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name: personal-budget-planner
description: "Create a structured monthly budget based on your income and goals. Use when the user wants help with Personal Budget Planner. Related topics: finance, lifestyle, planning."
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# Personal Budget Planner

Create a structured monthly budget based on your income and goals.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Monthly Net Income** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Primary Financial Goal** (choose one: Save for a house, Pay off debt, Build emergency fund, Invest more)
- **Fixed Monthly Expenses (Rent, utilities, etc)** (longer free text)
- **Preferred Budgeting Method** (choose one: 50/30/20 Rule, Zero-Based Budget, Envelope System, Pay Yourself First)
- **Areas you want to cut back on** (choose any: Dining out, Subscriptions, Shopping, Travel)
- **Include an emergency fund allocation?** (choose one: Yes, No)

## Prompt template

## Introduction
Organize your finances with a custom budget plan.

## Financial Snapshot
- Monthly Net Income: {{Monthly Net Income}}
- Primary Financial Goal: {{Primary Financial Goal}}
- Fixed Monthly Expenses (Rent, utilities, etc): {{Fixed Monthly Expenses (Rent, utilities, etc)}}

## Budgeting Preferences
- Preferred Budgeting Method: {{Preferred Budgeting Method}}
- Areas you want to cut back on: {{Areas you want to cut back on}}
- Include an emergency fund allocation? {{Include an emergency fund allocation?}}

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**Goal**: Generate a detailed monthly budget breakdown and actionable tips to reach the financial goal.

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Source: [Personal Budget Planner on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/OpVxzcGZJOcXKQulG7fB/personal-budget-planner)