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

   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 csv-ask-my-data-analysis (one ad-hoc question + checksum): this recipe’s output shape is always a weekly cash-position brief for the owner.

2. 2

   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

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   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

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

   Paste the redacted week, then send the generate command.

   Paste pack

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   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)

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

4. 4

   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

   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

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   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 csv-ask-my-data-analysis instead.