# reconciliation

Guides reconciliation workflows across portfolio systems, custodians, and clearing firms. It helps detect breaks, calibrate tolerance thresholds, and match internal books to official records.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 674 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/reconciliation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/joellewis-reconciliation

## What it does

The skill outlines procedures to reconcile investment books of record against official custodian files. It organizes checks across positions, cash, transactions, and portfolio market value. Position matching demands zero tolerance. Any share count gap creates an immediate break. Cash comparisons permit small buffers, typically $0.50 to $5.00, because trades settle on a T+1 schedule.

Accrued income checks address interest conventions such as actual/actual versus 30/360. In three-way matching, custodians hold legal authority over share quantities and settled cash. Portfolio accounting engines like Orion or Addepar govern performance calculations. Cost basis mismatches require zero tolerance because errors corrupt Form 1099-B tax filings.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JoelLewis/finance_skills reconciliation
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JoelLewis/finance_skills --skill reconciliation -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/reconciliation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a daily share reconciliation process between PMS and custodians
- set cash and market value tolerance thresholds across settlement cycles
- resolve cost basis differences before Form 1099-B tax filing
- establish three-way matching across advisor systems, custodians, and clearing firms

## Example prompts
- Help me set up daily position reconciliation between Addepar and Schwab with zero tolerance.
- Define cash tolerance thresholds and T+1 settlement timing rules for custodian feeds.
- How do we resolve tax lot cost basis breaks caused by corporate actions?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: reconciliation
description: "Design and operate reconciliation processes across portfolio management, custodian, and clearing systems. Use when building a daily position, cash, or transaction reconciliation process, investigating discrepancies between internal records and custodian records, diagnosing recurring break patterns from corporate actions or pricing differences, setting tolerance thresholds for position, cash, or market value matching, implementing three-way reconciliation, designing break investigation workflows with aging and escalation, normalizing multi-custodian feeds from Schwab, Fidelity, or Pershing, reconciling cost basis or accrued income, or preparing for examinations on books and records accuracy."
---

# Reconciliation

## Core Concepts

### 1. Reconciliation Types and Hierarchy

Reconciliation is the systematic comparison of records across two or more systems to identify and resolve discrepancies. In securities operations, reconciliation ensures that the firm's internal records (the investment book of record, or IBOR) match the custodian's official records (the official book of record, or OBOR) and, where applicable, the clearing firm's records. The reconciliation hierarchy proceeds from the most fundamental data element (positions) through increasingly derived data elements.

**Position Reconciliation.** The foundational reconciliation. Compares the number of shares or units held for each security in each account between the firm's portfolio management system (PMS) and the custodian. Position reconciliation is typically zero-tolerance: any share count difference, no matter how small, constitutes a break. Fractional share differences (common with dividend reinvestment plans) must also be identified and resolved. Position reconciliation is performed daily, using end-of-day files from the custodian compared against the PMS position ledger.

**Cash Reconciliation.** Compares cash balances between the PMS and the custodian, accounting for settled cash, pending settlements, accrued income, and pending fee debits. Cash reconciliation is more nuanced than position reconciliation because timing differences are inherent — a trade executed on day T settles on T+1, and the PMS and custodian may record the cash impact on different dates. Cash tolerance thresholds are common, typically a small dollar amount (e.g., $0.50 to $5.00) to accommodate rounding differences across systems. Balances outside the tolerance require investigation.
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