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# Tutorial: Paycheck cash flow

> Track recurring expenses and debts against a real pay calendar, with forecasts and an optional daily briefing.

# Tutorial: Paycheck cash flow

Outcome: money is planned against your real pay cycle (not a blank monthly budget). Recurring expenses, debts, and a forecast sit in one app; optional daily briefing keeps you honest. Personal or household; the same pattern works for any period-based cash plan.

## What you will assemble

| Piece       | Role in the app                                             |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| Roles       | `owner` (solo) or `owner` + `viewer`                        |
| Data        | Pay schedule, accounts, expenses, debts, purchases          |
| Forms       | Add expense; add debt; configure salary / pay dates         |
| Pages       | Dashboard; expenses; debts; paycheck forecast; purchases    |
| Tools       | Manage expense/debt, compute next pay dates, forecast month |
| Automations | Optional morning briefing of upcoming bills and balances    |
| Background  | Optional receipt scan / import so chat stays responsive     |

## Step 1 | Prompt in Build mode

> Build a paycheck cash flow app for a semi-monthly pay schedule (15th and last business day, skipping weekends and holidays). Track recurring expenses and debts with installment plans mapped to specific paychecks. Show a forecast for the current pay period and the full month. Let me log one-off purchases. I am the only user for now.

Approve when pay dates are computed (not hard-coded strings) and installments link to those dates.

## Step 2 | Schedule and recurring obligations

**Configure salary / pay calendar → add recurring expenses → add a debt with a repayment plan**

Open the forecast page and confirm the next two paychecks show the right deductions.

## Step 3 | Purchases and optional receipts

Add a simple purchase log. If you want receipt photos, ask Build for a background parse tool and verify under **Executions**.

## Step 4 | Daily briefing (optional)

Schedule a morning automation that summarizes: next pay date, bills due before then, and debt installments due this period. Keep it idempotent. Confirm the run in **Executions**.

## Step 5 | Access and launch

If a partner should view but not edit, add a `viewer` role and **Preview as** both roles. Then follow [Launch checklist](/getting-started/launch-checklist).

## Related

* [Scheduled automations](/logic/scheduled-automations)
* [Background tasks](/logic/background-tasks)
* [Controlling credits](/account/controlling-credits)
* [Launch checklist](/getting-started/launch-checklist)