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Convert an Hourly Rate Into a Project Quote
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Project description: {{PROJECT}}
Task list with my best hour estimate for each: {{TASK_HOURS}}
My target hourly equivalent: {{TARGET_RATE}}
My usual overhead on projects like this, as a percentage of delivery hours, from my own records (if I have none, write "no data"): {{OVERHEAD_PERCENT}}
Risks that could expand the work: {{RISKS}}
Calculate and explain:
1. A table of tasks with low, expected and high hours; flag optimistic estimates.
2. Overhead hours from my percentage. If I wrote "no data", show the fee at 10%, 20% and 30%, labelled as my assumptions to replace.
3. A contingency in hours for each named risk, which I can accept or reject.
4. A floor, target and stretch fee, with arithmetic shown from my target rate.
5. A sanity check against my weekly hours, and what belongs in a change-order note instead.
Rules: show every calculation. Do not use outside market data or typical rates. Remind me that taxes, platform fees and unpaid time affect take-home, and to confirm those with an accountant.
Output: table, calculation steps, three fee figures, sanity check.
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“Convert an Hourly Rate Into a Project Quote” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Reasoning & Problem-Solving category, 203 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{PROJECT}}, {{TASK_HOURS}}, {{TARGET_RATE}}, {{OVERHEAD_PERCENT}}, {{RISKS}}.
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Recommended models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
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