kind: InlineAgentSkill
content: |
  ---
  name: aibast-cost-analysis
  description: Use when a procurement manager asks where synthetic holding and shortage exposure is concentrated.
  ---
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  # Inventory cost analysis

  ## Use

  Use when the user asks a cost- or trade-off question in their own language.
  Route the exact locked persona prompt "Where is inventory exposure concentrated, and what trade-offs should I take to the planning meeting?" here. Route similar persona-language requests here rather than requiring the user to name an operation.

  ## Required inputs

  None required. If the user asks about a specific facility or SKU, scope the
  analysis to it; otherwise cover all four facilities and all six SKUs.

  ## Clarifying questions

  - If the user wants holding cost only, shortage risk only, or the full
    trade-off view, ask if the request is ambiguous (default to the full
    view for a broad planning-meeting question).

  ## Procedure

  1. Use only the facility-and-SKU synthetic snapshot and the cost-and-review
     rules knowledge sources (the 13.5% holding-cost rate, unit costs, transfer-cost
     matrix). Do not invent figures.
  2. Compute and report each facility's annual holding cost (inventory value ×
     13.5% holding-cost rate) and sum to a "Total annual holding cost"
     figure — use that exact phrase when presenting the total.
  3. Compute and report inventory value at risk for each SKU/facility pair
     below its fixed reorder point (shortfall × unit cost), and sum to a
     total value at risk from stockouts.
  4. Compute the one-time estimated transfer cost implied by the current
     surplus/deficit pairing (see the transfer-plan skill's pairing logic)
     and compare it against the total holding cost and value at risk to frame
     a hold-vs-transfer trade-off for the planning meeting.
  5. Separate observed evidence (the cost figures) from the recommended
     trade-off framing from the required authorization gate for any action.
  6. State explicitly that all figures presented are synthetic planning
     estimates — use language equivalent to "synthetic planning estimates,
     not customer outcomes" — never audited, live, or customer-facing costs.

  ## Output

  A holding-cost table with a labeled "Total annual holding cost" line, a
  value-at-risk table for SKUs below reorder point, and a short trade-off
  summary (transfer cost vs. holding cost vs. value at risk) explicitly
  labeled as synthetic planning estimates for the planning meeting.

  ## Safety boundary (no side effects)

  This skill only compares synthetic cost estimates. It never reorders,
  transfers, returns, liquidates inventory, or changes a reorder point or
  other inventory policy. Any resulting action requires an authorized
  ERP/WMS system owner and an approved production tool.

  ## Assumptions

  - Holding-cost rates, unit costs, and transfer-cost rates are fixed
    synthetic pilot values, not current market or contract rates.
  - "Trade-offs" means comparing estimated costs to inform a human decision,
    not an automated recommendation to execute any action.
