Trades Operations Skill

What This Skill Does

This skill defines how to build a trades operations tool — the estimate-to-payment workflow that construction trades and field service businesses run daily.

It is NOT a generic project management tool (Jira/Asana). It is NOT a CPQ tool (no product configuration). It is a workflow tracker specifically shaped for businesses that:

• Create estimates based on measured scope items (square footage, linear feet, units)
• Schedule and assign field work to crews or subtrades
• Track progress by scope item and location
• Pay subtrades based on completed measured work
• Invoice customers and collect payment

Common verticals: drywall, roofing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, painting, flooring, concrete, landscaping, general contracting.

The builder reads this skill, reads the DOMAIN.md for the specific trade and terminology, and generates a working prototype that uses the customer's actual scope items, pricing, and workflow stages.

When to Use This Skill