🏷️ Categories
Create custom categories for expenses and income, organize transactions.
System Categories
Monaime comes with pre-defined system categories for common expenses (Food, Transport, Entertainment) and income (Salary, Freelance). You can also create your own custom categories.
System Categories
Expense Categories
| Slug | Name | Subcategories |
|---|---|---|
| food_drinks | Food & Drinks | groceries, restaurant, coffee, delivery |
| transport | Transport | taxi, fuel, public_transport, car_service, parking |
| utilities | Utilities | electricity, gas, water, internet, phone |
| shopping | Shopping | clothes, electronics, home_goods |
| entertainment | Entertainment | subscriptions, cinema, games |
| health | Health | pharmacy, doctor, fitness |
| education | Education | courses, books |
| travel | Travel | flights, hotels, activities |
Income Categories
| Slug | Name |
|---|---|
| salary | Salary |
| freelance | Freelance |
| business_income | Business Income |
| investments | Investments |
| cashback | Cashback |
create_category
SafeCreate a new custom category for expenses or income. You can optionally set an icon and color.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| name* | string | Category name |
| type* | string | "expense" or "income" |
| parent? | string | Parent category name (for subcategories) |
| icon? | string | Lucide icon name |
| color? | string | Hex color code |
Examples
User
"Create a Gifts category"
AI
Created expense category "Gifts"
User
"Add income category Dividends"
AI
Created income category "Dividends"
User
"Create subcategory Gas in Transport"
AI
Created subcategory "Gas" in category "Transport"
list_categories
SafeShow all available categories, organized by type (expense/income) and hierarchy.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type? | string | Filter by "expense" or "income" |
Examples
User
"Show all categories"
User
"Expense categories"
User
"What income categories are available?"
edit_category
SafeEdit a custom category's name, icon, or color. System categories cannot be edited.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category* | string | Current category name |
| name? | string | New name |
| icon? | string | New icon |
| color? | string | New color |
Examples
User
"Rename category Gifts to Holidays"
AI
Category renamed: "Gifts" → "Holidays"
delete_category
Requires ConfirmationDelete a custom category. Transactions in this category will become uncategorized. System categories cannot be deleted.
Transactions using this category will lose their category assignment. Consider re-categorizing them first.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category* | string | Category name to delete |
Examples
User
"Delete category Holidays"
AI
Delete category "Holidays"? (12 transactions will become uncategorized) [Yes/No]