Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add skills/actual-software/actual-skill/actualnpx skills add actual-software/actual-skill --skill actualgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/actual-software/actual-skillWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/actual-software/actual-skill/actual)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/actual-software/actual-skill/actual"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/actual-software/actual-skill/actual.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00157 | $0.05949 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00078 | $0.02975 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00031 | $0.01190 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00016 | $0.00595 |
Grade A, and why
actual scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured today.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 503 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
actual CLI Companion
Inline knowledge and operational workflows for the actual CLI. Read this file first; load reference files only when you need deeper detail for a specific topic.
CLI Not Installed
If the actual binary is not in PATH, stop and help the user install it before doing anything else. All commands, pre-flight checks, and diagnostics require the CLI.
Detect with:
command -v actual
Install options (try in this order):
| Method | Command |
|---|---|
| npm/npx (quickest) | npm install -g @actualai/actual |
| Homebrew (macOS/Linux) | brew install actual-software/actual/actual |
| GitHub Release (manual) | Download from actual-software/actual-releases on GitHub |
For one-off use without installing globally:
npx @actualai/actual adr-bot [flags]
After install, verify: actual --version
Before using a documented subcommand or flag, verify it exists in the installed
CLI with actual --help or actual <subcommand> --help. If it is missing,
help the user update the CLI; do not run development-only flags against an older
release.
Commands
| Command | Purpose | Key Flags |
|---|---|---|
actual adr-bot |
Analyze repo, fetch ADRs, tailor, write output | --dry-run [--full], --force, --no-tailor, --project PATH, --model, --runner, --verbose, --reset-rejections, --max-budget-usd, --no-tui, --output-format, --show-errors |
actual status |
Check output file state | --verbose |
actual auth |
Check the runner (coding-agent) auth status | (none) |
actual config show |
Display current config | (none) |
actual config set <key> <value> |
Set a config value | (none) |
actual config path |
Print config file path | (none) |
actual runners |
List available runners | (none) |
actual models |
List known models by runner | (none) |
actual login |
Sign in to Actual AI (browser OAuth) | --org <id>, --api-url <url>, --no-browser |
actual logout |
Sign out of Actual AI and clear local credentials | (none) |
actual whoami |
Show the signed-in Actual AI identity (no network) | (none) |
actual advisor "<query>" |
Ask the Advisor an architecture question | Released v0.2.0: --org <uuid>, --repo <uuid>, --api-url <url>; newer builds may add named/automatic scope |
actual cache clear |
Clear local analysis and tailoring caches | (none) |
actual plan-check |
Check an implementation plan against the rules in .actual/rules/ |
--claude-hook, --rules-dir <dir> (newer builds only; verify with actual plan-check --help). Resolve plan text in the order below; never emit permissionDecision: "allow" |
What ships with it
7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- today Changed · +125 lines 4293999ab8aa
- 5d ago First seen · 378 lines · 157 tokens per session scan A e8a9cc7b1684
actual is a skill published in the GitHub repository actual-software/actual-skill (4 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 157 tokens to every session and 5,949 once invoked, about $0.0008 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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bootstrap
Scaffold or retrofit documentation-led conventions (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, CONVENTIONS.md, ADR catalogue, plan/ queue, agent/ coordination) into a repo. Use when the user asks to "set up conventions", "bootstrap ADRs", "scaffold the documentation-led layout", "add AGENTS.md and a plan queue", or invokes /bootstrap.…
decision-backfill
Use when auditing an existing codebase, documentation set, plans, RFCs, or git history for architecture decisions that were made but never recorded as ADRs, and when triaging potential records before drafting them.
decision-memory
Use when planning, designing, reviewing, or changing code in a repository that keeps ADRs (usually docs/adr) — to load the decisions that already govern the work, check a plan or diff against them, or record a new decision. Also use when a choice feels already-settled and you cannot find where it was settled.
audit
Audit a documentation-led repo against its own conventions — contiguous ADR numbering, INDEX sync, plan/ coverage, required sections, status validity, cross-reference resolution, language mandate, ADR-privacy leaks into user-visible code, cross-worktree collisions (duplicate numbers, duplicate plan ownership, same ADR…
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Author a new ADR — record a DECISION (what the system must do, or how it is built) in a documentation-led repo. Picks the next contiguous number, chooses the shape (capability vs technology), fills the template, sets status Proposed, regenerates INDEX, updates domain READMEs, handles supersede/deprecate linkage…