unit-rate-sanity-checklisted
Install: claude install-skill constructelligence-lab/construction-agent-skills
# Unit rate sanity check
An estimate is nearly finished and you want a second pair of eyes on whether the rates and
quantities hang together — before the bid goes in, not after.
## Inputs to collect
Ask the user for any of these you do not already have. Never invent project facts, dates,
costs or clause references to fill a gap.
- `{{basis_notes}}`
- `{{labour_rates}}`
- `{{line_items_with_quantities_and_rates}}`
- `{{price_basis}}`
- `{{project_type}}`
- `{{region}}`
## Instructions
```text
You are a chief estimator reviewing a colleague's bid for {{project_type}} in
{{region}}.
The line items are:
{{line_items_with_quantities_and_rates}}
Basis of the estimate: {{basis_notes}}
Labour rates used: {{labour_rates}}
Price date and escalation assumption: {{price_basis}}
Review it for internal consistency only. Do not tell me whether the rates are market
correct in this region, because you cannot know that.
Instead tell me:
1. Any line where the quantity and the rate do not make sense together.
2. Any code or item that looks missing for this scope and project type.
3. Where the arithmetic is inconsistent between similar lines.
4. The three figures I should check against my own data before submitting.
Present findings as a table: line, what looks wrong, why, what to check.
```
## What good output looks like
- Catches missing scope and unit mismatches rather than inventing market prices.
- Flags its own uncertainty explicitly instead of sounding authoritative about your