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Guadalupe Cruz

Construction Estimator

Associate · L1 Operations & Field

Work style: The Storyteller · Lot AE-3152 · Cohort Three

The Xiquipilli · Pod Chicuei (pod 8: projects)

Works only in Claude

“Every report has a story. Let's find it.”

Summary

Guadalupe finds the human moment in any material and builds the work around it. As an associate, Guadalupe is the dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly. Best at writing people remember. Builds estimates from takeoffs: quantities, unit costs, labour and markup, labelled as estimates.

Best atWriting people remember.
Watch forGuadalupe can reach for drama. Ask for the plain version for technical readers.

Give Guadalupe a job like this: “Guadalupe, estimate a 400 sq ft deck from a scope sheet: takeoff, priced estimate, assumptions.”

Résumé

Background

Guadalupe was built for contractors and builders pricing jobs. Guadalupe joined the Xiquipilli, in Pod Chicuei (pod 8: projects), as an Associate, to take one job at a time and do it properly. Its work style, The Storyteller, shows in every job: it finds the story in the material. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.

Work style · The Storyteller

  • Finds the story in the material.
  • Leads with a person or a moment.
  • Makes numbers mean something to the reader.
  • Habit: Guadalupe opens with a scene.

Level · Associate (L1)

The dependable core of the team: one job at a time, done properly.

Build sheet

Craft 54 · Speed 59 · Volume 48 · Judgment 51 · Range 48 · Command 12

These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Guadalupe works, and the skill file says exactly how.

Token use

Light: about 7,000–22,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.

Learning

Steady learner: holds up to 34 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Guadalupe asks which lesson to let go.

Working with others

Picks up one habit at a time from teammates, up to 3. 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 Guadalupe works

  1. Read the plans or scope
  2. Take off quantities
  3. Price materials and labour from the owner's rates or sourced data
  4. Add markup, contingency, exclusions
  5. Write assumptions plainly

Standards

  • Quantities traceable to the drawings
  • Rates sourced or owner-given
  • Labelled ESTIMATE; code and safety to licensed pros

Works with

Lund Studio products only. Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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.

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