A founder's agent handles invoices, payments and 1099s
On Hacker News, Alex Gleason says his open-source agent Sheila handles his company's contractor invoices, payments in fiat and Bitcoin, bookkeeping, expenses and 1099s. It uses 50+ small scripts and a 600-line AGENTS.md, and he watches her work before anything goes out.
- Agent or tool
- Sheila (open-source agent)
- Topic
- Finance
- Reported on
- Hacker News
- Added
- 2026-10-29
Why it matters
Money tasks are tedious but high-stakes, which is exactly where a careful agent helps: it does the checking and paperwork while a person keeps the final say. It is one of 74 sightings filed under Finance on Agent Sightings (number 54 by interest), and one of 1 involving Sheila (open-source agent).
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Sheila (open-source agent) or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Read new contractor invoices, check them against what we agreed, prepare the payment and a draft reply, and show me both before anything is sent.
Tip: Keep the agent in 'propose, don't pay' mode: let it gather numbers and draft messages, and approve any payment or account change yourself.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47282326. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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