High-net-worth clients face tax situations too complex for generic software and too fast-moving for once-a-year advisor meetings. This prototype shows how an AI agent can fill that gap — instantly matching a client's specific life and financial situation, depicted in a prior year's tax return, against a curated playbook of 111 proven tax strategies to surface recommendations that would otherwise take hours to produce. This product is envisioned as an in-house productivity tool for the tax advisor in a Virtual Family Office (VFO). Sensitive client data stays within the VFO. For more details, see the Product Discovery tab. In this product, the Master Tax Strategy Playbook will be proprietary to the VFO and thus will be its competitive advantage.
Built on n8n, Pinecone, and OpenAI. Client tax return data is retrieved from Google Drive, embedded using text-embedding-3-small, and matched against a 111-strategy vector database via semantic search. An LLM-based intent router (gpt-4o-mini) classifies each query and routes it to the appropriate analysis pipeline, returning advisor-grade recommendations in a conversational interface. Five simulated HNW client personas are pre-loaded for the demo. For more details, see the Architecture tab.
Each workflow handles a distinct stage — from ingesting tax return data to retrieving strategies to generating advisor-grade output.
Each persona represents a distinct high-net-worth archetype with simulated TY2025 tax return data.
From workflow design to real-time strategy — a walkthrough of the prototype in three steps.
The system is built on n8n workflows connected to Pinecone for vector retrieval and OpenAI GPT-4o for language generation. Persona data and tax returns are fetched directly from Google Drive. A stateful session layer tracks each conversation across multiple turns.
Each persona represents a distinct high-net-worth archetype. Select a client to explore their profile, life events, and AI-identified tax strategy triggers.
A live conversation with the n8n-powered tax strategy agent. Connect, select a client from the top panel, then ask any tax strategy question.
The U.S. accounting industry is at a structural inflection point — talent shortages, AI acceleration, and shifting client expectations are converging to create a narrow but significant window for innovation.
Market projected to reach $180.3B by 2030, with Client Advisory (CAS) growing fastest at ~12.3% CAGR as firms shift from compliance-driven to relationship-driven revenue models.
How I identified the problem, designed the prototype, and validated the approach through iterative testing.