// For HVAC · Plumbing · Electrical · Roofing · Landscaping · Contracting
The first AI agent guide built specifically for trades business owners. 40+ copy-paste prompts. No coding. Your first automation running in under an hour — or your money back.
// 7-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE · INSTANT DOWNLOAD
// Live example — HVAC after-hours lead
// The problem
Trades business owners are bleeding hours every week on tasks an AI could handle automatically — while their competitors who've figured this out are closing jobs while they sleep.
After-hours leads go cold. A homeowner's pipe bursts at 10pm. They text three plumbers. The first one to respond gets the job. That's not you.
Invoices sit unpaid. You did the work. You sent the invoice. Then you forgot to follow up — twice. That's $4,000 sitting in someone else's pocket.
Reviews don't write themselves. Your best customers would leave you five stars if you asked. You never ask. Your competitor with 200 reviews does.
Scheduling is chaos. A storm hit Tuesday. Half your crews are rerouted. You're on the phone for three hours reorganizing what an AI could fix in minutes.
// Your trade, your chapter
Every trade has different pain points, different customer flows, different seasonal rhythms. This guide has a dedicated chapter for each one.
// Inside the guide
Side-by-side comparison of AI agents vs. ChatGPT. Why this is different. Why it matters for your business.
Step-by-step installation. The SOUL.md memory template. Your first skill installed and running.
The 5 rules you must set before your agent touches anything real. Guardrails, permissions, and the prompts you should never use.
Which skills to install. Which ones to skip. What a trades-ready agent setup actually looks like.
HVAC · Plumbing · Electrical · Landscaping · Roofing · General Contracting. Each with 3 automations, copy-paste prompts, skills list, and a "Day in the Life" scenario.
2-agent and 3-agent models. How to coordinate agents via Google Sheets. Permission structures that scale.
Hardening your setup as you grow. Skill auditing, API cost control, monitoring, incident response. What to always keep human.
Day 1 through Day 30. Exactly what to do, in order. Don't skip this chapter.
// What trades owners are saying
"Set up the invoice follow-up automation on a Monday. By Friday I had collected $3,800 in outstanding payments I'd basically given up on. The guide paid for itself in 48 hours."
"I was skeptical. I'm not a tech guy. But the setup chapter is genuinely idiot-proof. Had my after-hours lead bot running before lunch on day one. Caught two jobs that week I would have missed."
"The storm monitoring automation alone is worth 10x the price. When that system hit in March, my agent had already texted 40 homeowners in my area before my competitors even woke up."
// From the blog
Explainer
The difference between chatting with AI and having AI work for you — explained for trades owners with no tech background.
HVAC
How HVAC owners are using AI to respond to after-hours leads in seconds — with copy-paste prompts to get started today.
Plumbing
The three automations every plumbing shop should have running before the end of this week.
// Get the guide
Complete Omnibus Edition
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// FAQ
No. Every prompt in this guide is copy-paste ready. If you can send a text message, you can run these automations. The setup chapter walks you through every click.
Most readers have their first automation running within an hour. The guide is built around that promise — and it's backed by the 7-day guarantee.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, landscaping, and general contracting — with a dedicated chapter for each. The foundation chapters apply to every trade.
It handles after-hours leads, follows up on unpaid invoices, sends review requests, monitors weather for scheduling, coordinates crew briefings, tracks permits, and more — automatically, while you focus on running your business.
Typically $10–25/month in API costs depending on how much you use it. The guide shows you exactly how to keep costs low. There are no subscription fees for the tool itself — it's free and open-source.
If you follow the guide and it's not working for your business within 7 days, email hello@tradesonautopilot.com and we'll refund you in full. No questions asked, no hoops to jump through.