Labor gets reviewed too late.
Traditional scheduling tools help you publish shifts, but they rarely tell you if the day is already drifting above your labor target.
AI Floor Manager · Built for Clover
Your AI Floor Manager for
Clover-Powered Cafés.
Cielo Shift generates labor-optimized schedules, monitors live Clover sales pacing, forecasts staffing demand, and flags floor risks before they become expensive problems.
Built for independent cafés, coffee shops, gelato shops, bakeries, and small hospitality teams.
Flat $39/locationUnlimited employeesBuilt for Clover POS
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Manager Dashboard
Today · Fellini Gelato
Live Clover Sync
Live Heartbeat
$1,847
Net sales · pacing +6%
Labor vs Sales
22.4%↓ Under target
Target 25% · Labor $413
Action Required
- Friday closer slot unfilled
- 2 schedule change requests pending
- Rain forecast 3pm — staff up?
AI Recommendations
3 newAdd 1 barista 2pm–6pm Thursday
Weather + event lift expected
Trim Tuesday opener by 1 hour
Sales tracking 12% under last week
Assign Maya as Friday closer
Certified + available, balances target hours
Today's Roster
M
Maya R.
Lead Barista
6a–2p
J
Jordan T.
Barista
9a–3p
S
Sam P.
Closer
2p–10p
A
Avery K.
Kitchen
10a–6p
Live Clover heartbeat
AI labor recommendations
Floor status at a glance
Weather + event intelligence
The gap
Most scheduling apps stop at the schedule.
Café operators do not just need shifts on a calendar. They need to know if the floor is covered, labor is pacing correctly, closers are protected, weather is affecting traffic, and employees are accountable for the day's work.
Managers hunt for problems manually.
Missing closers, unbalanced roles, late arrivals, and task gaps are often buried across schedules, messages, and spreadsheets.
Demand changes faster than the schedule.
Weather, events, and real-time sales pacing can change the floor — but most schedules stay static.
How it works
Cielo Shift watches the floor, not just the calendar.
Cielo Shift connects your staffing rules, employee constraints, Clover sales data, weather forecasts, district events, and task templates into one AI-powered command center.
Inputs
Employee availability
Role qualifications
Target hours
Labor budget
Clover sales pacing
Weather forecast
District events
Opening/closing tasks
Engine
AI Scheduling +
Floor Intelligence
Floor Intelligence
AI Scheduling + Floor Intelligence
Outputs
Optimized roster drafts
Staffing gap alerts
Labor pacing visibility
AI recommendations
Task accountability
Manager-ready reports
Product Tour
Run the day from one command center.
Dashboard
Manager Dashboard
Today · Fellini Gelato
Live Clover Sync
Live Heartbeat
$1,847
Net sales · pacing +6%
Labor vs Sales
22.4%↓ Under target
Target 25% · Labor $413
Action Required
- Friday closer slot unfilled
- 2 schedule change requests pending
- Rain forecast 3pm — staff up?
AI Recommendations
3 newAdd 1 barista 2pm–6pm Thursday
Weather + event lift expected
Trim Tuesday opener by 1 hour
Sales tracking 12% under last week
Assign Maya as Friday closer
Certified + available, balances target hours
Today's Roster
M
Maya R.
Lead Barista
6a–2p
J
Jordan T.
Barista
9a–3p
S
Sam P.
Closer
2p–10p
A
Avery K.
Kitchen
10a–6p
01
Action-first manager dashboard
See what needs attention first: floor balance, staff on shift, sales pacing, labor percentage, weather pressure, district events, and AI recommendations.
Schedule
Schedule · Week of Jun 22
AI Draft ReadyMon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Maya R.
Jordan T.
Sam P.
Avery K.
02
AI-generated schedule workbench
Generate schedules around staff availability, certified roles, fixed shifts, closer requirements, labor targets, and forecasted demand.
Staff
Staff Profiles
M
Maya R.
Lead Barista · T3
32h
Target hours
J
Jordan T.
Barista · T2
24h
Target hours
S
Sam P.
Closer · T3
28h
Target hours
A
Avery K.
Kitchen · T2
30h
Target hours
03
Smarter staff profiles
Track roles, tiers, certifications, availability, fixed schedules, target hours, and labor cost in one place.
AI Floor Manager for Cafés
Five ways Cielo Shift helps you run a smarter floor.
AI Scheduling01
Generate labor-optimized rosters.
Cielo Shift builds schedule drafts using employee availability, role qualifications, target hours, fixed shifts, closer rules, labor targets, and forecasted demand.
Live Clover Intelligence02
See sales and labor pacing in real time.
Connect Clover to monitor sales activity, order volume, labor pacing, and store status from the manager dashboard.
Weather + Event Forecasting03
Staff around demand before it hits.
