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All close activities should be reviewed by qualified financial professionals.\n\nMonth-end close checklist, task sequencing and dependencies, status tracking, and common close activities organized by day.\n\n## Month-End Close Checklist\n\n### Pre-Close (Last 2-3 Business Days of the Month)\n\n- [ ] Send close calendar and deadline reminders to all contributors\n- [ ] Confirm cut-off procedures with AP, AR, payroll, and treasury\n- [ ] Verify all sub-systems are processing normally (ERP, payroll, banking)\n- [ ] Complete preliminary bank reconciliation (all but last-day activity)\n- [ ] Review open purchase orders for potential accrual needs\n- [ ] Confirm payroll processing schedule aligns with close timeline\n- [ ] Collect information for any known unusual transactions\n\n### Close Day 1 (T+1: First Business Day After Month-End)\n\n- [ ] Confirm all sub-ledger modules have completed period-end processing\n- [ ] Run AP accruals for goods\u002Fservices received but not invoiced\n- [ ] Post payroll entries and payroll accrual (if pay period straddles month-end)\n- [ ] Record cash receipts and disbursements through month-end\n- [ ] Post intercompany transactions and confirm with counterparties\n- [ ] Complete bank reconciliation with final bank statement\n- [ ] Run fixed asset depreciation\n- [ ] Post prepaid expense amortization\n\n### Close Day 2 (T+2)\n\n- [ ] Complete revenue recognition entries and deferred revenue adjustments\n- [ ] Post all remaining accrual journal entries\n- [ ] Complete AR subledger reconciliation\n- [ ] Complete AP subledger reconciliation\n- [ ] Record inventory adjustments (if applicable)\n- [ ] Post FX revaluation entries for foreign currency balances\n- [ ] Begin balance sheet account reconciliations\n\n### Close Day 3 (T+3)\n\n- [ ] Complete all balance sheet reconciliations\n- [ ] Post any adjusting journal entries identified during reconciliation\n- [ ] Complete intercompany reconciliation and elimination entries\n- [ ] Run preliminary trial balance and income statement\n- [ ] Perform preliminary flux analysis on income statement\n- [ ] Investigate and resolve material variances\n\n### Close Day 4 (T+4)\n\n- [ ] Post tax provision entries (income tax, sales tax, property tax)\n- [ ] Complete equity roll-forward (stock compensation, treasury stock)\n- [ ] Finalize all journal entries — soft close\n- [ ] Generate draft financial statements (P&L, BS, CF)\n- [ ] Perform detailed flux analysis and prepare variance explanations\n- [ ] Management review of financial statements and key metrics\n\n### Close Day 5 (T+5)\n\n- [ ] Post any final adjustments from management review\n- [ ] Finalize financial statements — hard close\n- [ ] Lock the period in the ERP\u002FGL system\n- [ ] Distribute financial reporting package to stakeholders\n- [ ] Update forecasts\u002Fprojections based on actual results\n- [ ] Conduct close retrospective — identify process improvements\n\n## Task Sequencing and Dependencies\n\n### Dependency Map\n\nTasks are organized by what must complete before the next task can begin:\n\n```\nLEVEL 1 (No dependencies — can start immediately at T+1):\n├── Cash receipts\u002Fdisbursements recording\n├── Bank statement retrieval\n├── Payroll processing\u002Faccrual\n├── Fixed asset depreciation run\n├── Prepaid amortization\n├── AP accrual preparation\n└── Intercompany transaction posting\n\nLEVEL 2 (Depends on Level 1 completion):\n├── Bank reconciliation (needs: cash entries + bank statement)\n├── Revenue recognition (needs: billing\u002Fdelivery data finalized)\n├── AR subledger reconciliation (needs: all revenue\u002Fcash entries)\n├── AP subledger reconciliation (needs: all AP entries\u002Faccruals)\n├── FX revaluation (needs: all foreign currency entries posted)\n└── Remaining accrual JEs (needs: review of all source data)\n\nLEVEL 3 (Depends on Level 2 completion):\n├── All balance sheet reconciliations (needs: all JEs posted)\n├── Intercompany reconciliation (needs: both sides posted)\n├── Adjusting entries from reconciliations\n└── Preliminary trial balance\n\nLEVEL 4 (Depends on Level 3 completion):\n├── Tax provision (needs: pre-tax income finalized)\n├── Equity roll-forward\n├── Consolidation and eliminations\n├── Draft financial statements\n└── Preliminary flux analysis\n\nLEVEL 5 (Depends on Level 4 completion):\n├── Management review\n├── Final adjustments\n├── Hard close \u002F period lock\n├── Financial reporting package\n└── Forecast updates\n```\n\n### Critical Path\n\nThe critical path determines the minimum close duration. 