Developer Launches Ekselio, a Local-First AI Workflow Tool for Finance
Ekselio, a local-first AI workflow tool for finance, was launched on Hacker News by a 20-year finance and M&A veteran.
KD wrote that he dabbled with coding in college and learned the basics of HTML and CSS, but then ended up in finance, which consumed the next 20 years. During COVID-19 he picked up coding again, learned React and TypeScript, and even built a rudimentary site. That was followed by what he called the ChatGPT moment, and then Claude. As a side project, drawing on his 20 years in finance and M&A, he started building Ekselio, which he described as “loveable for finance workflows.”
He said that unlike other vibe coding tools, Ekselio is local first. The workflows are orchestrated by the LLM based on the file schema, but then the execution happens in the browser. He pointed to the ability to see the canvas, previews of each node, and the code base in SQL through the Canvas tab.
KD said he did include a Home tab, which is more visual, mainly because people think it is easier to relate to how folks operate, although he knows finance and accounting people usually like the workflow and full transparency. He added that once a workflow is created, it can be saved, and the next month a user can just click Run and it runs again with no LLM tokens involved, so the infrastructure is minimal.
Everything can be exported in an Excel data pack with M code in case someone wants to reproduce it, which he described as audit ready. He also connected the tool to QuickBooks Online so someone can directly pull in and manipulate their financials live. He connected it to Fred, which he said carries literally 800,000 series of macroeconomic data such as oil prices, inflation and CPI, and finally to stocks.
KD asked users to find holes in the architecture or offer ideas to make the flow better. He said the project is in progress and asked people to report bugs. Because he is using his own API key, he put a wall in place in case people overuse it. He said users can DM him if they would like to continue using it, and he can turn off the wall for them. He hopes to keep that to a small number of users and will do his best. At the time of the post, it had 4 points and 0 comments on Hacker News.