How to name and mark your rekordbox playlists so a copilot can learn from them

You do not need a perfect library for a next-track copilot to work — but a few cheap habits make it dramatically better, because they tell it which nights were real gigs and which tracks you trust. Here is the short version.

1. Put the date in the playlist name

Name each gig playlist with its date, like 12/04/2026 & Dana & Yossi. Day-first or month-first both work; Deck Caddie asks which one you use. Put them in a folder (for example History) so they stay together.

2. Use one symbol for real gigs

If you also keep practice playlists, give real gigs a symbol — & in the example above — and tell the setup about it. Only playlists with the symbol count as gigs; the rest are ignored. No symbol? Then every dated playlist counts.

3. Mark your best nights

Add !! (or a 🔥) to the name of a night that really worked. Those nights weigh more when the copilot decides which transitions to trust.

4. Rate your favourites

In rekordbox, give the tracks that always work 4 or 5 stars. They are flagged in the panel and count as your quality mark. No new habit — it reads what rekordbox already stores.

5. Keep genre where you keep it

Genre in the tag, in playlists, or both — it all works. The setup tells you what it found and lets you correct it.

Then let it read, never write

Deck Caddie for rekordbox only reads your library. It never renames, moves or rates anything, and it works offline. If you play on Serato too, the same habits apply to your crates — see how to organise Serato crates.