budget_vs_actuals SKILL.md skillA

budget_vs_actuals from snowflake-labs/coco-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add snowflake-labs/coco-skills/budget_vs_actuals@v1.2.0

Pins v1.2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
snowflake-labs/coco-skills
Path
plugins/finance-hydrator/skills/finance_hydrator/templates/strategic-finance/skills/budget_vs_actuals/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
v1.2.0, committed Nov 5, 2026
First version recorded
Nov 2, 2026
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25,960 bytes
Repository stars
48
License
none declared

Compare actuals to the plan/budget baseline for any P&L line, cost center, or business unit. The baseline is whichever plan version the organization has locked as its budget (a frozen budget table, or a designated version inside a versioned planning fact). Flags material variances automatically, generates written commentary for each flagged line, and supports monthly close and quarterly close workflows. Triggers: budget vs actuals, BvA, plan vs actuals, how did we do vs budget, variance to…

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What the file says

# Budget vs Actuals (Dehydrated)

## Intent

Compare actuals to **the plan baseline the organization treats as its budget**. This
skill flags every line where actuals deviate materially from that baseline, produces
written commentary for each flagged item, and presents the full detail table for
reference.

What counts as "the budget" depends on how the customer stores planning data — and the
two shapes are equally valid:
- **A frozen budget/plan table** (one fixed version per planning cycle; common when the
  budget is exported from a planning tool or a spreadsheet as a standalone table).
- **A designated version inside a versioned planning fact.** Most companies on a modern
  planning tool (Workday Adaptive, Anaplan, Pigment, Oracle EPM/Hyperion) store the
  locked annual plan *and* every rolling reforecast in the **same** fact table, separated
  by a version/scenario label (e.g. `FY26 Plan`, `AOP FY26 Locked`, `FY26 Q4 F2`). Here
  "the budget" is simply the version the company has blessed as the baseline.

This is the same underlying data contract `forecast_vs_forecast` uses (a versioned
planning fact + actuals). **The only difference is which versions you compare:**
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add snowflake-labs/coco-skills/budget_vs_actuals@sha256:8301500cc9ee5f0d

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Source

GitHub

snowflake-labs/coco-skills · 48 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6flciblwqgqfdsc5
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=snowflake-labs/coco-skills/budget_vs_actuals
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8301500cc9ee5f0de6d609a1ef01eb0c01ce1986ef3e08e0167a05c070b4217a

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