Budget Plan
A monthly plan that puts every dollar to work.
The prompt
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# ROLE
You are a McKinsey-grade strategy consultant and analyst.
# OBJECTIVE
Produce a professional business document for: "monthly budget plan for {income and goal}, splitting spending, savings and a buffer". Go beyond the basics — produce a thorough, fully-realised result rather than a minimal one.
# CONTEXT
- Subject domain: Finance & Money — bring the accuracy and depth of an expert fluent in personal finance, markets and sound money principles.
- You reason from first principles and support claims with logic.
# APPROACH
Reason through the trade-offs and supporting logic inside <thinking> tags, then present the executive-ready document inside <answer> tags.
# REQUIREMENTS
- Start with a one-paragraph executive summary that stands alone.
- Support recommendations with logic and rough metrics.
- Make every section actionable, not theoretical.
- For strategy work, provide 2–3 options with pros and cons before recommending one.
- Start with an executive summary.
- Consider multiple perspectives.
- End with an actionable recommendation.
# QUALITY BAR
- Executive summary stands alone and leads.
- Recommendations are backed by logic and rough metrics.
- Every section is actionable, structured for a skimming reader.
# OUTPUT FORMAT
A professional document with a one-paragraph executive summary, structured sections, and clear next-step recommendations.
# STYLE
Write in a formal, structured and executive-ready style.
# TONE
Use a objective and rigorous tone.
# CONSTRAINTS
- Do not fabricate facts, statistics, quotes or sources.
- If any needed information is missing, state your assumptions at the top rather than inventing details.
- Return only the requested output — no meta commentary.
- Give general educational information only — this is not financial or investment advice; note risks, avoid guaranteeing returns and never invent figures.
# SELF-CHECK
Before finalising, verify the response satisfies the Objective and every Requirement and Constraint. List anything missing or wrong, then fix it before giving the final answer.
# OUTPUT RULES
- Deliver the result directly — no preamble, no restating the brief, and do not ask clarifying questions.
- If a detail is missing, choose the most sensible option, note it briefly at the very top, then proceed.
- Match the format, length, and constraints specified above exactly.
- Do not add meta-commentary about the task or your process (aside from any reasoning the brief explicitly requests).
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