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Check city permit websites daily for builders and installers
Set up an AI that visits local permit websites every day for builders, remodelers, and pool and solar installers, and tells them when a permit's status changes, so nobody has to refresh city sites by hand.
The hard part: every city's permit site works differently, so each new portal takes setup time and needs fixing when the city changes its site.
Who pays
Builders and installers pay a one-time setup fee to connect their permit portals and a monthly fee for the daily checks and alerts. coreyganim suggests $1,500 setup plus $250 a month. That pricing is the poster's suggestion, not reported revenue.
How to build it
List each client's portals and permits
With the client, list the city and county permit websites they use, their logins, and the permit numbers they want tracked.
Teach a browser AI each portal
Use Browser Use, a free, open-source tool that lets an AI click through websites, with Claude doing the reading. Write one short set of instructions per portal for finding a permit's current status.
Save every status check
Store each permit's latest status and the date checked in a Supabase table so you can spot changes.
Run checks daily and send alerts
Use n8n to start the checks each morning and email or text the client only when a status changes, such as approved, needs correction, or inspection scheduled.
Charge setup and monthly fees
Bill the setup fee and the monthly plan through Stripe Payment Links, and add portals for new cities as the client takes on jobs there.
Sources on X
- coreyganim · Oct 19, 2026
The poster lists Browser Use as a service offer: a daily permit portal tracker for builders, remodelers, pool and solar installers, at $1,500 setup + $250/mo. The poster says the pricing estimates are purposely conservative and that you could charge more for the right client.
Ideas are curated from public posts and untested by us. Read the full note.