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Norman: Tax Deduction Finder
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Stan Kharlap
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· v1.0.0
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/install norman-tax-deduction-finder
Description
Scan transactions for potentially missed tax deductions and suggest proper categorization. Use when the user asks about saving taxes, Steueroptimierung, dedu...
Usage Guidance
This skill appears coherent and low-risk for its stated purpose, but keep the following in mind before enabling it: it will access your transaction history and company/tax settings via the host platform (norman-finance), so ensure you trust that platform and its permissions. The skill offers recategorization — only confirm changes you review. The guidance and tax estimates are approximate and Germany-specific (SKR04, GWG, AfA); verify important decisions with a tax professional. Note: the skill is instruction-only and has no code to audit, and the registry lists no source/homepage provenance beyond a homepage URL in SKILL.md, so if provenance or publisher trust is important to you, request more information about the author's identity and the 'norman-finance' MCP before proceeding.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: norman-tax-deduction-finder
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle is benign. The `SKILL.md` provides clear instructions for the AI agent to analyze financial transactions, company details, and tax settings using specified internal tools (`search_transactions`, `get_company_details`, `list_tax_settings`). It also instructs the agent to suggest and, with user confirmation, `categorize_transaction`. All actions are directly aligned with the stated purpose of finding tax deductions and lack any indicators of malicious intent such as data exfiltration, unauthorized command execution, persistence mechanisms, or prompt injection attempts to deviate from the stated purpose.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The skill is explicitly focused on analyzing transactions for German freelancer/small-business tax deductions and references relevant categories (e.g., SKR04, GWG, AfA). The SKILL.md declares a dependency on an MCP named 'norman-finance' for transaction/company functions, which is consistent with the described functionality. No unrelated credentials, binaries, or config paths are requested.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions only direct the agent to call platform functions (search_transactions, get_company_details, list_tax_settings, categorize_transaction) and to present analyses and estimates. There are no instructions to read arbitrary system files, exfiltrate data, or send data to third-party endpoints. It does instruct automatic recategorization only after explicit user confirmation, which is appropriate.
Install Mechanism
This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files, so nothing will be written to disk or downloaded during install. That minimizes install-time risk.
Credentials
The skill requires no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. Its data access (transaction history, company details, tax settings) is proportional to its purpose, as long as those platform APIs are the intended source of data.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request always:true or any elevated persistence. It appears to operate only when invoked and does not modify other skills or global agent settings.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install norman-tax-deduction-finder - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/norman-tax-deduction-finder - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
- Initial release of the tax-deduction-finder skill.
- Scans user transactions to identify potentially missed tax deductions for freelancers and small businesses.
- Highlights common deduction categories such as home office, technology, travel, professional development, insurance, finance, and marketing expenses.
- Suggests correct tax categorization (SKR04) and explains deduction eligibility.
- Estimates potential additional deductions and tax savings.
- Guides re-categorization of transactions with user confirmation and provides compliance tips.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Norman: Tax Deduction Finder?
Scan transactions for potentially missed tax deductions and suggest proper categorization. Use when the user asks about saving taxes, Steueroptimierung, dedu... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 737 downloads so far.
How do I install Norman: Tax Deduction Finder?
Run "/install norman-tax-deduction-finder" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Norman: Tax Deduction Finder free?
Yes, Norman: Tax Deduction Finder is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Norman: Tax Deduction Finder support?
Norman: Tax Deduction Finder is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Norman: Tax Deduction Finder?
It is built and maintained by Stan Kharlap (@stanlee000); the current version is v1.0.0.
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