In 15 minutes, generate a one‑week staff roster tailored to your location, hours, and wage bands, plus printable timesheets your team can use immediately. Built for New Zealand conditions with public holidays and basic compliance checks.
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Setup & Context: Capture the business snapshot
Provide: [BUSINESS NAME] [SECTOR: CAFE/RETAIL/TRADES/CLEANING/OTHER] [NZ LOCATION: TOWN/CITY + REGION] [SITES/ADDRESSES (ONE PER LINE)] [WORKWEEK START DAY (MON–SUN)] [TIMEZONE (E.G., PACIFIC/AUCKLAND)] [CONTACT PERSON] [CONTACT EMAIL] [NUMBER OF STAFF] [SERVICE STYLE & KEY TASKS (1–3 LINES)] [PEAK PERIODS BY DAY/TIME (E.G., MON 7–9, FRI 11–14)] [KNOWN CONSTRAINTS (E.G., LICENCE HOURS, SITE ACCESS, NOISE CURFEWS, DELIVERY WINDOWS)] [NOTES]
Act as an operations analyst and roster designer to capture a crisp snapshot that anchors later rules, coverage and costs.
Work through it like this:
1) Confirm the scope: business, sector, NZ location(s), week start and timezone that all later steps will use.
2) For each site, note what happens there (service style/tasks) and any site-specific constraints that affect shifts.
3) Capture demand cues: peak periods by weekday/time bands we’ll target with coverage.
4) Record compliance or operational constraints that shape opening/closing windows and staff mix.
5) Sanity-check completeness for shift rules: if anything essential is missing, call it out.
Give me the output as:
Business Snapshot Card with sections: A) Header: Business, Sector, Contact. B) Locations: list of sites with address. C) Week Settings: Workweek Start Day, Timezone. D) Operating Context: Service style/tasks. E) Demand Cues: Peak periods by day/time. F) Constraints: Licence/access/noise/delivery/other. G) Team Size: Number of staff. H) Notes.
Quality bar: Clear enough that another manager could set opening hours and shift rules without clarifying questions.
If information is missing, ask once for it; if not available, mark MISSING and proceed.
What's inside.
A system prompt, then 14 steps you run in order, plus instructions, worked examples, fix-it prompts and a quality checklist. Full prompts unlock straight after payment.
01Setup & Context: Capture the business snapshot
02Setup & Context: Define roles and wage bands
03Setup & Context: Pull NZ public holidays for location
04Rules & Inputs: Set opening hours and shift rules
05Rules & Inputs: Build the staff register
06Rules & Inputs: Record availability and preferences
07Rules & Inputs: Set weekly budget and cost targets
08Roster Build: Generate the one‑week draft roster
09Roster Build: Assign breaks and coverage checks
10Review & Handover: Detect conflicts and compliance issues
11Review & Handover: Optimise roster to coverage and budget
12Review & Handover: Finalise and export roster (PDF/CSV)
14Maintain & Reuse: Save a weekly refresh checklist and data pack
The details.
WHO IT'S FOR
NZ owners and managers of small teams in cafes, trades, retail, and cleaning services who need a clear weekly roster and simple timesheets.
WHAT YOU'LL MAKE
Roles & Wage Bands Sheet
Staff Availability Matrix
One‑Week Draft Roster
Conflict‑checked Final Roster (PDF/CSV)
Printable Timesheet Pack
HOW IT WORKS
Complete Steps 1–7 with just today’s week in mind, then run Steps 8–13 to produce a final roster and printable timesheets in one sitting.
14 steps, each building on the last: Setup & Context: Capture the business snapshot → Setup & Context: Define roles and wage bands → Setup & Context: Pull NZ public holidays for location → Rules & Inputs: Set opening hours and shift rules → Rules & Inputs: Build the staff register → Rules & Inputs: Record availability and preferences → Rules & Inputs: Set weekly budget and cost targets → Roster Build: Generate the one‑week draft roster → Roster Build: Assign breaks and coverage checks → Review & Handover: Detect conflicts and compliance issues → Review & Handover: Optimise roster to coverage and budget → Review & Handover: Finalise and export roster (PDF/CSV) → Review & Handover: Create printable timesheet pack → Maintain & Reuse: Save a weekly refresh checklist and data pack. Includes two worked examples, fix-it prompts and a quality checklist.
WHAT IT WON'T DO
This kit provides practical scheduling and basic compliance checks but is not legal or payroll advice; consult a qualified payroll professional for complex awards, union agreements, or edge cases.
DELIVERY
Instant email with your guided kit page and a downloadable file. Works with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini (free or paid), including on your phone.
This is a prompt toolkit you run yourself, not software or professional advice.
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