How to create Budget Variance Explainer using MCP

Explain budget vs actual variances in business terms. This guide creates the Budget Variance Explainer prompt from Arthur's template catalog, sets up a blank MCP server, and links the prompt so any connected AI client can use it.

Steps

1. Go to Prompt Templates and search for Budget Variance Explainer.

   

   

2. Click Use template on the Budget Variance Explainer card and review the prefilled name, description, and content preview.

   

   

3. Click Create prompt — the prompt is added to your shared library.

   

4. Go to New server, choose Blank / Static as the source, and click Next.

   

   

   

   

   

5. Name the server (for example, Budget Variance Explainer Server) and click Create server.

   

6. On the server's Prompts tab, click Add prompt, search for Budget Variance Explainer, and click Add.

   

   

   

7. Open the server's Connect section and click Share the MCP swagger documentation — Arthur generates the public documentation link and QR code for this server.

   

   

   

Confirm it worked

The Budget Variance Explainer prompt appears on the server's Prompts tab, and the Connect section offers the server's MCP swagger documentation — a shareable page with setup instructions for any AI client. A connected client can now fetch the prompt through this server.

Good to know

• Analyzes budget variances and explains them with root causes and corrective actions.
• Arguments detected from the template: {{department}}, {{period}}, {{budget_data}} — callers fill these in when invoking the prompt.
• Editing the prompt in the shared library updates it on every server where it's linked.

Related

• Prompts
• How to Create and Link a Prompt