The Daily Dose #338 | Where Did All the Prompt Engineers Go? 4 AI Features Builders Are Already Paying For

Two years ago, prompt engineering was going to be the six-figure job of the future and blokes were buying Mac Minis to run AI agents next to the drop saw. Both gone — not because AI was a fad, but because the platforms built it all in. If you're paying for ChatGPT or Claude, you're probably using about 10% of it. This week, Az walks through the other 90%: four features already sitting in your subscription that can genuinely help your building business — this week, not someday.

In this episode:

Agent mode (Claude Cowork / ChatGPT agent mode) — the spec-vs-quote check: one question that finds unpriced work in a 90-page spec before you sign a fixed-price contract, plus how to rank tenders by riskScheduled tasks — the Monday 6am DA report that pulls every development application in your council area into a spreadsheet while you're still in bed. Every DA is a future job.Image & video generation — ending the "I can't picture it" conversation at the kitchen table with skillion-vs-gable concepts on the spot, and the hard rule: never pass off AI images as your finished workMemory & projects — set up a client comms project with five of your real emails and every draft your team sends sounds like your business, every time. No $3k/month agency required.Pick one. Try it this week. And if your Mac Mini is holding down invoices, you're in good company.

How-to videos for all four are coming on TGB socials this week. Know a builder, tradie or supplier who'd get something out of this? Send it their way.