Shop Bay Scheduling Agent

Booking jobs without checking parts and skills leaves bays idle in the morning and cars waiting at closing time. Each evening this agent reads tomorrow's bookings with estimated hours, each mechanic's skills and hours, and when parts are due. Comeback jobs are placed first. It assigns jobs to bays and mechanics, sending diagnostic work to certified mechanics. It then checks that no job starts before its parts arrive, that each job has a qualified mechanic and that nobody is booked past their hours. If a check fails, it moves or swaps jobs and checks again. It lists customers whose drop-off time should change and drafts the messages. The service manager approves the plan and any customer time changes. Edge case: a part that misses its delivery slot overnight triggers a morning recheck before the first car goes in.