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steuer-assistent -- Pointer Skill (English)

This skill is a thin pointer (wrapper) to the standalone, public module repository ellmos-ai/steuer-assistent (MIT license, public). The actual skill lives there -- this repository only links to it and documents installation.

Note: steuer-assistent is scoped to German tax law (employee income-related expenses, "Werbungskosten"); its CLI and documentation are German-language by design.

What the module does

steuer-assistent is a small, offline-first Python module for self-categorized receipts for German employee income-related expenses (Werbungskosten):

• Record receipts (category, amount, date, optional note).
• Sum recorded expenses to the cent, per year.
• Export a private, non-official ZIP worksheet (CSV + summary + a non-official notice, without the receipt files themselves).
• Local store (default %USERPROFILE%\.steuer-assistent\steuer.db), no network access, no cloud upload, no access to other databases.

Boundaries (important)

• Not tax advice. The module does not assess the deductibility of individual items, and it does not create or submit a tax return.
• Official electronic submission happens exclusively through ELSTER or approved software -- not through this module.
• Scope: a private worksheet for employee income-related expenses; no business/self-employment expense tracking.

Installation (generic, no local paths)

1. Clone the module:

   git clone https://github.com/ellmos-ai/steuer-assistent.git <clone-path>
   

2. Install and verify:

   cd <clone-path>
   python -m pip install -e .
   python -B -m pytest tests -q -p no:cacheprovider
   

3. Adopt <clone-path>/SKILL.md into your own skill environment (e.g. ~/.claude/skills/steuer-assistent/). Do NOT commit real local paths or hostnames into a versioned skill environment.
4. Adjust the store path if needed via STEUER_ASSISTENT_DB=<path> or --store <path>; the default is the user's home directory.
5. For CLI commands, privacy, and boundaries, see the module repo's README.

Origin of this pointer skill

This wrapper was added on 2026-07-23 as a showcase entry for the ellmos-ai/skills repository. There is no code duplication -- maintenance and versioning stay solely in the ellmos-ai/steuer-assistent module repo.

Changelog

0.1.0 (2026-07-23)

• Initial pointer skill for ellmos-ai/steuer-assistent.