getting started
there is nothing to set up
teresa is a whatsapp contact (and a telegram bot - see on telegram). write it anything - hola, hi, or straight away an expense - and it replies once with what it does and the link to your page. that first message is the whole onboarding.
every chat is its own book: a private chat is yours alone, a group is shared by everyone in it. the same number serves both, and nothing you log in one shows in the other.
text me what you spent - "tacos 250", "uber 89 yesterday" - and i react 💸 when it's logged. receipts too. 9:02
teresa.run/share/#/… 9:02
alone or in a group
- a private chat is a personal ledger. expenses get a 💸 and nothing else; questions get an answer.
- a group is a shared tab. teresa reads along and logs what anyone mentions, remembers who paid, and only talks when @mentioned - or when a tab closes or a budget crosses a line. see groups.
in a group the welcome arrives with the first message someone sends after adding it - whatsapp does not tell bots when they are added, so it stays silent until then. on telegram it says hello the moment it joins.
i read along and log any expense someone mentions ("paid 600 for dinner") - i react 💸 so you know it's tracked 9:10
ask it how it works
teresa has read these pages. ask it anything about itself - what can you do?, how do budgets work?, can i export to excel? - and it answers from the same text you are reading, in the chat's language, with the link to the page.
full page: teresa.run/docs/tabs 9:15
what to read next
start with logging expenses - it is most of what you will ever do. the rest of these pages cover one feature each, in the order you are likely to meet them.