Move cash (JNLC) and securities (JNLS) BETWEEN accounts inside your own Alpaca omnibus via the Broker API — single, batch, and reverse-batch journals, the Idempotency-Key header, journal status lifecycle including corrections, and the firm/sweep-account pattern that powers instant funding and share rewards. Use for internal account-to-account movement in any language. For deposits/withdrawals to EXTERNAL banks, use funding-transfers instead.
How to install journals?
alpacahq/alpaca-skills/journals
$npx -y skills add alpacahq/alpaca-skills --skill journalsInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-skills" --skill "alpacahq/alpaca-skills/journals"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-skills" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-skills"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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