Reads from the local LevelDB cache, which may lag behind Copilot's server if the macOS app hasn't synced recently. For real-time data use --live-reads with get_transactions_live. Unified transaction retrieval tool. Supports multiple modes: (1) Filter-based: Use period, date range, category, merchant, amount filters. (2) Single lookup: Provide transaction_id to get one transaction. (3) Text search: Use query for free-text merchant search. (4) Special types: Use transaction_type for foreign, refunds, credits, duplicates, hsa_eligible, tagged. (5) Location-based: Use city or lat/lon with radius_km. (6) Tag filter: Use tag to find transactions with a specific tag. Rows are TERSE by default: transaction_id, date, amount, name, category_name, account_id, item_id, pending, excluded, internal_transfer. excluded answers "is this row excluded from spending?" — the raw per-transaction flag OR the row's category being user-excluded, the same union exclude_excluded filters on — so it is true for a row Copilot never stamped individually. It is therefore nearly always false in a default response, since exclude_excluded already removed those rows; it carries information only when you pass exclude_excluded: false. A cache row carries ~30 fields and most callers need a handful, so the rest are excluded unless asked for. PARTIAL list of what that drops, not exhaustive: Plaid metadata (plaid_category_id, plaid_category_strings, plaid_deleted), internal IDs (category_id, recurring_id, goal_id, parent_transaction_id, children_transaction_ids, user_id), enrichment and intelligence fields (normalized_merchant — still the normalized merchant name when requested — intelligence_suggested_category_ids, suggestion_ids, original_name), tag_ids, review state (user_reviewed, user_note, user_changed_type — true only when a human re-typed the row, so do not second-guess its type), location (city, region, country, lat/lon), and flags like is_amazon/from_investment. amazon is worth naming because nothing else hints it exists: on rows Copilot matched to an Amazon order it carries the receipt — {order_id, items: [{id, name, link, price, quantity}], other: {giftWrapping, rewards, savings, shipping, tax}} — so fields: ["default", "amazon"] answers "what was in this order" without an exported CSV. Ask for any of them by name with fields: ["default", "tag_ids"], or take the whole document with fields: ["all"] (or "*"). category_name is always resolved to a human-readable name. compact was removed in v3.0.0 — passing it now raises an error naming this migration.

Get information about the local data cache, including the date range of cached transactions and total count. Useful for understanding data availability before running historical queries. This tool reads from a local cache that may not contain your complete transaction history. Also reports decode_health: per-collection counts of documents dropped on schema validation failure (a "degraded" status means some cached documents are missing from results).

Refresh the in-memory cache by reloading data from the local Copilot Money database. Use this when the user has recently synced new transactions in the Copilot Money app, or when you suspect the cached data is stale. The cache also auto-refreshes every 5 minutes. Returns the updated cache info after refresh.

Get all accounts with balances, plus summary fields: total_balance (net worth = assets minus liabilities), total_assets, and total_liabilities. Optionally filter by account type (checking, savings, credit, investment). Checks both account_type and subtype fields for better filtering (e.g., finds checking accounts even when account_type is 'depository'). By default, hidden accounts are excluded. name is your Copilot nickname when set, else the provider label — it is user-editable, so key on account_id, never on name. Default rows are terse: account_id, name, account_type, subtype, current_balance, institution_name, iso_currency_code, item_id, plus user_hidden / user_deleted when set (the flags include_hidden controls). That drops the other ~35 document fields. PARTIAL list of what goes, not exhaustive: the embedded holdings array (get_holdings covers it), institution logo images plus their logo_content_type (base64-encoded, several KB each — this PAIR is where the removed include_logos flag went, and the flag gated both, so request them together), mask (the last-4 digits humans identify an account by), available_balance, limit, institution_id, creation_timestamp (when the account was created in Copilot, YYYY-MM-DD — written only on newer rows, so absent means unknown, not old), the denormalized official_name / original_* name dupes, and user_id. Any document field is requestable by name: fields: ["default", "mask", "available_balance"], or "all" / "*" for full rows. include_logos was removed in v3.0.0 — passing it now raises an error naming this migration.

