From file to useful result
How to ask with this skill installed
Installing the skill gives your AI a method. Your request still has to provide the case-specific facts, constraints and expected output.
1Name the real task
Describe the decision or deliverable, not just the topic.
2Provide the evidence
Add source material, audience, limits and known facts.
3Define done
Set format, quality criteria and checks.
Source example
Replace the brackets with your case
When to use it
- A technician needs a replacement part and it's not in inventory
- Ordering OEM vs. aftermarket parts decision (warranty implications)
- Bulk ordering parts for upcoming scheduled maintenance (oil filters, brake pads ahead of winter)
- Processing a parts return or cores (batteries, brake rotors)
- Handling a back-ordered part with an urgent ETA
- Comparing dealer cost vs. list price for parts pricing
- Managing parts orders from multiple sources: dealer warehouse, OEM distribution center, aftermarket suppliers
Mistakes to avoid
- Ordering parts without an RO number attached — parts get received into stock instead of to the specific job, and the customer gets billed for them or the tech can't find them
- Not checking for supersessions — ordering an obsolete part number that has been replaced by a new version means waiting twice as long when it inevitably comes back as "superseded"
- Confusing customer-authorized parts orders with warranty parts — warranty parts must be billed to the manufacturer, not to the customer, even if the part physically came from the same bin
- Letting cores accumulate indefinitely — each core has a credit value sitting on a shelf; return them monthly to recoup the cash
- Not checking the shelf location in DMS before running to the parts room — a tech spending 10 minutes looking for a part is 10 minutes of lost labor billing