shift-schedule-builder
Build a staff shift schedule that matches coverage to demand while hitting a labor-cost target. Use when asked to build a shift schedule, staff a rota, plan coverage for a restaurant/retail/shift-based team, or balance labor cost against service. Produces a day-part coverage plan mapped to forecast demand, role-by-role assignments, the projected labor cost vs. target, and the fairness/compliance guardrails (rest between shifts, overtime, availability).
npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill shift-schedule-builder --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Shift Schedule Builder Skill A schedule is a bet on demand: overstaff and you burn margin, understaff and service (and your best people) walk. This skill builds coverage from the demand curve out — enough hands at the rush, lean in the lulls — then checks the labor cost and the human constraints before it's posted. ## Working from a brief Given the team, hours, and demand pattern, **produce the full schedule** — infer the day-part demand shape from the business type if no forecast is given (label it). Respect stated availability and time-off; never schedule someone into a conflict you were told about. ## Required Inputs Ask for (if not provided, else infer and label): - **Team** — names/roles, pay rates or an average, and availability/time-off - **Operating hours** and the **demand pattern** (covers by day-part, peak times, events) - **Labor-cost target** (% of revenue or a dollar cap) and any rules (max hours, required rest, minors) ## Output Format ### Coverage plan Demand mapped to required heads per role per day-part: | Day-part | Forecast demand | Cooks | Servers | Support | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---|---| ### The schedule Person-by-person shifts across the week (start–end
- Working from a brief
- Required Inputs
- Output Format
- Coverage plan
- The schedule
- Labor cost check
- Guardrails flagged
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
What does the shift-schedule-builder skill do?
Build a staff shift schedule that matches coverage to demand while hitting a labor-cost target. Use when asked to build a shift schedule, staff a rota, plan coverage for a restaurant/retail/shift-based team, or balance labor cost against service. Produces a day-part coverage plan mapped to forecast demand, role-by-role assignments, the projected labor cost vs. target, and the fairness/compliance guardrails (rest between shifts, overtime, availability).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill shift-schedule-builder --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.