Plain English, start here
SkipOps runs the day for a UK rubbish-clearance firm, entirely through Telegram. The boss texts jobs in plain words. The system works out the smartest route for every van. The crew get tap-by-tap job cards on their phones. The boss watches it happen live and ends up with a photo-proof record of every job. No money or pricing anywhere in version 1 — the win is told in saved fuel, time and wages.
The whole thing on one page
Five moving parts. Set the firm up once, then the same loop repeats every working day.
flowchart LR A["① Set the firm up
(once)"] --> B["② & ③ Boss texts
jobs"] B --> C["④ System plans the
smartest day"] C --> D["⑤–⑦ Crew get job cards
+ post photos"] D --> E["⑥ ⑧ ⑨ Boss watches live +
gets the record"] E -. "new job or change
→ re-plan" .-> C classDef here fill:#eef2ff,stroke:#4f46e5,stroke-width:2px,color:#3730a3; class A here;
Every stage — what it's for, and where we are
Each one: the plain-English objective (what we're trying to achieve), a quick picture, and an honest done / still-to-do.
The objective: before SkipOps can run anyone's day, it has to learn how that firm works — the five things its features need. The boss fills in a quick 6-step setup wizard (now 5 data steps + a review) — one simple screen per thing (hours, vans, crew, yard address, disposal sites, checklist), tap and type, then Next. No AI, no guessing in setup: each step is a plain form with the right controls. Our own code checks a step is complete before it lets you advance, and the firm is saved at the end.
flowchart LR
subgraph G ["What we gather"]
V["Vans + capacity"]
M["Materials + drop sites
per material"]
S["Yard address
(the hub)"]
C["Crew + hours"]
K["Job checklist"]
end
subgraph P ["What it powers"]
R["Smart routes +
full-van trips"]
J["Crew job cards"]
D["Boss live map"]
Pr["Photo-proof
record"]
end
V --> R
M --> R
S --> R
S --> D
C --> J
K --> J
K --> Pr
The objective: we gather the firm's waste types and, for each one, a list of drop-off sites that actually accept it. This is the data that lets the optimiser plan the most efficient round: when a van fills up with scrap metal, it knows exactly which nearby scrapyard to head to — rather than the boss guessing or hard-coding one tip for everything.
flowchart LR A["Yard address
geocoded"] --> B["Search nearby
per material"] B --> C["AI qualify pass
(does it accept
this material?)"] C --> D["Boss sees the
list · add/delete"] D --> E["Saved as
material → drop-sites"] E --> F["Optimiser picks
nearest site per load"]
materials[].drop_sites)ANTHROPIC_API_KEY set on the deployed Worker (needed for the Sonnet qualify pass in production)The objective: every firm gets two Telegram chats — a private one for the boss (the "Gaffer" chat) and a group for the crew (the "Dispatch" group). And a hard wall so one firm can never see another firm's jobs.
flowchart LR A["Firm set up"] --> B["Gaffer chat
(boss only)"] A --> C["Dispatch group
(the crew)"] B --> D["Each firm's data
walled off"] C --> D
The objective: the boss texts a job the way he'd say it out loud — "clear a garage on Dyke Road tomorrow morning, half a load, before-and-after pics." The system turns that into a proper job (where, how big, when, what photos) and reads it back so any misread is caught on the spot.
flowchart LR A["Boss texts it
in plain words"] --> B["System understands:
where, size, when"] B --> C["Job created"] C --> D["Reads it back
to confirm"]
The objective: given the day's jobs, work out the most efficient round for every van — fewest miles, fullest loads — including nipping back to the yard to empty when a van fills up, then carrying on. This saving (fuel, time, wages) is the whole pitch.
flowchart LR A["The day's jobs"] --> C["The planner"] B["The vans + capacity"] --> C C --> D["Most-efficient
route per van"] D -. "van full →" .-> E["empty at the yard,
then carry on"] E -.-> D
The objective: once the day's planned, each van gets one clear, friendly message — their stops in order, what to expect, and a tap-to-navigate link for each stop that opens their own phone's maps. Nothing new to learn.
flowchart LR A["The day's plan"] --> B["Friendly message
per van"] B --> C["Stops in order"] B --> D["Tap-to-navigate
per stop"]
The objective: each driver taps "share live location" in Telegram once at the start of the day. That's it — the system now knows where every van is, with no app and no tracking box to fit.
flowchart LR A["Driver taps
'share location'"] --> B["System knows
where each van is"] B --> C["Feeds the
boss's live map"]
The objective: the crew snap a before and an after photo and tick the job checklist. The system files them against the job, so there's a permanent, proof-backed record of every clearance — plus a note of exactly who was on that team that day.
flowchart LR A["Crew: before +
after photos"] --> C["Filed against
the job"] B["Checklist ticked"] --> C C --> D["Permanent
proof record"]
The objective: jobs change all day — a new one comes in, one's cancelled, a van finishes early. When that happens the system quietly re-plans the rest of the day and re-sends the routes, without anyone asking.
flowchart LR A["New / cancelled job,
or van free early"] --> B["Re-plan the
rest of the day"] B --> C["Re-send the
updated routes"]
The objective: one screen for the boss — a live map of his vans and jobs, a list he can filter, and a tap into any job to see its photos, crew, checklist and timings. His whole operation at a glance.
flowchart LR A["Live van pins"] --> C["Boss dashboard"] B["All the jobs"] --> C C --> D["Tap a job → photos,
crew, checklist, times"]
Staying on track
Finish the wizard, wire the live discovery, then build the daily loop in the order the day actually runs.
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY on the deployed Worker for the Sonnet qualify pass. All four are spend-gated — needs Alex's sign-off.Mission: 20 paying firms at £75/mo by 5 Nov 2026. Roughly the first stretch is finishing the build; the rest is selling it.