access

Manages connection settings for the user's self-hosted Actual Budget instance. Credentials are stored in `~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/{env}.env` (chmod 600).

<quick_start> Save credentials: /actual-budget:access ACTUAL_SERVER_URL=https://budget.example.com

Check status: /actual-budget:access (no args)

Guided setup: /actual-budget:access setup </quick_start>

Parse `env=` from `$ARGUMENTS` before any other processing. Strip it from remaining arguments. Default to `""` (empty string). Display empty ENV as "(default)". Credential file: `~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/${ENV}.env`. Omit `env=` from suggested commands when ENV is empty.

Credential keys:

• ACTUAL_SERVER_URL — base URL of the Actual Budget server (e.g. https://budget.example.com)
• ACTUAL_PASSWORD — server login password used to authenticate
• ACTUAL_SYNC_ID — budget Sync ID from Settings → Advanced (optional; auto-picks first budget if unset)

Migration note: Older credential files may use SERVER_URL, PASSWORD, and SYNC_ID (without the ACTUAL_ prefix). These are still recognized by the skills. When saving new or updated credentials, always use the ACTUAL_ prefixed names.

**No arguments — status check:**

1. Check if ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/${ENV}.env exists.
2. If not: tell the user no credentials are saved and suggest running /actual-budget:access setup.
3. If yes: load the file, show ACTUAL_SERVER_URL (mask the password), then test the connection:

   curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X POST "$ACTUAL_SERVER_URL/account/login" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d "{\"password\":\"$ACTUAL_PASSWORD\"}"
   

   • 200 → connected successfully
   • 400 → wrong password
   • other → server unreachable or unexpected error
4. List all available environments by showing files in ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/ matching *.env, stripping .env suffix. Display .env as "(default)".

setup — guided setup:

Prompt the user for each credential interactively:

1. ACTUAL_SERVER_URL — ask for the base URL (no trailing slash)
2. ACTUAL_PASSWORD — ask for the server password

After collecting all values, save and test (same as key=value save below).

KEY=VALUE — save a single credential:

Parse the key and value. Valid keys: ACTUAL_SERVER_URL, ACTUAL_PASSWORD, ACTUAL_SYNC_ID. Load existing ${ENV}.env if present, update the key, write back, chmod 600, then test connection.

clear — remove all credentials for this environment:

Delete ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/${ENV}.env and confirm.

clear KEY — remove a single key:

Remove just that key from the ${ENV}.env file.

<credential_storage>

mkdir -p ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget
cat > ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/${ENV}.env <<'EOF'
ACTUAL_SERVER_URL=<value>
ACTUAL_PASSWORD='<value>'
EOF
chmod 600 ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/${ENV}.env

The password is single-quoted to prevent shell expansion of special characters ($, #, @, etc.). </credential_storage>

<security_checklist>

• Never print or log the ACTUAL_PASSWORD or auth token — show set/not-set only
• Always chmod 600 the .env file after writing
• Single-quote the password value to handle special characters safely
• Report connection test result without exposing the token
• When saving, always use ACTUAL_ prefixed key names </security_checklist>

<success_criteria>

• Credentials written to ~/.claude/channels/actual-budget/${ENV}.env with chmod 600
• Connection test returns HTTP 200 with a token field
• Status output never exposes the password or token
• User knows exactly what to do next based on current state </success_criteria>