HR & RECRUITING

PTO Coverage Auto-Staffing Agent

An agent that detects upcoming on-call gaps from Outlook PTO, picks the best-fit available backup by skills and recent load in Postgres.

CategoryHR & Recruiting
Enginepaperclip
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerDaily schedule triggers the agent
  • ActionRead shifts, skills, and on-call load from PostgresPostgreSQLPostgres
  • ActionConfirm candidate availability in OutlookOutlook
  • LogicRank candidates and draft a staffing proposal
  • OutputPost proposal with confirm options to SlackSlack

What it does

When a coverage gap appears, this agent doesn't just alert — it reasons about who should fill it. It weighs each candidate's skills, current shift load, and their own Outlook availability, then drafts a concrete staffing proposal naming the recommended backup and the reasoning.

When to use it

Use it when gap alerts alone create busywork and you want a defensible first-draft fix. It's built for managers who want the system to do the matching and leave them a yes/no decision rather than a research task.

How it works

  1. 1A daily schedule triggers the agent.
  2. 2It reads upcoming shifts, candidate skills, and recent on-call load from Postgres.
  3. 3It checks each candidate's Outlook calendar to confirm real availability for the gap window.
  4. 4The agent ranks candidates and writes a proposal with the recommended backup and rationale.
  5. 5It posts the proposal to Slack with confirm and reassign options for the manager.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect OutlookMail, calendar, contacts.
  2. 2
    Connect PostgresAny Postgres URL — query, write, migrate.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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