roster_shifts
Roster Shifts
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Assign staff to shifts under availability, skills, hour caps and rest gaps. PREMIUM (license).
Typical input {"staff": [{"id": "ana", "skills": ["till"],
"max_hours": 40, "unavailable": ["sat-am"]}, ...], "shifts": [{"id":
"sat-am", "start": "2026-09-12T08:00", "end": "2026-09-12T14:00",
"required": 2, "skill": "till"}, ...], "rules": {"min_rest_hours": 11,
"max_consecutive_days": 6}} returns {"assignments": [{"shift":
"sat-am", "staff": ["ana", "ben"]}], "unfilled": [{"shift": "sun-pm",
"short": 1}], "hours": {"ana": 30.0}, "solver_status": "OPTIMAL"}. The
objective fills as many required slots as possible, then spreads hours
evenly, then honours preferences (staff.prefer / staff.avoid shift ids).
Use for weekly rotas of up to 60 staff and 150 shifts. Not a
determination of labour-law compliance: the rules are the ones you pass. Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"} (for example {"error": "staff and shifts must be non-empty lists"}). Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| staff | array | yes | {id, skills[], max_hours, min_hours, unavailable[], prefer[], avoid[], max_shifts}. |
| shifts | array | yes | {id, start, end (ISO 8601 local), required, skill, weight}. |
| rules | object | no | {min_rest_hours (default 0), max_consecutive_days (default 7), max_shifts_per_day (default 1)}. |
| time_limit_s | number | no | solver time budget in seconds (default 10, max 60). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"staff": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": true,
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array",
"description": "{id, skills[], max_hours, min_hours, unavailable[], prefer[], avoid[], max_shifts}."
},
"shifts": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": true,
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array",
"description": "{id, start, end (ISO 8601 local), required, skill, weight}."
},
"rules": {
"additionalProperties": true,
"default": {},
"type": "object",
"description": "{min_rest_hours (default 0), max_consecutive_days (default 7), max_shifts_per_day (default 1)}."
},
"time_limit_s": {
"default": 10,
"maximum": 60,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "solver time budget in seconds (default 10, max 60)."
}
},
"required": [
"staff",
"shifts"
],
"type": "object"
}