Claude Code Skills

lim can register all its command groups as Claude Code skills, making every lim capability available through natural conversation in your terminal.

Installation

npx @lim-labs/lim skills add

npx skills add @lim-labs/lim

This registers lim’s 29 command groups as Claude Code skills in your project’s .claude/skills/ directory. After installation, restart Claude Code to pick up the new skills.

What Gets Registered

Every lim command group becomes a skill that Claude can invoke:

Skill	Commands	Description
`lim-add`	`lim add`	Natural language journal entry
`lim-journals`	`lim journals list/show/create/reverse`	Journal entry management
`lim-reports`	`lim reports tb/pl/bs/ss/cs/gl`	Financial reports
`lim-companies`	`lim companies list/use/create`	Company management
`lim-accounts`	`lim accounts list/show`	Chart of accounts
`lim-stats`	`lim stats`, `lim dashboard`	Learning engine metrics
`lim-import`	`lim import`	Import from other software
`lim-bank`	`lim bank list/sync/match`	Bank account operations
`lim-invoices`	`lim invoices list/create/send`	Invoice management
`lim-documents`	`lim documents list/upload`	Document management
`lim-labels`	`lim labels list/create`	Label/tag management
`lim-tax`	`lim tax codes/withholding`	Tax code management
`lim-periods`	`lim periods list/close`	Fiscal period management
`lim-alerts`	`lim alerts list/create`	Alert rule management
`lim-scenarios`	`lim scenarios list/create/diff`	Scenario analysis
`lim-approvals`	`lim approvals list/approve/reject`	Approval workflows
`lim-contracts`	`lim contracts list/create`	Contract management
`lim-employees`	`lim employees list/create`	Employee management
`lim-payroll`	`lim payroll run/list`	Payroll processing
`lim-expenses`	`lim expenses list/create/approve`	Expense reports
`lim-fixed-assets`	`lim fixed-assets list/depreciate`	Fixed asset management
`lim-fx`	`lim fx rates/convert`	Foreign exchange
`lim-accruals`	`lim accruals list/generate`	Accrual schedules
`lim-opening`	`lim opening-balance set`	Opening balance setup
`lim-members`	`lim members list/invite`	Team member management
`lim-auth`	`lim auth login/logout/whoami`	Authentication
`lim-mcp`	`lim mcp add/serve`	MCP server management
`lim-webhooks`	`lim webhooks list/create`	Webhook management
`lim-events`	`lim events list/replay`	Event inspection

Usage Examples

Once skills are registered, Claude Code can use them naturally in conversation:

Daily Bookkeeping

You: Record today's expenses: AWS ¥11,000 credit card, lunch meeting
     with client ¥5,500 cash, and taxi to office ¥2,200 Suica.

Claude: I'll record all three expenses.

        $ lim add "AWS 11000 yen credit card"
        ✅ Communication 10,000 / Accounts payable 11,000 + Input VAT 1,000

        $ lim add "lunch meeting with client 5500 yen cash"
        ✅ Entertainment 5,000 / Cash 5,500 + Input VAT 500

        $ lim add "taxi to office 2200 yen Suica"
        ✅ Travel 2,000 / Cash 2,200 + Input VAT 200

        All three entries recorded. Today's total: ¥18,700.

Financial Review

You: How did we do in Q1?

Claude: $ lim reports pl --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-03-31
        $ lim reports bs --as-of 2026-03-31
        $ lim reports cs --from 2026-01-01 --to 2026-03-31

        Q1 Summary:
        - Revenue: ¥3,300,000
        - Net income: ¥2,590,000 (78% margin)
        - Cash position: ¥2,450,000
        - Operating cash flow: ¥2,260,000

        Strong quarter. Revenue up 15% vs Q4 2025.

Month-End Close

You: Let's do the March close.

Claude: I'll check everything step by step.

        $ lim journals list --from 2026-03-01 --to 2026-03-31 --status draft
        3 draft entries found. Let me review them...

        $ lim bank list --unmatched
        2 unmatched bank transactions. Processing...

        $ lim reports tb --from 2026-03-01 --to 2026-03-31
        Trial balance checks out. Debits = Credits ✓

        $ lim accruals generate --period 2026-03
        Generated 2 accrual entries for March.

        Everything looks clean. Ready to close?

You: Yes, close it.

Claude: $ lim periods close --period 2026-03
        ✅ March 2026 closed.

Scenario Analysis

You: What happens to our runway if we hire two more engineers?

Claude: $ lim scenarios create --name "Hire 2 engineers" \
          --description "Two senior engineers at ¥700k/month each"

        $ lim scenarios generate --id <scenario-id>

        $ lim scenarios diff --id <scenario-id>

        Impact analysis:
        - Additional monthly cost: ¥1,820,000
          (salary ¥1,400,000 + social insurance ¥210,000 + equipment ¥210,000 amortized)
        - Current runway: 3.5 months
        - Post-hire runway: 1.8 months

        You'd need to close a funding round within 2 months.

Skills vs MCP

Both skills and MCP let AI agents interact with lim. Here’s when to use each:

	Skills	MCP
Best for	Claude Code terminal sessions	Any MCP-compatible client
Interface	CLI commands	Structured tool calls + resources
Authentication	CLI token	CLI token or API key
Output	Human-readable terminal output	Structured JSON
Setup	`npx @lim-labs/lim skills add`	`npx @lim-labs/lim mcp add`

You can use both simultaneously. Skills are great for interactive sessions where you want human-readable output. MCP is better for automated workflows where structured data matters.

Updating Skills

When lim is updated with new commands, re-run the installation:

npx @lim-labs/lim skills add --force

This overwrites existing skill definitions with the latest versions.

Removing Skills

npx @lim-labs/lim skills remove

This removes all lim skills from your Claude Code configuration.

​Claude Code Skills

​Installation

​What Gets Registered

​Usage Examples

​Daily Bookkeeping

​Financial Review

​Month-End Close

​Scenario Analysis

​Skills vs MCP

​Updating Skills

​Removing Skills

Claude Code Skills

Installation

What Gets Registered

Usage Examples

Daily Bookkeeping

Financial Review

Month-End Close

Scenario Analysis

Skills vs MCP

Updating Skills

Removing Skills