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Prompt Library for AEC
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Project Management advanced Planning
Construction schedule premortem
Surface schedule risk early using a premortem before committing to a plan.
Act as a senior construction planner. Assume the attached construction schedule failed badly and the project finished 3 months late. 1. List the 8 most likely root causes, ranked by impact. 2. For each, give an early warning sign to watch for. 3. Rewrite the critical path to remove the top 3 risks. State any assumptions first. If key information is missing, ask up to 3 clarifying questions before answering.
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Estimating & Takeoff intermediate Estimating
AI estimating assumptions check
Forces explicit assumptions and self-rating so estimates are auditable.
Act as a quantity surveyor. Before producing any cost estimate for the scope below, list every assumption you are making (location, year, unit rates, wastage, market conditions, exclusions). Then produce the estimate as a markdown table: Item | Qty | Unit | Rate | Total. Add a contingency line and a total. After answering, rate the estimate 1–10 for completeness. If under 10, revise and repeat until it is a genuine 10/10. Scope: {{scope}} -
Project Management beginner Documentation
RFI response drafter
A constrained, format-first prompt for consistent RFI replies.
You are a project engineer. Draft a clear, professional response to the RFI below. Rules: - Answer in under 150 words. - Reference the relevant drawing/spec section if provided. - Flag any assumption explicitly. - If the RFI cannot be answered without more information, say exactly what is needed. RFI: {{rfi_text}} -
Generative Design intermediate Design
Early design options brief
Generates comparable early-stage options with explicit trade-offs.
Act as an architect using generative design. For the brief below, propose 3 distinct massing options. For each option provide: concept in one line, approx GFA, key trade-off, and one risk. Think step by step about site constraints before proposing. Return a markdown table, then a 2-sentence recommendation. Brief: {{brief}}
Techniques that make prompts work
Small rules you can add to any prompt — premortem, 10/10 self-rating, devil’s advocate and more.
- Role & Context Tell the model who it is and who it is for.
- Premortem Imagine it already failed — then prevent it.
- 10/10 Self-Rating Force iterative self-improvement.
- Think Step by Step Show the reasoning, get fewer mistakes.
- State Assumptions Surface the hidden guesses.
- Constraints & Format Say exactly what the output must look like.
- Few-Shot Examples Show 1–3 examples of the target output.
- Ask, Don’t Assume Let the model gather missing facts first.
- Council of Experts Many specialists debate, then converge.
- The Tenth Man If everyone agrees, one must object.
- Devil’s Advocate Argue against it to expose weak spots.
- Bottleneck Finder Fix the one constraint that limits everything.
- Action Plan Turn analysis into owned, dated steps.