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Idea for contractors
Let Grok Bot add jobs to your phone calendar
Grok Bot says it can now use Calendar, Reminders, Contacts and more apps on your phone. It is rolling out on iOS and Android. The screen shows an Allow button for each app, so you pick what it can use.
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Add a job to my calendar: [customer name] at [address] on [day] at [time] for [type of job]. Save [customer name] and [phone] to my contacts. Remind me at [time] to send the quote. Tell me what you added.
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Idea for contractors
Have a bot make a simple phone call for you
A person on X says he built a Grok Bot that calls a restaurant and books a table. He hooked it up to a calling service to get a phone number. It asks for the details, reads them back, and waits for his OK before it calls. Then it tells him what was said.
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Call [supply house] at [number]. Ask if they have [part] in stock and when I can pick it up. Before you dial, read me the plan and wait for my OK. Do not order or pay for anything. After the call, tell me what they said.
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Idea for contractors
Turn a client email into a bid with Knowify AI
Knowify showed a new AI helper on Oct 16. In a demo, it turned a client email into a priced bid and built the job with a budget. It can also plan the crew and send a daily list of jobs that need a look. It is going into beta soon.
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Here is an email from a client: [paste]. Make a list of the work they want, the materials, and any questions I should ask them first. Do not add prices.
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Real contractor story
Turn emailed bid requests into quotes
An electrical testing company on X says it uses Grok Bot to answer bid requests that come by email. A bot opens Salesforce, finds the account and contact, and builds the quote. They run 3 bots in a group chat.
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When a bid request email comes in, read it and pull out: customer, site, contact, scope and due date. Set it up in my CRM. Draft a quote using my price list. Do not send it. Show me the draft first.
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Real contractor story
Pull your supplier receipts every Friday
A contractor on X says he had Grok Bot download every PDF receipt from his Home Depot Pro account. Then it did the same for other supply stores. Now it runs every Friday.
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Every Friday, open my supplier accounts: [list]. Download every new receipt as a PDF. Save them in a folder by month and store name. Send me a short list of what you saved.
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Real contractor story
Grade every call with a daily bot
An HVAC and plumbing company on X says Grok Bot runs each day at 5pm. It listens to the calls from the last 24 hours and sorts each one. Then it shows their true booking rate and why missed jobs did not book.
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Each day, look at the calls my team took in the last 24 hours. Sort each one: never connected, not a lead, existing customer, new job booked, new job not booked, or not sure. Give me our booking rate and the top reasons we did not book.
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Idea for contractors
Fill out a permit form by talking
A person on X says a friend was stuck on a county permit for a week. They read the questions out loud and Grok Bot filled out the form in about 15 minutes. It flagged a setback question instead of guessing.
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Help me fill out this permit form: [link]. Ask me one question at a time. If you are not sure of an answer, stop and ask me. Do not submit. Show me the filled form first.
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Idea for contractors
Ask four AIs who they would hire
A company on X says it asked four AIs for a plumber in one city. Grok, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity each named 4. Only 2 names were on more than one list.
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Who are the best [trade] companies in [city]? Name 5 and tell me why you picked each one.
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Idea for contractors
Let a bot handle permits and inspection forms
A construction magazine wrote about a roofer who used Grok Bot for two days. It pulled an online roofing permit, booked a roof inspection, and emailed job forms to his insurer.
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Fill out the [city] permit form for the job at [address]. Use these details: [details]. Save a PDF of the form. Ask me before you pay or submit anything.