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Better questions.
More useful
Tessitura reports.
Give your AI agent a practical working method for Tessitura: select the right report, set the parameters, export carefully, and check what the numbers actually mean.
An unofficial third-party skill by Pursued by a Bear. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tessitura Network.
WHAT IT DOES
From a question
to evidence
you can use.
Tessitura holds information that matters to ticketing, fundraising, finance, and organizational decisions. Getting a useful answer means understanding both the report and the operation behind it.
Reporting & exports
Choose a report that matches the question. Make dates, filters, parameters, and row meaning explicit. Validate exported files before analysis.
Lists & analytics
Work through constituent lists and analytic views with attention to selection logic, joins, duplicates, and the population being counted.
Finance & reconciliation
Distinguish transactions, payments, pledges, credits, and adjustments. Reconcile totals and identify discrepancies that need review.
Repeatable workflows
Record reusable steps and checkpoints. Keep an interrupted task recoverable and make the source of each conclusion clear.
YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Windows at the center.
Remote access
included.
Windows-native Tessitura
The skill begins with Tessitura running on Windows. It guides the agent to identify the active application, confirm the environment and permissions, and use available local controls and export locations.
Citrix, macOS & remote desktops
Reusable remote-operation guidance covers the extra steps: window focus, coordinate stability, client versus remote file paths, export handoff, and recovering from an interrupted connection.
The reporting method applies across both paths. Operating the application requires a compatible agent with authorized desktop or remote-control tools and your existing Tessitura access. The skill supplies guidance; access and tool availability come from your setup.
GET STARTED
Use the public core.
Make it yours.
Install with Codex
Copy this prompt into Codex, where the built-in skill installer can fetch the versioned skill from GitHub:
$skill-installer Install the tessitura skill from https://github.com/mglenbarker/tessitura-skill/tree/v1.0.0/tessitura. Preserve any existing organization-specific skill; ask before replacing it.
The installer handles the local destination. Keep an existing organization-specific Tessitura skill intact rather than replacing it without review. Read the official skill setup guide.
Prefer a download?
Download the release ZIP and extract its tessitura folder into the skill location supported by your agent. For current Codex, a project can use .agents/skills/tessitura/; your personal skill folder is ~/.agents/skills/ (%USERPROFILE%\.agents\skills\ on Windows). See the repository README for setup details and optional Python helpers.
A useful first task
“Use the Tessitura skill to help me define a report for this question. Confirm the date basis, filters, and row meaning before running it, then explain how we’ll validate the export.”
Compatible agents can use the SKILL.md instructions and references. Each host has its own installation and desktop-control capabilities.
PURSUED BY A BEAR / ORGANIZATION-SPECIFIC CUSTOMIZATION
Your reports. Your definitions.
Your way of working.
The public skill is a reusable starting point. Pursued by a Bear can adapt it around your organization’s reports, business definitions, permissions, review checkpoints, and recurring workflows—and connect the results to useful dashboards or management tools. Private operational knowledge stays in your organization’s implementation.
Discuss customizationTessitura and Tessitura Network names identify the system this independent skill supports. The public package contains generic guidance and helpers, with no client records, private configurations, or credentials. The MIT license applies to the skill; it does not grant access to Tessitura software or services.