Wilma Skill

Overview

Wilma is the Finnish school information system used by schools and municipalities to share messages, news, exams, schedules, homework, and other student-related updates with parents/guardians.

Use the wilma / wilmai CLI in non-interactive mode to retrieve Wilma data for AI agents. Prefer --json outputs and avoid interactive prompts.

Quick start

Install

npm i -g @wilm-ai/wilma-cli

Ensure the user has run the interactive CLI once to create ~/.config/wilmai/config.json.
Use non-interactive commands with --json.

Core tasks

Daily briefing (start here)

wilma summary --student <id|name> --json
wilma summary --all-students --json

Returns today's and tomorrow's schedule, upcoming exams, recent homework, recent news, and recent messages in one call. This is the best starting point for any parent-facing summary.

Schedule

wilma schedule list --when today --student <id|name> --json
wilma schedule list --when tomorrow --student <id|name> --json
wilma schedule list --when week --student <id|name> --json
wilma schedule list --date 2026-03-10 --student <id|name> --json
wilma schedule list --weekday thu --student <id|name> --json

--weekday also accepts Finnish short forms: ma, ti, ke, to, pe, la, su. Use --date or --weekday, not both.

Homework

wilma homework list --student <id|name> --json

Upcoming exams

wilma exams list --student <id|name> --json

Exam grades

wilma grades list --student <id|name> --json

Attendance / lesson notes (merkinnät)

wilma attendance list --student <id|name> --json
wilma attendance list --date 2026-03-10 --student <id|name> --json
wilma attendance list --all-students --json

Returns Wilma's per-lesson notes ("merkinnät") for a single day: positive feedback, behavioral remarks, missing materials, and absence categorizations (medical, explained, unexplained). Defaults to today if --date is omitted; teachers usually fill notes during or after class, so for a morning agent run prefer --date <yesterday>.

Each note has start/end times derived from Wilma's hour-grid headers — accurate to the lesson hour, with 45-minute period assumed. subject is the Wilma course code (e.g. MA_8LV = math, 8th grade), and typeLabel is the human-readable Finnish reason or remark.

List students

wilma kids list --json

News and messages

wilma news list --student <id|name> --json
wilma news read <id> --student <id|name> --json
wilma messages list --student <id|name> --folder inbox --json
wilma messages read <id> --student <id|name> --json

Fetch data for all students

All list commands support --all-students:

wilma summary --all-students --json
wilma homework list --all-students --json
wilma exams list --all-students --json

You can also pass a name fragment for --student (fuzzy match).

MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication)

If the Wilma account has MFA/TOTP enabled:

Interactive setup (recommended): Run wilma interactively. When MFA is detected, choose "Save TOTP secret for automatic login" and paste your TOTP secret or otpauth:// URI. Future logins will auto-authenticate.

Non-interactive (one-off): Pass the TOTP secret directly:

wilma schedule list --totp-secret <base32-key> --student "Stella" --json
wilma schedule list --totp-secret 'otpauth://totp/...' --student "Stella" --json

If the TOTP secret has been saved via interactive setup, --totp-secret is not needed — the CLI auto-authenticates from the stored config.

Notes

If no --student is provided, the CLI uses the last selected student from ~/.config/wilmai/config.json (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wilmai/config.json).
If multiple students exist and no default is set, the CLI will print a helpful error with the list of students.
When the account has multiple students, --student is required for read commands.
If auth expires or the CLI says no saved profile, re-run wilma interactively or use wilma config clear to reset.
Run wilma update to update the CLI to the latest version.

Actionability guidance (for parents)

Wilma contains a mix of urgent items and general info. When summarizing for parents, prioritize actionable items:

Include items that:

Require action or preparation (forms, replies, permissions, materials to bring).
Announce a deadline or time-specific requirement.
Describe a schedule deviation or noteworthy event (trips, themed days, school closures, exams).
Mention homework, exams, or upcoming deadlines.

De-prioritize items that:

Are purely informational with no action, deadline, or schedule impact.
Are generic announcements unrelated to the target period.

When in doubt, include and let the parent decide. Prefer a short, structured summary with dates and IDs.

Scripts

Use scripts/wilma-cli.sh for a stable wrapper around the CLI.

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