Chief Mike Join the pilot
Now piloting with NYC contractors

Catch the stop-work order before it catches you.

Your AI super for the job chat. Catches permit problems, logs your crew and gets extra work approved before it costs you.

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No app to download · English + Spanish · Official WhatsApp Business

Chief Mike, an illustrated NYC super, walking a job site with a clipboard
$6,000

fine for working through a stop-work order1

$2,500+

for a missing crew training log2

Every week

extra work lost to verbal orders

Source: NYC Department of Buildings. 1 First-offense penalty for working against a stop-work order, NYC Admin. Code §28-207.2.6 (DOB). 2 Minimum penalty for not keeping the daily site safety training log, Local Law 196 of 2017, NYC Building Code §3321.2 (DOB).

How it works

  1. 01

    Chief Mike starts your job chat

    Text Mike the job address. He opens a WhatsApp group for that job and sends your crew the invite link.

  2. 02

    Crew texts, talks and sends photos like normal

    Nothing changes for the guys. Voice notes, photos, Spanish, typos. Mike reads all of it.

  3. 03

    Chief Mike warns you, logs everything and sends the reports

    Permit flags in the chat. Logs and daily reports in your inbox by 5.

Try it

Text Mike like you'd text your foreman.

A demo on a sample job, 245 W 54th in Manhattan. Tap a message the crew might send, in English or Spanish, and see what Mike catches.

Demo with scripted replies and made-up permit data. Real jobs pull from DOB NOW.

Chief Mike
online
245 W 54th · demo
Today
Chief Mike
Hey. I'm on 245 W 54th. Tell me what the crew's doing and I'll check it against the permits.

Three things that cost NYC contractors the most.

DOB Watchdog

Knows what your permits allow. Hears what the crew is about to do.

Watches permits, violations, 311 complaints and after-hours permits, and checks them against what the crew says they're doing.

Chief Mike radioing the crew
Danny · PM
Crane pick Saturday 6am
Chief Mike
Your Saturday after-hours permit only covers 7am to 5pm. File by today to move it earlier. Also: a new 311 noise complaint came in last night.
Tell the expediterShow the complaint
Chief Mike checking SST cards at the site gate
Luis · Foreman
7:02 everybody's cards
Chief Mike
11 workers signed in. LL196 log updated.
Flag R. Alvarez: SST card expired 9/30. Keep him off the deck until it's renewed.

7am sign-in

One photo of the cards. Crew log done.

Reads SST cards from a photo, fills the Local Law 196 log and flags expired cards before anyone touches a tool.

Extra-work catcher

Every verbal 'sure, we can do that' becomes an approved change order.

Spots verbal change requests in the chat and gets a one-tap approval before the work starts.

Chief Mike marking up plans
Marco · Plumbing
owner wants the second bathroom roughed in too, told him fine
Chief Mike
That's extra work. I drafted change order #14: second bathroom rough-in, 2 guys, 2 days. Send to the owner for approval?
✓Owner approved CO #14 · 2:14 PM

Everything else a good super handles.

  • Daily reports from voice notes
  • English and Spanish
  • Insurance certificate chasing
  • "DOB is at the gate" document pack
  • Wind and weather alerts
  • Before-close-up photo proof
  • Headcount vs. invoice check

No app — it lives in WhatsApp.

NYC rules, not generic ones — DOB NOW, Local Law 196, after-hours permits and 311.

$0 per user — everyone in the chat is free; you pay one plan per company.

Priced per company. Unlimited people in every chat.

One monthly plan for your company covers your active jobs. Extra jobs $79/mo on any plan.

Watchdog

$149/mo
  • 1 active job
  • DOB Watchdog
  • Daily reports
  • Extra-work catcher
Start with Watchdog
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Job Site

$349/mo
  • Up to 3 jobs
  • Everything in Watchdog
  • 7am crew sign-in
  • Insurance chasing
  • "DOB is at the gate" pack
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Builder

$699/mo
  • Up to 8 jobs
  • Everything in Job Site
  • Headcount vs. invoice check
  • Priority support
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Pilot offer

Founding contractors: 60 days free, then $175/mo locked for a year.

On the Job Site plan (normally $349/mo), up to 3 jobs.

For NYC jobs with an active permit. We set you up on a 15-minute call, and Mike opens your job chat the same day.

By applying, you agree we can contact you by phone or WhatsApp about the Chief Mike pilot. See our Privacy page.

Questions.

Yes. Chief Mike runs on the official WhatsApp Business Platform. No unofficial apps, no risk of your number getting banned.

No. If they have WhatsApp, they're set. They tap the invite link Mike sends and they're in.

No. Mike starts a fresh chat for each job and sends your crew the invite link.

Yes. Crew can text or send voice notes in Spanish or English, and you get reports in the language you pick.

Your job chats stay yours. We never sell your data, and you can export or delete it anytime.

Yes. Month to month, no contract.