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Compute finance numbers with code, not chat
Business data & reporting · checked 2026-10-17
Have Codex write a small script that computes the figures from your exported data, check key results with Wolfram, and keep the script so next month is repeatable.
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Goal
Get numbers you can audit instead of numbers a model estimated.
Connects through: MCP
Not advice
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AI tools can make mistakes. Verify every figure against the original documents and official IRS or state guidance before filing or signing.
Redact Social Security numbers, account numbers and EINs before uploading documents to any AI assistant, and check its data-retention settings. Upload originals only to the filing or signing software.
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Human approval
You review the script and results.
Watch out for
Keep the human approval step: You review the script and results.
Starter prompt
Goal: Get numbers you can audit instead of numbers a model estimated. Tools involved: Codex, Wolfram. Your part: writes and runs a script over the export; spot-checks key results through the wolfram cloud mcp server. Work step by step, show me each draft or proposed change, and wait for my approval before anything is sent, published, signed, filed or changed in a live system.
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Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
ChatGPT
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Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
Gemini
Confirmed
Every MCP and API step is documented for this platform.
Perplexity
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Wolfram: pairing not named in vendor docs
Computed from the MCP and API steps only: "Confirmed" needs the tool's docs to name the platform and the platform to support the connection. Browser, upload and human steps work from any platform.
What we checked (2026-10-17)
Wolfram Cloud MCP is free and needs no sign-in. It’s useful for recomputing a total, a growth rate or a loan payment independently of the script.
Codex can write and run scripts locally with your ChatGPT plan or an API key. Codex is included from ChatGPT Free, and API-key use is billed at API rates.
Source data. Use the export your accounting tool gives you. QuickBooks also has an official MCP server if you’d rather pull data directly.
Set it up
Export the source data, such as a profit and loss report or a transaction list, to a folder that isn’t synced to a public share.
Ask Codex for a short script that reads the file, computes each figure and prints the formula it used. Ask for no network calls.
Check two or three results with Wolfram, and one by hand.
Keep the script with the month’s export, so next month’s numbers come from the same method.
This gives you numbers you can audit. It isn’t accounting, tax or investment advice. Have an accountant review anything you file or report to investors or lenders.
