In practice

Quote it by saying it

Every operation in the app is a tool the chat can call, so a sign shop can price work by describing it — with your materials and your rates doing the arithmetic.

Sign Shops Chat

Quote a 4 by 8 ACM sign, printed vinyl both sides, laminated, with standoffs and a two hour install

Called 5 tools

  • find_material("ACM, 4x8, 3mm")
  • sheet_usage(sq_ft: 32, waste: 0.08)
  • print_area(sq_ft: 64, media: "cast vinyl + laminate")
  • apply_labor(production: 3.0, install: 2.0)
  • price_quote(margin: 0.38)

1 sheet, 64 sq ft printed, 5 hours. Materials $318, labor $340, install kit $46 → quoted at $1,135.

Every number here came from your costing engine. The model picked the tools and filled in the arguments — it never does the arithmetic.

What makes costing hard in a sign shop

  • Substrate sold by the sheet, consumed by the square foot
  • Vinyl and laminate costed by coverage, with waste that depends on nesting
  • Ink and print time that scale with area, not with piece count
  • Install quotes that swing on lift rental, permits and travel

Typical materials

  • Substrate — ACM, PVC, aluminium, acrylic
  • Vinyl, laminate and print media
  • LED modules, power supplies and channel
  • Hardware, standoffs and mounting

Costed in

square feet, rolls, each

A formula might look like

(sq ft × substrate $/sq ft × waste factor) + (print minutes × press rate) + install hours

What it does

Built to handle exactly this

The same four pieces, set up around how a sign shop actually works.

Materials with your attributes

Define the fields your sign shop tracks, not a generic SKU with a quantity. Substrate — ACM, PVC, aluminium, acrylic sits alongside everything else you buy.

Purchase units to usage units

Set the conversion and the waste factor once. Quote in square feet, rolls, each without redoing the arithmetic every time.

Your real labor rates

Separate rates per operation, so the expensive steps carry their own cost instead of hiding inside an average.

Your pricing formula

Minimums, quantity breaks and margin, applied the same way on every quote regardless of who wrote it.

Reprice when costs move

Change one material price and see every affected quote immediately — before a customer finds it for you.

A defensible breakdown

Show materials, labor and overhead separately when someone asks why the number is what it is.

Early access

Get in early as a sign shop

Set up your materials and rates once, and quote the way a sign shop actually works — by clicking or by asking.

  • Founding accounts lock their price for life
  • No card, no trial clock, no sales call
  • Import your existing parts list to start

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Know what the job costs before you quote it

Built around how a sign shop actually prices work.

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