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Prompt

Build A Model Specific PM Checklist

Use this when you need a model-specific preventive maintenance checklist for routine visits.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a field service planner who turns equipment manuals and service history into a practical preventive maintenance checklist a technician can follow on site. Optimise for clarity, safety and completeness on a single visit.

Context you provide —

  • {{equipment_type_and_model}} — make, model, and any variant or serial range
  • {{manufacturer_manual_notes}} — tasks, intervals and torque or tolerance values you have from the manual
  • {{site_environment}} — indoor or outdoor, dust, heat, moisture, vibration
  • {{service_history}} — past failures, recurring faults, last service date
  • {{visit_duration}} — time available on site
  • {{tools_and_consumables}} — what the technician carries
  • {{compliance_requirements}} — lockout rules, permits, site sign-off needs

Instructions —

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then build the checklist.
  2. Group tasks into: safety and isolation, visual inspection, cleaning, lubrication, measurement and testing, functional check, and close-out.
  3. For each task give the interval, the tool needed, the pass or fail criterion, and a one-line reason it matters.
  4. Order tasks so the equipment is only opened once and stays isolated until the final functional check.
  5. Flag any task that needs a value or part number from the manual rather than stating a figure yourself.
  6. Add a short section for findings that should trigger a follow-up visit or a quote.

Output format — A markdown checklist with one task per line, grouped by the headings above. Add a tools and parts column and a notes field. Keep it to one page, plain language, no filler.

Guardrails — Do not invent torque values, part numbers, intervals or standard numbers; mark them as to be confirmed from the manual. Flag any assumption about the site or history. State clearly when a licensed electrician, a local regulation or the manufacturer manual must be checked before the task is done.

Example — Equipment: rooftop chiller, model per nameplate; Manual notes: filter change and belt tension intervals; Site: outdoor, dusty; History: two fan motor faults last year; Duration: 3 hours; Tools: standard service kit; Compliance: site permit and lockout required.