# BuildX Docs > BuildX helps property owners, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers price, hire and run construction work: cost calculators and an AI estimator at buildx.pro, a contractor directory at ContractorsNearMe.ai, and the contractor workspace at mybuildx.com. Every page below is plain Markdown. Append `.md` to any docs URL to get the same thing, or read everything at once: - Full docs in one file: https://docs.buildx.pro/llms-full.txt - Agent guide: https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/overview.md ## Intro - [Intro](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/index.md): Get started with BuildX. ## Get Started - [What is BuildX](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/what-is-buildx.md): The four BuildX products, who each one is for, and how they connect. - [Accounts and sign-in](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/accounts.md): Create a MyBuildX account, pick your role during setup, sign in with a password, an email code, or Google, and use the same account in BuildX Studio. - [Plans and pricing](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/plans-and-pricing.md): What Contractor ID and BuildX Studio cost, what each one unlocks, who pays nothing, and how to manage billing. - [What BuildX doesn't do yet](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/start/limits.md): Features people often expect that aren't available in BuildX today, and what to use instead. ## For AI Agents - [BuildX for AI agents](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/overview.md): What an AI agent can do with BuildX, which surface to use for each task, and the rules to follow. - [Docs for agents](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/docs-for-agents.md): Read every BuildX docs page as Markdown, one page at a time or all at once. - [MCP server](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/mcp-server.md): Connect an AI agent to ContractorsNearMe's contractor directory over the Model Context Protocol. - [Cost API](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/cost-api.md): Read buildx.pro's cost calculators, line-item breakdowns, quality tiers and regional price factors as JSON. - [contractor.id profiles](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/contractor-id.md): Contractor public profile URLs at contractor.id and the JSON endpoint behind them. - [Recipes](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/agents/recipes.md): Step-by-step agent workflows for the most common BuildX tasks. ## Property Owners - [Getting started for property owners](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/getting-started.md): Price your project on buildx.pro, find contractors on ContractorsNearMe.ai, request quotes, and know what your contractor can share with you. - [Ask BuildX](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/ask-buildx.md): Ask cost questions in plain words, get a ZIP-adjusted estimate, and request quotes from matched contractors in the buildx.pro chat. - [How calculators work for property owners](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/how-calculators-work.md): Step by step through a buildx.pro cost calculator, from project size and ZIP code to the line-item breakdown and a shareable link. - [Understanding estimates](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/understanding-estimates.md): Read a BuildX cost range, see what quality levels and location factors change, and compare contractor bids against it. - [Regional pricing for property owners](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/regional-pricing.md): Why the same project costs different amounts in different places, and how your ZIP code changes a buildx.pro estimate. - [Find a contractor](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/find-a-contractor.md): Search ContractorsNearMe.ai by trade and location, filter results, read a contractor profile, and understand what Verified and the trust badges mean. - [Getting quotes](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/getting-quotes.md): Three ways to ask contractors for quotes through BuildX, and how to compare the quotes you get back. - [Post a job](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/post-a-job.md): Post a public work request on ContractorsNearMe.ai so local contractors can see it, then manage it from your account. - [Your ContractorsNearMe account](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/cnm-account.md): The pages in a ContractorsNearMe.ai customer account (requests, saved contractors, messages, payment methods, settings) and how to write a review. - [What your contractor shares with you](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/owners/client-portal.md): The invoice links, photo links and estimate PDFs a contractor can send you from MyBuildX, what each one shows, and what you can do with it. ## General Contractors - [Getting started for GCs](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/getting-started.md): The real general contractor workflow across MyBuildX and BuildX Studio, from getting listed and answering leads to estimating, bidding, invoicing and sharing with customers. - [Bidding a job](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/bidding-budget-spine.md): The real path for a general contractor to bid a job with BuildX today, across BuildX Studio and MyBuildX, and where the numbers do and don't connect. - [Scheduling and crews](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/scheduling-crews.md): What BuildX offers general contractors for job status, crews, and due dates today, across MyBuildX Jobs and BuildX Studio, and what it doesn't do. - [Hiring subs](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/hiring-subs.md): How a general contractor finds subcontractors on ContractorsNearMe, tracks and prequalifies them in BuildX Studio, compares their prices, and gives teammates access. - [Sharing with customers](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/customer-portal.md): The ways a contractor can share invoices, photos, estimates and showcases with a customer from MyBuildX, which ones work without a login, and what the Portal page is. - [Milestone billing](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/gcs/draws-retainage.md): How to bill a job in stages with MyBuildX invoices today, and what BuildX doesn't support (milestone links, escrow, retainage, draw schedules). ## Subcontractors - [Getting started for subs](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/getting-started.md): What a Subcontractor account in MyBuildX can do today, how to get listed and find work, and what isn't available for subs yet. - [Claim your profile](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/claim-profile.md): Claim your business's ContractorsNearMe.ai listing, verify it by email, finish onboarding with your contractor.id handle, and publish it with Contractor ID. - [Finding bid work](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/bid-invites.md): Where contractors can find work through BuildX today, including public customer requests on ContractorsNearMe.ai and matched quote requests, and what isn't available yet. - [Price from the cost database](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/subs/price-from-cost-db.md): Use buildx.pro cost calculators to sanity-check your price for a scope, see where your number sits in the local range, and share a breakdown with a customer. ## Suppliers - [Getting started for suppliers](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/suppliers/getting-started.md): What a Supplier account in MyBuildX includes today, and which supplier tools aren't available yet. ## MyBuildX Workspace - [Home (Today Cockpit)](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/home.md): Read your Today Cockpit, finish the Get listed checklist, jump anywhere with the command palette, ask the BuildX assistant, and turn on phone alerts. - [Leads](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/leads.md): See