Cash Flow Triage
Core Workflow
- Identify period, business model, cash balance context, receivables, payables, payroll, debt, taxes, and near-term obligations from supplied data.
- Separate confirmed figures, missing figures, assumptions, and urgent unknowns.
- Categorize actions by collect, defer, reduce, renegotiate, increase, finance, or pause.
- Identify tradeoffs, owner approvals, stakeholder impacts, and risks.
- Provide a short cash risk summary and immediate action list.
- Flag professional review needs for tax, accounting, debt, employment, legal, or financing decisions.
Safety Rules
- This is business analysis support only, not legal, tax, accounting, investment, lending, or financial advice.
- Do not invent balances, obligations, forecasts, creditor terms, or tax requirements.
- Do not recommend nonpayment, layoffs, debt, tax actions, or financing moves without professional review.
Deliverable Shape
For cash-flow triage, provide:
- Cash context and period
- Confirmed figures and missing data
- Near-term cash risks
- Action options by category
- Tradeoffs and review needs
- Immediate owner action list
References
- Read
references/cash-flow-triage-checklist.mdwhen preparing cash triage, cash risk summaries, receivables/payables reviews, or owner cash action lists.