AI agent for librarians
Library Program Planning Agent
Well-attended programs that meet their audience goals
What it does
Library programs like story times, workshops and author talks need rooms, presenters, materials, promotion and registration, and details slip when staff are stretched. This agent takes a program idea and its audience goal, checks room and staff calendars for open dates, and drafts a plan with a timeline for booking, promotion and supplies. It sets up registration and watches sign-ups against the target. If sign-ups are low two weeks out, it suggests extra promotion channels or a new date. After the event it records attendance and feedback and compares them with the goal. The librarian approves room bookings and all public promotion. Edge case: a presenter contract or fee is always passed to the librarian and never confirmed by the agent.
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
- Program idea approved
- Check rooms and staff calendars
- Draft plan, timeline and budget
- Librarian approves bookings and promotionThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Open registration and track sign-ups
- Are sign-ups on pace two weeks before?If not: suggest more promotion or a new date. Back to step 4.
- Record attendance and feedback
- Program report
How it decides
Dates are picked by room and staff availability and audience patterns. Sign-up pace against target decides extra promotion.
- Sign-ups under half of target at two weeks triggers action
- Family programs avoid school hours
- Budget limits checked before booking
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Lead time
- Promotion channels
- Sign-up targets
- Feedback form
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Room bookings
- Public promotion
- Presenter fees
Hard limits
- No contracts or payments by the agent
- Patron data kept private
It stops when
- Done: report filed
- Stop: program cancelled
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