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Operations7 min read

Why Solar EPC Coordination Overhead Is Eating Your Margins

A 15-project solar EPC spends an estimated 23 hours per week on permit follow-up, document intake, and subcontractor coordination. Here's where that time goes — and what to do about it.

Templates6 min read

The Solar EPC Closeout Checklist That Runs Itself

A closeout checklist built as a Google Sheets template, plus how the Field Agent auto-populates it from inbound emails and SMS.

Build Log8 min read

How I Built an AI Agent to Track AHJ Permits Across Multiple Jurisdictions

A detailed walkthrough of the MCP tool design, Supabase schema, and the specific AHJ communication patterns that required custom parsing logic.

Ops Patterns6 min read

Automating Subcontractor Follow-Up Without Burning Relationships

The exact email templates and timing rules the Field Agent uses to follow up with subcontractors — polite, persistent, and effective.

Architecture7 min read

AI Email Triage for Construction: What Actually Works

A classification taxonomy for construction inboxes, tested on real solar EPC email. What the agent gets right, and where it still needs a human loop.

Testing6 min read

Shadow Mode: How to Test AI Agents Before They Touch Real Data

A methodology for running agents in shadow mode: observing, comparing, and promoting only when accuracy meets your threshold.

Reporting5 min read

The Monday Digest: What an AI Operations Supervisor Actually Sends

A sample weekly digest from the Ops Supervisor: what it includes, how it's structured, and why PMs actually read it.

Risk5 min read

Permit Expiry Warnings That Actually Prevent Surprises

How the Permit Agent tracks expiry dates, calculates warning windows, and escalates before deadlines become problems.

Honest Takes6 min read

What Still Stays Human in AI-Augmented EPC Operations

An honest look at the limits: the decisions, relationships, and edge cases that still need a human in the loop.

Stack7 min read

AgentMail + Paperclip: The Stack I Chose and Why

A stack comparison and the reasoning behind choosing AgentMail for email-native agents and Paperclip for the orchestration layer.

Strategy6 min read

From Solar EPC to Energy: Why This Is the Right Proving Ground for AI Agents

Why solar EPC is the ideal beachhead for agent systems in energy — and how the pattern extends to utilities, O&M, and storage.

Glossary

30+ terms covering solar EPC operations and AI agent concepts. Low-competition, high-intent pages that compound over time.

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