Prioritizing supplier payments at month-end with a Dust agent
The 25th of the month arrives, you have 47 approved unpaid invoices and 3 business days before close. A Dust agent, usable in the web chat or directly in Slack, analyzes due dates and amounts to give you a clear priority order.
The problem
End of month. You have dozens of approved invoices, tight cash flow, and suppliers starting to chase. Which invoice do you pay first? Which one can safely wait?
With Excel, this analysis takes hours. With a Dust agent connected to the Spendesk MCP, it's one question — asked in the web chat or directly in the Slack channel where the AP team already talks to suppliers.
Payment prioritization in a single prompt
@Dust it's July 25. Which invoices should I prioritize paying before month-end close?
I analyzed 47 approved unpaid invoices. Here is your priority order for the July 31 close:
🔴 Critical — payment terms already breached (3 invoices)
| Supplier | Amount | Due date | Days overdue |
|---|---|---|---|
| HubSpot | €8,200 | Jul 18 | +7 days |
| Personio | €4,600 | Jul 20 | +5 days |
| Legalstart | €1,800 | Jul 22 | +3 days |
🟡 Must pay by July 31 — imminent due dates (12 invoices)
| Supplier | Amount | Due date |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe × 3 | €36,100 | Jul 31 |
| Salesforce | €12,000 | Jul 30 |
| Datadog | €6,400 | Jul 29 |
| 9 others | €18,200 | Jul 28–31 |
🟢 Can wait — due in August (32 invoices)
Critical + imminent total: €87,300
Would you like me to break down the list to prepare the next payment batch?
Going further: 2 questions to refine
Analyze a specific supplier
When a supplier follows up directly by email and you want to respond with precision, asking @Dust in the Slack channel shared with the AP team means you don't need to copy-paste the answer to keep a colleague informed.
@Dust Stripe is chasing us. Give me the exact details of all their outstanding invoices.
Here are the 3 Stripe invoices pending payment:
| Reference | Approval date | Amount | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|
| INV-2026-0847 | Jun 15 | €12,500 | Scheduled Jul 31 |
| INV-2026-0891 | Jun 22 | €15,200 | Approved — not yet scheduled |
| INV-2026-0934 | Jul 1 | €8,400 | Scheduled Jul 31 |
Total outstanding: €36,100
Want me to flag it here as soon as it's scheduled?
Identify suppliers with missing IBAN
A classic blocker that silently holds up payments — same MCP, same limitation: Spendesk never proactively warns you, whether you're using Dust or any other agent.
@Dust are there any suppliers with approved invoices but no IBAN configured in Spendesk?
I found 4 suppliers with approved invoices but no IBAN on file:
| Supplier | Pending invoices | Total amount |
|---|---|---|
| Malt (freelancer #3) | 2 | €4,200 |
| Cabinet Dupont & Associés | 1 | €3,800 |
| Independent translator | 1 | €650 |
| Graphic studio Lyon | 1 | €1,200 |
Total blocked: €9,850
I can give you the contact list for these suppliers so you can follow up directly.
What to remember
- Prioritization automatically adapts to actual due dates.
- Penalty clauses surface in the response when detectable.
- Asking in a shared Slack channel rather than a DM lets the whole AP team follow the same analysis without duplicating the conversation.
- Particularly useful on the 25th–31st of the month, and at the start of the month to anticipate Net 30 obligations.
- To turn this check into an automatic Monday digest, see the guide on native Slack alerts.
Related skills
Display overdue supplier invoices grouped by aging buckets (0-30, 30-60, 60-90, 90+ days).
Identify invoices overdue by more than 60 days for targeted suppliers using spendesk_get_due_invoices.
Generate a prioritized payment queue with three urgency levels: overdue, due within 7 days, and upcoming in 30 days.