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150 AI prompts for HVAC Pros

Every one of the 150 prompt titles in the book, in the book's own eight groups. Twelve are printed in full and marked; use those today. The yellow parts are the blanks you fill in.

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Setup & Voice Prompts 1–15

  1. #1Your permanent profile

    Paste into custom instructions: “I run a [SIZE]-person HVAC company in [CITY, STATE] called [BUSINESS NAME]. We do [residential service and replacement / light commercial]. Typical work: [TOP 5]. Customer-facing writing: professional, plain, brief, 8th-grade level, no hype, no exclamation points, no scare tactics. Estimates and prices: always leave numbers as blanks unless I give them. Never state equipment sizes, SEER ratings, or rebate amounts I didn’t give you.”

  2. #2The tone calibrator
  3. #3The plain-English filter
  4. #4Shorter, always
  5. #5Three versions
  6. #6The de-jargonizer
  7. #7Teach it your voice
  8. #8The reverse brief
  9. #9Fix my dictation
  10. #10Translate for texting
  11. #11The second opinion
  12. #12Explain like a lead tech
  13. #13The checklist maker
  14. #14Spanish version
  15. #15What did I forget

Replacement Quotes & Estimates Prompts 16–40

  1. #16The replacement quote engine

    “Turn my notes into a customer-ready replacement quote description: WHAT WE FOUND (system condition in plain English, no scare language), WHAT WE RECOMMEND AND WHY, WHAT’S INCLUDED (equipment, labor, permit, disposal, warranty registration — only what I mentioned), WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED (duct repairs, electrical panel work, anything I flagged). Every price stays $____, every rating stays [SEER]. No guarantee, rebate, or code language I didn’t state. Under 300 words. Notes: [VOICE RAMBLE].”

  2. #17The survey capture
  3. #18Scope tightener
  4. #19Good-better-best
  5. #20The same-day cover note
  6. #21After-hours repair quote note
  7. #22Repair vs. replace
  8. #23The permit paragraph
  9. #24The ‘why so much’ reply
  10. #25Price-match pushback
  11. #26The apples-to-apples sheet
  12. #27Financing mention
  13. #28The revision note

    “Customer asked to [CHANGE, e.g., drop the duct sealing / step down to the base option]. Write the short note with revised quote #2: what changed, what didn’t, new total as $____, and that the original option stays open.”

  14. #29Decline-the-job letter
  15. #30The price-hold note
  16. #31Light-commercial bid cover letter
  17. #32Scope-of-work for subs
  18. #33The quote template audit
  19. #34The heat pump explainer
  20. #35System-plus-ductwork narrative
  21. #36Mini-split options
  22. #37The ‘found more’ change order
  23. #38Warranty terms paragraph
  24. #39The IAQ add-on menu
  25. #40Estimate-to-invoice handoff

Customer Communication & the Crush Prompts 41–65

  1. #41The message kit

    “Write my 10 standard customer texts in my voice: confirmation, day-before reminder with filter-access note, on-my-way + ETA, running late + new ETA, job complete + thanks, 3-day quote follow-up, reschedule request, after-hours auto-reply with true-emergency criteria, warranty acknowledgment, review request. Under 45 words each, [BRACKETS] for variables.”

  2. #42The two-window offer
  3. #43The no-show save
  4. #44The heat-wave triage kit
  5. #45The freeze-night triage kit
  6. #46Day-of install prep
  7. #47The completion walkthrough text
  8. #48Bad news, delivered well
  9. #49It’s a new problem, not a callback
  10. #50The genuine callback
  11. #51The 10 p.m. no-cool reply
  12. #52Wake the quiet quote
  13. #53The maintenance-window offer

    “Write a ‘beat the rush’ booking text to past customers for [SPRING COOLING / FALL HEATING] tune-ups: honest pitch that a tune-up now means priority when the [HEAT/COLD] hits, relaxed scheduling, price $____, one line on what a tune-up actually includes. Under 60 words, helpful neighbor tone.”

  14. #54Warranty registration reminder
  15. #55The access apology
  16. #56Explaining the service call fee
  17. #57The landlord authorization script
  18. #58Tenant coordination
  19. #59The elderly-customer version
  20. #60The GC / property manager update
  21. #61Holiday hours announcement
  22. #62The referral thank-you
  23. #63Difficult customer de-escalation
  24. #64The scope-creep boundary
  25. #65The goodbye letter

Money & Maintenance Agreements Prompts 66–85

  1. #66Self-explaining invoice

    “Turn my job notes into invoice line items: one line per distinct piece of work, 1–2 homeowner-clear sentences each (what failed, what we did, why it matters), diagnostic as its own line, refrigerant noted by type and amount if I mentioned it, amounts $____, no warranty language I didn’t state. Notes: [PASTE].”

