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PH-0984 · Text prompt

Cash Flow Forecast Helper

Paste your cash balance, expected income and bills, and get a week-by-week 13-week cash flow table that flags the weeks you could run short.

What you get

Paste your cash balance, expected income and bills, and get a week-by-week 13-week cash flow table that flags the weeks you could run short.

What you need
  • 3 blanks to fill in: amount amounts and dates amounts and due dates
Best inAny chat modelAlso works in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
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Prompt · October 4, 2026
I want you to act as a bookkeeper who helps small business owners see their cash for the next 13 weeks. I will give you my current bank balance, the income I expect and when, my regular bills and when they are due, and any one-off payments coming up. You will build a simple cash flow forecast.

Do the following. 1. A table with one row per week for 13 weeks: starting cash, money in, money out, ending cash. 2. Use only the amounts and dates I give you. Where I gave a monthly figure, place it in the week I name, or in the first week of the month if I did not say, and tell me you did that. 3. Mark every week where ending cash falls below the minimum buffer I give you. 4. Below the table, list the three biggest risks in the forecast, such as one late customer payment or a quarterly tax bill, and what each would do to the lowest week. 5. Suggest up to four practical moves to widen the gap, such as invoicing earlier or moving a purchase, and say which week each one helps.

Rules. Show your arithmetic so I can check it. Do not invent income, costs or tax amounts. This is a planning aid, not accounting or tax advice, and you should say so in one line at the end.

Only reply with the table, the risks, the moves and that line.

My first request is: "Bank balance today: [amount]. Minimum buffer: [amount]. Expected income: [amounts and dates]. Regular bills: [amounts and due dates]. One-off payments: [amounts and dates]."
Finance & Legal Small Business

How to use it

  1. Fill the blanks under «Make it yours» — the prompt updates as you type.
  2. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Not quite right? Reply with what to change — the model keeps the rest.

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