diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8275d54..1807278 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,37 @@ alone: the flag only surfaces a per-install opt-in, off by default, next to that
 warning. Set it when the plugin genuinely does not function otherwise, not when
 it merely has a nicer HUD if you do.
 
+### Plugins that run a map rotation
+
+A dedicated server can carry a map rotation set in the panel. A plugin that can
+play one declares where the rotation goes, and the panel writes those files on
+every boot of a server that has a rotation (and loads the plugin there unless the
+server switches it off):
+
+```json
+"map_rotation": {
+  "files": {
+    "addons/swiftlys2/configs/plugins/MapChooser/maps.jsonc": {
+      "MapChooserMaps": { "Maps": "{{maps}}" }
+    },
+    "addons/swiftlys2/configs/plugins/MapChooser/config.jsonc": {
+      "MapChooser": { "Cycle": { "Enabled": true, "RandomOrder": "{{shuffle}}" } }
+    }
+  },
+  "map": { "Name": "{{label}}", "Id": "{{id}}" }
+}
+```
+
+`{{maps}}` becomes the list, one `map` object per entry; `{{shuffle}}` becomes the
+server's shuffle switch. In `map`, `{{id}}` is the workshop id or the map name
+(whatever `host_workshop_map` / `changelevel` takes), `{{name}}` the map name,
+`{{label}}` the display name and `{{workshop_id}}` the workshop id or null. A
+string that is exactly one token takes the token's type; anything else is text.
+
+Each file is written whole, so a file listed here replaces anything an operator
+put at that path on that server. Keep documents to the keys the rotation needs:
+MapChooser falls back to its defaults for every key the file leaves out.
+
 ### Runtimes are not interchangeable
 
 A CounterStrikeSharp plugin will not load under SwiftlyS2 and vice versa, so a
diff --git a/registry/game/map-chooser.json b/registry/game/map-chooser.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..750da5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/game/map-chooser.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../../schema/plugin.schema.json",
+  "slug": "map-chooser",
+  "kind": "game",
+  "name": "MapChooser",
+  "author": "aga",
+  "description": "Map voting for community servers: rock the vote, nominations, end-of-map votes, extends and an automatic map cycle. Workshop maps by ID. Runs the map rotation set on a dedicated server.",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/SwiftlyS2-Plugins/MapChooser",
+  "tags": ["maps", "voting", "rtv", "rotation", "community"],
+  "verified": false,
+  "hot_swappable": false,
+  "config_path": "addons/swiftlys2/configs/plugins/MapChooser/config.jsonc",
+  "map_rotation": {
+    "files": {
+      "addons/swiftlys2/configs/plugins/MapChooser/maps.jsonc": {
+        "MapChooserMaps": {
+          "Maps": "{{maps}}"
+        }
+      },
+      "addons/swiftlys2/configs/plugins/MapChooser/config.jsonc": {
+        "MapChooser": {
+          "Cycle": {
+            "Enabled": true,
+            "RandomOrder": "{{shuffle}}"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "map": {
+      "Name": "{{label}}",
+      "Id": "{{id}}"
+    }
+  },
+  "variants": {
+    "swiftlys2": {
+      "repo": "SwiftlyS2-Plugins/MapChooser",
+      "asset": "MapChooser-v*.zip",
+      "layout": "plugin",
+      "install_path": "addons/swiftlys2/plugins"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/schema/plugin.schema.json b/schema/plugin.schema.json
index 59f226f..f464160 100644
--- a/schema/plugin.schema.json
+++ b/schema/plugin.schema.json
@@ -98,6 +98,29 @@
       },
       "description": "Console variables this plugin reads, for the mode cfg editor's autocomplete."
     },
+    "map_rotation": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "Declares this plugin runs a dedicated server's map rotation. The panel renders each file from the server's rotation and writes it before the server boots.",
+      "required": [
+        "files",
+        "map"
+      ],
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "properties": {
+        "files": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "minProperties": 1,
+          "description": "Path relative to game/csgo ({runtime} is substituted) mapped to the JSON document written there. A string that is exactly {{maps}} becomes the rendered map list, exactly {{shuffle}} becomes a boolean.",
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "type": "object"
+          }
+        },
+        "map": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "description": "One rotation entry. {{id}} is the workshop id or the map name, {{name}} the map name, {{label}} the display name, {{workshop_id}} the workshop id or null."
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "panel": {
       "type": "object",
       "description": "Panel plugin coordinates. Required when kind is panel or bundle.",
diff --git a/scripts/build.test.mjs b/scripts/build.test.mjs
index 0a27031..f036c7b 100644
--- a/scripts/build.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build.test.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { selectLinuxAsset } from "./build.mjs";
 import { sameIndex } from "./changed.mjs";
+import { validateMapRotation } from "./validate.mjs";
 
 const glob = (pattern) =>
   new RegExp(
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@ const glob = (pattern) =>
 
 const named = (...names) => names.map((name) => ({ name }));
 
