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name: emergency-fund-target-calculator
description: "How big should the safety net be, really? Use when the user wants help with Emergency Fund Target Calculator. Related topics: Finance, Planning, Lifestyle."
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# Emergency Fund Target Calculator

How big should the safety net be, really?

## 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

- **Essential monthly spending** (free text, e.g. "Rent")
- **Income stability** (choose one: Salaried and secure, Salaried but shaky, Freelance, Between jobs)
- **Saved so far** (free text, e.g. "A number")

## Prompt template

Work out how much I need in an emergency fund and how long it will take me.

- Essential monthly spending: {{Essential monthly spending}}
- Income stability: {{Income stability}}
- Saved so far: {{Saved so far}}

Give me a target and explain why that number rather than the usual three-to-six-months line. Then a first milestone small enough that I might actually reach it this quarter.

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Source: [Emergency Fund Target Calculator on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/fq75tRktm32bw1ylgPo5/emergency-fund-target-calculator)