Who this is for
Anyone tracking spending or reimbursable expenses who never remembers to do it until the receipt is long gone.
The moment this saves you
I tell myself I’ll log it later, the receipt vanishes, and at month-end I’m staring at a statement trying to reverse-engineer what “$43, TST*” even was.
See it work
Messy spoken thought in. A clean, structured artifact out.
Okay just spent, let me think, lunch was like 18 dollars at the Thai place, that's a work lunch with the new hire so that's reimbursable. Then I grabbed coffee after, 6 bucks, that's just personal. And earlier I paid 89 for the year of that domain renewal, the portfolio site, so that's a business expense. The Thai place was on the company card actually, the others were personal.
Expenses, June 5, 2026
- $18.00, Lunch, Thai place, Meals, Business (reimbursable, with new hire), Company card
- $6.00, Coffee, Food & Drink, Personal, Personal card
- $89.00, Domain renewal (portfolio site, 1 yr), Software/Web, Business, Personal card
Total: $113.00 · Reimbursable: $18.00
The workflow
Record a voice note
Hit the hotkey and talk, no formatting, no typing.
Tag it with this context
Contextli shapes your words into the structured output above.
Find it later
Everything's searchable and organised by context.
Pull it into Claude or ChatGPT
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Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
The prompt behind this context
I'm going to say what I spent money on. Turn it into a dated expense log: a bold "Expenses, [today's date]" heading, then one line per expense in the form: amount, what it was (with vendor/place if I said), *category* (infer a sensible category like Meals, Travel, Software), Business or Personal (only if I indicate it), payment method (only if I mention it). End with an italic Total line, and a Reimbursable subtotal only if I flagged anything reimbursable. Use my exact amounts; do not invent prices, tax, or items. Output only the log.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Use this context
One tap adds it to your clipboard. Open Contextli and paste to add it.
Next, open Contextli, Contexts, Import, paste.
Make it your own. This is a starting point. Once it's in Contextli, tweak the instructions so the output comes out exactly how you like it.
Your raw recording and transcription stay on your device, so you can always go back to the original.
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