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Draft bid follow-up messages for every open proposal

Every Monday, WebRun opens Buildertrend, finds every proposal that has been sent but not yet signed, drafts a personalised follow-up email for each prospect in Gmail, and posts a summary of open bids to Slack so your team can review and send at their discretion.

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Every Monday at 8:00 AM WebRun
1 Buildertrend find open unsigned proposals
2 Gmail draft follow-up for each prospect
3 Slack post open-bid summary
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In short

How do I automatically follow up on open construction bids and proposals?

Every Monday, WebRun opens Buildertrend, finds every proposal that is still unsigned, and drafts a personalised follow-up email in Gmail for each prospect. Drafts are queued for human review before anything is sent, and a Slack summary shows the full open-bid list so your team can act quickly.

  • No open proposal goes a week without a follow-up draft ready to send
  • Drafts are personalised per prospect, not copy-paste
  • Team sees every open bid value and age in one Slack post each Monday

Built for home builders · custom home sales managers · residential contractors · construction estimators

Step by step

What does WebRun do on every run?

The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.

  1. WebRun signs in and gets to work

    Opens app.buildertrend.net in a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys.

  2. 1
    Buildertrend - find open unsigned proposals
    buildertrend.com How to Automate Buildertrend
    WebRun in Buildertrend: find open unsigned proposals
    WebRun opens Buildertrend to find open unsigned proposals.
    • Open Buildertrend and navigate to the proposals section
    • Filter for proposals with status Sent or Pending that have no signed contract
    • Note the prospect name, project type, proposal value, and date sent for each

    Done when All open unsigned proposals are listed with their key details.

  3. 2
    Gmail - draft follow-up for each prospect
    gmail.com How to Automate Gmail
    WebRun in Gmail: draft follow-up for each prospect
    WebRun opens Gmail to draft follow-up for each prospect.
    • For each open proposal, draft a polite, on-brand follow-up email referencing the specific project and proposal value
    • Leave every draft unsent in Gmail for your team to review and approve before sending
    • Do not send any email automatically. All outreach requires human review.

    Done when A draft follow-up email exists in Gmail for every open proposal, unsent.

  4. 3
    Slack - post open-bid summary
    slack.com How to Automate Slack
    WebRun in Slack: post open-bid summary
    WebRun opens Slack to post open-bid summary.
    • Post a summary to your sales channel listing each open bid with prospect name, value, and days since sent
    • Remind the team that Gmail drafts are ready for review

    Done when The team has a weekly open-bid summary in Slack and drafts ready in Gmail.

Run settings

How is each run configured?

Starting pageWhere Chrome opens at the start of each run
app.buildertrend.net
ScheduleRuns automatically on this cadence
Every Monday at 8:00 AM
DeliveryHow each run's result reaches you
Bid follow-up drafts · Gmail
OutputWhat each run produces - A Gmail draft follow-up for each open Buildertrend proposal, plus a Slack summary of all bids awaiting signature.
Draft emails
Setup & safety

Secure by default

Connect once, stays signed in

WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.

Your credentials stay in your own private environment - WebRun never stores your passwords.
Strict Lockdown

Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.

Domains ALLOWLIST
Typed input ALLOW
Shell command BLOCK
File uploads BLOCK
Runs in a contained environment More on policies
Good to know

Questions, answered

Will it send the follow-up emails without my approval?

No. Every follow-up is saved as a Gmail draft and never sent until a team member reviews and clicks Send themselves.

How does it personalise each follow-up?

It pulls the prospect name, project description, and proposal value from Buildertrend and weaves them into each draft so the message feels specific, not generic.

What if a proposal was already signed this week?

It reads the live proposal status in Buildertrend each Monday, so any signed or withdrawn proposals are skipped automatically.

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