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Idea for contractors
Get a bad weather heads-up before you send the crew with Sammy
Sammy, a quote and job app for trades, added weather to each job on Oct 27. Each job shows the next 7 days of weather at the site, and bad days stand out. Turn on Weather Alerts and Sammy warns you at 3 pm the day before a bad day.
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Rain is likely at the [customer] job at [address] on [day]. Write a short, friendly text to the customer saying we are moving the work to [new day] because of the weather. Say we will confirm the morning of. Plain words, under 50 words.
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Idea for contractors
Talk out a job update in Google Docs Live
Google says Docs Live is rolling out in the Google Docs phone app on some paid Google plans. You talk, and Gemini writes a neat first draft. It can pull facts from your Gmail, Drive and Chat, so you can make updates and proposals by voice.
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I just walked a job for [customer] at [address]. Here is what I saw: [talk it through]. Write a short job update with: what we found, what we will do next, what we need from the customer, and when we will be back. Plain words, under 150 words. Do not add prices or dates I did not say.
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Idea for contractors
Ask your Procore project questions out loud with Procore AI Go
Procore launched Procore AI Go on Oct 21. It is a phone app in open beta. Crews push to talk and ask about drawings, specs, RFIs, submittals or daily logs, and it answers out loud from the project data in Procore.
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Here are my notes from today on the [job name] job: [what got done, what is waiting, any problems]. Turn them into a short daily log with 3 parts: work done, open questions, and what we need tomorrow. Plain words. Do not add anything I did not say.
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Idea for contractors
Ask Gemini in the truck to take you to the next job
Google says Gemini on Android Auto can now use your Gmail, Calendar, Maps and Photos. You ask out loud, like "Take me to my doctor's appointment", and it finds the place. You choose to turn it on, and you can turn it off. For now it works with personal Google accounts, not work accounts.
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Turn this job list into calendar events. For each job give: a title with the client name and the work, the date, the start time, and the full street address for the location. Jobs: [paste your jobs]
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Idea for contractors
Make a quote by voice in Jobber
Jobber says you can talk to Jobber AI on your phone. In the field you can ask it to make a quote or move a job without typing.
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Make a quote for [customer] at [address]: [list the work out loud]. Use my normal prices. Leave it as a draft.
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Idea for contractors
Ask ServiceTitan Atlas about the job
ServiceTitan says techs can ask Atlas on their phone about the customer, the job history and the equipment. They do not need to call the office.
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What did we do at this house last time? What equipment is here, how old is it, and does the customer have a service plan?
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Real contractor story
Let Claude check tool prices for you
A general contractor in North Texas says on X that Claude Code found a green laser level on Amazon and read him the prices. Nothing went in the cart.
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Find a [tool] on [store]. Give me the 3 best options with price, rating and delivery date. Do not add anything to the cart.
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Idea for contractors
Write up site walks and daily logs with AI
ServiceTitan says its pilot for commercial and roofing contractors has a site walk write up helper and a daily log agent.
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Here are my notes from today at [job]: [notes]. Write a daily log: crew, work done, problems, and what is next.
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Idea for contractors
Snap a receipt and let Jobber log the cost
Jobber added a new way to log costs on Oct 6. Your crew snaps a photo of a receipt in the app. Jobber reads the store, date, total and tax. You can also forward supplier bills to a Jobber email, and it links them to the job when it finds a job number.
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Read this receipt. Give me the store, the date, each item, the tax and the total in a short list. Tag it to job [job name].
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Idea for contractors
Talk to AI hands free on the job
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Live and Live Extended Thinking. Google says they are its best live talking models yet, made to help you get tasks done with your voice.
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I am on a job site. Keep a punch list for me while I talk. When I say "read it back", list each item with the room it is in. When I say "order list", list only the materials.
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Idea for contractors
Turn voice notes into clean job notes
Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, a speech to text model. Google says it is its most precise one yet and handles hard audio better than older models.
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Here is the text of my voice note from today: [paste]. Turn it into a daily log: job name, crew, hours, work done, materials used, problems, and what is next. Do not add anything I did not say.