Not sure what to ask? The Prompt Library suggests ready-to-use questions based on what is in your project, so you can get a useful answer with a single click instead of starting from a blank chat box.
What the Prompt Library is
The Prompt Library is a set of suggested questions Trunk Tools writes for each project. The suggestions are based on the content of that project, so they change from project to project.
It works for any kind of project. A project with RFIs, drawings, and specifications gets questions about those records. A project made of uploaded documents, such as SOPs, policies, or handbooks, gets questions about those documents.
On the project home screen you’ll see the heading “What can I ask?” with a handful of suggestions. You can also open the full Prompt library, where your suggestions live and where your team’s shared favorites are collected.
Project home: the “Ask a question about this project…” box with the “What can I ask?” section below.
Where to Find It
The Prompt Library shows up in a few places:
Project home → “What can I ask?”: a grid of six suggestions to click and run.
In chat → the “…” (more) menu → “Prompt library”: a quick pop-up picker to browse your prompts and your team’s shared prompts without leaving the conversation.
The full Prompt library page: search, the All prompts filter, prompt dates and used status, and sharing or removing prompts.
The chat input’s “…” (more) menu open, showing the “Prompt library” item.
Getting Suggestions
The suggestions are written for you automatically. You don’t type them yourself. Trunk Tools looks at what is in the project, together with your role and focus, and drafts questions that fit.
What suggestions are based on
Projects with construction records: questions about the RFIs, specifications, drawings, submittals, and daily logs in the project, plus recently added documents.
Projects made of uploaded documents: questions about the project’s recently added documents, plus general questions about the project and your role.
New or empty projects: general questions about the project and your role. Suggestions become more specific as content is added and processed.
Suggestions only draw on content that has finished processing, and they never ask about types of records your project does not have.
Create and refresh your suggestions
They appear on their own. The first time you open a project, a starter set is generated for you on the home screen.
Want a fresh set? Click the refresh icon (the circular arrow next to Customize) for a new batch of six. It avoids repeating ones you’ve recently seen.
Tune them to you. Click Customize (top-right of “What can I ask?”) to open Customize responses. Pick your role (Project Manager, Project Engineer, Superintendent, Subcontractor, Safety Manager, or Estimator), one or more focus areas (Schedule & milestones, Safety & compliance, Quality control, Cost & budget, RFIs & submittals, Change orders, Daily reports, or Inspections), and a project phase (All, Preconstruction, Active, or Closeout). Trunk Tools uses these to tailor the suggestions to you.
The “What can I ask?” grid of six suggestion cards, with Customize and the refresh icon at the top-right.
The “Customize responses” panel: Your role, Focus areas, and Project phase.
The Customize options are written with construction work in mind. On a project made of documents, you can leave them as they are.
Using a Prompt
A suggestion is just a question, and using it is a single click. The behavior differs slightly depending on where you click it:
From the home screen cards, it runs immediately. Clicking a suggestion on the “What can I ask?” grid sends it straight to chat and you get your answer.
From the library or the in-chat picker, it drops into your message box. The question lands in the chat input so you can tweak it before sending.
Either way, a suggestion is just a starting point. Edit the wording, add a detail, or combine ideas. Once it’s in the box, it’s an ordinary chat message.
My Prompts vs. Project Library
The Prompt library comes in two forms: a quick picker (a pop-up from the “…” menu in chat) and a full page with more tools. Both have a search box and two tabs; the full page also has a filter and shows each prompt’s date and whether you’ve used it.
My prompts: your private set. The suggestions generated for you on this project. Only you see these. Use Search prompts to find one quickly, narrow the list with the All prompts filter, and share the good ones. On the full page, each prompt shows the date it was generated and is marked used once you’ve run it. Visible to: just you.
Project library: the team’s shared set. Prompts that people have shared to the project so everyone can reuse them. Each shows who added it and when. This is your project’s growing set of proven questions. Visible to: everyone on the project.
The in-chat “Prompt library” picker (from the “…” menu), on the “My prompts” tab.
The full Prompt library page, “My prompts” tab: search, the “All prompts” filter, dates and “used” markers, and a share icon on each row.
Sharing With Your Team
Found a suggestion that really works? Share it so the whole project can use it too. Sharing is done from the full Prompt library page.
Open the Prompt library page and go to the My prompts tab.
Click the share icon (the connected-dots icon) on the right of the prompt you want to share. Hover over it to see Add to project library. If the prompt is already shared, the tooltip reads Already in project library.
It appears on the Project library tab for everyone, labeled “Added by [your name] · [date].” Your personal copy stays put.
To remove a shared prompt, go to the Project library tab and click the trash icon on its row. A shared prompt can be removed by the person who shared it or a project admin.
The “Project library” tab: shared prompts labeled “Added by [name] · date,” each with a trash icon to remove it.
Improve a Prompt You’re Writing
The library also helps with questions you type. If you’ve started a question but it’s rough, Trunk Tools can sharpen it.
Type your rough question into the chat box.
Once you’ve started typing, a wand icon appears at the bottom-right of the input, next to the send button. Hovering it shows Enhance prompt; click it.
Trunk Tools rewrites your question into a clearer, more effective version, right in the box, for you to review and send.
Enhance only improves the wording in your message box. It keeps your intent, doesn’t add references to records your project doesn’t have, and doesn’t send anything or save a new prompt, so you stay in control of the final question.
Chat input with text typed: the Enhance prompt (wand) icon appears at the bottom-right, next to the send button.
Troubleshooting
“Couldn’t load prompts” appears on the project home screen. Reload the page. If it keeps happening, contact your Trunk Tools support contact and tell them which project you were in.
“Too many requests. Try again in a minute.” Each refresh makes a batch of six. If you refresh very quickly you may see this message. Wait a moment and try again.
My suggestions feel too general. Suggestions reflect what is in the project, so projects with little content get more general questions. They get more specific as documents are added and processed. You can always type your own question.
I don’t see the Prompt library. It hasn’t been enabled for your account, or the project is still getting ready for questions.
Good to Know
Suggestions are project-specific. The library is built from, and stays with, the project you’re in.
They’re a starting point, not a limit. You can always type your own question; the suggestions are there to save you time, not box you in.
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Questions? Reach out to support@trunk.tools.