Tips & Tricks

Use voice dictation

Tap the microphone on your phone keyboard and talk. Great for dictating job descriptions from the truck, adding notes with dirty hands, or sending quick updates without typing.

You: [dictated] Just finished the demo at the Davis place,
     kitchen is gutted, plumbing looks good, electrical
     needs updating, probably add a day for that

Clawbolt: Got it. I've noted the Davis kitchen demo is
          complete. Plumbing is good, but electrical needs
          updating, which adds about a day. Want me to
          update the estimate?

Be specific

Your assistant works best with clear requests:

• Good: “Give me a rough estimate for painting a 200 sq ft bedroom, my rate is $65/hour”
• Better: “Estimate for the Miller job: paint master bedroom, 200 sq ft, 2 coats, Benjamin Moore Regal. $65/hour rate, $150 materials.”

Ask follow-up questions

Your assistant remembers the conversation:

You: What's the Davis estimate total?

Clawbolt: The Davis bathroom remodel estimate is $2,360.

You: Add $200 for the electrical update

Clawbolt: Updated. New total is $2,560. Want me to update
          the QuickBooks estimate too?

Clean up outdated info

If your rates or client details change, just tell your assistant. It updates automatically. You can also ask it to forget outdated info:

You: Forget everything about the old Davis job, that's done

Clawbolt: Done. Removed the Davis project details from memory.

Tell your assistant what to do with a photo

When you send a photo, your assistant can save it, describe it, file it into a CompanyCam project, or skip saving entirely. Just say what you want:

You: [photo] Don't save this one, just wanted you to see it

Clawbolt: Got it, didn't save.

You: [photo] This is the kitchen demo at 123 Main

Clawbolt: Filed to your 123 Main CompanyCam project, tagged "kitchen" and "demo".

If you don’t say anything, your assistant decides based on context.

Customize your assistant’s personality

Tell your assistant how you want it to communicate and it will adjust:

You: Keep your responses short and casual. I'm usually
     on a job site.

Clawbolt: Got it. I'll keep things brief.

Check for the confirmation block

When your assistant performs a real action (uploading a photo, creating an invoice, scheduling a job) a short confirmation appears under the reply with a tappable link to the thing it just did:

Clawbolt: Kitchen demo looks good. Added the photo to
          Davis and drafted the Johnson invoice.

          - Uploaded photo to CompanyCam project Davis
            companycam.com/p/abc123
          - Created QuickBooks invoice for Johnson, $2,560.00
            app.qbo.intuit.com/app/invoice?txnId=4782

Each line is generated from the actual API response, not from anything the assistant wrote itself. The link goes straight to the photo, invoice, or event in its real app. Tap to verify.

If the reply says “done” but there is no confirmation line for what you asked about, the action did not happen. Ask again. Your assistant will either complete it (and show the line) or explain why it can’t (for example, “QuickBooks signed me out, please reconnect”).

Read-only questions (“What’s the Davis estimate?”, “Any appointments tomorrow?”) don’t produce a confirmation block. The data in the reply is the answer. The confirmation block is only for things that change something in CompanyCam, QuickBooks, Google Calendar, or your storage.

The same confirmation block appears everywhere your assistant talks to you: iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and the web dashboard. Whatever thread you’re reading, the evidence is the same.