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name: al-079-pre-payroll-missing-data-check
description: "Catch missing or odd pay data before you run payroll, an idea Workday is building into its payroll agent. Use when the user wants help with payroll (hr & people) for a small business."
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# Pre-payroll missing data check

Catch missing or odd pay data before you run payroll, an idea Workday is building into its payroll agent.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- Your own material (text, notes or data)

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

Here's this pay period's payroll data: [paste or attach]. Here's last period's for comparison: [paste]. Flag anyone with missing hours, rates, bank details, or tax info, plus any pay that changed by more than [X]% from last time. Put it in a table with a suggested question to ask for each.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Remove names, contact details, account numbers and other personal data the task doesn't need before you paste, and check your AI tool's data and training settings.
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini (with data analysis), Gusto, Workday
- Based on this real-world example: https://newsroom.workday.com/2026-10-13-Workday-Launches-Autopilot-Agents-That-Get-Real-Work-Done-Across-HR,-Finance,-and-IT
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-079-pre-payroll-missing-data-check/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/