| name | financial-model |
| description | Build or review a structured financial forecast, budget, scenario model, unit-economics model, pricing model, or cash plan. Use when the deliverable is a model with linked assumptions and outputs; use financial-analyst for interpreting existing performance. |
Financial models
Create an auditable chain from assumptions to outputs.
- Confirm decision, horizon, granularity, currency, accounting conventions, scenarios, and required outputs.
- Separate assumptions, calculations, and presentation.
- Model operational drivers before financial totals.
- Link revenue, costs, headcount, working capital, capex, financing, cash flow, and balance-sheet effects as relevant.
- Add base/upside/downside scenarios and sensitivities around uncertain drivers.
- Include checks for balance, sign, units, period alignment, circularity, and cash reconciliation.
- Document sources and highlight assumptions requiring owner approval.
Never hide hard-coded values inside formulas or present forecasts as facts. Verify workbook formulas and representative outputs after generation.
Read detailed-guide.md for model structures, formulas, scenario patterns, spreadsheet layout, and QA checks.
