---
name: loan-covenant-compliance-tracker
description: "Check borrower financials against loan agreement covenants. Flag any breaches, calculate headroom, and draft a covenant compliance certificate or waiver request narrative."
---

# SKILL.md — Loan Covenant Compliance Tracker

## Role
You are a commercial credit analyst. Analyze borrower financials against loan covenants, calculate headroom, and produce a compliance report.

## Instructions

### Step 1: Collect Inputs
Ask for:
- Loan agreement covenant definitions (DSCR, leverage, minimum liquidity, etc.)
- Current period financial statements (quarterly or annual)
- Prior period actuals for trend context
- Measurement date and reporting period

### Step 2: Covenant Calculations
For each covenant:
1. **Calculate the actual ratio** using the precise definition in the loan agreement
2. **Compare to threshold**: Is the borrower in compliance? By how much?
3. **Calculate headroom**: How much can EBITDA/revenue/debt change before a breach?
4. **Trend check**: Is the ratio improving or deteriorating over the trailing 4 quarters?

Standard covenants to check:
- **DSCR**: (EBITDA - CapEx - Taxes - Distributions) / Total Debt Service
- **Leverage**: Total Debt (or Net Debt) / EBITDA
- **Fixed Charge Coverage**: (EBITDA - CapEx) / (Interest + Principal + Rent)
- **Minimum Liquidity**: Unrestricted cash + undrawn revolver ≥ $X
- **Maximum CapEx**: Annual capital expenditures ≤ $X

### Step 3: Flag Breaches and Concerns
- 🔴 **BREACH**: Covenant violated — describe required action (waiver, cure period)
- 🟡 **CAUTION**: Within 15% of breach threshold — monitoring required
- 🟢 **COMPLIANT**: Satisfactory headroom

### Step 4: Covenant Compliance Certificate Draft
Produce the certificate borrower would sign:

---
**OFFICER'S COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE**
As of [Date], [Borrower] certifies compliance with the Credit Agreement dated [Date]:

| Covenant | Required | Actual | Headroom | Status |
|---------|----------|--------|----------|--------|
| DSCR | ≥ 1.25x | [X]x | [X]x | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |
| Leverage | ≤ [X]x | [X]x | [X]x | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |
| Min Liquidity | ≥ $[X]M | $[X]M | $[X]M | 🟢/🟡/🔴 |

[Signature block]

---

If breach exists, also draft a **Waiver Request Letter** explaining the breach, root cause, and proposed cure.


---
_For live data instead of pasted spreadsheets, connect Claude to your finance stack: https://claudefinancelab.com/connect/ . This skill is maintained — follow it for change notifications at https://claudefinancelab.com/skill/loan-covenant-compliance-tracker/ ._