What do I need to use Shift Schedule Builder?

Team; Operating hours; Labor-cost target.

Is Shift Schedule Builder free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Shift Schedule Builder

Q: How do I know the Shift Schedule Builder output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own 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.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-24 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-hospitality

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).

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What to give it

▸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

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓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

⚠️ What it refuses to do

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

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

<div data-pm-skill="shift-schedule-builder"></div>
<script src="https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/embed.js" async></script>

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