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New skills added: - teaching-lesson-plan: structured lesson plans for any subject/audience/setting - seo-content-brief: complete SEO briefs with intent, competitor gaps, and outline - media-pitch: story-first journalist pitches with angle development framework - change-management-plan: stakeholder analysis, comms strategy, adoption metrics - workshop-facilitation-guide: activity instructions, decision protocols, facilitator moves - sales-forecasting-model: pipeline model, scenario analysis, assumption log - tax-planning-checklist: year-end tax planning across income, pension, CGT, reliefs Quality improvements across all 93 existing skills: - Standardised description format: "Verb the thing. Use when X. Produces Y." - Added Required Inputs section to all skills missing it (prompts for missing info) - Added Quality Checks section to all skills missing it (specific, not generic) - Fixed broken multiline YAML descriptions - Removed non-standard frontmatter keys (tool_integration, metadata blocks) README updated to v6.0.0 with 100-skill count, new skill tables, and article series Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| financial-model-narrative | Turn financial model outputs into a clear written narrative. Use when asked to write a financial narrative, explain a financial model, summarise a P&L, or translate spreadsheet numbers into a board-ready story. Produces an executive narrative with key insights, drivers, and forward-looking commentary. |
Financial Model Narrative Skill
Turns financial model outputs into a clear, structured written narrative suitable for board packs, investor updates, or management reporting.
Required Inputs
- Financial data (paste key figures: revenue, costs, margins, EBITDA, cash)
- Period covered (month / quarter / annual / multi-year)
- Audience (board / investors / management / bank / internal)
- Key message (what is the headline story?)
- Actuals vs budget / prior period? (comparison context)
Output Structure
1. Headline Summary
3-5 sentences. The financial story in plain English. Lead with the most important insight — not "revenue was X" but what that figure means.
2. Revenue
- Performance vs prior period / budget
- Key drivers: what caused the movement
- Risks or opportunities in the revenue line
3. Costs and Margins
- Gross margin: % and trend
- Key cost movements and why
- EBITDA performance and drivers
- One-off items clearly flagged
4. Cash and Balance Sheet
- Cash position and movement
- Runway (for startups)
- Key working capital movements
5. Variance Analysis
For each significant variance:
[Line item] — Over/Under by [amount]
- Cause: [Plain English explanation]
- Permanent or temporary? One-time / Structural
- Action being taken: [If applicable]
6. Forward-Looking Commentary
- Expected next period
- Key risks to forecast
- Key opportunities
- Any reforecast or guidance change
Writing Rules
- Never just restate a number — always explain what it means
- Flag variances over 10% automatically
- Use past tense for actuals, conditional for forecast
- One insight per paragraph
Quality Checks
- Headline summary leads with meaning, not just the number
- Every significant variance has a cause, permanence, and action
- Forward-looking commentary includes specific risks and opportunities
- Audience-appropriate language (board vs investor vs management)
- One-off items clearly distinguished from recurring items
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Write a financial narrative for these results: [paste numbers]"
- "Turn this P&L into a board narrative"
- "Write the finance section of our board pack"
- "Explain these financial results in plain English"