# venmo-reconciler

Sorts a Venmo export into business and personal transfers, flags the unclear ones, and books the business side.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 419 installs · ★ 98
- Author: openaccountant
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openaccountant/skills/tree/HEAD/business/venmo-reconciler/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/venmo-reconciler

## What it does

Venmo puts social payments and business charges in one feed, so splitting them by hand takes a while. The skill reads your CSV export, checks the column headers, and keeps only transactions with `Complete` status. `Standard Transfer` and `Instant Transfer` rows are skipped — those just move money to your bank, they are not revenue.

Each remaining transaction gets a business or personal label. Business signals are notes like invoice or payment for, a company name, a service description. Personal ones show up as emoji, a first name only, or casual wording. Ambiguous rows are not guessed at; the skill hands them to you for a decision.

Before importing, it checks for duplicates by the Venmo `ID`, so transactions already pulled in from a bank import do not get counted twice. The classification is a heuristic, and how well it works depends on what people typed into `Note` — jokes and blank fields happen. Grab the CSV from venmo.com; the mobile app does not offer the export.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill venmo-reconciler -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill venmo-reconciler -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill venmo-reconciler -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openaccountant/skills venmo-reconciler
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill venmo-reconciler -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openaccountant/skills --path business/venmo-reconciler
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openaccountant/skills --skill venmo-reconciler -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/openaccountant/skills/tree/HEAD/business/venmo-reconciler/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- separate business payments from personal transfers in a Venmo export
- catch duplicates before importing transactions into the books
- flag ambiguous transactions and classify them by hand
- drop bank transfers so they are not counted as revenue
- total Venmo business income and expenses for reporting

## Example prompts
- Reconcile the Venmo export at ~/Downloads/venmo_statement.csv and show me what counts as business
- Check this Venmo CSV for duplicates against transactions I already imported
- Flag the ambiguous Venmo transactions and let me classify them one by one

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: venmo-reconciler
description: >
  Reconcile Venmo business transactions and separate personal from business.
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# Venmo Reconciler

## Overview
Import and reconcile Venmo transaction exports, separating personal transfers from business income/expenses. Venmo mixes social payments with business transactions in a single feed — this skill classifies each transaction, flags ambiguous entries for review, and imports business-relevant transactions into Open Accountant.

## Wilson Tools Used
- `transaction_search` — check for duplicates and cross-reference with bank imports
- `categorize` — assign business categories to Venmo transactions
- `anomaly_detect` — flag transactions that look personal in a business context (or vice versa)
- `export_transactions` — export reconciled business transactions

## Column Mapping

| Venmo CSV Column | Open Accountant Field | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `ID` | `reference_id` | Venmo transaction ID for dedup |
| `Datetime` | `date` | Transaction timestamp |
| `Note` | `description` | User-entered payment note |
| `From` | `description` (prefix) | Sender name |
| `To` | `description` (prefix) | Recipient name |
| `Amount (total)` | `amount` | Signed amount (+ received, - sent) |
| `Status` | — | Only import `Complete` transactions |
| `Type` | — | Payment, Charge, Transfer, etc. |
| `Funding Source` | `notes` | Venmo balance, bank, card |

## Workflow
1. Ask the user for the Venmo CSV file path.
2. Parse the CSV and validate Venmo column headers.
3. Filter by status: only `Complete` transactions.
4. Filter by type:
   - **Import**: `Payment` (sent/received money for goods or services)
   - **Import**: `Charge` (invoiced someone and they paid)
   - **Skip**: `Standard Transfer` and `Instant Transfer` (bank transfers, appear in bank import)
5. Classify each transaction as personal or business:
   - **Business signals**: notes containing keywords like "invoice," "payment for," business name, service description, dollar amounts > $100
   - **Personal signals**: notes with emoji, first-name-only, social language ("thanks for dinner," "splitting rent")
   - **Ambiguous**: flag for manual review
6. Present the classification for user confirmation:
   - Business transactions: import with appropriate categories
   - Personal transactions: skip (or import to a "Personal" category if user wants full tracking)
   - Ambiguous: ask user to classify each one
7. Deduplicate against existing transactions using Venmo ID.
8. Import confirmed business transactions.

## Without Wilson
To reconcile Venmo transactions manually:

### Downloading from Venmo
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