Prefab Pathway

A builder describes a project once. AI checks it against the advisor's rules, writes a manufacturer-ready brief and a lender-friendly draw schedule, and queues it for a short human review.

Prepared for
Small Housing BC · RTRI prefab program
Prepared by
Eesmyal Santos-Brault
Status
Concept demo · Nov 2026
Running readiness check
Applying the advisor rule set…

Tell us about the builder and the project

Pick an example builder, or edit any field and run your own. Builders could also reach this through the phone agent, or by uploading drawings.

Builder
Project
In their own words, or a call transcript
Floor plan (optional)
Checking for live AI…

What happens to a case

Every step is automated except the orange one. That is the light-touch human layer.

BuilderIntakeWeb form, phone agent or drawings
AITriageScored against the advisor's rule set
AIPackageManufacturer brief and draw schedule
AIMatchRanked against manufacturer profiles
AdvisorReviewClears flags, approves, sends

Or talk it through by phone

Two working AI voice agents. The first runs this same intake as a 7-minute conversation. The second interviews manufacturers to test why they turn down small builders.

Builder intake agent

Asks about the business, the project, design stage, repeatability, site and financing, then gives a provisional readiness read.

Manufacturer discovery agent

Tests six hypotheses: hand-holding cost, the brief, repeatability, payment timing, inspection and spare plant capacity. Results land in Discovery interviews.

Paste a call transcript into the notes box and run the check. The phone conversation becomes a scored case with a brief.

Manufacturer-ready brief

The one page a manufacturer needs to quote a small project without weeks of back-and-forth.

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Manufacturer matches

Ranked on system type, service region, project size, repeat potential and envelope performance.

These six profiles are made up for the demo and are not real companies. A live program would fill them from verified manufacturer interviews. The discovery agent is built to collect exactly these fields.

Advisor queue

Where the industry advisor spends their time: clearing flags on cases the AI has already prepared. The counts also feed funder reporting.

Discovery interviews

The manufacturer agent interviews factories. AI turns each conversation into evidence for or against the program's working hypotheses, a draft manufacturer profile, and proposed rule updates.

Evidence across all interviews

Add an interview

Import a call the manufacturer agent just ran, or paste any interview transcript or notes.

Interviews

    Advisor rule set

    This is the program's own knowledge, and the reason a generic chatbot can't copy it. Your prefab advisor writes and refines these rules; every readiness check applies them and cites them. Edit a rule and re-run a case to see the output change.

    Starter rules drafted for the demo. They need the advisor's review.

    Where rules come from

    • Expert capture. Record the advisor walking through real drawings. Each explanation becomes a draft rule with its reasoning attached.
    • Manufacturer interviews. The discovery agent collects what factories need in a brief and why small jobs fall apart.
    • Case outcomes. When a pilot project hits a snag, the advisor adds or edits a rule so the next builder is warned.

    Guardrails built in

    • Readiness guidance only. No engineering, code or financing approval.
    • Anything touching structure, fire separation or lending terms is flagged for the advisor.
    • Builder drawings and business details are handled as personal information under BC PIPA, with consent recorded at intake.