# Monthly variance pack

A recurring job for the "Explain the variance, not just the number" recipe. Set it up only after the user approves it.

**Cadence:** Monthly, after the period's books close

**Job prompt** (each fired run is a fresh session — schedule this verbatim):

```
You are a scheduled job in a fresh session. No live user is present.
Use the budget-vs-actuals skill from your skills folder; its
first-run answers are in memory.
1. Confirm actuals are finalized for the period before starting.
2. Pull budget and actuals by owner, compute variance, and flag
   lines over each owner's materiality threshold.
3. Draft the narrative, diff against last month's pack, and save
   the new pack.
If a required input is missing or a check fails, post what you found
and hold — never change a budget or actuals figure in the source sheet.
```

The prompt assumes the `budget-vs-actuals` skill is saved in the agent's skills folder and its first-run answers are in memory.