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Trigger with \"research [company]\", \"look up [person]\", \"intel on [prospect]\", \"who is [name] at [company]\", or \"tell me about [company]\".",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1406,1409,1412],{"name":1407,"slug":1408,"type":16},"CRM","crm",{"name":1410,"slug":1411,"type":16},"Research","research",{"name":1413,"slug":1414,"type":16},"Sales","sales","2026-04-06T17:56:41.410418",{"slug":1417,"name":1417,"fn":1418,"description":1419,"org":1420,"tags":1421,"stars":26,"repoUrl":27,"updatedAt":1431},"analyze","answer data questions and run analyses","Answer data questions -- from quick lookups to full analyses. Use when looking up a single metric, investigating what's driving a trend or drop, comparing segments over time, or preparing a formal data report for stakeholders.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1422,1425,1428],{"name":1423,"slug":1424,"type":16},"Analytics","analytics",{"name":1426,"slug":1427,"type":16},"Data Analysis","data-analysis",{"name":1429,"slug":1430,"type":16},"SQL","sql","2026-04-06T17:57:21.593647",{"slug":1433,"name":1433,"fn":1434,"description":1435,"org":1436,"tags":1437,"stars":26,"repoUrl":27,"updatedAt":1449},"architecture","create and evaluate architecture decision records","Create or evaluate an architecture decision record (ADR). Use when choosing between technologies (e.g., Kafka vs SQS), documenting a design decision with trade-offs and consequences, reviewing a system design proposal, or designing a new component from requirements and constraints.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1438,1441,1443,1446],{"name":1439,"slug":1440,"type":16},"ADR","adr",{"name":1442,"slug":1433,"type":16},"Architecture",{"name":1444,"slug":1445,"type":16},"Documentation","documentation",{"name":1447,"slug":1448,"type":16},"Engineering","engineering","2026-04-06T17:57:49.26444",{"slug":1451,"name":1451,"fn":1452,"description":1453,"org":1454,"tags":1455,"stars":26,"repoUrl":27,"updatedAt":1466},"audit-support","support SOX 404 control testing","Support SOX 404 compliance with control testing methodology, sample selection, and documentation standards. Use when generating testing workpapers, selecting audit samples, classifying control deficiencies, or preparing for internal or external audits.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1456,1459,1460,1463],{"name":1457,"slug":1458,"type":16},"Audit","audit",{"name":18,"slug":19,"type":16},{"name":1461,"slug":1462,"type":16},"Regulatory Compliance","regulatory-compliance",{"name":1464,"slug":1465,"type":16},"SOX","sox","2026-04-06T17:57:36.714815",{"slug":1468,"name":1468,"fn":1469,"description":1470,"org":1471,"tags":1472,"stars":26,"repoUrl":27,"updatedAt":1482},"brand-review","review content against brand voice","Review content against your brand voice, style guide, and messaging pillars, flagging deviations by severity with specific before\u002Fafter fixes. Use when checking a draft before it ships, when auditing copy for voice consistency and terminology, or when screening for unsubstantiated claims, missing disclaimers, and other legal flags.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1473,1476,1479],{"name":1474,"slug":1475,"type":16},"Branding","branding",{"name":1477,"slug":1478,"type":16},"Marketing","marketing",{"name":1480,"slug":1481,"type":16},"Writing","writing","2026-04-06T17:58:19.548331",{"slug":1484,"name":1484,"fn":1485,"description":1486,"org":1487,"tags":1488,"stars":26,"repoUrl":27,"updatedAt":1497},"brand-voice-enforcement","enforce brand voice in content","This skill applies brand guidelines to content creation. It should be used when the user asks to \"write an email\", \"draft a proposal\", \"create a pitch deck\", \"write a LinkedIn post\", \"draft a presentation\", \"write a Slack message\", \"draft sales content\", or any content creation request where brand voice should be applied. Also triggers on \"on-brand\", \"brand voice\", \"enforce voice\", \"apply brand guidelines\", \"brand-aligned content\", \"write in our voice\", \"use our brand tone\", \"make this sound like us\", \"rewrite this in our tone\", or \"this doesn't sound on-brand\". Not for generating guidelines from scratch (use guideline-generation) or discovering brand materials (use discover-brand).