Operations

Sessions, cron, usage, diagnostics, migration, and MCP operations.

This page collects the operational command groups for running BudgetAI day to day.

Command groups

GroupPurpose
sessionsList, resume, export, abort, and delete sessions
cronSchedule recurring and one-time work
costUsage, receipts, and spend investigation
doctorHealth checks and fixes
diagnosticsCapture turn diagnostics
migrateImport data from other agents
mcp-serverRun BudgetAI as an MCP server
channelsConfigure and check messaging channels

Migrating in

If you have data from another agent runtime, dry-run first, then apply:

budgetai migrate --source openclaw --json     # dry run report
budgetai migrate --source openclaw --apply

Install inventory

budgetai doctor --json     # environment and readiness
budgetai providers list    # configured providers
budgetai skills list       # available skills

Start any troubleshooting session with budgetai doctor — it points at the exact section that needs attention.