> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://guide.garde.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Checklists

> Opening and closing routines with proof, triggers, and manager sign-off.

The **Checklists** tab turns "did anyone actually do it?" into a record. A manager writes the location's routines once — opening, closing, weekly deep-clean — and the crew runs them on the phone every shift.

## Run today's checklist

1. Open **Checklists**. Today's routines are listed with their tasks, grouped in sections.
2. Work through each task. How you complete one depends on how it was set up:
   * **Checkmark** — check it off.
   * **Photo** — attach a photo as proof (the closed walk-in, the clean fryer).
   * **Notes** — write down what you found (temperatures, counts).
   * **Automatic** — completes itself when the real work happens in Garde: when a count is completed, when waste is recorded, when a purchase order is approved, or when no invoices from the last 7 days need review.
3. Tasks show who completed them and when.

<Tip>
  **Automatic tasks are the honest ones.** "Log tonight's waste" bound to *When waste is recorded* can't be pencil-whipped — it only completes when the waste entry actually exists.
</Tip>

## Sign off the day

Routines can be marked **Requires Sign-off**: a shift lead or manager reviews the completed list and signs the day off. The **Review Log** keeps the trail — approved, pending, rejected, and skipped counts per day — so a missed close shows up as a fact, not an argument.

## Manage routines (managers)

**Manage routines** is where the routines are written:

* **New routine** — name it, set which days it runs (M–Su), and whether it requires sign-off.
* **Add a section** and **Add a task** — structure the walk the way the shift actually flows.
* For each task, pick **How is it completed?** — checkmark, photo, notes, or an automatic trigger.
* Routines that no longer apply are retired, not deleted — history stays.

<Note>
  Checklists pair naturally with the [daily routine](/operating-guide/daily-check-in): the closer's checklist carries the waste log and invoice photos, and the manager's morning check-in verifies the sign-offs.
</Note>