\n",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1489,1490,1493,1496],{"name":1474,"slug":1475,"type":16},{"name":1491,"slug":1492,"type":16},"Communications","communications",{"name":1494,"slug":1495,"type":16},"Content Creation","content-creation",{"name":1480,"slug":1481,"type":16},"2026-04-06T18:00:23.528956",200,{"items":1500,"total":1677},[1501,1520,1532,1544,1563,1574,1595,1615,1625,1640,1648,1661],{"slug":1502,"name":1502,"fn":1503,"description":1504,"org":1505,"tags":1506,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1519},"algorithmic-art","create algorithmic art with p5.js","Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1507,1510,1511,1514],{"name":1508,"slug":1509,"type":16},"Creative","creative",{"name":1394,"slug":1395,"type":16},{"name":1512,"slug":1513,"type":16},"Generative Art","generative-art",{"name":1515,"slug":1516,"type":16},"JavaScript","javascript",161831,"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fanthropics\u002Fskills","2026-04-06T17:56:15.455818",{"slug":1521,"name":1521,"fn":1522,"description":1523,"org":1524,"tags":1525,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1531},"brand-guidelines","apply Anthropic brand colors and typography","Applies Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to any sort of artifact that may benefit from having Anthropic's look-and-feel. Use it when brand colors or style guidelines, visual formatting, or company design standards apply.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1526,1527,1528],{"name":1474,"slug":1475,"type":16},{"name":1394,"slug":1395,"type":16},{"name":1529,"slug":1530,"type":16},"Typography","typography","2026-04-06T17:56:05.042852",{"slug":1533,"name":1533,"fn":1534,"description":1535,"org":1536,"tags":1537,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1543},"canvas-design","create posters and visual art as PNG or PDF","Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1538,1539,1540],{"name":1508,"slug":1509,"type":16},{"name":1394,"slug":1395,"type":16},{"name":1541,"slug":1542,"type":16},"PDF","pdf","2026-04-06T17:56:03.794732",{"slug":1545,"name":1545,"fn":1546,"description":1547,"org":1548,"tags":1549,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1562},"claude-api","build apps with the Claude API","Reference for the Claude API \u002F Anthropic SDK — model ids, pricing, params, streaming, tool use, MCP, agents, caching, token counting, model migration.\nTRIGGER — read BEFORE opening the target file; don't skip because it \"looks like a one-liner\" — whenever: the prompt names Claude\u002FAnthropic in any form (Claude, Anthropic, Fable, Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, `anthropic`, `@anthropic-ai`, `claude-*`, `us.anthropic.*`, `[1m]`); the user asks about an LLM (pricing\u002Fmodel choice\u002Flimits\u002Fcaching) — never answer from memory; OR the task is LLM-shaped with provider unstated (agent\u002FMCP\u002Ftool-definition\u002Fmulti-agent\u002FRAG\u002FLLM-judge\u002Fcomputer-use; generate\u002Fsummarize\u002Fextract\u002Fclassify\u002Frewrite\u002Fconverse over NL; debugging refusals\u002Fcutoffs\u002Fstreaming\u002Ftool-calls\u002Ftokens).\nSKIP only when another provider is being worked on (overrides all triggers): OpenAI\u002FGPT\u002FGemini\u002FLlama\u002FMistral\u002FCohere\u002FOllama named in the query; OR `grep -rE 'openai|langchain_openai|google.generativeai|genai|mistralai|cohere|ollama'` over the project hits (run this grep FIRST if no provider named — don't Read the file).",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1550,1553,1554,1557,1559],{"name":1551,"slug":1552,"type":16},"Agents","agents",{"name":9,"slug":8,"type":16},{"name":1555,"slug":1556,"type":16},"Anthropic SDK","anthropic-sdk",{"name":1558,"slug":1545,"type":16},"Claude API",{"name":1560,"slug":1561,"type":16},"LLM","llm","2026-07-28T05:36:08.213335",{"slug":1564,"name":1564,"fn":1565,"description":1566,"org":1567,"tags":1568,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1573},"doc-coauthoring","co-author documentation and technical specs","Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1569,1570],{"name":1444,"slug":1445,"type":16},{"name":1571,"slug":1572,"type":16},"Technical Writing","technical-writing","2026-04-06T17:56:14.18897",{"slug":1575,"name":1575,"fn":1576,"description":1577,"org":1578,"tags":1579,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1594},"docx","create and edit Word documents","Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', '.dotx', or requests to produce professional documents with formatting like tables of contents, headings, page numbers, or letterheads. Also use when extracting or reorganizing content from .docx or .dotx files, inserting or replacing images in documents, performing find-and-replace in Word files, working with tracked changes or comments, or converting content into a polished Word document. If the user asks for a 'report', 'memo', 'letter', 'template', or similar deliverable as a Word or .docx file, use this skill. Do NOT use for PDFs, spreadsheets, Google Docs, or general coding tasks unrelated to document generation.