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Household bills watch

Build a skill that compares this month electricity, water, arnona, and internet against the past 3 months, and flags anomalies before you pay.

The more specific the description, the higher the quality of the skill.254 / 2000

Don't paste passwords, API keys, ID numbers, account details, or real document content. Describe in general terms.

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Why a custom skill beats a one-off prompt for household bills

Tracking your household bills once is fine, but the value is in the repeat: month after month, the skill knows what your typical summer electricity bill looks like, what your standard arnona rate is, and what you usually pay for internet after a promo runs out. A one-off prompt asks you everything every time. A skill remembers.

What makes this skill specifically yours

  • Your specific home: apartment size, household size, geographic area. All of those shape what "normal" looks like for you, and they differ for your neighbor.
  • Your providers: which electricity company (IEC or a private one), which internet ISP (Bezeq / HOT / Cellcom / Pelephone), arnona by city.
  • Your tolerance for anomalies: spell out in the description what a "worth checking" deviation looks like vs. a "call the company now" one. Highly personal.

Three things to include in your description

  1. The data format: a Google Sheet with 4 columns (month, electricity, water, arnona, internet) or another table you maintain.
  2. The contextual comparisons: which months typically spike (August for AC, January for heating), which are mild (spring).
  3. The cadence: as soon as a bill arrives, or once a month at month-end?

What this skill is NOT

This is not a household budgeting tool. It is not MoneyForce or Riseup. It does not look at all your transactions, and it does not give general financial advice. It checks whether the 32% electricity jump this month is an error, against your context.

Drop our catalog a look first

If you want a generic accounting skill maintained for everyone, check the agentskills.co.il/en/categories/accounting catalog. The generator is for the parts that are uniquely yours.

FAQ

Where do I store history?
Simplest, a Google Sheet or Notion table you update once a month. A local CSV works too. The skill reads the table, you add the new month, and it does the compare.
Can the skill read the bill PDF I upload?
If the agent has OCR or PDF reading, yes. Otherwise you type the amount and the skill focuses on comparison. Most people prefer the manual version, it takes two minutes a month.
How is this different from a plain spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet shows numbers. The skill explains them. It can say "Electricity jumped 32%, but there was a heat wave, looks reasonable", or "Arnona rose 9%, matches the city annual rate update". Context is the value.
What about changing tariffs?
Add to the description: "If a deviation matches a tariff update you are not sure about, tell me to verify on the utility website." That stops the skill from confirming something it does not actually know.