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What are Rules & Automations?

Set up rules that prompt staff and create tasks automatically based on real conditions like the weather and forecast.

Create your first automation

Use a starter template to set up a working rule in a couple of minutes.

Actions explained

The things a rule can do when it fires, from showing a panel to creating a task.

Weather or tide data looks wrong or missing

What to check when the check-in panel has no weather, wind or tide.

The check-in panel is not showing

Steps to take when staff check in but see no weather or tide panel.

Show weather, wind and tide at check-in

Give staff live conditions for their location the moment they check in.

Conditions explained

How weather conditions work, and how combining them controls when a rule fires.

A routine is not showing up in the app

Work through the most likely reasons a routine is missing from a staff member's app, starting with the one that catches people out most.

Getting Started

Inviting and Managing Team Members

Invite staff, choose roles, organise people into groups, and understand what each role can do.

Compliance & Food Safety

Reporting Incidents, Accidents & Near-Misses

Log incidents, accidents, and near-misses, investigate them, and keep the evidence insurers and inspectors expect.

Submitting Handover & End-of-Shift Reports

Raise handover notes at the end of a shift, see how the next shift picks them up at check-in, and where managers review them.

The App for Contractors

How contractors sign in, keep credentials current, sign documents, see their events, and track their hours.

Approving hours and timesheets

How Paddl works out what was worked, what the flags mean, and how to correct a line.

The rota and closed sites

What happens to shifts and alerts when a site is shut for a refurbishment or a holiday.

Clocking in from a shift

Starting a shift from your rota, what the location check does, and what happens with no signal.

Managing Visitors

Log visitors quickly or send a self sign-in link, capture badge details, and keep an on-site record.

A document is not showing for staff to sign

When a policy or document does not reach the people who need to sign it, check whether it is archived, who it is assigned to, and where they are.

Team & Compliance Oversight (Manager)

See each staff member's compliance, drill into the detail, track visitors on site, and check section status.