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Siri & Shortcuts: ask about your rota and edit it in plain language

Learn how RotaFlow's Siri and Shortcuts support turns questions, overtime logging, and schedule edits into fast, natural-language actions on iPhone and iPad.

Updated: 2026-09-115 min read

Your rota should answer questions without you opening the app

Checking "what am I working next?" usually means unlocking a phone and digging into a calendar. Siri & Shortcuts turns those questions into quick actions: ask out loud, log overtime by voice, or edit the schedule in plain language and let the app do the parsing.

What Siri & Shortcuts can handle

  • Get Next Shift, with leave and swaps respected
  • Get Next Time Off for your next day or weekend off
  • Log Overtime by voice, using your saved rate and currency
  • Natural-language edits for special days, swaps, and date ranges

How natural-language editing stays safe

When you describe a change — a special day, a shift swap, a weekday, or a date range — RotaFlow parses the intent and shows a confirmation preview with a confidence level. You review it and save or cancel before anything is written to your rota. Logged overtime follows your default rate and avoids duplicate entries for the same day.

Let Smart Swap Suggestions do the comparing

For swaps, Smart Swap Suggestions surface a few optimal dates in the editor, each with a plain-language reason such as Optimal Sleep, Clear Block, or Near Special Day. The result is a schedule you can reach with your voice and refine with a tap, without rebuilding the pattern by hand.