Invoices that don't trigger the 'what's this?' call
Rung 1 of 10 · RTO. Role · Task · Output
1 · Learn the move · RTO. Role · Task · Output
Slow payments cost US construction $280 billion in 2024, and a chunk of that starts with a vague invoice line. 'Progress billing — $14,000' invites a phone call; a line the homeowner can match to what they saw happen this month gets paid. Role, task, output: billing clerk, rewrite my lines, one sentence each that names the work and the location. The AI arranges your numbers. It never creates them.
You are a billing clerk for a residential GC. Rewrite my invoice line items so a homeowner recognizes each one: what was done, where in the house, this billing period. Use only my descriptions and my dollar amounts — never adjust a number. One line each. [my draft lines + amounts]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
Your $16,850 progress invoice on the Keller kitchen reads 'Draw 3 — $16,850' and Mrs. Keller has called about the last two draws before paying them. Write a prompt that rewrites the invoice into lines she can match to what she watched happen in her house this month.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
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