150 AI prompts for Plumbing 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.
Setup & Voice Prompts 1–15
- #1Your permanent profile
Paste into custom instructions: “I run a [SIZE]-person plumbing company in [CITY, STATE] called [BUSINESS NAME]. We do [SERVICE AND REPAIR / DRAINS / WATER HEATERS / REPIPES / REMODEL]. My five most common jobs: [TOP 5]. Anything a customer reads: plain, short, professional, 8th-grade reading level, no hype, no exclamation points, no scare language. Leave every price as $____ unless I hand you the number. Never state a code requirement, permit rule, pipe size, vent arrangement or warranty term as fact — mark it VERIFY and I’ll check it against what’s adopted here.”
- #2Teach it how you actually write
- #3The tone calibrator
- #4Kitchen-table English
- #5Half the length
- #6Three versions
- #7The jargon strip
- #8Ask me first
- #9Clean up the dictation
- #10Email into text
- #11The VERIFY flag
- #12Explain it like a journeyman
- #13Turn this into a checklist
- #14The Spanish version
- #15What did I miss
Quotes & Estimates Prompts 16–40
- #16The estimate engine
“Turn my notes into a homeowner-ready quote: WHAT I FOUND, WHAT I RECOMMEND AND WHY, WHAT’S INCLUDED (only what I listed), WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED (drywall, paint, anything under a slab I haven’t opened). No warranty or code language I didn’t give you. Under 300 words. Notes: [VOICE RAMBLE].”
- #17The walkthrough capture
- #18The not-included block
- #19Good, better, best
- #20The same-day cover note
- #21Repair or replace the heater
- #22The tankless question
- #23The repipe narrative
- #24The slab-leak sheet
- #25The camera write-up
- #26Sewer line, three ways
- #27The permit paragraph
- #28Why is it so much
“A customer compared my quote to the part price online. The calm reply: licensed and insured, the code-required items [ONLY THE ONES I LIST], my warranty, who they call when it fails at eleven at night. No discount, nothing about the competition. Under 130 words.”
- #29The cheaper bid
- #30The apples-to-apples checklist
- #31The financing sentence
- #32The revised quote
- #33The quote audit
- #34The price-hold note
- #35Customer-supplied fixtures
- #36The commercial bid letter
- #37Scope of work for a sub
- #38The change order
- #39The warranty paragraph
- #40Quote to invoice
Customer Communication & Emergencies Prompts 41–65
- #41The message kit
“The twelve texts I send over and over: booking confirmation, day-before reminder, on my way with an ETA, running late, job finished, quote follow-up, reschedule, after-hours auto-reply with what counts as an emergency, warranty acknowledgment, payment received, review ask. Under 45 words each, [BRACKETS] for the variables.”
- #42The two-window offer
- #43The ten o’clock triage reply
- #44Where the shut-off is
- #45No hot water tonight
- #46It’s coming up through the shower
- #47The freeze-week kit
- #48The whole-street problem
- #49The no-show save
- #50The polite decline
- #51Prep for tomorrow
- #52The job-done message
- #53Bad news, mid-job
“I have to tell a customer that [WHAT CHANGED — the stack is cracked above the tee]. Lead with what this means for them, give a real choice with the honest tradeoff on each side, never sound defensive. Under 100 words.”
- #54New problem, not a callback
- #55The real callback
- #56Waking the quiet quote
- #57The trip fee, explained
- #58Before the truck moves
- #59The landlord script
- #60Tenant coordination
- #61The version for an older customer
- #62The GC update
- #63The hot message
- #64While you’re here
- #65The goodbye letter
Money & Service Agreements Prompts 66–85
- #66The self-explaining invoice
“Turn my job notes into invoice lines: one line per piece of work: what failed, what I did, why it mattered — the trip or diagnostic as its own line, no warranty wording I didn’t give you. Notes: [PASTE].”
