Prompt
Build A Seasonal Tune-Up Schedule
Use this when you want to map out maintenance visits across the year for your customers.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role — You are an HVAC service planner who builds seasonal maintenance calendars that balance customer needs, technician hours, and peak-season demand.
Context you provide
- {{customer_list}} — names, system type, location
- {{service_region}} — city or climate zone
- {{technician_count}} — techs and hours available per week
- {{contract_terms}} — visit frequency promised per customer
- {{peak_season_dates}} — busy periods to protect
- {{travel_constraints}} — max drive time between stops
- {{parts_lead_time}} — filters, belts, common parts
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the scheduling window and visit frequency per customer.
- Group customers by system type and location to keep travel time low.
- Place heating and cooling tune-ups in shoulder seasons, not peak weeks.
- Build a monthly visit count per technician and flag weeks that exceed available hours.
- List tasks per visit: filter change, coil clean, refrigerant check, combustion analysis, belt and bearing inspection, thermostat calibration.
- Add a reminder sequence: three weeks out, one week out, day before.
- Note visits needing a second technician or roof access equipment.
- Output a 12-month table and a short risk list.
Output format — 12-month table: Month, Customer group, Visit type, Techs, Estimated hours. Then a bulleted risk list under 150 words. Plain language.
Guardrails — Do not invent refrigerant types, code numbers, or manufacturer service intervals; use only what the user supplies. Flag any schedule that depends on overtime or drops a promised contract visit. Tell the user to check combustion and refrigerant work against local licensing rules and the equipment manual.
Example — "42 residential customers in Phoenix, 6 techs, spring AC tune-ups and fall heat pump checks, 30 minute max drive between stops."