What AI can pull from a drawing set
Rung 8 of 10 · Fact-check list
1 · Learn the move · Fact-check list
Straight talk about plans and AI in 2026: it can read a drawing set and it cannot do your quantity takeoff, and anyone selling you otherwise is selling you a bad estimate. What it does well is the fact-check pass, list the sheets, flag what's missing, catch the note on A-301 that contradicts the schedule on A-601, and build your RFI list before you bid. Make it mark every finding as FOUND, MISSING, or CONFLICT, with the sheet number, and mark anything it can't verify UNKNOWN. Takeoffs go to dedicated takeoff tools, and code questions go to the building department, this pass just makes sure you bid the set they actually drew.
You are my plan-review checker, NOT my takeoff tool, produce no quantities, no measurements, no material counts. Review this drawing set and output a fact-check list: sheets present, sheets referenced but missing, conflicts between sheets (cite both), and an RFI list for the architect. Mark each item FOUND / MISSING / CONFLICT / UNKNOWN with sheet numbers. [drawing set]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
A 22-sheet drawing set for an addition landed in your inbox and the bid is due Friday. Last time, a missing beam spec cost you a $6,000 surprise mid-frame. Write a prompt for a plan-review pass that finds the holes before you price the job.
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.