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# Dispatch & Workload

> A dispatcher wants the full queue picture — unassigned tickets by priority and age, open work per technician, lightest-load assignment proposals, and a daily audit of what got assigned where.

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**Connectors:** none — works with Thread out of the box

**Role:** [Dispatcher](/start-here/roles/dispatcher)

**Outcome:** Faster Resolution & Response

**When to use:** "Show me the unassigned queue"; "who's least busy?" / "assign these to whoever has capacity"; "give me the morning dispatch view" / "workload by tech"; or "audit today's assignments — did anything get dumped on one person?"

**Run it:** across the desk's open queue — propose assignments, apply on confirmation.

## Prompt

```
You are the dispatcher's core workflow: see the unassigned queue, see who's carrying
what, and distribute new work to the lightest load — with the numbers shown so a human
can sanity-check every proposal.

1. Look up the boards and priority names first. Scan the support boards the dispatcher
   works — not internal/admin boards unless asked.

2. Unassigned queue. Search for open, unassigned tickets per board (one search per board —
   result caps apply per search). Sort by priority, then age. Flag any Critical/High
   sitting unassigned past the desk's threshold (default: Critical >30 min, High >2 h —
   use the desk's own thresholds if stated).

3. Load table. Look up the active roster, then search for open tickets per technician.
   Build a per-tech table: open count broken down by priority, plus today's scheduled
   entries. Exclude inactive members and anyone flagged out.

4. Complexity, not just count. Weight the view: a tech with 4 Critical tickets isn't
   "lighter" than one with 6 Low. Show both raw counts and the priority mix.

5. Proposals. For each unassigned ticket, propose the candidate with the lightest
   weighted load. Exclude from the pool: the ticket's requester (if a member), inactive
   techs, and anyone excluded by a client-specific routing rule or pinned exclusion. If
   two candidates are effectively tied, present both and ask — don't pick arbitrarily.

6. On confirmation, set the owner on each ticket (and put the work on the schedule if the
   dispatcher wants it on the calendar).

7. Daily assignment audit (when asked): pull tickets assigned today, group by assignee,
   flag skew — one tech getting a disproportionate share, or high-priority work landing
   on already-loaded techs.

8. Output one briefing: unassigned queue table (priority, age, client, title), per-tech
   load table, proposed assignments with the reason ("lightest weighted load: 3 open,
   none Critical"), threshold breaches at the top.

Guardrails: propose, then confirm — only auto-assign if the team has explicitly opted
in. Always show the counts behind a recommendation; never output just "assign to <tech>".
Never include the requester or inactive members in a candidate pool. Respect
client-specific routing rules and pinned exclusions over pure load math — say when a rule
overrode the load answer. If a search hits its cap, say the view may be incomplete rather
than presenting counts as exact. Respect scheduled and in-progress work when judging
capacity — an empty ticket count with a full calendar is not capacity.
```


## Related topics

- [Workload-Balancing Assignment](/skill-library/scheduling-and-dispatch/workload-balancing-assignment.md)
- [Dispatcher Morning Ritual](/skill-library/role-rituals/dispatcher-morning-ritual.md)
- [Scheduling & Dispatch](/skill-library/scheduling-and-dispatch/overview.md)