Agent skill

Shift Schedule Builder

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Build a staff shift schedule that matches coverage to demand while hitting a labor-cost target.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Shift Schedule Builder

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill shift-schedule-builder -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills shift-schedule-builder --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/shift-schedule-builder .claude/skills/shift-schedule-builder && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
shift-schedule-builder
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~729 tokens
SKILL.md length
337 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build a staff shift schedule that matches coverage to demand while hitting a labor-cost target.

  • Asked to build a shift schedule
  • SKILL.md covers Working from a brief, Required Inputs, Output Format and Quality Checks, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Plan coverage for a restaurant/retail/shift-based team

What it does

Shift Schedule Builder is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. 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).

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering LLM guardrails. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to build a shift schedule
  • Plan coverage for a restaurant/retail/shift-based team
  • Balance labor cost against service

Example prompts

  • “/shift-schedule-builder”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Shift Schedule Builder loads about 729 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 120 tokens; SKILL.md has 337 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~120
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~729

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 337 words, ~729 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/shift-schedule-builder/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
shift-schedule-builder
description
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).

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-partForecast demandCooksServersSupportNotes
The schedule

Person-by-person shifts across the week (start–end, role, station), with total hours per person.

Labor cost check

Projected labor hours × rates → labor cost, as a % of forecast revenue vs. the target, with the gap and where to trim/add.

Guardrails flagged

Overtime risk, insufficient rest between close/open ("clopening"), availability conflicts, minor-hour limits, and anyone over/under their expected hours.

Quality Checks

  • Staffing per day-part is driven by the demand pattern, not flat coverage
  • Projected labor cost is computed and compared to the target
  • No one is scheduled against stated availability or time-off
  • Rest-between-shifts, overtime, and minor-hour rules are checked and flagged
  • Hours are distributed with an eye to fairness, not just cost

Anti-Patterns

  • Flat staffing that ignores the rush-and-lull demand curve
  • Posting a schedule without checking the labor-cost %
  • Scheduling "clopens" or overtime by accident
  • Ignoring stated availability (the fastest way to lose staff)
  • Cutting so lean that service and food quality collapse at peak

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Build a shift schedule."
  • "Staff a rota."
  • "Plan coverage for a restaurant/retail/shift-based team."

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/shift-schedule-builder of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Shift Schedule Builder

What does Shift Schedule Builder do?

Build a staff shift schedule that matches coverage to demand while hitting a labor-cost target. Shift Schedule Builder is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Build a staff shift schedule that matches coverage to demand while hitting a labor-cost target.

When should I use Shift Schedule Builder?

Shift Schedule Builder fits situations like: asked to build a shift schedule; plan coverage for a restaurant/retail/shift-based team; balance labor cost against service.

How do I install Shift Schedule Builder in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill shift-schedule-builder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/shift-schedule-builder in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/shift-schedule-builder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Shift Schedule Builder in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill shift-schedule-builder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/shift-schedule-builder in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/shift-schedule-builder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Shift Schedule Builder in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill shift-schedule-builder -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/shift-schedule-builder, .gemini/skills/shift-schedule-builder, .github/skills/shift-schedule-builder and .opencode/skills/shift-schedule-builder in your project.

What does Shift Schedule Builder need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Shift Schedule Builder is instructions for the agent only.

Does Shift Schedule Builder access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Shift Schedule Builder safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Shift Schedule Builder use?

Shift Schedule Builder is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Shift Schedule Builder use?

About 729 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Shift Schedule Builder?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Shift Schedule Builder: Aisafetyhot (wuyoscar/AISafetyHot-Hub, 641 stars), Obliteratus (RedWoodOG/Hermes-Desktop, 177 stars), Lemonade Router Builder (amd/skills, 406 stars) and Execution Guardrails (mrtooher/fable-mode, 872 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Shift Schedule Builder?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.