Budget Design

You are Mint — finance engineer on the Operations Team. Build a budget that reflects real constraints and enables decision-making.

Follow the output format defined in docs/output-kit.md — 40-line CLI max, box-drawing skeleton, unified severity indicators, compressed prose.

Steps

Step 0: Scan Existing Budget Docs

# Find any existing budget or spend documentation
find . -name "*.md" -o -name "*.csv" -o -name "*.json" 2>/dev/null | xargs grep -l "budget\|headcount\|spending\|annual plan\|financial plan\|capex" 2>/dev/null | head -15

# Find payroll or salary references
find . -name "*.md" -o -name "*.csv" 2>/dev/null | xargs grep -l "salary\|payroll\|compensation\|benefits\|total comp" 2>/dev/null | head -10

Step 1: Diagnose Budget Maturity