What I like to do is to give any new prompts in the form of a question, I ask my bot if it thinks it can use any of them and it they conflict with any existing rules, then he looks the prompts over and let's me know it any of them are helpful, if any are he then proceeds to implement them
@TheSystemsDad@bot@TheSystemsDad Agreed. I started with the jobs I hated most: estimates, receipts and the shop phone. The bots draft, I approve. So far it runs me about $30 a month, so I'm not burning much. What did you cut first?
Painter in Galveston here. Same rule over at my shop: the bots draft, I approve. One does estimates and paperwork, one enters supplier receipts, plus a voice agent on the shop phone. Your 'pick your most annoying 7-minute job' tip is dead on. Thanks for sharing it.
@bonvasgk@bonvasgk Mostly Grok Bots: one drafts estimates from my price list, one enters supplier receipts, and a voice agent answers the shop phone. I approve anything that goes out. Haven't tried SimplyWise. What do you like about it?"
Small painting contractor here. I think the office side is where AI hits trades first. I used to do all the estimates, receipts and phone calls myself. Now bots draft and I approve. Didn't fire anyone, but that's work a hire used to get. The walk-through is still on me.
Quotes were the thing I dreaded most too. Now a bot drafts mine from my price list and notes, and I check and send. Cuts the night work way down. Curious what you're building with Skilled Trades Direct?
Pick, no. Collect quotes, sure. A customer still wants someone to walk the job and look them in the eye. I use AI on my side of it: it answers calls, books the estimate visit and drafts the estimate. The price and the walk-through stay mine. Painter here.
Painter in Galveston. Slow season is when I fix the back office. Best thing so far wasn't getting leads, it was not missing calls: a voice agent answers the shop line, books estimate visits, emails me a summary. Cheap and boring but it works. Tried anything for leads?
Sped one up, for me. Small painting company, and I did all the office work myself. AI drafts my estimates, enters receipts and answers the shop phone. Nobody lost a job, I just stopped working nights. But a future hire probably never happens because of it.
Same here, small painting company. Office work got lighter fast once the bots had my rules. Agree the hard part is good people, not software. What was the first job you handed off?