variance-commentary Skill
Write flux commentary for every P&L and balance-sheet line over threshold — current vs prior period and vs budget, with the driver explained from underlying activity. Use for the month-end close package and management reporting. Published by anthropics in financial-services.
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Deployment, Writing, Includes SKILL.md, Reusable instructions
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What is variance-commentary Skill?
Write flux commentary for every P&L and balance-sheet line over threshold — current vs prior period and vs budget, with the driver explained from underlying activity. Use for the month-end close package and management reporting. Published by anthropics in financial-services. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement. See how SkillIndex evaluates profiles.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Deployment
- Writing
- Deployment use cases
- Writing use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: plugins/agent-plugins/month-end-closer/skills/variance-commentary/SKILL.md
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use variance-commentary Skill
- Use it for deployment.
- Use it for writing.
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Editorial notes
Source
- Creator: anthropics
- Repository: anthropics/financial-services
- Skill file: plugins/agent-plugins/month-end-closer/skills/variance-commentary/SKILL.md
What it does
Write flux commentary for every P&L and balance-sheet line over threshold — current vs prior period and vs budget, with the driver explained from underlying activity. Use for the month-end close package and management reporting.
Skill instructions
Variance commentary Given current-period actuals, prior-period actuals, and budget for the same scope, produce a commentary table. Threshold Flag a line for commentary if either is true: - Absolute variance ≥ the firm's materiality threshold (use the provided value; default 5% of the line or a fixed floor, whichever is greater) - The line is on the "always comment" list (revenue, headcount cost, cash) For each flagged line | Column | Content | |---|---| | Line | Account or caption | | Current / Prior / Budget | The three values | | Δ vs prior and Δ vs budget | Amount and % | | Driver | One sentence explaining the movement from underlying activity — not a restatement of the number | A driver explains why, not what: "Cloud spend up $1.2M on incremental GPU reservations for the May launch" — not "Cloud spend increased $1.2M (18%)." Sourcing the driver Look at the activity behind the line (journal-source breakdown, vendor mix, headcount delta, volume × rate) via the internal-gl MCP. If the
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Frequently asked questions
What is variance-commentary?
variance-commentary is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Write flux commentary for every P&L and balance-sheet line over threshold — current vs prior period and vs budget, with the driver explained from underlying activity.
Who is variance-commentary best for?
variance-commentary is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, deployment workflows, writing workflows.
How do I install variance-commentary?
Install or run variance-commentary using Copy skill directory. Check variance-commentary for the latest setup command.
Is variance-commentary actively maintained?
variance-commentary may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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Review this source-backed profile, send a correction with evidence, or link to it from your documentation. Claims verify your relationship to the project; profile facts still require source evidence and editorial review.
