For builders and renovators

Claims on time.
Variations billed.

Progress claims and variations drafted from your job records. Supplier invoices matched to the job. Subbies' insurance and licences tracked. Client updates written for you. All from one Slack channel, with your approval on anything that goes out.

A private server for your businessYour data never trains AIYou approve what matters
A blueprint with a hard hat, a tape measure and a ticked invoice floating around it

For builders and renovators

Every job has a second job: the paperwork. Variations that never got invoiced, claims sent late, a subbie's insurance that lapsed mid-job. Feltlab connects Buildertrend or simPRO, Xero and your inbox to one channel, so the paperwork keeps pace with the build.

Works with the tools
you already pay for.

Each one is connected through your own account, with only the access a workflow needs. If a system has an API or sends email, it can usually be connected.

BuildertrendJobs, schedules, selections and client updates
simPROJobs, quotes and materials
AroFloJobs, compliance and timesheets
XeroClaims, invoices and bills
MYOBThe same, for MYOB businesses
Google WorkspaceGmail, Calendar and Drive
Microsoft 365Outlook and SharePoint
hipagesLead notifications answered

Tools Feltlab works with, not partners or endorsements.

Event-based

Some work shouldn't wait to be asked. When something happens in your business, the next steps run on their own, inside the tools you already use. Anything that touches money or customers waits for your yes.
Variation agreed on siteWritten up and priced, added to the job, ready to send
Stage reached in the scheduleProgress claim drafted from the contract
Supplier invoice emailed inMatched to the job and filed in Xero
Subcontractor insurance 30 days from expiryRenewal requested, flagged if it lapses
Client asks for an updateReply drafted from this week's site notes

What comes off your plate.

The workflows most builders and renovators start with. Agent Starter includes three; the audit finds the rest.

Brings in money

Progress claims on time

When a stage is reached, the claim is drafted from the contract schedule and sent after your yes. No stage goes unclaimed because the week got away.

Brings in money

Variations captured

Say it in Slack or send a photo, and the variation is written up, priced and added to the job. Nothing agreed on site gets lost between the ute and the office.

Saves time

Supplier invoices matched

Invoices from suppliers and subbies are read, matched to the job and cost code, and filed in Xero ready for the payment run.

Saves time

Client updates written

A weekly update to each client, drafted from site notes and photos in your tone. You read, tweak and send.

Reduces risk

Subcontractor compliance

Licences, insurance certificates and SWMS tracked per subbie, with renewals requested before they lapse and a flag if someone turns up uncovered.

Visibility

Monday job brief

Each job's claims, costs and outstanding invoices in one short read, with what needs you at the top.

Brings in money

Variations that
make it onto the invoice.

A client asks for a bigger deck on a Tuesday site walk. One message from the ute and the variation is drafted, priced from your rates and sitting on the job by the time you reach the next site. It goes to the client after your yes.

  • Written up from a message
  • Priced from your rates
  • Added to the job and the next claim

Variations · 27 Elm St

VO-04 · Deck extended to 6mFrom site walk, Tue 10:15am$4,920
VO-03 · Extra downlightsApproved by client$860
VO-04 waiting for your approvalReply approve in Slack

Two ways
to start.

Both begin with a free 15-minute call, and nothing is built without your yes. Prices exclude GST.

Most builders start with the audit. There are usually four or five workflows worth automating, and a half day on site finds the ones with the most money in them.

Agent Starter

$1,000 + GST setup

then from $400 + GST a month

For businesses with a few staff and clear workflows. Pick three from this page, and your agent is set up and connected within weeks.

  • Your agent in a private Slack channel
  • Three workflows from this page
  • Connected to the tools you already use
  • AI usage included, within fair use
  • Support, and one hour of changes a month
  • A 30-minute setup call instead of the audit

Agent + Audit

Where most start

$1,000 + GST audit, $1,000 + GST setup, $2,000 to $10,000 + GST build

then from $800 + GST a month

For businesses with staff and work that spans several systems. A half day in your business finds the automation with the most money in it, then one fixed-price quote.

  • Your agent in a private Slack channel
  • Half-day audit, with $500 + GST credited to a build within 60 days
  • Workflows built to your process, one fixed price
  • Connected to every system the audit finds
  • AI usage included, within fair use
  • Support, and up to three hours of changes a month

Security and privacy

Private by design. Safe by default. Your customers, invoices and inbox are the most sensitive things your business holds. Every system is built to keep them private, keep you in control and show you exactly what happened.

Your own private server

Your automations run on a server set up for your business alone, never shared with another client.

Only what a step needs

Your records stay on your server. When a step needs AI, only the information for that step is sent.

Never used to train AI

AI requests only go to providers that don't train on your data or keep it, and any that would are blocked.

You approve what matters

Money, bookings and messages to customers wait for a yes from you or your team.

Every action logged

A plain-English record of everything it read, wrote and sent, so you can always check what happened.

Ring-fenced AI keys

Your business gets its own AI keys with spending limits, so usage is separate, capped and visible.

Questions

We use Buildertrend. Will this replace it?

No. Buildertrend stays the system of record. The agent reads jobs, schedules and selections from it and writes variations and updates back, through your own account.

Can it handle our progress claim format?

Yes. Claims are drafted in your template from the contract's stage schedule. The first few are checked with you until the format is right, then they run with your approval each time.

What about subbies who don't use email?

Paperwork can arrive by photo or WhatsApp as easily as by email. The agent reads it, files it and chases what's missing.

Where do most builders start?

With the audit. Builders usually have four or five workflows worth automating, and a half day on site finds the ones with the most money in them.

Let's find your busywork.

Start with a free 15-minute call. If there's a fit, the audit shows exactly what to automate and what it's worth.

Jason Corbett

Jason Corbett, founder
Your one contact from first call to launch.