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Weekly Budget Alert Digest

Catch cost overruns and approvals before they escalate

The prompt
Review my emails from the last 7 days for any mention of budget, cost, spend, invoice, PO, approval, or overrun. For each relevant thread:
- Subject and sender
- What the financial issue or request is
- Amount mentioned (if any)
- Action required (approve, review, escalate, note)

Flag any amount above [your threshold — e.g. $10,000] at the top of the list.

How to use it

  1. 1Select Copy the prompt above.
  2. 2Paste it into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  3. 3Replace anything in brackets with your own detail, then send it.

Copilot gathers and drafts. You verify and decide. Check every figure, name and date against the system it came from before you act on it.

Written for

Finance Manager, Controller, Project Finance, CFO

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From the source collection in awesome-microsoft-copilot-prompts, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.