budget-forecast

budget-forecast is a command for coding agents from brainbytes-dev/everything-claude-finance. It costs 9 tokens per session (1,266 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A budgeting and forecasting tool for planning revenue, costs, hiring, investments, cash needs, and department spending. It can compare actual results with the plan and support annual, quarterly, rolling 12-month, and zero-based budgets.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts, new department plans, zero-based budgeting, board presentations, cash-flow forecasts, and consolidated plans across departments or entities.
Why use it?
It gives teams a structured way to record assumptions and see where real spending or revenue differs from the plan.

Command

Part of the everything-claude-finance plugin — 13 skills, 22 commands, 20 agents shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/brainbytes-dev/everything-claude-finance/budget-forecast
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brainbytes-dev/everything-claude-finance

Or install everything-claude-finance, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 13 skills, 22 commands, 20 agents.

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Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00009 $0.01266
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00633
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00253
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00127

Measured 4d ago against content hash 026445ec95ea, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

budget-forecast scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

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commands/budget-forecast.md · 115 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 115 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/budget-forecast — Budget and Forecast

What This Command Does

Creates structured budget plans and rolling forecasts with clear assumption documentation, departmental breakdowns, and variance tracking frameworks. Supports annual budgets, quarterly reforecasts, rolling 12-month forecasts, and zero-based budgeting approaches.

When to Use

  • Annual budget cycle preparation
  • Quarterly reforecast updates
  • New business unit budget creation
  • Zero-based budgeting exercises
  • Board-ready budget presentations
  • Cash flow forecasting for treasury

How It Works

  1. Revenue Planning: Top-down and bottom-up revenue build with segment detail
  2. Cost Budgeting: Fixed vs. variable cost separation, headcount planning, discretionary spend allocation
  3. Capital Budget: Capex planning with project-level detail and ROI thresholds
  4. Working Capital: Cash conversion cycle assumptions and seasonal patterns
  5. Consolidation: Roll-up across departments/entities with elimination entries
  6. Variance Framework: Sets up tracking structure for actual-vs-budget monitoring

Example Usage

Input:

/budget-forecast entity:"Marketing Department" type:annual period:FY2026 currency:USD

Output:

# Marketing Department — Annual Budget FY2026
## Entity: Global Marketing | Currency: USD thousands | Approved: Draft

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## Budget Summary
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| Category           | FY2025A | FY2026B | Δ %    | Commentary                   |
|--------------------|---------|---------|--------|------------------------------|
| Headcount (FTEs)   | 24      | 28      | +16.7% | 4 new hires (2 digital, 2 content) |
| Personnel costs    | 2,880   | 3,500   | +21.5% | Includes new hires + 4% raises |
| Program spend      | 1,800   | 2,100   | +16.7% | Shift to digital channels    |
| Technology/tools   | 350     | 420     | +20.0% | New marketing automation     |
| Travel & events    | 200     | 250     | +25.0% | 2 additional trade shows     |
| **Total Budget**   | **5,230** | **6,270** | **+19.9%** |                        |

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## Monthly Phasing
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| USD '000 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Q1   | Apr | May | Jun | Q2   | H1    |
|----------|-----|-----|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|------|-------|
| Personnel| 280 | 280 | 280 | 840  | 292 | 292 | 292 | 876  | 1,716 |
| Programs | 120 | 150 | 200 | 470  | 175 | 175 | 225 | 575  | 1,045 |
| Tech     | 35  | 35  | 35  | 105  | 35  | 35  | 35  | 105  | 210   |
| Travel   | 10  | 15  | 30  | 55   | 20  | 25  | 20  | 65   | 120   |
| **Total**| 445 | 480 | 545 |1,470 | 522 | 527 | 572 |1,621 | 3,091 |

[Assumption: New hires start April 1 — personnel ramps in Q2]
[Assumption: Trade show spend concentrated in Mar and Sep]

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## KPI Targets
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| KPI                    | FY2025A | FY2026B | Target Basis            |
|------------------------|---------|---------|-------------------------|
| CAC (Customer Acq.)    | $285    | $250    | Improve with automation  |
| Marketing % of revenue | 8.2%    | 7.8%    | Scale leverage           |
| MQL to SQL conversion  | 18%     | 22%     | Better targeting         |
| Pipeline contribution  | $32M    | $42M    | +31% aligned to rev plan |

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## Variance Tracking Template
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| Category    | Budget | Actual | Variance | Var % | Explanation |
|-------------|--------|--------|----------|-------|-------------|
| Personnel   | —      | —      | —        | —     |             |
| Programs    | —      | —      | —        | —     |             |
| Technology  | —      | —      | —        | —     |             |
| Travel      | —      | —      | —        | —     |             |
| **Total**   | —      | —      | —        | —     |             |

Threshold: Variances > 5% require written explanation.
Threshold: Variances > 10% require VP approval for corrective action.

Read the full file on GitHub · 115 lines

Changes

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Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 115 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 026445ec95ea

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budget-forecast is a command published in the GitHub repository brainbytes-dev/everything-claude-finance (5 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 1,266 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.