Route Planning Helper

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Organize multi-stop routes with distance calculations, time window validation, and Google Maps links. Helps group stops logically and check schedule feasibility.

What You Get

Provides distance data, geographic groupings, and time window validation to support manual route planning. Identifies scheduling conflicts, suggests logical stop organization, and generates Google Maps navigation links.

The Problem

Small delivery operations, field service businesses, and sales teams manually plan routes without good distance data or time validation. They struggle to group stops efficiently, validate time windows, and often discover scheduling conflicts only after starting their route. Manual calculations in spreadsheets are tedious and error-prone.

The Solution

This skill calculates distances between addresses using the Haversine formula, identifies natural geographic groupings (zones), validates time window feasibility with specific warnings, and generates Google Maps links. It provides the data and analysis needed to make informed routing decisions while leaving final route organization to the user who knows their specific constraints.

How It Works

  1. 1 Collect route information including addresses, start location, time windows, and service times
  2. 2 Calculate distances between stops and identify natural geographic groupings by area
  3. 3 If user has a sequence: validate time window feasibility and flag scheduling conflicts
  4. 4 If user needs help: present geographic zones, time-sensitive stops, and distance context
  5. 5 Generate route output with arrival times, validation results, and specific improvement recommendations
  6. 6 For multi-day routes: identify territories, suggest day assignments, and calculate daily summaries

What You'll Need

  • List of 10-25 stop addresses with time windows (optional) and priorities (optional)
  • Start and end location
  • Route date and start time
  • Average service time per stop
  • Preferred stop sequence (optional - skill can suggest)

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