Hours in, hours out, and the week where they stop matching.
A week-by-week capacity plan that sets usable team hours against confirmed and likely work, with the pinch weeks and three ways out.
Capacity is usually judged by feel. The team seems busy, or it seems fine. Averages hide the real problem, which is timing: a comfortable quarter on paper with two impossible weeks in the middle, discovered after the work has been accepted.
Capacity Plan works by week. It takes contracted hours, subtracts leave, meetings, and a stated focus factor, then lays confirmed work against it, with probable work kept in a separate row. It shows the first negative week and the worst one, then offers three levers in order of cost.
What it produces.
- →Weekly usable supply per person and in total, with the focus factor stated
- →Confirmed and probable demand in separate rows by week
- →The first negative week, the worst week, and any long run near the limit
- →Three levers per pinch, with cost and risk, plus a date to redo the plan
- ✦Owner-managers deciding whether to hire, decline, or move a deadline
- ✦Agency and services leads taking on new work
- ✦Support desk managers planning around leave and peaks
- →capacity-plan.zip: a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →capacity-plan-skill.md: plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts, anywhere
- →A README inside the zip with install steps for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
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Before you buy.
How is this different from just asking Claude directly?
Asked cold, Claude gives a general overview of capacity planning. This one does the week-by-week arithmetic from your numbers, keeps probable work apart from confirmed, finds the pinch weeks, and names the two estimates the plan depends on most.
How is this different from a Tool?
Playbooks are systematically produced to a fixed template and priced accordingly ($12.99). Tools are hand-built, one at a time, and go deeper ($39 to $199). A Playbook gives you a reliable method for routine work; a Tool is for when the judgment matters more than the format.
Will this work with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs?
Yes. You get a native Claude Skill (.zip) that auto-invokes in Claude, plus a plain .md you can paste into a ChatGPT Custom GPT, a Gemini system prompt, or any LLM. The procedure travels with the file.
Can I share this with my team?
It's licensed for your own personal and professional use. The output it produces is yours to circulate. To put the Playbook itself in the hands of a whole team, email hello@authority.md about team licensing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If the file hasn't been delivered, or arrives defective or empty, we refund in full: see our refund policy.