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Send XBuild AI your photos and the price you need, and get the insurance supplement written up for you
Cody Jackson, founder and owner of Black Bear Roofing and Exteriors in the Springfield, Ohio area (a team of almost 15), on the Builders Bible podcast
He uses XBuild AI, which he describes as AI generation for supplements, for COCs and for dealing with insurance. On a recent house with a lot of drywall work, which his company doesn't really do, he sent them a bunch of pictures and told them the price he needed to charge, and it came back broken down for the claim. "It's all AI driven," he says.
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The problem
Insurance supplements and certificates of completion (COCs) used to be done in-house, and he says it just got to be too much.
What happened
He calls it "just fantastic" and recommends it to other roofers; no time or dollar figures are given. Self-reported on the podcast.
Quoted in the source: Cody Jackson, owner, Black Bear Roofing and Exteriors. Source: Home Service Studs Podcast (Builders Bible): Bear-ing Growth: Cody Jackson on Scaling Black Bear Roofing and AI Estimation (2026-08-31) · Added 2026-10-19.
How to set it up yourself
- What Black Bear Roofing does: instead of writing insurance supplements and certificates of completion in-house, the owner sends XBuild AI the photos and the price the work needs, and gets the paperwork back itemized for the claim.
- Before you hand off any claim, gather what any supplement writer needs: dated photos of every damaged area, measurements, the adjuster's original estimate and the price you need for each extra item.
- Send one claim first and compare what comes back with what you would have written: every line, quantity and code item should match what's on the roof or in the wall.
- Keep the final say: you or your office signs off on every supplement and COC before it goes to the adjuster or homeowner, and nothing goes in that you can't show in a photo.
Copy-paste prompt
I'm sending a supplement request for the {CUSTOMER LAST NAME} claim at {ADDRESS}, {INSURANCE COMPANY} claim {CLAIM NUMBER}. Attached: {NUMBER} photos, the adjuster's estimate and my measurements. Items missing from the adjuster's estimate: {ITEMS AND THE PRICE I NEED FOR EACH}. Please itemize each one with the photo it's based on, and flag anything you think the photos don't support.One short email a day: 3 new AI use cases from real small businesses, each with its source and setup steps, plus a Tool of the Day. Free, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
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