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title: "Root-cause a break - Air Market"
description: "A reconciliation has thrown up a break and you need to know where it came from. This follows the audit trail from the break row back to the originating entry on each side, then states what differs an…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/break-trace"
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[Air Market](/) / [Finance](/category/finance) / Root-cause a break

Skill by [Anthropic](/@anthropics)

# Root-cause a break

Follow a reconciliation break back to the entry that caused it

## What this does

A reconciliation has thrown up a break and you need to know where it came from. This follows the audit trail from the break row back to the originating entry on each side, then states what differs and why. It picks up after the break has already been classified.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Trace a break back to its source transaction
- Follow the audit trail on both sides of a break
- Say what differs between the two sides and why

## Information

**Root-cause a break at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Anthropic](/@anthropics) |
| Category | [Finance](/category/finance) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 2 KB |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository | [anthropics/financial-services](https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services/tree/bb4a2b3e53cf27f8900b33ed6a2d95ed32e57f1d/plugins/agent-plugins/gl-reconciler/skills/break-trace) |
| GitHub stars | 34,484 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 1,318, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Root-cause a break and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Root-cause a break's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | bb4a2b3e53cf27f8900b33ed6a2d95ed32e57f1d |
| Content hash | 0cb9bb4264c66b41ecb67957714e69666644b7cdf681a492e16a4d28c5f5ccac |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services/blob/bb4a2b3e53cf27f8900b33ed6a2d95ed32e57f1d/plugins/agent-plugins/gl-reconciler/skills/break-trace/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Root-cause a break](/security/break-trace)

## About Root-cause a break

This root-causes a reconciliation break down to its source transaction or posting. It follows the audit trail from the break row back to the originating entry on each side and states what differs and why.

It is meant to run after gl-recon has classified a break.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is Root-cause a break safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Root-cause a break and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit bb4a2b3e53cf, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/break-trace.

### How do I install Root-cause a break?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/break-trace on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services/tree/bb4a2b3e53cf27f8900b33ed6a2d95ed32e57f1d/plugins/agent-plugins/gl-reconciler/skills/break-trace. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Finance listings](/category/finance)
- [Everything by Anthropic](/@anthropics)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/break-trace>