10 AI Prompts Every Tradesperson Can Use This Week (Copy-Paste)

Most "AI for business" advice is written by people who've never invoiced a customer from a van. These ten prompts are different: each one handles a real task from a tradesperson's week. Copy, paste, fill in the brackets, done.

Quoting & money

1. The professional quote

Write a professional quote for a [trade] job. Job: [describe the work in your own words]. Materials roughly [amount], labour [hours] at [rate]. Include a short scope of work, what's excluded, payment terms of [terms], and a 30-day validity line. Friendly but professional tone.

Why it works: customers accept clear quotes faster. Describing the job in your own rough words is enough — the AI handles the polish.

2. The invoice chaser (polite, then firm)

Write two short emails chasing invoice #[number] for [amount], now [days] overdue. Email 1: friendly reminder assuming they forgot. Email 2 (for one week later): firm but professional, mentioning late-payment terms. Keep both under 100 words.

3. The price-rise letter

Write a letter to my existing customers explaining a price increase of [X]% from [date] due to material and running costs. Thank them for their loyalty, keep it honest and brief, no grovelling.

Customer comms

4. The "we're running late" text

Write a short, professional SMS telling a customer I'm running [time] late to their [job type] appointment because the previous job overran. Apologise once, give the new arrival time, no excuses-heavy tone.

5. The review responder

Respond to this customer review: "[paste review]". If positive: thank them specifically. If negative: stay calm, acknowledge the specific issue, offer to make it right offline. Under 80 words, no corporate speak.

6. The awkward-conversation script

A customer is disputing [describe situation, e.g. extra costs from a variation they approved verbally]. Write what I should say in a phone call: stay friendly, state the facts, offer one reasonable compromise, and protect the relationship. Give me bullet points, not a script to read out.

Marketing

7. The 30-day content plan

Create a 30-day social media plan for a [trade] business in [area]. Mix: before/after jobs, one quick tip per week customers can use, behind-the-scenes, and one local-community post. For each day give me the post idea in one line. No hashtag spam.

8. The website rewrite