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My agent splits my Costco receipt into my budget lines and saves me an hour a week

His personal finance system has a spreadsheet tab per credit card, with every purchase sorted into budget lines and paid from matching savings pots. Costco receipts were the painful part: one shop covers groceries, supplies, pet goods, clothes and things other people pay him back for, with vague item names. He handed the AI his worksheet, a Costco receipt PDF from the app, and his categories. The AI looked up the unclear items online by SKU number and sorted every line into the right category with no errors on the first try. He says it will save him over an hour every week.

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How it works

  1. Hand the AI the worksheet, the Costco receipt PDF and his category list
  2. The AI reads every line
  3. Looks up unclear items online by SKU number
  4. Sorts each item into the right budget line
  5. Finished sheet comes back with no errors

Why it’s worth knowing

It knew his personal category habits well enough to place even the obscure items right, checking SKU numbers online when the receipt text was unclear.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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