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Choose which quick actions appear in the rotation channel message.

What are Quick Actions?

When Rotation App posts a channel message announcing the currently assigned user(s), it includes a Quick Actions dropdown. Quick Actions let your team make common rotation changes directly from the channel message without opening the Home tab.

By default, all available Quick Actions are enabled. You can customize which ones appear, or disable them entirely.

A quick action showing up in this dropdown doesn’t guarantee everyone can use it. A rotation’s owners can restrict substitutions, skips/cancels, or reordering to just members or just owners. Someone without permission sees an error instead of the action applying. See Manage Rotation Permissions.

Available Quick Actions

Quick Action	Description
Skip user and assign next	Skips the currently assigned user and moves them to the end of the queue. The next user takes over.
Swap positions with next user	Swaps the currently assigned user with the next user in the queue. The current user moves to the next position instead of the end.
Temporarily substitute with next user	Replaces the currently assigned user with the next user for this shift only, without changing the queue order. Only available for single-user rotations.
Skip shift	Skips the current shift entirely, leaving no one assigned. The queue is deferred by one shift, so nobody loses their turn.
Cancel shift	Cancels the current shift, leaving no one assigned. The rest of the queue stays exactly on schedule. See Manage Rotation Shifts for the difference between skip and cancel.
Uncancel this shift	Reverts a previously-cancelled shift back to its natural assignee. Only appears when the current shift has been cancelled.

For group rotations, actions refer to the group instead of a single user. “Temporarily substitute” is not available for group rotations. Uncancel this shift is context-sensitive: it only shows up on cancelled shifts, so it’s safe to keep enabled even if your rotation rarely uses cancellations.

How to customize Quick Actions

Go to Home tab: Learn where to find Rotation App’s Home tab
Find your rotation
Open the rotation menu and select 💬 Customize Channel Message.
Press “Edit Quick Actions” to open the Quick Actions editor.
Select the actions you want to enable. To disable Quick Actions entirely, unselect all options.
Save your changes.

Manage Rotation Permissions ➝

Restrict substitutions, skips/cancels, or reordering to rotation members or owners

Manage Rotation Shifts ➝

Substitute, move, skip, or cancel shifts in your rotation's queue