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| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
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| Fable 5.1 | $0.00137 | $0.02573 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00068 | $0.01287 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00027 | $0.00515 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00014 | $0.00257 |
Grade A, and why
cash-over-profit 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 12d ago.
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How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 175 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Cash Over Profit（现金流比利润更重要）
R — 原文 (Reading)
"Paying attention to how every decision affects cash flow as you would to revenue and profitability."
— Verne Harnish, Scaling Up, 第12章 The Cash
I — 方法论骨架 (Interpretation)
Scaling Up的核心财务原则：利润是会计概念，现金流是企业命脉。
Harnish将"增长吃现金"（Growth Sucks Cash）定位为"创业引力的第一定律"——增长越快，现金消耗越多。这是因为：
- 收入增长需要先行投入（人员、设备、库存、应收账款）
- 会计准则允许将某些支出资本化，但现金流出是实打实的
- 客户付款往往在提供服务之后（账期），而员工工资必须当月发放
为什么现金流比利润更重要？
企业因为现金流断裂而死亡的比例远高于因为利润为负而死亡的比例。
| 维度 | 利润 | 现金流 |
|---|---|---|
| 本质 | 会计核算结果 | 实际可用资金 |
| 时效 | 滞后（按月/季度出账） | 实时 |
| 可操控性 | 可通过会计政策调节 | 难以作假 |
| 企业死亡原因 | 低利润→慢性失血 | 现金流断裂→猝死 |
实操原则：
- 决策时同时评估"利润影响"和"现金流影响"
- 关注"经营现金流"而非仅"净利润"
- 建立现金缓冲（至少覆盖3-6个月固定成本）
A1 — 书中的应用 (Past Application)
案例 1: 某电商公司的"盈利假象"
- 问题: 公司年报显示净利润率8%，但CEO总觉得手头紧张，找不到原因
- 方法论的使用: 分析现金流量表发现：
- 应收账款周转天数从45天增至90天（客户账期延长）
- 库存周转天数从30天增至60天（爆款SKU备货增加）
- 表面盈利是因为收入确认时点早，但现金回笼大幅延迟
- 结论: 利润是正的但经营现金流是负的，高速增长掩盖了现金危机
- 结果: 建立现金转换周期监控仪表盘，CEO开始每周审视DSO和库存周转
案例 2: 某连锁餐饮的"翻台率陷阱"
- 问题: 门店每月盈利，但总部账上的现金持续减少，加盟商分成拖欠
- 方法论的使用: 诊断发现：
- 直营门店营收确认和现金到账有时间差（信用卡结算T+3，团购券核销滞后）
- 加盟商账期长达60天
- 扩张新店需要预付租金和设备款，但新店收入需要爬坡期
- 结论: 快速扩张中的餐饮连锁，现金流管理比单店利润更重要
- 结果: 引入"单店现金回收周期"指标，暂停新店扩张直到现有门店现金回收周期缩短至9个月以内
案例 3: 某SaaS公司的"ARR增长陷阱"
- 问题: ARR（年度经常性收入）翻倍增长，但经营现金流持续为负，融资越来越难
- 方法论的使用: 分析发现：
- 客户账期从年付改为月付（销售为完成合同额让步）
- 研发团队扩张速度远超收入增长
- 销售佣金在签约时全额发放，但客户付款按月
- 结论: ARR增长是收入指标，但现金流入是月付节奏，整体现金流在恶化
- 结果: 调整销售策略（鼓励年付+给予折扣），同时将研发团队增速控制在收入增速的60%
A2 — 触发场景 (Future Trigger) ★
用户会在什么情境下需要这个 skill?
- 公司"盈利"但现金流紧张 — 财务报告显示利润为正，但发工资、付供应商时捉襟见肘
- 高速扩张期对资金耗尽感到焦虑 — 业务快速增长但融资窗口不确定，想知道扩张的边界在哪里
- 大客户签约后账期拉长 — 签了大客户合同但付款要180天，现金流突然紧张
- 供应链账期谈判失误 — 给了客户更长账期但供应商端没有相应拉长，资金三角债出现
- 准备融资但不确定公司估值 — 投资人在看现金流而非利润，但创始团队不知道如何解释
语言信号 (用户的话里出现这些就应激活)
- "我们明明盈利为什么还是缺钱"
- "增长太快是不是有问题"
- "怎么判断该不该扩张"
- "账期管理怎么做"
- "账上有钱为什么还融不到资"
- "合同签了但钱什么时候到账"
与相邻 skill 的区分
- 与
growth-sucks-cash的区别:growth-sucks-cash强调"增长是现金消耗的第一来源"，本skill强调"现金流管理优先于利润管理"。两者是同一原则的两面，但growth-sucks-cash更强调增长侧，本skill更强调决策侧。 - 与
data-driven-decisions的区别:data-driven-decisions泛指数据驱动决策，本skill专指财务决策中"现金流优先于利润"的框架。两者是包含关系，本skill是财务决策专项框架。
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
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.
- 12d ago First seen · 175 lines · 137 tokens per session scan A aacb14dfa791
cash-over-profit is a skill published in the GitHub repository ace3000chao/book2startup (80 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 137 tokens to every session and 2,573 once invoked, about $0.0007 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 2026-08-30.
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