- #67The deposit request
- #68The progress-payment schedule
- #69The receipt that does a second job
- #70The collection ladder
- #71The payment plan
- #72The returned payment
- #73Quote versus final
- #74The service agreement offer
- #75What the agreement actually promises
- #76The renewal batch
“My agreement renewal letter and a short text version: the renewal price [PLUS ONE HONEST SENTENCE IF IT WENT UP], what next year covers, a one-step way to renew, a genuine thank-you. No apology for the price. Then a 30-day and a 60-day nudge for the quiet ones.”
- #77The supply house RFQ
- #78The backorder pair
- #79The paper-trail email
- #80The warranty claim
- #81The insurance statement
- #82The refusal
- #83The paid inspection report
- #84Tax-time sort
- #85The Friday money sweep
Reviews & Reputation Prompts 86–105
- #86The Sunday reply batch
“This week’s reviews, names removed: [PASTE]. Reply to each in two or three sentences, naming the job type once. Vary the wording so nobody meets the same sentence twice. Under four stars: draft it, mark it HOLD, and I read it first.”
- #87The five-star that named something
- #88The four-star with a snag
- #89Three stars and no words
- #90The one where the facts are wrong
- #91Somebody else’s customer
- #92The one-star, written for the next reader
- #93The bad week
- #94The after-hours price review
- #95The review that belongs to another trade
- #96The ask, at three moments
- #97The ask after a long job
- #98The one follow-up, and only one
- #99Reviews into web copy
- #100The job story
- #101Permission for photos and footage
- #102The complaint-portal answer
- #103Twenty reviews, read as data
- #104The estimate-only reviewer
- #105The neighborhood-forum answer
On the Job Prompts 106–120
- #106The kitchen-table explainer
“Explain [WHAT I FOUND — cast iron scaled down to a pencil hole] to someone with no plumbing knowledge: one everyday comparison, what we measured [I’LL INSERT READINGS], what it means for their week, the honest options including doing nothing, my recommendation once. Under 180 words.”
- #107The phone-triage thinker
- #108The manual distiller
- #109The rubber duck
- #110The pick list
- #111Tomorrow’s loadout
- #112The old-house list
- #113The time sanity check
- #114The tailgate minute
- #115The permanent record
- #116The handoff brief
- #117The apprentice explainer
- #118The camera run, written up
- #119The end-of-day dump
- #120The gut check
Marketing & Growth Prompts 121–145
- #121The profile overhaul
“Write my Google Business Profile: a description under 750 characters naming what we do and [AREA], with my license number [LIC #] if my state requires it in advertising. Then two-sentence answers to what every caller asks — hours, emergencies, price of a visit, licensed and insured, warranty. Anything I haven’t told you stays [BLANK].”
- #122The photo shot list
- #123The service page
- #124The town page
- #125Four posts for the month
- #126The FAQ goldmine
- #127The twelve months
- #128The five-door blitz
- #129The realtor letter
- #130The property manager pitch
- #131The freeze-warning campaign
- #132The quarterly email
- #133The after-hours page
“Write the emergency page for my site: what counts as a real emergency in plain terms (a burst line, sewage backing up, no water, a gas smell — call the gas company first), what to do in the four minutes before I get there (find the shutoff, kill power to the heater), my hours and after-hours rate [MY TERMS], how to reach a human. Nothing that shames anybody for calling.”
- #134The van
- #135The home page
- #136The ads starter
- #137The hiring post
- #138The apprentice pipeline
- #139The sponsorship post
- #140The win-back
- #141From review to ad
- #142The ‘we do that too’ note
- #143The honest contrast
- #144The agreement page
- #145The marketing hour
Admin & Momentum Prompts 146–150
- #146Monday, in one page
“My week as a pile: [PASTE — JOBS, PROMISES, PARTS DUE IN, INSPECTIONS]. Where the schedule collides, the three things that decide whether this week makes money, permits and inspections with a date on them, and what I’m forgetting from last week.”
- #147The SOP
- #148The meeting with yourself
- #149The delegation test
- #150Prompt #151