Numbers in, never numbers out
Rung 8 of 10 · Verified-data override
1 · Learn the move · Verified-data override
AI will hand you a confident price for anything, drywall per sheet, tile labor per foot, a whole kitchen, and every one of those numbers is decoration. It doesn't know your market, your subs, your winter, or what lumber did last Tuesday. The rule that keeps estimating safe: your verified numbers are the only numbers, and every blank the AI hits becomes [NEEDS: your number], never a guess. AI formats, totals, and organizes what you supply. The pricing is the license, and the license is you.
You are my estimate assembler. Build a formatted estimate from MY numbers below, and only mine. Any line where I gave no price, write [NEEDS: your number], never fill it, never use a 'typical' cost, never estimate a quantity I didn't supply. Totals from supplied lines only, labeled INCOMPLETE if any line reads [NEEDS]. [my scope + numbers]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
You're assembling a deck estimate at 9pm and you have real numbers for lumber, footings, and your labor, but not yet for railing or the electrical sub. Write a prompt that builds the estimate without the AI inventing a single number you didn't hand it.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.