every customer inquiry in one list, move it from New to Won, reply from the Inbox, convert it to a job, or block it. - [Inbox](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/inbox.md): Read and answer customer conversations, start a thread from a lead, filter by channel, and see read-only ContractorsNearMe threads. - [Bid Invites](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/bid-invites.md): Review the work BuildX routes to you, filter it by status, trade and city, open the details, and save an invite to your pipeline. - [Bid Board](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/bid-board.md): Track each bid from Lead to Won or Lost on a drag-and-drop board, and see which trades still need bidders. - [Jobs](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/jobs.md): See your active jobs by status, map job sites, organize jobs with labels, keep saved text and photo tags, and build showcases of finished work. - [Estimates and proposals](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/estimates-proposals.md): Build an estimate from line items, group lines into Good, Better and Best tiers, publish it, and share it as a link or PDF. - [Invoices](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/invoices.md): Create invoices from an estimate or line by line, send the customer a link, record payments, send reminders and statements, set up recurring invoices, download lien waivers, and export to QuickBooks. - [Takeoff](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/takeoff.md): What the MyBuildX Takeoff page shows, how it ties to a BuildX Studio subscription, and where takeoff work actually happens. - [Photos and videos](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/photos-videos.md): Upload project photos for your directory profile, share job photos with a link, curate showcases, and check video jobs. - [Reviews and Q and A](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/reviews.md): See your average rating, reply to customer reviews as the business, and answer customer questions. - [Analytics](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/analytics.md): See activity trends, conversions and a profile score by year, month, week or day, and understand what the numbers are built from. - [Directory profile](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/dashboard/directory-profile.md): Fill in your business details, preview how customers will see you, and publish your listing on ContractorsNearMe. ## BuildX Studio - [What BuildX Studio is](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/overview.md): BuildX Studio is the drawings app for shop-drawing submittals, redline review, estimating, subs, crews, and purchase orders, signed in with your MyBuildX account. - [Getting into Studio](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/getting-in.md): Sign in to BuildX Studio with your MyBuildX account, load the sample job, take the role tour, and understand the Starter usage limits. - [Projects and submittals](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/projects-submittals.md): Create a job in BuildX Studio, add submittals with PDF drawings, set submittal status, and invite your team to the job. - [Revisions and redlines](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/revisions.md): Compare drawing files, extract markups with Analyze Redlines, and work Revision Items to done in BuildX Studio, per submittal or across all jobs. - [Takeoff](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/takeoff.md): Measure areas, lengths and counts on a calibrated drawing in BuildX Studio, import rows from a CSV, price them per item, and export a CSV or PDF takeoff summary. - [Estimate workbook](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/estimate.md): Price a BuildX Studio job's takeoff rows with material and labor rates, add markup, read the Bid summary, and export the workbook as CSV. - [Bid leveling](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/bid-leveling.md): Compare subcontractor bids line by line in BuildX Studio, review each bid's exclusions, set bid status, and award a bid to create a draft purchase order. - [Bid Calendar and Crews](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/schedule-crews.md): See revision items by due date on BuildX Studio's Bid Calendar, and set up crews with a foreman and roster for each job. - [Purchasing](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/purchasing.md): Track purchase orders per job in BuildX Studio, move them from Draft to Ordered to Received, import orders from CSV, and spot prices above the median. - [Subcontractors and company library](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/company-library.md): Keep a directory of subcontractors per job, run prequalification reviews, store vendor and customer terms, and save standard exclusions in BuildX Studio. - [Ask Documents](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/ask-documents.md): Ask BuildX Studio's AI assistant questions about a submittal, based on its details and revision items, from the Ask Documents page or the drawing preview. - [Dashboard, Portfolio, and Operations](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/studio/operations.md): Read BuildX Studio's all-jobs views (Dashboard, Portfolio, Operations, Revisions) and check Connectors and Settings. ## Cost Calculators - [How cost calculators work](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/calculators/how-they-work.md): What the 2,157 buildx.pro cost calculators compute, how a total is built from cost lines, quality levels, and regional factors, and where to find them. - [Regional pricing reference](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/calculators/regional-pricing-reference.md): Where BuildX's regional labor and materials factors come from, how a ZIP code is matched to them, their ranges, and the public API that returns them. - [Calculator accuracy](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/calculators/accuracy.md): What a buildx.pro cost range means, what it leaves out, when to trust it or question it, and how to report a number you think is wrong. - [City pages](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/calculators/city-pages.md): What the buildx.pro city cost pages show, how their numbers are adjusted for local labor and materials, and how to use the city version of a calculator. ## Account and Settings - [Settings](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/settings.md): Change your name and email, business details and handle, public profile, credentials, offers, photo branding, and billing. - [Team](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/team.md): Open the Team settings, manage workspace membership, and accept invitations in MyBuildX. - [Integrations](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/integrations.md): What MyBuildX connects to today (ContractorsNearMe, BuildX Studio, QuickBooks export, phone alerts) and what isn't available yet. - [Help and tickets](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/account/help-tickets.md): Open a support ticket inside MyBuildX, follow replies, browse guides, send bug reports and feature requests, and read your notifications. ## Help Center - [File a support ticket](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/help/file-a-ticket.md): Send the BuildX team a question or a problem, and what to include so it gets solved fast. - [AI assistant](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/help/ai-assistant.md): Ask a question in plain words and get an answer from these docs, with links to the pages it used. - [FAQ](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/help/faq.md): Short answers to the questions people ask most. - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/help/troubleshooting.md): Fix the most common problems yourself. - [Contact support](https://docs.buildx.pro/docs/help/contact.md): The ways to reach BuildX support and what to include.