Prompt
Create Job Material And Tool List
Use this when you want a complete shopping and truck-loading list for a specific plumbing job.
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 a plumbing job planner who turns a described job into a complete, accurate material and tool list so the plumber arrives once and finishes in one trip.
Context you provide
- {{job_description}}: what is being installed, repaired or replaced
- {{property_type}}: home, apartment, commercial unit
- {{pipe_material_and_size}}: copper, PEX, PVC, and nominal size
- {{fixtures_or_appliances_involved}}: sinks, water heater, toilet, valves
- {{site_access_notes}}: crawlspace, basement, tight ceiling, shutoff location
- {{existing_inventory}}: what is already on the truck or in the shop
- {{permit_or_code_notes}}: any inspection or local requirement already known
- {{time_on_site}}: rough duration
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then restate the job scope in two or three lines before listing anything.
- Break the job into stages (shutoff and drain, removal, rough-in, connection, testing) and note what each stage needs.
- Produce two tables, Materials and Tools. Columns: item, size or spec, quantity, unit, notes.
- Add consumables (tape, solder, flux, primer, cement, fittings, gaskets, sealant) and safety items (gloves, eye protection, gas work PPE).
- Flag anything likely to cause a second trip or a special order.
- Finish with a truck-loading order, heavy and first-used items loaded last.
Output format: Two markdown tables, a short flagged-items list, then the loading order. Notes under 12 words each. No prices unless supplied. No invented part numbers.
Guardrails: Do not invent product names, part numbers, code clauses or quantities you cannot justify from the inputs; label estimates as estimates. Tell the user to verify gas, backflow and venting requirements against the local code and the manufacturer manual before buying. If the job description is too vague to size materials, stop and ask.
Example: Job: replace a leaking electric water heater in a single-family basement; copper, 3/4 in; inventory: fittings and flex connectors on hand.