Talk the job. Get the quote.

The quote that arrives first usually wins

Most quotes aren't lost on price. They're lost because they never went out, or went out four days later — after the customer already said yes to whoever answered fastest. The details were sharpest the moment you finished the walkthrough; by Friday night at the kitchen table they're a guess, and the guess is what costs you. Quoting same-day isn't about being organised for its own sake. It's the difference between winning the job and quoting for practice.

Say it rough, with your price

You don't dictate a document. You talk the way you'd tell your apprentice what the job is:

You say, walking back to the ute

“New quote — Kelly, 14 Banks Street. Swap the old switchboard for a new board with safety switches, two double power points in the garage, and replace both floodlights out the back. Call it $1,850 plus GST, parts and labour.”

Timmy drafts — the actual PDF

Sample note for illustration. The document shown is real output from TradieCue's PDF template (sample business details). Your draft stays fully editable, and it isn't sent to anyone until you share it.

Notice what the AI did and didn't do:

• The price is yours. You said $1,850, the draft says $1,850. Prices come from the user and stay editable. Timmy structures the work and wording; it does not invent amounts.
• The scope became line items. One rough sentence turned into work the customer can read and agree to — which is also what protects you when “replace the floodlights” gets remembered as “sort out all the outdoor lighting”.
• The GST arithmetic and wording are handled. Plus-GST or inc-GST, laid out the way Australian customers expect.

Missing a number? Timmy asks, it doesn't guess

Half your walkthroughs end before you've settled every figure. Talk the job anyway. When an important detail is missing (a price, a customer, a scope item), Timmy asks rather than making it up. The draft holds your scope with the price left open until you give one — an AI quote generator that invents amounts is worse than no generator at all, and Timmy is built not to. More on that design in human-reviewed AI.

You review it before the customer sees it

Nothing is sent automatically. Every quote, variation and follow-up is a draft the user reviews, edits and shares themselves. Open the preview, tighten a line, adjust the number if the drive home changed your mind, then share it your way — message, email or a quote link the customer can accept on their phone. Generated documents are drafts to review — not legal, accounting or tax advice.

Quoting is a third of the paperwork

The same capture works after the quote is won. When the customer adds “while you're here…” mid-job, say it and Timmy drafts a variation on the same job. When the invoice goes quiet, say the situation and get a payment follow-up with the job's details already in it. One assistant, one job record, quote to paid.

If you want the craft behind a quote that wins — what to include, how to word exclusions, when to itemise — read how to write a professional trade quote, or start from the free tradie quote template.

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