forecast-and-alert

name	forecast-and-alert
description	Forecast spend and set anomaly thresholds so cost is managed, not a monthly surprise. Reach for this on a budget/anomaly question.

Skill: Forecast and alert

An anomaly alert catches a runaway resource in hours, not on the invoice (§3 #7).

Step 1 — Build the forecast

Trend the allocated spend forward; budget against the forecast (§3 #7).

Step 2 — Set the threshold

Alert on deviation from forecast, sized to catch a runaway early (§3 #7).

Step 3 — Route the alert

To the owning team via showback, so the alert reaches the spender (§3 #6).

Step 4 — Tune false positives

A threshold too tight is noise; calibrate to real anomalies.

Output

A spend forecast with an anomaly threshold routed to the owning team.