Planning Financial Analysis

Planning Financial Analysis

When to use this skill

• When the user asks for a financial analysis plan before conclusions.
• When a thesis requires clear scope, data sources, and validation order.
• When multiple analysis modules must be sequenced (filings, normalization, valuation, macro).

Workflow

1. Plan

• Clarify objective: screening, deep-dive, thesis validation, or monitoring.
• Define scope: company universe, period, geography, and output format.
• Define required modules and sequence.

2. Validate

• Confirm data availability and freshness constraints.
• Confirm assumptions and decision criteria.
• Confirm what "done" means for this request.

3. Execute

• Produce a step-by-step plan with explicit deliverables.
• Include validation checkpoints and stop conditions.
• Assign confidence gates before final recommendation.

Instructions

• Do not jump to valuation before data quality checks.
• Separate analysis tasks from judgment tasks.
• Keep each step atomic and auditable.
• Prefer this module order unless user overrides:
  • filings extraction
  • statement normalization
  • business quality assessment
  • valuation
  • macro regime overlay
  • long-term policy fit

Planning checklist

• Objective and scope documented
• Data sources and time window documented
• Module sequence documented
• Validation gates documented
• Final output contract documented

Output template

## Financial Analysis Plan

### Objective
- <objective>

### Scope
- Company/Universe: <...>
- Period: <...>
- Geography: <...>

### Execution Steps
1. <step> -> Deliverable: <...>
2. <step> -> Deliverable: <...>

### Validation Gates
- Gate 1: <criteria>
- Gate 2: <criteria>

### Final Output Contract
- Required sections: <...>

Error handling

• If scope is ambiguous, stop and request scope lock before analysis.
• If key data source is unavailable, provide fallback plan and confidence downgrade.
• If objective conflicts with constraints, present two feasible alternatives.

Resources

• parsing-sec-filings
• normalizing-financial-statements
• valuing-company
• analyzing-macro-regime