live show promo and payout planner

Know which gig offer pays more before you say yes, then fill the room.

live show promo and payout planner gives your AI agent working scripts for the business side of a local show. Describe your offers, costs, ticket prices and merch once in a simple show file. The agent then tells you what each offer actually puts in your pocket at every turnout, how many people you need to break even, and when a door deal beats the guarantee. It builds a dated promo countdown you can import into your calendar, catches poster and caption mistakes before they go out, and walks you through the settlement on show night.

What it does

• Offer comparison: flat guarantee, door split after house expenses, "guarantee versus percentage", guarantee plus a bonus, and bar deals. Shows band net after commission, merch and travel at every attendance level, marks the best offer at each, and splits the money per member (equal or custom shares).
• Break-even and crossover: the turnout where each offer covers your costs, and the turnout where a split deal starts paying more than the guarantee. Fields you left blank are listed, so nothing defaults to zero silently.
• Real ticket math: advance vs door sales, different door price, buyer fees, absorbed platform fees, door card fees, sales tax included in the price, comps, and splitting the artist side with other acts.
• Merch estimate: per-item price, cost and attach rate, plus card share, card fees and venue cut.
• Promo countdown: a 17-step plan from T-35 (lock details) through announce, list email, partner shares, content pushes, local calendars and radio, poster run, ticket check against break-even, set times, logistics, show day and two follow-ups. Outdoor shows get weather steps. If you start late, overdue steps move to today. Exports .ics (RFC 5545, imports into Google, Apple or Outlook calendars), .csv and .md.
• Poster and caption proofreader: checks your copy against the plan: wrong weekday for the date, doors time, prices, age policy, leftover TBA/TBD/XX, missing venue, ticket link or act names. Also checks the plan itself for overlapping sets, too-short changeovers, a last set past curfew, door price below advance, and expected turnout over capacity.
• Show-night settlement: gross, fees, net box office, the deal math written out, artist payout, merch net, band costs, band net and each member's share, plus a reminder of the paperwork to ask for before you sign.

Problems it solves

• Taking a flat $300 when the door deal would have paid twice that, or taking a door deal on a slow night
• Not knowing how many tickets you need to sell to cover gas, food and promo
• Promo that starts a week out and happens in random bursts
• Posting "Fri Nov 14" when the 14th is a Saturday, or a door price that doesn't match the ticket page
• Show-night settlements you can't check on the spot

Who it's for

Independent musicians, bands, DJs and comedians who book their own local and regional shows, plus the managers and small promoters who help them.

What's included

• SKILL.md: a 5-step workflow (show file → offers → proofread → promo → settle), how to advise on offers, and the delivery format
• scripts/gig_deal.py (offers, break-even, crossover, settlement), scripts/promo_plan.py (countdown, .ics/.csv/.md), scripts/show_check.py (plan and copy checks), scripts/show_common.py
• examples/: a complete fictional show file, a correct poster and a caption with five deliberate mistakes
• references/deal-math.md (every formula) and references/sources.md (RFC 5545, Python zoneinfo, IRS mileage rate)

Standard-library Python only. No API keys, no network calls, no installs.