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Cost To Complete Review

Recomputes cost-to-complete from current actuals plus remaining scope plus overlay-derived escalation and contingency. Compares against prior CTC and the underwriting baseline. Identifies the driver (labor, material, scope, duration) and recommends remediation (re-estimate, scope trim, re-bid, contingency pull).

What this skill does

Cost To Complete Review is an A.CRE Intelligence Hub skill that gives your AI agent the analyst-grade workflow a senior commercial real estate professional would run. Recomputes cost-to-complete from current actuals plus remaining scope plus overlay-derived escalation and contingency. Compares against prior CTC and the underwriting baseline. Identifies the driver (labor, material, scope, duration) and recommends remediation (re-estimate, scope trim, re-bid, contingency pull). Recomputes cost-to-complete from current actuals plus remaining scope plus overlay-derived escalation and contingency. Compares against prior CTC and the underwriting baseline. Identifies the driver labor, material, scope, duration and recommends remediation re-estimate, scope trim, re-bid, contingency pull . Activate it inside ChatGPT, Claude, Manus, or OpenClaw by saying something like "Use the Cost To Complete Review skill" — the Hub routes the request to this skill and the underlying primary-source CRE data feeds backends automatically.

How you'll use it

"Use the Cost To Complete Review skill"

Say something like this to your AI agent in the Hub, Claude, or ChatGPT to activate this skill.

Skill activation rules

Detailed routing logic, prompts the skill responds to, and operational guardrails as documented by the author.

Recomputes cost-to-complete from current actuals plus remaining scope plus overlay-derived escalation and contingency. Compares against prior CTC and the underwriting baseline. Identifies the driver (labor, material, scope, duration) and recommends remediation (re-estimate, scope trim, re-bid, contingency pull).

What's inside

Cost-to-Complete Review

Workflow purpose

Build an accurate, transparent cost-to-complete at any point in the project. Trigger remediation when CTC deviates from plan.

Trigger conditions

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Cost-to-Complete Review

Workflow purpose

Build an accurate, transparent cost-to-complete at any point in the project. Trigger remediation when CTC deviates from plan.

Trigger conditions

  • Explicit: "run CTC", "cost-to-complete refresh", "pressure-test the remaining budget".
  • Implicit: workflows/draw_package_review finds CTC drift; workflows/change_order_review produces material cost delta; milestone slippage from schedule.
  • Recurring: monthly per active project; re-run when a CO is reviewed.

Inputs (required / optional)

Input Type Required Notes
Cost-to-date record required from draw or GL
Approved COs table required
Pending COs table required scenario view
Remaining scope table required assemblies, percent complete
Schedule update record required for duration-based escalation
Prior CTC record required for delta
Estimator baseline estimate required

Full instructions and any reference files ship in the .skill bundle.

Bundle structure
cost-to-complete-review/
└── SKILL.md              # Required: instructions + metadata

Who built it

With contributions from Avi Hacker.

How to run it

Not in the Hub? Download the .skill bundle above and follow the A.CRE skills install guide → to load it into Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any other agent that supports skills.

Already in the Hub. If you're an AI.Edge Pro or A.CRE Accelerator member, this skill is bundled into the A.CRE Intelligence Hub direct connector (MCP server) — just ask your agent.

About this skill

Third-Party skill. This skill is redistributed under the Apache-2.0 license and is not authored or endorsed by Adventures in CRE. Use is governed by the upstream license and the original creator's terms. Original attribution: Mario Urquia (link) and contributors (Avi Hacker).