Hi everyone,
I've been trying to automate something pretty specific. Every month I generate savings tracking files by exporting CSVs from my banking app, and I'd like Hazel to automatically run a compound interest calculation whenever a new file lands in a specific folder. Ideally, it would use either a free compound interest calculator or a local script, so the whole process runs without any manual steps.
I'm just not sure what the cleanest way to tie everything together is. I know Hazel can trigger a shell script, so that's probably the starting point. Has anyone here built a similar workflow using an external compound interest calculator? I'm debating whether to write a small Python script or call a web-based calculator with curl.
If you've already set up something like this and it's been reliable, I'd really appreciate hearing how you approached it.