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A free library of battle-tested AI prompts written by tradesmen for tradesmen. Customer follow-ups, estimate prep, safety briefings, the boring admin stuff. Click copy, paste into ChatGPT or Claude, fill in the brackets.

marketing

Apprentice job ad — honest pay, honest expectations, no corporate filler

Write a job post that filters out the wrong people and pulls in the right ones. Real pay range, real hours, real expectations — written like a foreman, not HR.

hiringapprenticejobs

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estimating

Change order draft — opened a wall, found a problem

Turn 'we found something' into a clean change order: scope, labor, materials, time impact, and a customer-friendly explanation that doesn't sound like a shakedown.

change-orderscopecustomer

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marketing

Bad review reply — calm, professional, no defensiveness

A 2-star review just landed. Here's how to write a reply that protects your reputation and gets the conversation offline — without arguing in public.

reviewsreputationcustomer

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admin

Past-due invoice nudge — polite, firm, not desperate

A short payment reminder that doesn't apologize, doesn't grovel, and doesn't sound like a collections letter. Customers actually pay these.

invoicingcollectionscustomer

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general

Jobsite photos → punch list, grouped and prioritized

Snap 4–8 photos at the end of a walkthrough. Get back a punch list grouped by trade, with P1/P2/P3 priority and a one-line fix for each.

punch-listwalkthroughphotos

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general

Explain a code section to a homeowner who's pushing back

Translate NEC, IPC, IBC — or any code reference — into three plain sentences a homeowner will accept. No jargon, no condescension.

codecustomerNEC

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admin

Storm killed the schedule — reshuffle the week + draft customer texts

Rain takes out a day. Move outdoor work, fill the indoor crews, and send every affected customer a 5-line text in the same pass.

schedulingweathercustomer-communication

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customer

Customer follow-up after a service call

Turn a 30-second voice memo about a service call into a polished follow-up email — without sounding like a robot.

emailfollow-upservice

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safety

5-minute toolbox talk for tomorrow's job

Generate a tight, trade-specific safety briefing the night before. No corporate-speak — sounds like a foreman, not a clipboard.

safetytoolbox-talkcrew

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estimating

Walkthrough notes → bid-ready estimate

Dump your scribbled walkthrough notes in. Get back a structured estimate with line items, assumptions, and a sanity-check on your scope.

estimatingbiddingscope

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