AI agent for actors
Guest Spot and Day Player Call Sheet Prep Agent
A single, current prep list for the shoot day that reflects the latest call sheet and sides revision
What it does
A day player often gets a call sheet at 8 pm for a 6 am call, then a revised page set at 10 pm. The details sit across emails, attachments and texts. This agent reads the call sheet, sides revisions and wardrobe emails, and builds a one-page prep list with the call time, travel time to the location, scene numbers, page numbers and wardrobe or hair notes. Each time a revision arrives, it compares it with the earlier version and lists what changed. If a scene changed, it flags the memorization impact, such as new lines on pages 12 to 14, and loops back to the new pages to update the prep list. The actor approves the final list and any confirmation reply. Edge case: a call time moved earlier by 30 minutes triggers a recheck of travel time and wake-up time.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- Call sheet or revision arrives
- Read the call sheet, sides and related emails
- Extract call time, location, scenes, pages and wardrobe notes
- Estimate travel time and the latest wake-up time
- Compare with the previous version and list what changed
- Are all changes to the actor's scenes and lines captured in the comparison?If not: List the new pages and re-read the changed dialogue before updating the prep list. Back to step 5.
- Update the prep list and mark lines to relearn
- Do the call time, travel and wake-up time still fit together?If not: Recalculate travel from the new call time and correct the wake-up time. Back to step 4.
- Actor approves the prep list and any confirmation replyThe agent waits here for your OK.
- One-page prep list ready
How it decides
It treats the newest dated document as the source of truth, lists every difference from the previous version, and flags any change to the actor's own scenes as a memorization risk.
- The latest dated document overrides earlier ones
- Flag the memorization impact when more than 3 lines change
- Plan travel with a 20 minute buffer before call time
- Escalate to the actor when a call time moves by more than 30 minutes
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Home address and usual travel mode
- Travel buffer before call (default 20 minutes)
- Lines changed that trigger a memorization flag (default 3)
- Which email accounts to read
- Format of the prep list
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Actor approves the prep list
- Actor approves any confirmation or question sent to the production
Hard limits
- Never confirm a booking or change without the actor's approval
- Never share the call sheet outside the actor's own files
It stops when
- Done: The prep list matches the latest call sheet and the actor has approved it
- Stop: Two documents conflict on call time or location, so the agent asks the actor to confirm with the production
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide