Made for Auto Mechanics
Write an Estimate Customers Can Understand and Approve
Also useful for: people in Skilled Trades
Build a customer-ready repair estimate that connects diagnostic evidence to clear choices, complete pricing, timing, risk, and approval status without hiding the decision behind technical language.
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Use this when
You have completed enough diagnosis to price repair work, especially when your findings include safety concerns, optional work, uncertain conditions, multiple repair paths, shop charges, taxes, or possible added work after disassembly.
You'll need
- Vehicle and repair-order context
- Customer concern and requested outcome
- Diagnostic evidence
- Work classification
- Labor operations and rates
- Parts, sublet work, and availability
- Fees and tax rules
- Repair options
- Risk and uncertainty
- Authorization and warranty rules
- Estimate presentation format
You'll get
- One estimate whose charges and totals reconcile, whose claims trace back to documented findings, and whose sections clearly separate confirmed needs, recommended work, and watch items
- You can explain each option without technical overload
- You also have a clear approval record, a stop point for added work, and a list of unresolved details that must be closed before presentation.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- One estimate whose charges and totals reconcile, whose claims trace back to documented findings, and whose sections clearly separate confirmed needs, recommended work, and watch items
- You can explain each option without technical overload
- You also have a clear approval record, a stop point for added work, and a list of unresolved details that must be closed before presentation.
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 provide a 2017 Honda Accord 2.4L with 112,400 miles. Your customer reports front grinding while braking and requests a call before repairs. You measure the right front inner pad at 0 mm, the remaining front pads at 1 mm, both front rotors below discard specification with heavy scoring, and rear pads at 4 mm. You confirm no hydraulic leaks and free caliper slides. You price 2.0 labor hours at $145, two rotors at $118 each, one pad set at $94, shop supplies at 5 percent of labor capped at $35, and 7 percent tax on parts. You can complete the repair today. Your warranty is 24 months or 24,000 miles, and you require fresh approval for any added work.
Sample assembled prompt
You receive an estimate that classifies... You see labor of $290, parts... You also see a warning to... Your authorization block lets your customer...