# 150 AI prompts for Plumbing Pros

> Every prompt title in AI for Plumbing Pros, grouped as the book groups them. Twelve are printed in full, free.

*Every prompt title in AI on the Job: Plumbing Pros Edition. Twelve printed in full; the rest are in the book.*

## Setup & Voice (Prompts 1–15)

- **#1 Your 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.”
- #2 Teach it how you actually write
- #3 The tone calibrator
- #4 Kitchen-table English
- #5 Half the length
- #6 Three versions
- #7 The jargon strip
- #8 Ask me first
- #9 Clean up the dictation
- #10 Email into text
- #11 The VERIFY flag
- #12 Explain it like a journeyman
- #13 Turn this into a checklist
- #14 The Spanish version
- #15 What did I miss

## Quotes & Estimates (Prompts 16–40)

- **#16 The 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].”
- #17 The walkthrough capture
- #18 The not-included block
- #19 Good, better, best
- #20 The same-day cover note
- #21 Repair or replace the heater
- #22 The tankless question
- #23 The repipe narrative
- #24 The slab-leak sheet
- #25 The camera write-up
- #26 Sewer line, three ways
- #27 The permit paragraph
- **#28 Why 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.”
- #29 The cheaper bid
- #30 The apples-to-apples checklist
- #31 The financing sentence
- #32 The revised quote
- #33 The quote audit
- #34 The price-hold note
- #35 Customer-supplied fixtures
- #36 The commercial bid letter
- #37 Scope of work for a sub
- #38 The change order
- #39 The warranty paragraph
- #40 Quote to invoice

## Customer Communication & Emergencies (Prompts 41–65)

- **#41 The 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.”
- #42 The two-window offer
- #43 The ten o’clock triage reply
- #44 Where the shut-off is
- #45 No hot water tonight
- #46 It’s coming up through the shower
- #47 The freeze-week kit
- #48 The whole-street problem
- #49 The no-show save
- #50 The polite decline
- #51 Prep for tomorrow
- #52 The job-done message
- **#53 Bad 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.”
- #54 New problem, not a callback
- #55 The real callback
- #56 Waking the quiet quote
- #57 The trip fee, explained
- #58 Before the truck moves
- #59 The landlord script
- #60 Tenant coordination
- #61 The version for an older customer
- #62 The GC update
- #63 The hot message
- #64 While you’re here
- #65 The goodbye letter

## Money & Service Agreements (Prompts 66–85)

- **#66 The 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].”
- #67 The deposit request
- #68 The progress-payment schedule
- #69 The receipt that does a second job
- #70 The collection ladder
- #71 The payment plan
- #72 The returned payment
- #73 Quote versus final
- #74 The service agreement offer
- #75 What the agreement actually promises
- **#76 The 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.”
- #77 The supply house RFQ
- #78 The backorder pair
- #79 The paper-trail email
- #80 The warranty claim
- #81 The insurance statement
- #82 The refusal
- #83 The paid inspection report
- #84 Tax-time sort
- #85 The Friday money sweep

## Reviews & Reputation (Prompts 86–105)

- **#86 The 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.”
- #87 The five-star that named something
- #88 The four-star with a snag
- #89 Three stars and no words
- #90 The one where the facts are wrong
- #91 Somebody else’s customer
- #92 The one-star, written for the next reader
- #93 The bad week
- #94 The after-hours price review
- #95 The review that belongs to another trade
- #96 The ask, at three moments
- #97 The ask after a long job
- #98 The one follow-up, and only one
- #99 Reviews into web copy
- #100 The job story
- #101 Permission for photos and footage
- #102 The complaint-portal answer
- #103 Twenty reviews, read as data
- #104 The estimate-only reviewer
- #105 The neighborhood-forum answer

## On the Job (Prompts 106–120)

- **#106 The 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.”
- #107 The phone-triage thinker
- #108 The manual distiller
- #109 The rubber duck
- #110 The pick list
- #111 Tomorrow’s loadout
- #112 The old-house list
- #113 The time sanity check
- #114 The tailgate minute
- #115 The permanent record
- #116 The handoff brief
- #117 The apprentice explainer
- #118 The camera run, written up
- #119 The end-of-day dump
- #120 The gut check

## Marketing & Growth (Prompts 121–145)

- **#121 The 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].”
- #122 The photo shot list
- #123 The service page
- #124 The town page
- #125 Four posts for the month
- #126 The FAQ goldmine
- #127 The twelve months
- #128 The five-door blitz
- #129 The realtor letter
- #130 The property manager pitch
- #131 The freeze-warning campaign
- #132 The quarterly email
- **#133 The 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.”
- #134 The van
- #135 The home page
- #136 The ads starter
- #137 The hiring post
- #138 The apprentice pipeline
- #139 The sponsorship post
- #140 The win-back
- #141 From review to ad
- #142 The ‘we do that too’ note
- #143 The honest contrast
- #144 The agreement page
- #145 The marketing hour

## Admin & Momentum (Prompts 146–150)

- **#146 Monday, 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.”
- #147 The SOP
- #148 The meeting with yourself
- #149 The delegation test
- #150 Prompt #151


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*AI on the Job Press · Greenlight Publishing · 2027 edition*