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Finance

Budget vs Actual Pulse

Compare actual spending with a compatible budget.

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Morning Brief

Build a prioritized brief for today from the caller's calendar, messages, documents and project records, using Keep MCP. Read only.

1. Read today's calendar events, open assigned tasks, direct requests since the last brief and unresolved commitments.
2. Separate active incidents, decisions waiting on the caller, external deadlines and routine work. Check for replies before calling an item outstanding. Rank by consequence and time remaining.
3. Fit proposed actions around fixed meetings and flag conflicting commitments.

Result: a dated brief with urgent changes, commitments, meeting preparation and a feasible next-action list, each tied to its source.

When to use it

Compare actual spending with a compatible budget.

What it covers

Inputs

Entity/departments, period, budget version, currency and accounting basis.

Result

Budget/actual/variance table, largest supported drivers and mapping or coverage exceptions.

What it uses

Finance recordsCalendarEmailDocumentsSlackKeep memoryRead only
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Retrieval instructions

Resolve people, accounts and projects by stable identifiers. Use only the sources this task needs. Cite the source and date for each finding. Keep source systems unchanged.

Data sources

QuickBooks, Google Workspace, Slack, Keep memory.

Procedure

  1. Call keep_status and report freshness for: QuickBooks, Google Workspace, Slack, Keep memory. If a required connector for Budget vs Actual Pulse is disconnected or stale, say so up front.
  2. Before treating empty finance results as 'no invoices', distinguish no access (QuickBooks/finance ACL) from no matches. Never invent balances.
  3. Resolve inputs for Budget vs Actual Pulse: account, vendor, entity, time_window. Default time window: open AR/AP and current close period (override if caller provides time_window). Ask only for missing critical inputs.

Related skills

Finance →
Card Spend Oddities→Find expense transactions requiring review under actual policy.Cash Position Glance→Reconcile available cash at a defined cutoff.CFO Operating Brief→Prepare a finance operating brief. Uses time window, entity, department, account.