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1580,1583,1585,1588,1591],{"name":1581,"slug":1582,"type":16},"Documents","documents",{"name":1584,"slug":1575,"type":16},"DOCX",{"name":1586,"slug":1587,"type":16},"Office","office",{"name":1589,"slug":1590,"type":16},"Templates","templates",{"name":1592,"slug":1593,"type":16},"Word","word","2026-07-18T05:16:23.136271",{"slug":1596,"name":1596,"fn":1597,"description":1598,"org":1599,"tags":1600,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1614},"frontend-design","design production-grade frontend interfaces","Guidance for distinctive, intentional visual design when building new UI or reshaping an existing one. Helps with aesthetic direction, typography, and making choices that don't read as templated defaults.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1601,1602,1605,1608,1611],{"name":1394,"slug":1395,"type":16},{"name":1603,"slug":1604,"type":16},"Frontend","frontend",{"name":1606,"slug":1607,"type":16},"React","react",{"name":1609,"slug":1610,"type":16},"Tailwind CSS","tailwind-css",{"name":1612,"slug":1613,"type":16},"UI Components","ui-components","2026-04-06T17:56:16.723469",{"slug":1616,"name":1616,"fn":1617,"description":1618,"org":1619,"tags":1620,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1624},"internal-comms","write internal company communications","A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.).",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1621,1622,1623],{"name":1491,"slug":1492,"type":16},{"name":1589,"slug":1590,"type":16},{"name":1480,"slug":1481,"type":16},"2026-04-06T17:56:20.695522",{"slug":1626,"name":1626,"fn":1627,"description":1628,"org":1629,"tags":1630,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1639},"mcp-builder","build MCP servers","Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node\u002FTypeScript (MCP SDK).",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1631,1632,1635,1636],{"name":1551,"slug":1552,"type":16},{"name":1633,"slug":1634,"type":16},"API Development","api-development",{"name":1560,"slug":1561,"type":16},{"name":1637,"slug":1638,"type":16},"MCP","mcp","2026-04-06T17:56:10.357665",{"slug":1542,"name":1542,"fn":1641,"description":1642,"org":1643,"tags":1644,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1647},"read edit and manipulate PDF files","Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text\u002Ftables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating new PDFs, filling PDF forms, encrypting\u002Fdecrypting PDFs, extracting images, and OCR on scanned PDFs to make them searchable. If the user mentions a .pdf file or asks to produce one, use this skill.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1645,1646],{"name":1581,"slug":1582,"type":16},{"name":1541,"slug":1542,"type":16},"2026-04-06T17:56:02.483316",{"slug":1649,"name":1649,"fn":1650,"description":1651,"org":1652,"tags":1653,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1660},"pptx","create and edit PowerPoint presentations","Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or extracting text from any .pptx or .potx file (even if the extracted content will be used elsewhere, like in an email or summary); editing, modifying, or updating existing presentations; combining or splitting slide files; working with templates (.potx), layouts, speaker notes, or comments. Trigger whenever the user mentions \"deck,\" \"slides,\" \"presentation,\" or references a .pptx or .potx filename, regardless of what they plan to do with the content afterward. If a .pptx or .potx file needs to be opened, created, or touched, use this skill.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1654,1657],{"name":1655,"slug":1656,"type":16},"PowerPoint","powerpoint",{"name":1658,"slug":1659,"type":16},"Presentations","presentations","2026-07-18T05:16:24.1471",{"slug":1662,"name":1662,"fn":1663,"description":1664,"org":1665,"tags":1666,"stars":1517,"repoUrl":1518,"updatedAt":1676},"skill-creator","create and optimize agent skills","Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance. Use when users want to create a skill from scratch, edit, or optimize an existing skill, run evals to test a skill, benchmark skill performance with variance analysis, or optimize a skill's description for better triggering accuracy.",{"slug":8,"name":9,"logoUrl":10,"githubOrg":11},[1667,1668,1669,1672,1675],{"name":1551,"slug":1552,"type":16},{"name":1444,"slug":1445,"type":16},{"name":1670,"slug":1671,"type":16},"Evals","evals",{"name":1673,"slug":1674,"type":16},"Performance","performance",{"name":1571,"slug":1572,"type":16},"2026-04-19T06:45:40.804",490]