Turn a week of bank or CSV activity into a cash-position brief—opening/closing, inflow/outflow buckets, verified totals—without inventing runway or giving tax advice.

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Protocol

1. 1

   Step 1 of 5

   PII hygiene + week window (3–5 min).

   Define the week (e.g. Mon–Sun dates). From bank CSV or export: keep date, amount, direction (in/out), and coarse category if you have it. Drop or hash payee names, account numbers, SSNs, and memo fields with personal data when policy requires. Sample if huge. Distinct from the ask-my-data how-to (one ad-hoc question + checksum): this recipe’s output shape is always a weekly cash-position brief for the owner.

2. 2

   Step 2 of 5

   Profile, then brief—no “insights” freestyle.

   Paste the rules first. A number without a checksum is not done. Runway stays omitted unless you provided burn or obligations.

   Copy-paste prompt

   Copy prompt

   I need a WEEKLY CASH-POSITION BRIEF—not a general “ask my data” exploration.
   Hard rules:
   - Compute only from the data I paste. Do not invent balances, transfers, or categories.
   - Output exactly: Week range; Opening cash (only if I provide it); Inflows total + top buckets; Outflows total + top buckets; Net change; Closing cash (opening + net only if opening provided—else [NEED FACT]); 3 data-quality warnings; Checksum lines I can recompute in Sheets.
   - Runway / weeks-of-cash ONLY if I provide burn rate or near-term obligations—otherwise omit runway and say [MISSING burn/obligations].
   - Not bookkeeping, not tax advice, not a forecast.
   Confirm in one sentence, then wait for data.

3. 3

   Step 3 of 5

   Fill pack (step 3a) and generate (step 3b).

   Paste the redacted week, then send the generate command.

   Paste pack

   Copy fact pack

   WEEK START: [YYYY-MM-DD]
   WEEK END: [YYYY-MM-DD]
   OPENING CASH (if known): [amount or NEED FACT]
   BURN / OBLIGATIONS FOR RUNWAY (optional): [or OMIT]
   CATEGORY RULES I USE (optional): [e.g. payroll, rent, owner draw, revenue]
   CSV OR TRANSACTION LIST (redacted):
   [paste]

   After you send the filled pack, copy the Generate command in the next box and paste it into the SAME chat so the AI runs the decision tree / produces the output.

   Generate command — copy and send this next (same chat)

   Copy generate command

   Build the weekly cash-position brief now. Show aggregation logic. Mark [NEED FACT] / [MISSING]. No invented runway.

4. 4

   Step 4 of 5

   Verify totals (mandatory).

   Recompute inflow sum, outflow sum, and net in Sheets (SUMIF / filters). If chat ≠ sheet, trust the sheet and paste the mismatch back.

5. 5

   Step 5 of 5

   Second-model check (optional, 5 min).

   Write the owner takeaway yourself (e.g. “payroll cleared; receivables lag”). If you want a second-model pass:

   Second-model check

   Copy second-model check

   Here is a weekly cash-position brief from another assistant plus my checksum totals from Sheets.
   Find: (1) numbers that disagree with my checksums, (2) invented runway or forecasts, (3) categories I didn’t define, (4) residual PII in the brief.
   Return only corrections. Not tax advice.

When not to

• Not bookkeeping, audit, or tax advice—your accountant owns filings.
• Health/student/payment PII you may not upload—analyze locally under policy.
• Do not publish runway metrics when burn/obligations were not provided.
• Do not use this when you really need open-ended CSV Q&A—use the ask-my-data how-to instead.