  2. #67The deposit request
  3. #68Progress-payment schedule
  4. #69The receipt-with-a-future
  5. #70The collection ladder
  6. #71The payment-plan yes
  7. #72The bounced check note
  8. #73Estimate vs. final explainer
  9. #74The agreement pitch
  10. #75Distributor quote request
  11. #76The backorder workaround

    [PART/EQUIPMENT] is backordered [N] weeks. Write two messages: one to the customer (honest delay note, interim option if any — [PORTABLE/WINDOW UNITS / SPACE HEAT GUIDANCE], new timeline), one to my distributor asking for in-stock equivalents [SPECS THAT MUST MATCH, including AHRI-matched pairing].”

  12. #77Warranty claim to manufacturer
  13. #78Paper-trail email
  14. #79The renewal letter batch
  15. #80Insurance documentation
  16. #81The subcontractor invoice check
  17. #82Tax-time summary
  18. #83The insurance-friendly refusal
  19. #84The paid-assessment note
  20. #85End-of-week money sweep

Reviews & Reputation Prompts 86–105

  1. #86Review reply batch

    “This week’s reviews: [PASTE, names removed]. Reply to each: 1–3 sentences, my voice, thank them, mention the job type once, vary wording so they don’t read templated. Under 4 stars: draft but mark HOLD FOR MY REVIEW.”

  2. #87The 5-star with a detail
  3. #88The 4-star with a niggle
  4. #89The 3-star mystery
  5. #90The factually-wrong review
  6. #91The never-a-customer review
  7. #92The 1-star response
  8. #93The review-bomb triage
  9. #94The timed review ask
  10. #95The big-install ask
  11. #96The second ask (one only)
  12. #97Testimonial to website copy
  13. #98The case study
  14. #99The milestone post
  15. #100The apology that closes the loop
  16. #101The photo permission ask
  17. #102The BBB/complaint-portal response
  18. #103The reputation audit
  19. #104Competitor review mining
  20. #105The Nextdoor answer

On the Job Prompts 106–120

  1. #106The honest explainer

    “Explain [FINDING — cracked heat exchanger on camera / low charge indicating a leak / crushed duct starving a room] to a homeowner with zero HVAC knowledge: one everyday analogy, what we actually measured or saw [I’LL INSERT READINGS/PHOTOS], what it means practically, the real options including doing nothing with its honest tradeoff, my recommendation and why. Calm, factual, zero fear language — no ‘dangerous,’ no health claims unless I explicitly state a safety condition my readings justify. Under 180 words, kitchen-table conversational.”

  2. #107The phone-triage thinker
  3. #108The bulletin distiller
  4. #109The diagnostic rubber duck
  5. #110The pick list
  6. #111Multi-job day loadout
  7. #112The old-house wildcard list
  8. #113Time estimator sanity check
  9. #114The safety minute
  10. #115The permanent record
  11. #116The handoff brief
  12. #117Apprentice explainer
  13. #118The photo log captions
  14. #119End-of-day brain dump
  15. #120The ‘should I take this job’ gut-check

Marketing & Growth Prompts 121–145

  1. #121Profile overhaul

    “Write my Google Business Profile: description under 750 characters naming services and [AREA] naturally; services list with one-sentence plain descriptions for [SERVICES]; answers to the 8 questions homeowners always ask an HVAC company (emergencies, free replacement estimates, licensed/insured, brands serviced, financing, maintenance plans, peak-season speed, service call fee) — 2–3 sentences each, my voice, unknown facts as [BLANK].”

  2. #122The photo strategy
  3. #123Service page
  4. #124Town page
  5. #125A month of posts
  6. #126The FAQ goldmine
  7. #127Seasonal calendar
  8. #128The neighborhood blitz
  9. #129The realtor letter
  10. #130Property manager pitch
  11. #131Seasonal campaign
  12. #132The email newsletter (quarterly, short)
  13. #133Radio/podcast ad script

    “30-second local radio script: the AC-quits-on-the-hottest-Friday scene, one differentiator [REAL ONE, e.g., techs paid salary not commission], name and number twice, no shouting, no rhymes, no fear angle — the heat sells itself.”

  14. #134The truck-wrap brief
  15. #135Website home page
  16. #136Google Ads starter
  17. #137The recruiting post
  18. #138The trade-school pipeline letter
  19. #139Community sponsorship post
  20. #140The win-back offer
  21. #141Review-to-ad pipeline
  22. #142The ‘we do that too’ campaign
  23. #143Competitor-gap positioning
  24. #144The agreement sales page
  25. #145Marketing month in 60 minutes

Admin & Momentum Prompts 146–150

  1. #146The Monday morning brief

    “Organize my week from this mess: [PASTE JOBS / PROMISES / DEADLINES / PARTS DUE IN]. Output: this week’s schedule conflicts, the 3 revenue-critical items, calls owed today, and what I’m forgetting based on what I told you last week [IF IN THIS CHAT].”

  2. #147The SOP writer
  3. #148The meeting-with-myself
  4. #149The delegation test
  5. #150The edition-one graduation