Every transaction Pulse pulls from your bank gets classified by Claude (Anthropic's model). The classifier identifies the vendor, the spending category (e.g. 'food delivery — DoorDash', 'software — SaaS', 'payroll'), and whether the charge is recurring.
What gets classified
- Vendor name (matched against ~30K known merchants)
- Spending category (~150 categories)
- Recurring vs one-off (based on 90-day cadence detection)
- Tax-deductible vs not (estimate; talk to your CPA)
If a transaction is mis-categorized, click the row → "Re-categorize". Pulse learns your corrections — future similar transactions get the new category automatically.