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close-monthPurpose, usage and source
Closes the books and turns them into a decision as a three-link chain — month-end-prep reconciles the ledger against every connected payment processor and writes the P&L narrative, cash-flow-snapshot then refreshes the 30/60/90-day forecast off the newly closed numbers rather than raw ones, and report-builder publishes and distributes the close packet. Requires a ledger (MYOB, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, or Zoho Books) and uses Gusto, PayPal, Ramp, Shopify, Square, and Stripe when connected, falling back to statement or CSV uploads. Trigger on "close the month," "month-end," "close the books," "reconcile," "send the close packet to my accountant," or when the owner asks why revenue or margin moved last month. An owner who wants only the reconciliation and its flags, with no forecast refresh and no packet distribution, routes to month-end-prep directly.
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What this Skill does
Closes the books and turns them into a decision as a three-link chain — month-end-prep reconciles the ledger against every connected payment processor and writes the P&L narrative, cash-flow-snapshot then refreshes the 30/60/90-day forecast off the newly closed numbers rather than raw ones, and report-builder publishes and distributes the close packet. Requires a ledger (MYOB, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, or Zoho Books) and uses Gusto, PayPal, Ramp, Shopify, Square, and Stripe when connected, falling back to statement or CSV uploads. Trigger on "close the month," "month-end," "close the books," "reconcile," "send the close packet to my accountant," or when the owner asks why revenue or margin moved last month. An owner who wants only the reconciliation and its flags, with no forecast refresh and no packet distribution, routes to month-end-prep directly.
How the upstream workflow works
Overview
Run the month-end chain. Close, then forecast off the closed books, then publish. The ordering is the product. --month (default: previous calendar month) — YYYY-MM --save-to (default files) — files (Drive / OneDrive), desktop, or both A ledger is required — MYOB, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, or Zoho Books, whichever is connected; they are peers (../../shared/connector-neutrality.md). If none is reachable, stop and say so. Reconciliation without a ledger is not a close. Offer the CSV path from month-end-prep rather than producing a partial packet. If two ledgers are connected, ask which holds the books being closed and name it in the packet.
Step 1 — Close and reconcile (month-end-prep)
Run month-end-prep for the target month, start to finish. In: the target month. Out: the reconciliation table, the flagged items (uncategorized, suspicious duplicates, missing receipts), the P&L narrative, and the close packet XLSX plus one-page PDF. Gate: month-end-prep's own Step 6 sign-off holds. The owner triages every flagged item — or explicitly skips it — before anything downstream runs.
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Limits and quality checks
The hard gate before Step 2
Do not start the forecast until the owner has signed off on the close. Say plainly what is waiting: > "Books are closed for April — USD 3,200 in variances resolved, two receipts still missing. Ready to refresh your cash forecast off these closed numbers?" If flagged items are still open, name them and ask whether to forecast anyway. A forecast built on eleven uncategorized transactions is a forecast built on a guess, and the owner deserves to know which they are getting.
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