budget-pacing

# Budget Pacing > PREREQUISITE: Read `../_mureo-shared/SKILL.md` for auth, security rules, output format, and **Tool Selection** (Read/Write on Code, `mureo_strategy_*` / `mureo_state_*` MCP on Desktop / Cowork). Track month-to-date spend against the monthly budget target, project the month-end landing, and raise pace alerts so the month neither blows the budget nor leaves it unspent. **This is trajectory management, not allocation.** If the question is *"how should I split budget across campaigns?"* that is `/budget-rebalance`. This skill answers *"at this rate, where does total spend land, and how do I steer it onto the target?"* — cross-reference `/budget-rebalance` when the fix is reallocation rather than a total-spend nudge. ## Prerequisites - STRATEGY.md and STATE.json must exist (run the `onboard` skill first) ## Steps **Before you start**: Run the **Diagnostic preamble** from ../_mureo-shared/SKILL.md — load learning insights (mureo_learning_insights_get) and consult advisors (mureo_consult_advisor) before drawing conclusions. 1. **Load context**: Read STRATEGY.md (Operation Mode, `## Guardrails`, any `## Custom: Monthly Budget` section, Goal sections) and STATE.json. 2. **Discover platforms**: Identify all configured platforms from STATE.json `platforms`. Also include any **hosted official-MCP connector** present in the session (e.g. TikTok, key `tiktok_ads`) and `mcp__mureo__<plugin>_*` plugin platforms — drive each via its own tools, best-effort; see `../_m...