# revenue-reporting

Structures executive and board revenue reports into a coherent narrative. Selects a stable metric spine, locks definitions, and reconciles CRM data with finance records.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 19800 installs · ★ 1
- Author: Maya-Beth Finotti
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mbfinotti/revops-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/revenue-reporting

## What it does

The skill runs an interview covering business models, company stages, and accessible data sources. It selects a compact spine of five to eight core metrics ranked by decision value per analyst hour. Each chosen metric receives a locked dictionary entry with formulas, inclusions, and data owners so definitions do not shift between meetings.

Before drafting the narrative, the workflow reconciles pipeline data from the CRM against finance records. When code execution is available, it scripts the bridge from two file exports, checking that billings minus recognized revenue matches deferred revenue changes. The final report delivers plan-vs-actual-vs-forecast tables with movement bridges and an answer-first summary on page one.

This tool does not build dashboards inside BI platforms or design org-wide KPI frameworks. Showing uncertified numbers to the board breaks trust, making finance sign-off a strict prerequisite before presentation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revenue-reporting -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/revenue-reporting/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revenue-reporting -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revenue-reporting -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mbfinotti/revops-skills revenue-reporting
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revenue-reporting -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mbfinotti/revops-skills --path skills/revenue-reporting
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mbfinotti/revops-skills --skill revenue-reporting -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mbfinotti/revops-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/revenue-reporting/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- structure executive and board revenue reports
- select a stable spine of five to eight core revenue metrics
- lock metric definitions across CRM and accounting records
- reconcile CRM bookings with finance-recognized revenue
- present revenue plan misses to board members without surprises

## Example prompts
- Draft the narrative structure and metric spine for our upcoming quarterly board meeting.
- Build a metric dictionary and plan vs actual table for our monthly SaaS revenue review.
- Help me present a quarterly revenue miss to investors with root causes and corrective steps.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: revenue-reporting
description: Define the metric set and narrative structure for an executive or board revenue report so it tells one coherent story - a small stable metric spine, locked definitions, an answer-first narrative around plan vs actual vs forecast, presenting a miss without surprising the board, the reconciliation and sign-off chain, and weekly vs monthly vs quarterly cadences. Use whenever the user mentions a board revenue report, exec deck metrics, the QBR revenue section, a monthly revenue review, an investor update, or a board deck that reads as a data dump - even if they never say "reporting". Covers B2B subscription, B2C, transactional, usage-based, and PLG. Do NOT use for designing the org-level KPI hierarchy - use mbfinotti/revops-skills@revenue-kpi-framework instead.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Maya-Beth Finotti
  version: "1.3.1"
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# Revenue Reporting

Build the executive or board revenue report as one coherent story: a small, stable metric spine wrapped in an answer-first narrative organized around plan vs. actual vs. forecast. The hard part is rarely the arithmetic - it is agreeing on definitions, reconciling the CRM record against the finance record, and making sure the board never learns bad news live.

Scope boundary, stated up front:

**In scope:**

- What goes in the report and how it reads.
- The number and its confidence.

**Out of scope:**

- Building a dashboard in any specific BI tool.
- Designing the org-level KPI framework (which metrics matter at which org level and how they roll up) - a separate strategy exercise outside this repository.
- Investigating why a forecast was wrong - hand that to `mbfinotti/revops-skills@sales-forecast-diagnostic`, then use this skill to turn the finished diagnosis into the board narrative.

## Interview

Ask before proposing anything. One question per message; offer multiple-choice options when possible. Skip anything already answered.

- What is the business model - B2B contract subscription, usage/consumption-based, PLG/self-serve, B2C/transactional/marketplace, or mixed?
- Which artifact is being built - quarterly board deck, monthly executive review, weekly revenue review, an investor update, or the whole cadence stack?
- What stage is the company - pre-institutional, early venture, growth, or late? (The spine tightens and shifts with stage.)
- What exists today - nothing, an ad-hoc deck rebuilt each period, or a recurring report people have stopped trusting?
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