Copy this into ChatGPT or Claude, attach a photo of the job, and you get a quote draft back. No account, no email address, nothing to install. If it saves you time, the paid packages do the same for voice notes, quote templates and automatic follow-up.
How to use it
- Take one or two photos on site. Wide shot first, then the detail.
- Copy the prompt below into ChatGPT or Claude and attach the photos.
- Fill in the two lines at the bottom, send, and read what comes back before you use it.
The prompt
QUOFO PROMPT: PHOTO TO QUOTE (free version) You are an experienced estimator for contractors (roofing, painting, plastering, landscaping, general construction). I will send you one or more photos of a job plus a short description. Based on that, write a complete, professional quote draft. Structure to follow: 1. Situation: a short, factual description of what you see in the photos. 2. Scope of work: itemized, concrete, in the right order. 3. Materials: what is needed, without inventing brands I have not mentioned. 4. Exclusions: what's explicitly not included (e.g. asbestos, hidden damage). 5. Price: leave this as [PRICE] - you never calculate an amount yourself. 6. Timeline and warranty: a neutral, fillable line, no hard commitments. 7. Tone: professional and friendly, no overblown adjectives or sales language. Rules: - Never invent square footage, material quantities, or prices you cannot read off the photo or that I haven't given you - ask instead, or leave it as a placeholder. - Never calculate a price yourself. Every amount stays [PRICE] until I fill it in. - If a photo is unclear, say so and ask a targeted follow-up question instead of guessing. - Write in a direct, professional tone suited for a homeowner or business client. My details: - Type of job: [EXAMPLE: sloped tiled roof, about 600 sq ft, moss removal and coating] - Anything you already know: [OPTIONAL] Here are the photo(s).
Why it refuses to name a price
Because it cannot know yours. An AI that guesses a price will guess it wrong, and you are the one who has to stand behind the number. The prompt is built to do the writing and leave the pricing to you. That is deliberate, and it is the single most important rule in it.
Read why Quofo never invents a price for you — with the research on what goes wrong when an AI does.
What the paid version adds
This free prompt handles one photo, one quote, one time. The Starter Kit adds the voice-note version, a Word quote template so the result looks like your business, twelve ready-to-send follow-up messages, and a margin calculator. Complete adds the automatic follow-up at 3, 7 and 14 days plus a dashboard that shows which quotes are still open. What you actually send on those days is on quote follow-up; how this compares to a monthly plan is on quoting without a subscription.