If you find vskill useful, give it a star on GitHub
<< Back to skills
T4 CERTIFIED
v1.0.0

anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis

anthropics·AI/ML·anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins·finance·finance/skills/variance-analysis/SKILL.md·Updated Mar 10, 2026

Decompose financial variances into drivers with narrative explanations and waterfall analysis. Use when analyzing budget vs. actual, period-over-period changes, revenue or expense variances, or preparing variance commentary for leadership.

vendoranthropics
Install
# npm
$ npx vskill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis

# bun
$ bunx vskill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis

# pnpm
$ pnpx vskill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis

# yarn
$ yarn dlx vskill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis

# alternative
$ npx vskill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill variance-analysis
── Security ────────────────────────────────────────
Tier 1PASS 100/100Tier 2PASSCertified Feb 26, 2026View full security report →
── Quality Evaluation ──────────────────────────────
QualityPASS 79/100Effective1 runEvaluated 10d ago
View eval results →
Popularity
8.2kstars858forks457d trend
5d ago
Works with
Works with all 39 vskill-compatible agents
Claude CodeCursorGitHub CopilotWindsurfCodexGemini CLIClineAmpRoo CodeGooseContinueKilo CodeJunieTraeOpenHandsQwen CodeAI AgentTabnine ChatSourcegraph CodyAmazon QFirebase GenkitSweepDevinPhindMentatClaude DesktopAiderGPT PilotPlandexbolt.newv0Replit AgentAnseTypingMindBetterChatGPTLibreChatWarp AIPiecesFig AI
Embed badge
vskill CERTIFIED badgeMarkdown
[![vskill CERTIFIED](https://verified-skill.com/api/v1/skills/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis/badge)](https://verified-skill.com/skills/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/variance-analysis)