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Weather-based staffing automation

STATUS
PROTOTYPE
TIMELINE
MAR 2026
ROLE
Workflow design · Prompt engineering · Evaluation & testing
ARCHITECTURE
Scheduled external data pull, branching into one of two distinct prompts based on a severity condition.
STACK
Zapier · OpenWeather · Gemini

BUSINESS PROBLEM

Operations managers rebuild the same weather-versus-staffing judgement call every morning.

WHAT I BUILT

A workflow that pulls the daily forecast and branches into one of two analysis prompts depending on whether conditions are severe or standard, delivering a tailored staffing and operations recommendation each morning.

RESULT

Demonstrates conditional branching into distinct prompts based on external data. Built and tested against live forecast data.

MY ROLE

  • Workflow design
  • Prompt engineering
  • Evaluation & testing

HOW IT WORKS

  1. 01A scheduled step pulls the day's forecast for a configured location.
  2. 02A condition check routes to a severe-weather prompt or a standard-conditions prompt.
  3. 03The resulting recommendation is emailed to a configured inbox each morning.

TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION

Zapier workflow with an OpenWeather fetch, a path split on weather condition, and two separately written Gemini prompts.

LIMITATIONS

  • Recommendations are advisory text with no connection to a scheduling system.
  • The severe-versus-standard split is a binary rule, which is coarser than real operational judgement.