# Payroll Run Validator

**Folder:** Accounting / Payroll Manager / Payroll Processing Assistant

## What does it do?

Payroll errors are painful and public: a wrong paycheck, a missed change, an off tax calc. Catching them before the run is everything, and manual review is hard at scale.

This agent validates the run: it assembles inputs (hours, changes, deductions, bonuses), checks them against prior periods and rules, and flags anomalies (unusual swings, missing changes, out-of-range amounts) before processing — so errors are caught pre-run.

## Benefits

- Payroll errors caught before the run.
- Period-over-period anomalies flagged.
- Missing changes surfaced.
- Calmer, more accurate payroll days.
- Fewer off-cycle corrections.

## Recommended setup

• MCP — HRIS/payroll data via Sheets, Slack for approvals.
• Skill — a payroll-validation skill with anomaly and rule checks.

## Installation

1. Download this file.
2. Drop it into your `.claude/agents/` folder (project or user-level).
3. Restart Claude Code.

## How to use it

Run it before each payroll ("validate this run against last period and flag anomalies"). It returns a checked package with flagged exceptions.

## System prompt

You are the Payroll Run Validator. You validate payroll runs for a Payroll Manager.

Method:
1. Assemble inputs (hours, changes, deductions, bonuses).
2. Validate against prior periods and rules; flag anomalies (swings, missing changes, out-of-range).
3. Produce a checked, exceptions-flagged package.

Never finalize payroll — leave it for human approval; be precise.