Get connection status for all linked financial institutions. Shows per-institution sync health including last successful update timestamps for transactions and investments, login requirements, and error states. Use this to check when accounts were last synced or to identify connections needing attention. Also reports decode_health: per-collection counts of cached documents dropped on schema validation failure (a "degraded" status means some documents are missing from results). Also reports scheduled_smoke: the last scheduled API-drift check with timestamp, or null if the weekly job is not installed. Only "fail" means the API drifted; "auth-missing" and "incomplete" mean drift is unknown.

Unified category retrieval tool. Supports multiple views: list (default) - user categories with transaction counts/amounts for a time period; tree - user categories as hierarchical tree; search - search user categories by keyword. Use parent_id to get subcategories. For list view, use period (e.g., "this_month") or start_date/end_date to filter by date. Includes all categories, even those with $0 spent (matching UI behavior).

Identify recurring/subscription charges. Combines two data sources: (1) Pattern analysis - finds transactions from same merchant with similar amounts, returns estimated frequency, confidence score, and next expected date. (2) Copilot's native subscription tracking - returns user-confirmed subscriptions stored in the app. Both sources are included by default for comprehensive coverage. Rows in the pattern-analysis recurring array are terse by default: merchant, normalized_merchant, occurrences, average_amount, total_amount, frequency, confidence, category_name, last_date, next_expected_date. That excludes the matched transactions array (already reachable via get_transactions) and confidence_reason (prose explaining the score) — see fields for how to get either back.

Get budgets from Copilot's native budget tracking. Returns the current-month effective budget per category plus the full amounts map of per-month overrides for history lookups. For parent categories, the returned amount is the resolved total (children + rollovers) that Copilot displays in the Budgets view. Totals use the current-month effective amount.

Get financial goals from Copilot's native goal tracking. Retrieves user-defined savings goals, debt payoff targets, and investment goals. Returns goal details including target amounts, monthly contributions, status (active/paused), start dates, and tracking configuration. Calculates total target amount across all goals. Cache-only: no live-mode (--live-reads) counterpart exists because Copilot's GraphQL endpoint does not expose goal data, so this tool always returns cached LevelDB data regardless of the --live-reads flag.

Get investment price history for portfolio tracking. Returns one row per (security, period) for stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, and crypto. Filter by ticker symbol, date range, or price type (daily/hf). By default each row is TERSE: the security, the period, and its latest price (latest_price / latest_at) — enough to answer "what is this worth". The full price series (prices, an epoch-millis map) is most of a full row and roughly quadruples response size, so it is omitted unless requested via fields; ask for it only when you need the time series itself, not a current value.

Get stock split events from the local Firestore cache. Returns one row per (security, effective_date) with the adjustment multiplier (e.g. 0.1 for a 10-for-1 split — multiply pre-split prices/quantities by this value to convert to the post-split equivalent). Joined with the securities collection so each row includes ticker and name. IMPORTANT: prices returned by get_investment_prices and get_investment_prices_live are ALREADY split-adjusted by Copilot. Use this tool only when you need the split events themselves (e.g., for narrative or historical-analysis purposes) — you do NOT need to apply these multipliers to the prices yourself. Securities that have never split are not included in the output. Coverage is limited to securities Copilot currently syncs in your local cache (typically currently-held or recently-held).

Get current investment holdings with position-level detail. Returns ticker, name, quantity, current price, equity value, average cost, and total return per holding. Joins data from account holdings, securities, and optionally historical snapshots. Filter by account or ticker symbol. Note: cost_basis may be unavailable for cash-equivalent positions. Positions on hidden and merged accounts are EXCLUDED by default, matching get_accounts — pass include_hidden: true for them. Do NOT sum holdings as portfolio value: unvested stock-plan shares are reported as holdings, so the sum can far exceed the investment balance; with --live-reads use get_investment_balance_live for the total.

Get daily balance snapshots for accounts over time. Each entry returns current_balance, available_balance, limit, account_id, and account_name. The response also includes an accounts array listing the distinct account IDs in the paginated page. Requires a granularity parameter (daily, weekly, monthly) to control response size. Weekly and monthly modes downsample by keeping the last data point per period. Filter by account_id and date range.

Get monthly progress snapshots for financial goals. Returns current_amount, target_amount, daily data points, and contribution records per month. Filter by goal_id or month range (YYYY-MM). Cache-only: no live-mode (--live-reads) counterpart exists because Copilot's GraphQL endpoint does not expose goal data, so this tool always returns cached LevelDB data regardless of the --live-reads flag.