze the change and confirm it through previous contact channels.

The beneficiary module outlines per stirpes versus per capita elections, ERISA spousal protections, and SECURE Act distribution windows. Missing an explicit election causes severe legal deadlocks at death. The guidelines also direct agents on handling powers of attorney, QDRO records, and escheatment steps.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill account-maintenance -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/account-maintenance/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill account-maintenance -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill account-maintenance -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JoelLewis/finance_skills account-maintenance
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill account-maintenance -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JoelLewis/finance_skills --path plugins/client-operations/skills/account-maintenance
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill account-maintenance -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/JoelLewis/finance_skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/client-operations/skills/account-maintenance/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Verify address update requests against FINRA 07-43 exploitation flags
- Apply SECURE Act distribution timetables to inherited retirement accounts
- Structure primary and contingent beneficiary designations with per stirpes elections
- Review compliance requirements for power of attorney and QDRO submissions

## Example prompts
- Check if an address change to a P.O. Box requires dual notification and compliance review
- Draft instructions for updating primary beneficiaries under the SECURE 2.0 Act
- Walk through the required documentation to retitle an individual brokerage account into a trust

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: account-maintenance
description: "Process account maintenance requests across the account lifecycle. Use when changing a client address or contact info with identity verification, updating beneficiary designations after marriage, divorce, birth, or death, re-registering or re-titling an account to a trust or new entity, selecting tax lot methods or fixing cost basis records, applying legal or compliance holds or Reg T freezes, setting up systematic withdrawals or standing instructions, processing a death notification and estate account setup, handling a QDRO, power of attorney, or guardianship, closing accounts and managing escheatment, or designing data quality review programs."
---

# Account Maintenance

## Core Concepts

### Contact Information Changes
Address and contact updates are among the most frequent account maintenance requests, but they carry meaningful fraud and elder abuse risk. Firms must balance client convenience with protective controls.

**Address change procedures:**
- **Client-initiated changes** may be submitted through the advisor, client portal, phone, or written request. Regardless of channel, the firm must verify the identity of the requesting party before processing the change. Common verification methods include knowledge-based authentication, callback to the phone number on file, or confirmation sent to the prior address or email.
- **Advisor-initiated changes** on behalf of a client should require documented client authorization. Verbal authorization must be noted with date, time, and the identity of the person providing authorization. Written or electronic authorization is preferred and creates a stronger audit trail.
- **Multi-system propagation** is a persistent operational challenge. When an address changes, the update must flow to all systems that store client contact data: CRM, custodian account master, correspondence system, billing system, and any third-party platforms. Failure to propagate consistently results in mail going to old addresses (privacy risk), incorrect tax form delivery (1099s, K-1s), and compliance exposure. Best practice is to designate a single system of record (typically CRM or custodian) and propagate changes outward via integration, rather than requiring manual updates in each system.
- **Temporary vs permanent changes** should be distinguished in the workflow. A client who is traveling or has a seasonal residence may need mail temporarily redirected without changing the legal address of record. The system should support a temporary address with an expiration date that reverts to the permanent address automatically.

**Third-party address change red flags:**
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