Value Waterfall

Decompose value creation or destruction through waterfall analysis. Use for understanding value drivers and financial analysis.

Security Scan

This is an instruction-only, template-style skill for producing value-waterfall analyses; its requirements and instructions are consistent with that purpose and it does not request extra privileges or credentials.

Purpose & Capability

Name and description match the content of SKILL.md (a waterfall analysis template). The skill requests no binaries, credentials, or config paths — consistent with a purely instructional/formatting capability.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md is a self-contained template and prompt for producing waterfall analyses. It does not instruct the agent to read files, call external endpoints, or access environment variables. It is somewhat generic (uses $ARGUMENTS) and does not mandate data validation or provenance, so the agent could generate numbers if the user doesn't supply data — verify inputs and outputs when using it.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no code files — lowest-risk pattern for skills. Nothing will be written to disk or executed beyond the agent's normal response generation.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are requested, which is proportionate for a formatting/analysis template.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and default autonomous invocation is allowed (normal). The skill does not request persistent privileges or modify other skills or system settings.

Scan Findings in Context

[no-code-files] expected: The regex scanner had no code to analyze because this is an instruction-only skill. That is expected for a template-style helper.

Assessment

This skill is essentially a template for producing waterfall analyses and does not request secrets or install anything — generally safe to install. Before using it, supply accurate baseline and component numbers (or ask the tool to operate only on user-provided data), verify the arithmetic and assumptions in its outputs, and avoid pasting sensitive credentials or protected financial documents into prompts unless you trust the agent environment. If you plan to connect this to external systems or automate calculations, use a separate, purpose-built integration that explicitly requests only the needed API keys.

Metadata

• Name: value-waterfall
• Description: Sources of value creation/destruction analysis
• Triggers: value waterfall, value creation, value bridge, financial decomposition

Instructions

Analyze sources of value creation or destruction for $ARGUMENTS using waterfall methodology.

Framework

The Waterfall Structure

Starting Value
     │
     ├── + Revenue Growth ($10M)
     │
     ├── + Margin Improvement ($5M)
     │
     ├── - Investment Costs ($3M)
     │
     └── Ending Value
     
     Total Change: +$12M

Output

## Value Waterfall: [Subject]

### Value Bridge

| Component | Impact | Running Total |
|-----------|--------|---------------|
| **Starting Value** | - | $100M |
| Revenue Growth | +$15M | $115M |
| Price Increase | +$5M | $120M |
| Cost Reduction | +$8M | $128M |
| Investment | -$6M | $122M |
| One-time Charges | -$2M | $120M |
| **Ending Value** | - | $120M |
| **Total Change** | **+$20M** | **+20%** |

### Visualization

$130M ┤ ╭──────── │ ╭────╯ $120M ┤ ╭────╯ Ending │ │ Value $110M ┤╭───╯ ││ Running $100M ┤│ Total ││ $ 90M ┤│ └──────────────────────── Start Rev Price Cost Inv Charge End

### Key Drivers

**Value Creators:**
1. Revenue Growth (+$15M) - [Explanation]
2. Cost Reduction (+$8M) - [Explanation]
3. Price Increase (+$5M) - [Explanation]

**Value Destroyers:**
1. Investment (-$6M) - [Explanation]
2. One-time Charges (-$2M) - [Explanation]

### Insights

- **Largest creator**: Revenue growth (75% of positive impact)
- **Largest destroyer**: Investment (30% of negative impact)
- **Net value created**: +$20M (20% improvement)

### Strategic Implications

1. [Implication 1]
2. [Implication 2]

Tips

• Start with clear baseline
• Group related items
• Show running totals
• Quantify each component
• Focus on material items