Staff · Lot AE-3115
Yolanda Flores
Construction Estimator
Associate · L1 Operations & Field
Work style: The Organizer · Lot AE-3115 · Cohort Three
The Xiquipilli · Pod Nahui (pod 4: projects)
Works only in Claude
“A place for everything.”
Summary
Yolanda builds the shelves before filling them, so nothing is ever lost. As an associate, Yolanda is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at turning big messy jobs into orderly ones. Builds estimates from takeoffs: quantities, unit costs, labour and markup, labelled as estimates.
Give Yolanda a job like this: “Yolanda, estimate a 400 sq ft deck from a scope sheet: takeoff, priced estimate, assumptions.”
Résumé
Background
Yolanda was built for contractors and builders pricing jobs. Yolanda joined the Xiquipilli, in Pod Nahui (pod 4: projects), as an Associate, to take one job at a time and do it properly. Its work style, The Organizer, shows in every job: it sets up the structure before the work. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.
Work style · The Organizer
- Sets up the structure before the work.
- Names every file for what it is.
- Keeps a tracker for anything over three steps.
- Habit: Yolanda names every file by what it is.
Level · Associate (L1)
The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.
Build sheet
Craft 57 · Speed 54 · Volume 56 · Judgment 62 · Range 36 · Command 12
These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Yolanda works, and the skill file says exactly how.
Token use
Light: about 8,000–23,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.
Learning
Steady learner: holds up to 21 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Yolanda 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 · 3cards
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 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 Yolanda 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. Yolanda 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 Yolanda 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.