Rota Design Kit
Count the work, write the rules, place the names last — a rota is a promise about somebody's private week, not a grid.
What it is
Builds a rota the way it survives a bad week: demand counted before diaries are opened, every constraint fixed as a written rule before a name enters a box, fairness expressed as a column of numbers rather than a manager's memory, and the absence ladder decided while nobody is panicking. Leaves behind the publication notice, the swap protocol and the monthly read of cover against demand. For owners and duty managers of shops, kitchens, workshops, clinics and warehouses.
What you receive
a shift rota that covers the work without breaking the people — the demand curve translated into cover required by hour and by skill, the legal, contractual and individual rules written down before any name is placed, the grid with its rest discipline and its fairness counted rather than felt, the swap and absence protocol with its costed cover ladder, and the publication notice and freeze rule that make the week liveable
Delivered as a single, complete .md skill file — open it, paste it into any capable chat model, and work. No installation, no account with anyone but us.
Supported models
- Claude (Opus/Sonnet)
- ChatGPT (GPT-4o/5)
- Gemini
- any capable chat model
People reach for it when
- “how to build a staff rota that covers the busy hours”
- “shift schedule for a small team fair weekends”
- “how much notice should I give staff before changing a shift”
- “my rota falls apart every time someone calls in sick”
- “how many staff do I need per hour to cover the shop”
Record
lineage: first-party house build
gates passed: demand-evidence · function-fit · beats-the-blank-page
status: IN THE COLLECTION
Sale-time bench runs and the fix-or-refund log attach to this record when the payment room opens.
In the collection. The sale room is being fitted; this work goes on sale when it opens.
Join the house — be written to when sales openBack to the collectionLicense
Free-shelf works ship under the DolceDrago House License — use the outputs freely, personal or commercial; the work file itself stays with the house.