How do I install the Finances API skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add lap-platform/finances-api in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Finances API skill do?

Finances API skill. Use when working with Finances for payout, payout_summary, seller_funds_summary. Covers 8 endpoints. It is listed under Integrations & APIs on SkillMD.

Is Finances API safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Finances API?

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Is Finances API free to use?

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Who published Finances API?

Lap-Platform (@lap-platform) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Finances API by lap-platform — Agent Skill

Name: Finances API
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Lap-Platform

Finances API

API version: v1.18.0

Auth

OAuth2

Base URL

https://apiz.ebay.com/sell/finances/v1

Setup

Configure auth: OAuth2
GET /payout -- verify access

Endpoints

8 endpoints across 7 groups. See references/api-spec.lap for full details.

payout

Method	Path	Description
GET	/payout/{payout_Id}	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.This method retrieves details on a specific seller payout. The unique identifier of the payout is passed in as a path parameter at the end of the call URI. The getPayouts method can be used to retrieve the unique identifier of a payout, or the user can check Seller Hub.For split-payout cases, which are only available to sellers in mainland China, this method will return the payoutPercentage for the specified payout. This value indicates the current payout percentage allocated to a payment instrument. This method will also return the convertedToCurrency and convertedToValue response fields in CNY value. Note: In split-payout cases, this method will only return details on an individual payout, also known as a true(actual) payoutid. If a user inputs a payoutReference id as a path parameter, the call will fail and the 404 not found status code will be returned.For more information on split payouts, see Mainland China Split Payout Playbook.
GET	/payout	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.This method is used to retrieve the details of one or more seller payouts. By using the filter query parameter, users can retrieve payouts processed within a specific date range, and/or they can retrieve payouts in a specific state.There are also pagination and sort query parameters that allow users to control the payouts that are returned in the response.If no payouts match the input criteria, an empty payload is returned.For split-payout cases, which are only available to sellers in mainland China, this method will return the payoutPercentage for the specified payout. This value indicates the current payout percentage allocated to a payout instrument. This method will also return the convertedToCurrency and convertedTo response fields set to CNY value and the payoutReference, the unique identifier reference (not true payout). By using the filter query parameter, users can retrieve the two true(actual) payouts associated with a payoutReference.Note: For more information on split payouts, see Mainland China Split Payout Playbook. Note: Only payouts less than 5 years in the past can be retrieved.

payout_summary

Method	Path	Description
GET	/payout_summary	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.This method is used to retrieve cumulative values for payouts in a particular state, or all states. The metadata in the response includes total payouts, the total number of monetary transactions (sales, refunds, credits) associated with those payouts, and the total dollar value of all payouts.If the filter query parameter is used to filter by payout status, only one payout status value may be used. If the filter query parameter is not used to filter by a specific payout status, cumulative values for payouts in all states are returned.The user can also use the filter query parameter to specify a date range, and then only payouts that were processed within that date range are considered. Note: getPayoutSummary will only return data on payouts that occurred less than five years in the past.

seller_funds_summary

Method	Path	Description
GET	/seller_funds_summary	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.This method retrieves all pending funds that have not yet been distibuted through a seller payout.There are no input parameters for this method. The response payload includes available funds, funds being processed, funds on hold, and also an aggregate count of all three of these categories.If there are no funds that are pending, on hold, or being processed for the seller's account, no response payload is returned, and an http status code of 204 - No Content is returned instead.

transaction

Method	Path	Description
GET	/transaction	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.The getTransactions method allows a seller to retrieve information about one or more of their monetary transactions.Note: For a complete list of transaction types, refer to TransactionTypeEnum.Numerous input filters are available which can be used individually or combined to refine the data that are returned. For example:SALE transactions for August 15, 2022;RETURN transactions for the month of January, 2021;Transactions currently in a transactionStatus equal to FUNDS_ON_HOLD.Refer to the filter field for additional information about each filter and its use.Pagination and sort query parameters are also provided that allow users to further control how monetary transactions are displayed in the response.If no monetary transactions match the input criteria, an http status code of 204 No Content is returned with no response payload. Note: Only monetary transactions that have occurred within the last five years can be retrieved.

transaction_summary

Method	Path	Description
GET	/transaction_summary	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.<Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.The getTransactionSummary method retrieves cumulative information for monetary transactions. If applicable, the number of payments with a transactionStatus equal to FUNDS_ON_HOLD and the total monetary amount of these on-hold payments are also returned.Note: For a complete list of transaction types, refer to TransactionTypeEnum.Refer to the filter field for additional information about each filter and its use.Note: Unless a transactionType filter is used to retrieve a specific type of transaction (e.g., SALE, REFUND, etc.,) the creditCount and creditAmount response fields both include order sales and seller credits information. That is, the count and value fields do not distinguish between these two types monetary transactions. Note: getTransactionSummary will only return data on transactions that occurred less than five years in the past.

transfer

Method	Path	Description
GET	/transfer/{transfer_Id}	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.This method retrieves detailed information regarding a TRANSFER transaction type. A TRANSFER is a monetary transaction type that involves a seller transferring money to eBay for reimbursement of one or more charges. For example, when a seller reimburses eBay for a buyer refund.If an ID is passed into the URI that is an identifier for another transaction type, this call will return an http status code of 404 Not found.

billing_activity

Method	Path	Description
GET	/billing_activity	Important! Due to EU & UK Payments regulatory requirements, an additional security verification via Digital Signatures is required for certain API calls that are made on behalf of EU/UK sellers, including all Finances API methods. Please refer to Digital Signatures for APIs to learn more on the impacted APIs and the process to create signatures to be included in the HTTP payload.Note: The Finances API does not support Team Access. Financial information, such as payouts or transactions, is only returned for the user that makes the call. You cannot use any of the methods in this API to return financial information for another user.This method retrieves filtered billing activities of the seller. Returned results are filtered through query parameters such as date range, activity ID, listing ID, or order ID. Sorting and pagination features help organize and navigate returned activities efficiently.

Common Questions

Match user requests to endpoints in references/api-spec.lap. Key patterns:

"Get payout details?" -> GET /payout/{payout_Id}
"List all payout?" -> GET /payout
"List all payout_summary?" -> GET /payout_summary
"List all seller_funds_summary?" -> GET /seller_funds_summary
"List all transaction?" -> GET /transaction
"List all transaction_summary?" -> GET /transaction_summary
"Get transfer details?" -> GET /transfer/{transfer_Id}
"List all billing_activity?" -> GET /billing_activity
"How to authenticate?" -> See Auth section

Response Tips

Check response schemas in references/api-spec.lap for field details
List endpoints may support pagination; check for limit, offset, or cursor params

References

Full spec: See references/api-spec.lap for complete endpoint details, parameter tables, and response schemas

Generated from the official API spec by LAP

Finances API

File contents

Finances API

Auth

Base URL

Setup

Endpoints

payout

payout_summary

seller_funds_summary

transaction

transaction_summary

transfer

billing_activity

Common Questions

Response Tips

References

Frequently asked questions

Finances API

File contents

Finances API

Auth

Base URL

Setup

Endpoints

payout

payout_summary

seller_funds_summary

transaction

transaction_summary

transfer

billing_activity

Common Questions

Response Tips

References

Related skills

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Finances API skill?

What does the Finances API skill do?

Is Finances API safe to use?

Which AI agents work with Finances API?

Is Finances API free to use?

Who published Finances API?