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Budget variance analysis and final cost forecast v1.0.0

Use this resource to analyze variances between budget and actual costs

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install budget-variance-analysis

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent compares actual costs to budget, identifies overruns, forecasts the final cost of the project and generates a variance report. You get an overview of overruns and their likely effect on the final cost.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md : variance calculation and final cost forecast in Python
  • instructions.md : variance report instructions

Good fit for

  • Overruns are discovered too late
  • You must justify every variance to the committee

Not for

    Tags

    • budget
    • variance
    • overrun
    • forecast

    About

    You say

    “Compare the budget and actuals for this package and forecast the final cost.”

    Card for the “Budget variance analysis and final cost forecast” skill

    Skill published by datadrivenconstruction under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to analyze variances between budget and actual costs
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • claw.json0.5 KB
    • instructions.md1.2 KB
    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.6 KB
    • SKILL.md15.6 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    datadrivenconstruction
    Source
    github.com/datadrivenconstruction/ddc_skills_for_ai_agents_in_construction/tree/410ed1e71e4a5c6fd231afd0c8d1e586a9f546e8/1_DDC_Toolkit/Cost-Management/budget-variance-analyzer
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « budget-variance-analyzer » (datadrivenconstruction, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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