Cielo Shift monitors weather pressure and local event signals so managers can prepare for traffic surges or identify payroll-saving opportunities.
AI Recommendations04
Know what to fix before it costs you.
The dashboard flags staffing risks, labor pressure, missing coverage, and schedule vulnerabilities with recommended next steps.
Accountability05
Keep the team aligned after the schedule is published.
Broadcast updates, assign tasks, track opening and closing routines, and keep managers aware of unresolved gaps.
Explainable AI
Every schedule should explain itself.
Cielo Shift does not just generate a roster. It shows managers the operational logic behind the draft so they can trust the schedule before publishing it.
AI Reasoning
Why this schedule was generated
- Protected required closer coverage
- Prioritized certified baristas and kitchen staff
- Locked fixed recurring shifts first
- Balanced weekly target hours
- Compared projected sales against labor target
- Applied weather and event context
- Flagged schedule gaps before publishing
Live · Saturday
Floor Pacing
AI Alert
Labor 7% above target
Send Maya home at 2:30 to recover $42.
Sales
$3,284
Labor %
31.4%
Maya R.
Bar
Diego T.
Counter
Priya S.
Kitchen
iOS Companion App
Command the floor from your pocket.
Take the command center to the floor. Manage live pacing, dictate schedule changes, and receive instant AI labor alerts right from your phone.
Built for Clover First
Purpose-built for Clover-powered cafés.
Cielo Shift starts with Clover because real-time POS data turns scheduling into labor intelligence. Use live sales pacing, order activity, and labor context to make better staffing decisions throughout the day.
Clover
Live sales pacing
Understand how the day is performing while staff are on the floor.
Clover
Labor visibility
Compare labor cost and labor percentage against your target.
Clover
Smarter scheduling inputs
Use real store performance data to guide future roster drafts.
Expanding rapidly
Not on Clover? Join the early-access list for upcoming POS integrations.
ToastSquareLightspeed
Select your POS to get early access when our integration drops:
The Cielo Shift Difference
Traditional scheduling tools create shifts.
Cielo Shift helps run the floor.
Traditional Scheduling Tools
Static & per-seat
Static schedules with limited business context
Labor reviewed after the fact
Per-employee pricing that grows with your team
Manual gap hunting across schedules and messages
Limited forecasting around weather, events, and sales pacing
The Cielo Shift Standard
AI floor intelligence
AI-generated schedules built around real operating rules
Live Clover sales and labor pacing
Flat $39/month per location
Action-first dashboard for floor risks and recommendations
Weather, event, and demand-aware labor planning
Employee Experience
Managers get control. Employees get clarity.
Employees can log in to view published schedules, see upcoming shifts, submit time-off requests, request schedule changes, acknowledge broadcasts, and complete assigned tasks.
Published schedule views
Time-off requests
Schedule change requests
Manager broadcasts
Task acknowledgements
Closing checklist access for closers
Weekly scheduled hours visibility
Pricing
One flat rate. No per-employee surprises.
Best for independent cafés14-day free trial
$39/ month per location
- Unlimited employees
- AI schedule generation
- Live Clover POS sync
- Manager dashboard
- Staff profiles and role rules
- Schedule change requests and approvals
- Opening and closing task templates
- Reports and labor insights
- Cancel anytime
No per-employee pricing. Add five employees or fifty — your monthly price stays the same.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
No. Scheduling is the starting point. Cielo Shift also monitors live Clover pacing, labor percentage, staffing risks, task completion, weather pressure, event demand, and manager action items.
No. Cielo Shift is a flat $39/month per location with unlimited employees.
Yes. Cielo Shift is built around Clover-powered hospitality operators and uses Clover data to support sales pacing, labor visibility, and smarter scheduling decisions.
Employees can log in to Cielo Shift to view published schedules, upcoming shifts, requests, broadcasts, assigned tasks, and profile information.
Yes. Employees can submit time-off and schedule change requests for manager review.
Yes — the free trial is started through Stripe Checkout, and billing begins after the 14-day trial unless you cancel.
Cielo Shift is designed for independent cafés, coffee shops, gelato shops, bakeries, small restaurants, and small multi-location hospitality operators.
Clover is supported first. Toast, Square, and Lightspeed integrations are on the roadmap, and operators can join the early-access list.
Explore CieloShift
Run your floor with the right tools.
Features
Scheduling, Clover pacing, checklists, and manager-controlled AI.
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Pricing
$39/mo per location. 14-day free trial. No surcharges.
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FAQ
Answers on scheduling, Clover, employees, AI, and billing.
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Contact
Talk to a CieloShift architect within one business day.
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Stop managing schedules in isolation.
Use Cielo Shift to generate smarter rosters, monitor the floor, protect labor targets, and keep your team accountable.