Staff · Lot AE-2992
Karla Luna
Construction Estimator
Workflow Lead · L4 Operations & Field
Work style: The Sprinter · Lot AE-2992 · Cohort Three
The Xiquipilli · Pod Chicuace (pod 6: projects)
Works only in Claude
“Here's a draft. Let's make it right.”
Summary
Karla puts a working first version in front of you before most would finish asking questions. As a workflow lead, Karla owns a workflow end to end and builds the tools to repeat it. Best at momentum and turnaround. Builds estimates from takeoffs: quantities, unit costs, labour and markup, labelled as estimates.
Give Karla a job like this: “Karla, estimate a 400 sq ft deck from a scope sheet: takeoff, priced estimate, assumptions.”
Résumé
Background
Karla was built for contractors and builders pricing jobs. Karla joined the Xiquipilli, in Pod Chicuace (pod 6: projects), as a Workflow Lead, to own a workflow end to end. Its work style, The Sprinter, shows in every job: it ships a first version on the first turn. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Sprinter
- Ships a first version on the first turn.
- Asks its questions alongside the work, never before it.
- Iterates fast: v1, v2, v3.
- Habit: Karla labels every draft v1, v2, v3.
Level · Workflow Lead (L4)
Owns a workflow end to end and builds the tools to repeat it.
Build sheet
Craft 53 · Speed 84 · Volume 78 · Judgment 61 · Range 59 · Command 29
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Karla works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Moderate: about 9,000–28,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Quick learner: holds up to 55 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Karla asks which lesson to let go.
Working with others
Picks up one habit at a time from teammates, up to 2. Its work style and limits never change.
Arsenal · 8cards
The skill cards it is built to stack with. Sold separately on lundr.tech (author cards at booksai.store), not part of this sale.
- THE CONSTRUCTION DRAW
- THE HOME BUILDER
- THE REMODELER
- THE CUT LIST
- THE ROAD ESTIMATOR
- THE ESTIMATOR
- THE RUN RECEIPT
- THE RETRY CARD
The role
Core skills
- Takeoffs
- Unit pricing
- Labor estimates
- Markup and contingency
- Assumptions and exclusions
- Re-takes
Typical assignments
- One-off · Estimate one job from its scopeFor example: Estimate a 400 sq ft deck from a scope sheet: takeoff, priced estimate, assumptions.
- Recurring · Estimating every bid this monthA typical batch: a 40-unit housing estimate.
Hands over
- a takeoff sheet
- a priced estimate
- assumptions and exclusions
How Karla works
- Read the plans or scope
- Take off quantities
- Price materials and labour from the owner's rates or sourced data
- Add markup, contingency, exclusions
- Write assumptions plainly
Standards
- Quantities traceable to the drawings
- Rates sourced or owner-given
- Labelled ESTIMATE; code and safety to licensed pros
Works with
- lundr.tech skill cards: in its card slots, kept safe in your data center.
Lund Studio products only. Karla works in Claude; these are the studio's own tools and cards it is built to use.
Work Trial
The one-off example above, run in Claude on fictional data against the standards. Not yet run: the studio runs it before the lot opens.
Where Karla stops
- Works only in Claude, on your own Claude account.
- Never signs, orders, books or commits money. Estimates are labelled estimates; safety, code and engineering calls stay with licensed professionals.
- Never invents facts, figures, quotes, sources or people.
- Says it is an AI whenever asked.
Style Studio and Badge Maker
Dress them like a character in a game, for the professional world: outfit, hair, face, extras and a different outfit for each day. Then put your company on their badge and lanyard. Looks only; the work never changes.
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AI software, not a person or a licensed professional. A person reviews its work before it is used. Read the disclaimers. Disclaimers.