TanyaStrauss1/equiledger-ai-copilot

🤖 AI-powered financial management for South African SMEs - Create invoices, track expenses, generate reports through WhatsApp, Telegram, or web interface # 🤖 EquiLedger - AI Financial Assistant for SMEs > **AI-powered financial management for South African small businesses** EquiLedger is a comprehensive AI financial assistant that helps South African SMEs manage their finances through natural language processing. Create invoices, track expenses, generate reports, and get business insights - all through WhatsApp, Telegram, or web interface. ## ✨ Features ### 🤖 **AI-Powered Financial Services** - **Natural Language Processing**: "Create invoice for R500 website design for ABC Company" - **Intent Detection**: Automatically understands financial requests - **Multi-step Workflows**: Complex financial operations in single commands - **Business Insights**: AI-generated recommendations and analysis ### 📄 **Invoice Management** - Create professional invoices with automatic VAT calculations - Multi-line item support - Client management - Payment tracking - PDF generation ready ### 💰 **Expense Tracking** - Categorized expense logging - Receipt upload support - Automatic VAT calculations - Expense analysis and insights ### 📊 **Financial Reports** - Revenue and expense summaries - VAT compliance reports - Profit & loss analysis - Business health insights - Monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports ### 📱 **Multi-Channel Support** - **WhatsApp Integration**: Manage finances via WhatsApp - **Telegram Integration**: Telegram bot support - **Web Interface**: Professional dashboard - **Unified Data**: Sync across all platforms ### 💳 **Payment Processing** - Stripe integration for invoice payments - Payment intent creation - Webhook handling - Payment tracking ### 🔐 **Security & Compliance** - Multi-tenant data isolation - Webhook signature verification - Input validation with Zod - Audit trails and logging - South African VAT compliance ## 🚀 Quick Start ### Prerequisites - Node.js 20+ - PostgreSQL database - OpenAI API key - Twilio account (for WhatsApp) - Telegram Bot Token - Stripe account (for payments) ### Installation …