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The Trade Shop Prompt Vault

Thirty prompts for the jobs that eat your week.

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Quoting. Chasing an invoice without wrecking the relationship. Telling a customer

it's worse than you thought. Answering a one-star review without sounding defensive.

Writing a job ad that filters. Getting the procedure out of one guy's head and onto

paper.

 

Every prompt comes with a worked example, the fill-in fields marked plainly, and a

note on when it will go wrong — that last part is the one worth reading.

 

Written for plumbers, electricians, HVAC, roofers, and remodelers. It's a Word

document, so it opens on your phone, your laptop, or in Google Docs. No subscription:

the free version of ChatGPT, Claude, or any other platform runs every prompt in here.

Quoting and estimating — 5 prompts    Hiring and crew — 4 prompts

Getting paid — 4 prompts              Marketing content — 4 prompts

Customer messaging — 5 prompts        SOPs and safety — 2 prompts

Reviews and reputation — 4 prompts    Admin — 2 prompts

Try one before you buy it

This is prompt #10 of the thirty, in full — the prompt, two worked examples, and the
note on when it goes wrong. Copy it, paste it into ChatGPT, and see what comes back.

 

If it's useful, the other twenty-nine are the same.

Not ready? Take ten of these free. The Estimate Rescue Kit is ten prompts for quotes that went quiet — no card, no call.

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¹ ServiceTitan, 2026 State of AI in the Trades, n=1,032 contractors across seven trades. Figure reflects contractors already using AI, not all contractors.

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