Check a $930 dealership service estimate against warranty documents with Grok
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- by Keaton Smith, via Sree Pradhip (LinkedIn)
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Context: Retold in an interview post; the interviewee's own post names Grok.
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In an interview summary, a truck owner told he'd been quoted $930 at the dealership for spark plug replacement. Before approving it, he uploaded his warranty and maintenance PDFs, the estimate and a screenshot and asked AI, 'Is any of this already covered under my warranty?' It found the work was already included in his prepaid maintenance package, saving $930. The interviewee's own post names Grok as the tool.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Check whether any work on a service estimate is already covered by my warranty or maintenance plan. Fill in before running: - Service estimate: [ATTACH] - Warranty and maintenance plan documents: [ATTACH] - Vehicle mileage: [NUMBER] Rules: - Match each line of the estimate to the plan terms, quoting the relevant clause. - Mark each line covered, not covered or unclear. - Draft a short polite question for the service advisor about covered items. - Don't approve or decline work on my behalf. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Ask the dealer to confirm coverage in writing before the work starts. Output: A line-by-line coverage table and a message for the service advisor. You'll know it worked when: I only approve work I actually need to pay for. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Check whether any work on a service estimate is already covered by my warranty or maintenance plan. Fill in before running: - Service estimate: [ATTACH] - Warranty and maintenance plan documents: [ATTACH] - Vehicle mileage: [NUMBER] Rules: - Match each line of the estimate to the plan terms, quoting the relevant clause. - Mark each line covered, not covered or unclear. - Draft a short polite question for the service advisor about covered items. - Don't approve or decline work on my behalf. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Ask the dealer to confirm coverage in writing before the work starts. Output: A line-by-line coverage table and a message for the service advisor. You'll know it worked when: I only approve work I actually need to pay for. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sree-pradhip_aiinthecommunity-grok-activity-7474290619910270976-zXBh
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