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name: al-112-compare-a-submittal-against-project-specs
description: "Check a trade partner's submittal against design specs and surface variances with source citations for an APM to verify, like Haskell using Procore's agentic AI on its headquarters buildout to reclaim about an hour per submittal review. Use when the user wants help with construction submittals (operations) for a small business."
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# Compare a submittal against project specs

Check a trade partner's submittal against design specs and surface variances with source citations for an APM to verify, like Haskell using Procore's agentic AI on its headquarters buildout to reclaim about an hour per submittal review.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- E.g. roofing membrane
- Your own material (text, notes or data)

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

Compare this trade-partner submittal to the project specs for variances. Specs / drawings excerpts: [paste or attach]. Submittal: [paste or attach]. Product / system: [e.g. roofing membrane]. Produce a side-by-side compliance table: requirement from specs (quote + section), what the submittal claims, match/variance/unclear, and risk if mismatched. Cite the exact spec section for every row. List open questions for the APM. Do not approve, reject, or notify the trade partner — leave that decision to me.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Anything legal, tax or compliance-related is a first draft for a qualified person to check. It is not professional advice, and clause references and deadlines must be checked against the source.
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: Procore AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- Based on this real-world example: https://www.procore.com/advantage/haskell-cut-submittal-reviews
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-112-compare-a-submittal-against-project-specs/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/