Made for Auto Mechanics
Explain Findings, Limits, and Next Steps Clearly
Also useful for: people in Skilled Trades
25 min
Intermediate
Skilled Trades
Auto Mechanic
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Career outcome:
Avoid Professional Risk
Build a plain-language explanation of your test results, confirmed findings, repair scope, open questions, warning signs, and recommended follow-up.
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Use this when
Use this after your diagnosis is complete enough to recommend a repair, especially when the fault has limits, related risks, or conditions you couldn't fully reproduce.
You'll need
- Vehicle details
- Customer concern
- Symptom conditions
- Test results
- Confirmed findings
- Repair scope
- Remaining uncertainty
- Follow-up urgency
You'll get
- A plain-language explanation that matches your test results
- You can state what failed, what evidence supports it, what your repair covers, what remains uncertain, and what your customer should do next without making an unsupported promise.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- A plain-language explanation that matches your test results
- You can state what failed, what evidence supports it, what your repair covers, what remains uncertain, and what your customer should do next without making an unsupported promise.
Sample
This is sample data, not your prompt. Pro unlocks this higher-stakes Playbook. On Free Playbooks you can still copy the assembled prompt into any AI.
Sample input
You are working on a 2018 Honda Accord with a 1.5L engine and 92,400 miles. Your customer reports weak air conditioning at idle after about 20 minutes. You reproduced warmer vent air at idle, with cooling improving above 1,500 rpm. You found that the radiator and condenser fan didn't run when commanded. You verified battery voltage and ground at the connector. You recommend replacing the fan assembly, confirming fan operation, and rechecking vent temperature and refrigerant pressures. You haven't confirmed a refrigerant leak or charge problem. You selected Prompt repair recommended because poor condenser airflow can raise system pressure and reduce cooling.
Sample assembled prompt
You reported that the air conditioning... I reproduced that condition and found... I also verified that the fan... Your recommended repair is to replace... This repair addresses the confirmed airflow... It doesn't yet confirm that every... You couldn't fully judge refrigerant charge... After the fan repair, you'll repeat... If cooling remains weak, pressures are...