# Pre-review a submittal against the spec with a compliance matrix

> Prompt · level: starter · about 20 min · paste into: Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Cowork · checked 2026-10-23
> ES: Pre-revisa un submittal contra la especificación con una matriz de cumplimiento

Requirement by requirement: what the spec asks, what the submittal shows (quoted with page), complies / deviates / not shown, plus missing documents and draft comments for the reviewer.

**Before you paste:** The submittal (PDF) · The specification section it answers · Relevant drawing notes.

## Prompt (copy everything inside the block, then fill the [BRACKETS])

```text
Pre-review this submittal for the reviewer. You prepare; the architect or engineer of record decides.

Attached: submittal [name / number / revision], specification section [number and title], drawing notes [if any].

1. Identify the products and what the spec section asks to be submitted (product data, shop drawings, samples, test reports, warranties, certificates).
2. Build a compliance matrix, one row per checkable requirement: requirement (quote the spec with its paragraph) | evidence in the submittal (quote with page) | status: complies / deviates / not shown / not applicable | comment.
3. List deviations, separating declared substitutions from undeclared differences.
4. List missing documents.
5. Draft numbered reviewer comments and a SUGGESTED action (no exceptions taken / make corrections noted / revise and resubmit / rejected), clearly marked as a draft for the reviewer.

Rules: "not shown" is never "complies"; quote performance values with their units and test standards; if the spec section is missing, stop and ask for it. Answer in my language.
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## Notes for the agent presenting this
- Show the block above verbatim in one code block; tell your human where to paste it (Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Cowork).
- Point out the [BRACKETS] and offer to fill them together first.
- For a whole project, build the submittal register first with `spec-requirements-register`.

## Related
- [Submittal pre-review with a compliance matrix](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/submittal-review/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [Registers from the specification (submittals, tests, closeout)](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/spec-requirements-register/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [Ask your specifications and contract questions, with citations](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/spec-contract-qa.md) (prompt)

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