+const rotation = (files, map = { Name: "{{label}}", Id: "{{id}}" }) => ({
+  kind: "game",
+  map_rotation: { files, map },
+});
+
 let failures = 0;
 const test = (what, fn) => {
   try {
@@ -101,6 +107,33 @@ test("treats an unreadable published index as changed", () => {
   assert.equal(sameIndex("<html>404</html>", index([])), false);
 });
 
+test("accepts a map rotation that writes the map list", () => {
+  const problems = validateMapRotation(
+    rotation({ "a/maps.jsonc": { Maps: "{{maps}}" }, "a/config.jsonc": { Random: "{{shuffle}}" } }),
+    "x.json",
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(problems, []);
+});
+
+test("rejects a map rotation that never writes {{maps}}", () => {
+  const problems = validateMapRotation(rotation({ "a/config.jsonc": { Random: "{{shuffle}}" } }), "x.json");
+  assert.equal(problems.length, 1);
+  assert.match(problems[0], /never writes \{\{maps\}\}/);
+});
+
+test("rejects map rotation paths that escape game/csgo", () => {
+  assert.equal(validateMapRotation(rotation({ "/etc/maps.jsonc": { Maps: "{{maps}}" } }), "x.json").length, 1);
+  assert.equal(validateMapRotation(rotation({ "../maps.jsonc": { Maps: "{{maps}}" } }), "x.json").length, 1);
+});
+
+test("rejects map rotation tokens used in the wrong place", () => {
+  assert.equal(validateMapRotation(rotation({ "a/maps.jsonc": { Maps: "{{maps}}", Id: "{{id}}" } }), "x.json").length, 1);
+  assert.equal(
+    validateMapRotation(rotation({ "a/maps.jsonc": { Maps: "{{maps}}" } }, { Name: "{{maps}}" }), "x.json").length,
+    1,
+  );
+});
+
 if (failures > 0) {
   console.error(`\n${failures} test(s) failed`);
   process.exit(1);
diff --git a/scripts/validate.mjs b/scripts/validate.mjs
index 06485f3..4e4d523 100644
--- a/scripts/validate.mjs
+++ b/scripts/validate.mjs
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ export function validateEntry({ entry, filePath, directory, fileName }) {
     );
   }
 
+  if (entry.map_rotation) {
+    problems.push(...validateMapRotation(entry, filePath));
+  }
+
   if (entry.wiring) {
     if (entry.kind === "game") {
       fail(`"wiring" describes how a panel plugin configures a game plugin, so it does not belong on a game entry`);
@@ -146,6 +150,75 @@ export function validateEntry({ entry, filePath, directory, fileName }) {
   return problems;
 }
 
+const MAP_ROTATION_DOCUMENT_TOKENS = new Set(["{{maps}}", "{{shuffle}}"]);
+const MAP_ROTATION_MAP_TOKENS = new Set([
+  "{{id}}",
+  "{{name}}",
+  "{{label}}",
+  "{{workshop_id}}",
+]);
+
+function tokensIn(value) {
+  if (typeof value === "string") {
+    return value.match(/\{\{[^}]*\}\}/g) ?? [];
+  }
+
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
+    return Object.values(value).flatMap(tokensIn);
+  }
+
+  return [];
+}
+
+export function validateMapRotation(entry, filePath) {
+  const problems = [];
+  const fail = (message) => problems.push(`${filePath}: map_rotation ${message}`);
+  const { files, map } = entry.map_rotation;
+
+  if (entry.kind === "panel") {
+    fail(`only belongs on a game or bundle entry`);
+  }
+
+  if (!files || typeof files !== "object" || Object.keys(files).length === 0) {
+    fail(`needs at least one file under "files"`);
+    return problems;
+  }
+
+  if (!map || typeof map !== "object" || Array.isArray(map)) {
+    fail(`needs a "map" object describing one entry`);
+    return problems;
+  }
+
+  for (const [target, document] of Object.entries(files)) {
+    if (target.startsWith("/") || target.includes("..")) {
+      fail(`path "${target}" must be relative to game/csgo`);
+    }
+
+    if (!document || typeof document !== "object" || Array.isArray(document)) {
+      fail(`"${target}" must map to a JSON object`);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (const token of tokensIn(document)) {
+      if (!MAP_ROTATION_DOCUMENT_TOKENS.has(token)) {
+        fail(`"${target}" uses ${token}; files may only use ${[...MAP_ROTATION_DOCUMENT_TOKENS].join(", ")}`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!Object.values(files).some((document) => tokensIn(document).includes("{{maps}}"))) {
+    fail(`never writes {{maps}}, so the rotation would go nowhere`);
+  }
+
+  for (const token of tokensIn(map)) {
+    if (!MAP_ROTATION_MAP_TOKENS.has(token)) {
+      fail(`"map" uses ${token}; entries may only use ${[...MAP_ROTATION_MAP_TOKENS].join(", ")}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return problems;
+}
+
 export async function validateAll() {
   const entries = await loadEntries();
   const problems = entries.flatMap(validateEntry);