Teach

The teach command opens an interactive browser session to capture the details Beanscrape needs to generate a bank script.

Usage

$ beanscrape teach <bank-id>

Example:

$ beanscrape teach chase

What happens

1. A browser window opens with the Teach UI panel.
2. Navigate to your bank’s login page.
3. The panel guides you to capture:
   • Login page URL
   • Username and password field selectors
   • Login button selector
   • Transaction page URL and selectors
   • Transaction table structure (date, payee, amount columns)
4. Optionally capture screenshots of each step.

The teach panel opens alongside the bank website. Here’s what a typical session looks like:

Step 1: Navigate to your bank’s website

Step 2: Log in to your account

Step 3: Navigate to transaction history

Step 4: Select account and date range

Step 5: Identify the transaction table

Step 6: Export and finish

Output

Teach generates a markdown file at ./prompts/<bank-id>.md containing:

• Captured URLs
• DOM selectors
• Screenshots (as base64 or file references)
• Structural notes about the page layout

This file is the input for Script Creation.

Options

Tips

• Log in manually during the teach session so the panel can observe the DOM structure.
• If your bank has multiple transaction views (recent, statements, downloads), capture all of them. You can choose the best approach when generating the script.
• The teach session does not store credentials.