Overview

The Ingenious MCP Prompt Library helps project teams get answers faster without digging through menus, reports, or spreadsheets. Simply copy a prompt, customize the project name if needed, and ask in plain language.

Prerequisites

You must have an AI platform your team uses outside of Ingenious and you must have the INGENIOUS.BUILD MCP Server connected within it.

Process

Copy-and-paste prompts to help project managers, executives, and operations teams quickly get answers, build reports, track risk, and manage projects using natural language.

🏗️ Projects

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“Give me a health snapshot of all active projects including status, phase, and any projects without updates in the last 2 weeks.”
🚨 Alert	“Which projects are currently at risk? Rank them by severity and explain the top issue driving each risk.”
📋 Report	“Create an executive summary of all active projects including phase, schedule status, budget status, and open issues.”
🗓️ Plan	“Show me all projects entering Construction Administration within the next 60 days so I can prepare staffing plans.”
📈 Dashboard	“Build a portfolio dashboard showing project status, phase, budget health, and schedule health across all active projects.”

📅 Schedule

Prompt Type	Prompt
🚨 Alert	“What is the biggest schedule risk on [Project Name] right now, and what delay could it create?”
📊 Insight	“Run a schedule variance analysis for [Project Name] and explain the activities causing the biggest delays.”
📋 Report	“Create a critical path report for [Project Name] including major risks and estimated completion impacts.”
🗓️ Plan	“Which milestones across all projects are due in the next 30 days, and which appear behind schedule?”
📈 Dashboard	“Build a schedule health dashboard across all active projects showing delays, milestone status, and top risks.”

💰 Budget & Financials

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“Show me a budget vs. actuals breakdown for [Project Name] and highlight anything trending over budget.”
🚨 Alert	“Which projects have unpaid invoices older than 30 days? Include vendor, amount, and overdue duration.”
📋 Report	“Generate a monthly financial summary for [Project Name] including billed to date, paid to date, and remaining contingency.”
🗓️ Plan	“Forecast when major budget categories on [Project Name] may run out based on current spending trends.”
📈 Dashboard	“Create a cash flow dashboard showing billed, paid, outstanding invoices, and retention across all active projects.”

📄 Contracts & Change Orders

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“Show all open change orders on [Project Name] including status, approval stage, and cost impact.”
🚨 Alert	“Which contracts across all projects have increased significantly above their original value?”
📋 Report	“Generate a complete change order log for [Project Name] including status, description, and dollar impact.”
🗓️ Plan	“Identify contracts nearing completion so we can begin preparing closeout documentation.”
📈 Dashboard	“Build a contract health dashboard showing original value, revised value, pending changes, and overall contract status.”

❓ RFIs

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“How many open RFIs does [Project Name] have, what’s the average age, and which ones have been open the longest?”
🚨 Alert	“List all RFIs older than 14 days that are still unresolved and explain any potential schedule impact.”
📋 Report	“Generate an RFI status report showing open RFIs, closed RFIs, average response time, and any linked change orders.”
🗓️ Plan	“Which open RFIs are most likely to create change orders or schedule delays?”
📈 Dashboard	“Create an RFI aging dashboard grouped by project and aging category.”

📦 Submittals

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“What’s the submittal approval rate on [Project Name], and which packages have required the most revisions?”
🚨 Alert	“Which overdue submittals are currently blocking construction activities?”
📋 Report	“Generate a submittal log including package name, status, required-by date, and overdue days.”
🗓️ Plan	“Show all submittal packages due within the next 3 weeks so reviewers can be assigned in advance.”
📈 Dashboard	“Build a submittal workflow dashboard showing all packages by status and aging.”

🗣️ Meetings & Minutes

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“Summarize the last 3 OAC meetings for [Project Name] including decisions made, unresolved topics, and escalated issues.”
🚨 Alert	“Show all overdue meeting action items assigned to my team.”
📋 Report	“Generate an action item tracker from this month’s meetings including owner, due date, and status.”
🗓️ Plan	“Draft the agenda for the next OAC meeting based on unresolved discussions and outstanding action items.”
📈 Dashboard	“Create a meeting dashboard showing recent meetings, upcoming meetings, and open action items by project.”

📐 Specifications

Prompt Type	Prompt
📊 Insight	“List all specification divisions included in [Project Name] and summarize the scopes they cover.”
🚨 Alert	“Find the specification section related to [scope or trade] and highlight key requirements and required submittals.”
📋 Report	“Generate a specification index including division number, section title, and linked submittal requirements.”
🗓️ Plan	“Cross-reference open submittals against the specification set and identify missing packages.”
📈 Dashboard	“Build a specification coverage dashboard by division with linked RFIs and submittals.”

📊 Executive Reporting

Prompt Type	Prompt
📋 Report	“Build a weekly leadership report showing schedule health, budget status, RFIs, submittals, and top risks for every active project.”
📈 Dashboard	“Create an executive portfolio dashboard with red/yellow/green indicators for schedule, budget, quality, and risk.”
📊 Insight	“Analyze meetings, RFIs, and project updates across all projects and identify recurring operational issues.”
🚨 Alert	“Generate my Monday morning briefing with projects at risk, overdue invoices, aging RFIs, and upcoming milestones.”
🗓️ Plan	“Looking across the next 90 days, identify the biggest upcoming schedule, financial, and contract obligations across the portfolio.”

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