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Which AI tools actually work for local service businesses: roofers, plumbers, HVAC, law and accounting firms. Free weekly, Tuesdays 7 AM CT.

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@contractormag @EGIA When an AI books a job wrong, which mistake do shops usually catch first: wrong job type, wrong address, or a time the crew can't make?

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@IBEW For electricians coming up in the trade now: what admin work eats the most of your day that software should be taking off your plate?

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Honest take: AI won't get your permit approved. It can catch the missing site plan before a reviewer does. Still read its answer against the checklist yourself.

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England's planning offices are now using AI to check home-extension applications.

The first thing it checks isn't the design. It's whether the packet is complete.

You can run that same check on your own permit packet before you submit.

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The contractor version needs no special software:

1. Download your city's submittal checklist.
2. Give it and your packet to any AI chat.
3. Ask what's missing or doesn't match.
4. Fix it before the review clock starts.

A bounced packet costs you weeks.

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@homeprosnews Which fundamental do you see slip first when a shop puts AI ahead of the basics: answering the phone, scheduling, or showing up on time?

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Honest take: an AI that chases open quotes could be real money. An unchased quote is a job you already paid to bid.

Just don't assume consent is the vendor's problem. Ask your attorney first. Not legal advice.

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The quote you sent two weeks ago and never chased? AI phone vendors want to make that call for you.

Broccoli, just funded with $52M to answer phones for plumbing and HVAC shops, says its agents also follow up on estimates, renew memberships and reconnect with past customers.

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Before you switch on AI call-outs, ask three things:

1. Whose name is the call going out under, yours or the vendor's?
2. What consent do you have on file for each number, and where is it written down?
3. When a customer says stop, how fast does every list hear it?

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@RoofContr For roofers trying an AI receptionist: which calls would you let it book on its own, and which go straight to a person?

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Honest take: an AI that books the job is worth more than one that takes a message. It's also one more user in your system.

Treat it like a new hire: limited access, checked work, and a way to let it go.

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Two AI launches this week can change your records, not just answer questions.

Roofr says its new AI receptionist for roofers "can take actions within a contractor's workflow." Filevine's new Claude connector can edit case files.

Before you switch one on, ask three things.

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3. How do you see what it changed, and how do you shut it off?

Filevine sets every Claude action to "needs approval" by default. The session lasts a day unless an admin stretches it, up to three months.

Leave approvals on until you've checked a week of its work.

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@kablerecord @agazdecki When a call like that comes in after hours, what do you need on the ticket to tell a $90 drain clear from a slab leak before you roll a truck?