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Budget Variance Agent for Town

The $19 Budget Variance Agent runs on Town as three plain-text files: set it up once in Town, approve a sample-data test, then trigger each run with the usage prompt and this run's inputs.

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What the Budget Variance Agent does

Town already runs your inbox and calendar - this agent becomes one more job it owns. It maintains your approved budget sheet and explains budget-to-actual variance with the source row linked: account, budget, actual, variance, source, explanation.

Explaining variances means hunting through the ledger for what moved, then writing the same overspend paragraph for the fifth month running.

Where the three files go in Town

Share the three files with Town and ask it to keep skill.md as the standing rules for the job, then run the setup prompt and approve the fictional-data test. Town's email and calendar focus pairs well with agents whose output is a draft, a schedule or a follow-up queue.

What a run looks like on Town

A run looks like this: you ask Town to run budget-variance with this run's inputs, and it works through the standing rules you gave it. The output - it maintains your approved budget sheet and explains budget-to-actual variance with the source row linked: account, budget, actual, variance, source, explanation - is prepared for your review alongside the rest of your delegated work.

Setup, step by step

  1. Share skill.md, setup-prompt.txt and usage-prompt.txt with Town and ask it to keep the skill as the standing rules for the job (for example: budget variance).
  2. Run the setup prompt; the agent runs budget-variance on fictional sample data first - approve that test before real work.
  3. Town's inbox-and-calendar focus pairs best with agents whose output is a draft, a schedule or a follow-up queue.
  4. Trigger each real run with one message and this run's inputs.

Honest limits on Town

Town is inbox-and-calendar centric and its feature set is young; confirm its current file and memory handling in Town's own documentation before a big setup.

Questions people ask

Does the Budget Variance Agent work on Town?

Yes - the agent is three plain-text files, and on Town they live in Town. The four setup steps below are the whole job: Share skill.md, setup-prompt.txt and usage-prompt.txt with Town and ask it to keep the skill as the standing rules for the job (for example: budget variance). Then run the setup prompt; the agent runs budget-variance on fictional sample data first - approve that test before real work.

What does the Budget Variance Agent produce on Town?

It maintains your approved budget sheet and explains budget-to-actual variance with the source row linked: account, budget, actual, variance, source, explanation.. Town prepares it as part of your delegated queue; you approve before use. Every run waits for your approval before anything is sent, spent, published or scheduled.

Is this affiliated with Town?

No. AI Agent Skills is an independent store. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Town or its makers. Platform names belong to their owners; capabilities change, so check Town's current documentation.

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