Can the agent pay bills or move money?
No. It connects with read-only access wherever the provider offers it, and where an app only grants full access, such as QuickBooks Online, the agent is built to read and never write. It never pays, transfers or cancels anything. When it finds a problem, it alerts you with the bill and transaction behind it. If you want a list of bills to pay or a draft dispute email, it hands you the draft and the decision stays with you.
Who can see my financial data, and who owns it?
Only the people you approve, and the data stays yours. Connections are read-only wherever the provider allows it, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and it's never used to train public models. If you prefer, the agent can run on your own cloud account so nothing sits on ours. Every match, flag and dismissal is logged.
Does it replace my bookkeeper or accountant?
No. It does the daily watching and matching, and gives your bookkeeper a cleaner record to work from. It doesn't post entries to your books, file anything, or give tax, accounting or investment advice. Dashboard categories are there for visibility, and how things are booked is still your accountant's call. You can copy them on the weekly digest.
What happens when it gets something wrong?
You see why, and the rule gets fixed. Every flag shows the rule that fired and the documents it compared, so a false alarm is easy to dismiss and repeated ones become a rule change. When a bill is hard to read, the agent is built to leave the field blank and ask instead of guessing. It's built with no step that pays or moves money, so a mistake means a wrong flag, not a wrong payment.
How long does setup take, and what do you need from me?
Plan on about four weeks from access to live alerts for a typical scope, and we confirm the timeline on the first call. We need access to your inboxes, bank and card feeds and accounting software (read-only wherever the provider offers it), a list of recurring vendors and budgets, about an hour to agree on alert rules, and someone to review the first reconciliation report. After that, the weekly digest takes a few minutes to read.
Which banks and apps does it work with?
Most US banks, cards and mainstream business apps. Bank and card feeds connect through a read-only aggregator such as Plaid, accounting tools like QuickBooks Online and Xero through their own APIs, and email through Gmail or Outlook. If an app has no API, we use its exports or forwarded statements. We confirm every connection on the first call, before you commit to anything.