building-versions-and-planning-cycles
Execution skill. Use when implementing versions, planning cycles, or actuals vs forecast separation, and whenever realized data is extended into a plan or budget — loading actuals then planning the remaining periods, forecasting forward from actuals, Actual/Budget/Plan layering, plan vs actual variance — even when the request never uses the word version. Covers Version Dimensions, Switchover patterns, Actual/Forecast layering, Native Scenarios, and Snapshots.
Install
With your agent
Install OMGSkills skill "gopigment/ai-plugins:skills/building-versions-and-planning-cycles" into this agent's normal skills directory: call the OMGSkills MCP get_install_plan tool for your agent and run the script it returns (it installs only the pinned commit and verifies SKILL.md), and stop if MCP or the pin is unavailable. Do not overwrite or change existing skills without asking me.
Manual command
git clone https://github.com/gopigment/ai-plugins /tmp/ai-plugins && ln -s /tmp/ai-plugins/skills/building-versions-and-planning-cycles ~/.claude/skills/building-versions-and-planning-cyclesFrom README
Building Versions and Planning Cycles Distinguish the Three Orthogonal Planning Features Pigment offers three independent mechanisms. Never conflate them: | Feature | Purpose | Mutability | | --- | --- | --- | | Version Dimension | Structural planning cycles (Budget, Forecast, Actual) integrated into metric structure and formulas | Live; editable until locked | | Native Scenarios | What-if branching with independent inputs and formula groups | Live; temporary alternative assumptions | | Snapshots | Point-in-time freeze of application data | Immutable once created | All three can coexist. A forecast Version can have Optimistic and Pessimistic Scenarios; a Snapshot can capture a closed cycle for audit.