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Turn a tech's voice notes into a job report, with one prompt.

For owners and office leads whose techs hate writing reports. Use it at the end of any job, from the truck.

About 2 minutes for the tech to talk, 3 to 5 minutes for a person to read and approve

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Why it matters

Techs are good at the work and often bad at writing it down. Reports come in late, thin or not at all, and the office spends the next morning calling the field to ask what happened. The customer waits, the invoice waits, and details get lost.

Talking is faster than typing. A tech can describe a job in two minutes on the drive to the next one. An AI tool like ChatGPT or Claude can turn that into a clean draft in seconds. Brian built field reporting software that works this way, and the rule that matters most is the same here: the AI drafts, a person approves every word.

Skip the approval step and you will eventually send a customer something the tech never said. The prompt below is written to keep the AI from filling gaps. It flags what is missing instead of guessing.

How to use it

  1. Fill in the blanks at the top once: your company name, the kinds of jobs you do and who approves reports.
  2. Have the tech record a voice note right after the job. Hand them the 'What to say in the voice note' list so they cover the basics.
  3. Turn the voice note into text. Most phones transcribe voice memos, or the AI tool can take the recording directly.
  4. Paste the main prompt into ChatGPT or Claude, then paste the transcript where it says [paste notes here].
  5. Read the draft against the approval checklist. Fix anything wrong, answer anything under 'Need to confirm', then send.
  6. Use the variant prompts for quotes, inspection notes or an end-of-day summary. Save the ones you use most where everyone can copy them.
  7. Before you paste customer names, addresses or photos into any AI tool, check your company's policy and the tool's privacy settings.

The worksheet

The main prompt (copy and paste)

You are writing a job report for [Company], a [type of business]. Write it from the technician's notes below. Use plain language a homeowner or property manager can understand. Short sentences. No sales language.
Use these headings, in this order: 1) Job details: date, address, technician, what we were called for. 2) What we found. 3) What we did. 4) What the customer needs to know, including anything they should watch for. 5) Recommended next steps, with who does what. 6) Need to confirm.
Rules: Do not add anything that is not in the notes. Do not guess at measurements, part numbers, prices, dates or causes. If something a report like this would normally include is missing, list it under 'Need to confirm' as a question for the technician. If the notes mention a safety concern, put it at the top of 'What the customer needs to know.'
Technician's notes: [paste notes here]

Variant prompts

For a quote or estimate: You are drafting a quote summary for [Company] from the technician's notes below. List: the problem in one or two sentences, the work we recommend, any options the tech mentioned (good, better, best if given), what is included and what is not, and anything the customer must decide or provide. Do not invent prices, quantities or timelines. Leave [price] and [timeline] as blanks for the office to fill. List anything unclear under 'Need to confirm.' Notes: [paste notes here]
For inspection notes: You are turning a technician's inspection notes into an inspection summary for [Company]. For each item inspected, write: the item or area, its condition in the tech's own words (good, needs attention, failed or not inspected), what was observed and any photo the tech referenced. Then list items needing action, most urgent first, using only the urgency the tech gave. Do not add items, conditions or code references the tech did not mention. List gaps under 'Need to confirm.' Notes: [paste notes here]
For an end-of-day summary to the office: From the notes below, write a short end-of-day summary for [Company]'s office. For each job: address, done or not done, anything left open, parts or materials used, and anything the office needs to do tomorrow (call the customer, order a part, schedule a return visit). Put any safety issue or unhappy customer at the very top. Do not add anything that is not in the notes. Notes: [paste notes here]

What to say in the voice note (give this to the tech)

Before you approve the draft

Notes

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Example: a made-up 8-truck drain and sewer company

Marcus finishes a backed-up main line at 9:40 and records a 90-second voice note in the truck: the address, 'customer said toilets gurgle when the washer drains,' roots at about 40 feet, cleared with the cable, camera showed a belly near the property line, recommended a return visit to quote a spot repair, two photos of the camera screen.

The office manager pastes the transcript into the main prompt. The draft comes back with all six headings filled in. Under 'Need to confirm' it lists two questions: the exact footage of the belly, and whether Marcus told the customer about the return visit.

She texts Marcus both questions. He answers at his next stop: about 52 feet, and yes, the customer is expecting a call. She fixes the draft, attaches the two photos and sends it before lunch. Then she runs the quote variant on the same notes, so the return-visit quote is half written already.

Common mistakes

  • Sending the AI draft without a person reading it. Fix: make approval a named person's job, every time, no exceptions.
  • Letting the prompt drift. Someone edits out the 'do not add anything' rule and drafts start guessing. Fix: keep one master copy and paste from it.
  • Voice notes that skip the address or the problem. Fix: tape the 'What to say' list to the dash until it's habit.
  • Ignoring 'Need to confirm'. Fix: the report doesn't go out until that section is empty.
  • Pasting customer details into a personal AI account. Fix: decide which tool and account the company uses, and check its privacy settings first.
  • Using it to cover a tech who won't talk either. Fix: this makes reporting easier, it doesn't replace coaching someone who skips it.

Make it yours

  • HVACAdd 'equipment make, model and readings taken' to the voice note list, and a 'maintenance due' line to the report headings.
  • Pest controlAdd 'areas treated, products used as listed on the label, re-entry instructions given' to the voice note. Have the AI copy product names exactly as the tech says them, and check them against your records.
  • Stormwater and underground workUse the inspection variant, one entry per structure or asset ID, and keep the tech's condition words exactly as spoken.
  • Property managementTurn the main prompt into a work-order closeout: unit, what the resident reported, what was done, anything for the next visit.
  • Office staff writing call notesUse the end-of-day variant for calls instead of jobs: who called, what they needed, what we promised, who follows up.

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