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AI Use Cases for Small Businessby Brendan Byrne
Operations · Use case 37 of 40

Write a supplier or contractor brief

A practical way to use AI for this job in a small business, with a prompt you can copy.

The job
Write a supplier or contractor brief
Tool(s)
ChatGPT or Claude
Time saved
1-2 hours per brief (estimate). My rough estimate, not a measured result.

The prompt

Write a brief for a [contractor type] for [project]. Background: [context]. What I need: [deliverables]. Deadline: [date]. Budget: [range]. How I'll judge success: [criteria]. Questions I need answered in their quote: [list].

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details. Don't paste in anything you wouldn't want stored by the AI provider.

Steps

  1. Fill in the facts.
  2. Run the prompt.
  3. Send the same brief to 2-3 contractors.
  4. Compare quotes using the finance use case above.

My verdict

Clear briefs get better quotes. Good use of 10 minutes.

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