Does it track approvals?

Yes, the workflow includes a mandatory approval phase that documents sign-offs from department heads, finance, executives, and the board with a full audit trail.

What budgeting methodologies does this skill support?

The skill supports Incremental, Zero-Based (ZBB), Driver-Based, Top-Down, and Bottom-Up budgeting approaches, allowing you to choose the best fit for your organizational needs.

Can this skill handle departmental budget consolidation?

Yes, it includes a specific consolidation phase designed to aggregate departmental line items, handle intercompany eliminations, and verify total completeness.

How does it ensure budget accuracy?

It enforces mandatory assumption documentation, mathematical accuracy checks, and reasonableness tests (such as YoY change analysis) to ensure all figures are justified and consistent.

What is 'Pressure Resistance' in this context?

Pressure Resistance is a safeguard that provides standardized agent responses to maintain financial integrity when stakeholders request unrealistic shortcuts, such as 'making the numbers work' or skipping reviews.

Budget Creation Workflow

Name: Budget Creation Workflow
Author: LerianStudio

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Productivity & Workflow

Facilitates end-to-end financial budgeting and forecasting through a structured 6-phase workflow ensuring accuracy and accountability.

About

The Budget Creation Skill provides a rigorous, automated framework for developing annual operating budgets, departmental forecasts, and rolling financial plans within Claude Code. By enforcing mandatory assumption documentation and pressure resistance patterns, it helps teams avoid common pitfalls like arbitrary adjustments or unverified historical projections. The skill guides the agent through planning, line-item building with specialized sub-agents, and multi-level approval tracking to deliver a complete audit trail with version control, ensuring every financial figure is justified and documented.

Key Features

Standardized 6-phase workflow from planning to final documentation
Automated consolidation with built-in reasonableness and variance tests
Support for multiple methodologies including Zero-Based, Incremental, and Driver-Based budgeting
17 GitHub stars
Mandatory assumption documentation with rationale and sensitivity tracking
Pressure resistance protocols to maintain financial integrity against unrealistic constraints

Use Cases

Creating rolling monthly forecasts to adjust for real-world performance shifts
Performing comprehensive budget-to-actual variance analysis with documented approval trails
Developing a zero-based annual operating budget for a startup or corporation

About

Key Features

Standardized 6-phase workflow from planning to final documentation
Automated consolidation with built-in reasonableness and variance tests
Support for multiple methodologies including Zero-Based, Incremental, and Driver-Based budgeting
17 GitHub stars
Mandatory assumption documentation with rationale and sensitivity tracking
Pressure resistance protocols to maintain financial integrity against unrealistic constraints

Use Cases

Creating rolling monthly forecasts to adjust for real-world performance shifts
Performing comprehensive budget-to-actual variance analysis with documented approval trails
Developing a zero-based annual operating budget for a startup or corporation