Statement credits for one US credit card
Coding
Card Value
Try itEstimate first-year value for one US card
What it does
Estimate first-year value for one major-US credit card given an optional spending breakdown. Returns welcome bonus + estimated earn + credits minus annual fee. Use when the user wants a quick value check.
The skill document
Card Value
Return a compact first-year value estimate for one exact card variant.
Input
Accept a card name plus an optional spend breakdown. If the user gives no breakdown, use a moderate default profile: $500/mo dining, $200/mo travel, $100/mo streaming, $200/mo groceries, $2000/mo other.
Workflow
- Resolve the card with ../card-identity/SKILL.md. If ambiguous, stop and return a numbered choice list.
- Follow the
card-valuestrategy in ../card-shared/source-policy.yaml. - Search
CARD NAME welcome offer annual fee value. - Fetch the issuer page plus approved secondaries needed for current offer, fee, earning, and credit details, using
WebFetchand the URL-safety rules in ../card-shared/source-policy.yaml. - Compute
welcome bonus value + annual earn value + credits - annual fee. - Use
1.0 cppas the baseline unless a justified higher redemption assumption is clearly supported; call out that assumption in confidence notes. - Fill the
card-valuecontract in ../card-shared/command-contracts.yaml. - Apply ../card-shared/confidence-rules.md and ../card-shared/normalization-rules.md. Keep
sourcesin hidden YAML only.
Required Sections
## 💳 Spend Profile## 🎁 Welcome Bonus## 📈 Annual Earn## 🏷️ Credits## 💰 Net First-Year Value## 📋 Confidence Notes
Show the net-value math clearly in one compact block.
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