Get it out of your head — and into systems your crew actually follows.

You talk. We build the SOPs, training manuals, and checklists that let your business run without you — in plain English (and Spanish), in days, not months.

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Or let us document one of your processes free — see how it works below.

Sound familiar?

The business runs — because you're standing in the middle of it.

Everything lives in my head."

"If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, this place would stop." Your business runs on you — which means it can't run without you. And a buyer will notice that first.

I've spent thousands training techs — and they leave with it."

That's tribal knowledge walking out the door. When it lives in one person's head instead of the business, you pay to learn it twice.

I bought the software. The account's still empty."

"My ops manager was going to fill it in a year ago." Software handed you an empty binder. ChatGPT gives you generic filler. Neither one is your business, written down.

How it works

Talk → We build → Your crew runs it

Talk

About 90 minutes per process area. We interview you (or your best tech) and pull the process out of your head. No forms, no homework, no "here's a template, good luck." You talk; we listen.

We build

We write it to real trade-documentation standards and check every step by hand — delivered in 3–7 business days for core SOP work. The opposite of generic filler: it's your way of working, documented.

Your crew runs it

Phone-first checklists, QR codes on the equipment, English and Spanish — delivered into your own Trainual or Google Drive. Your crew follows it. You stop repeating yourself.

Field-built

Built for a work glove, not a bookshelf.

Phone-firstSingle-column checklists your crew reads on a phone at the job site — not a three-ring binder that dies on a shelf.

QR on the equipmentScan the unit, get the current SOP. We update it once and it's current everywhere — no reprinting.

English + SpanishParallel sets, native-reviewed, OSHA-aligned safety wording. Other crew languages quoted on request.

Delivered into your systemA populated Trainual account or an organized Google Drive — not a dead PDF you have to babysit.

It stays trueOur review retainer keeps docs current as the business changes — the thing every owner skips, and every buyer of a business checks.

Yours, foreverYou own every document. Editable files, no lock-in, no hostage binder.

Fixed prices

Pick the piece you need. No per-seat billing, ever.

Every engagement is interview-led and built from how your business actually runs.

What you get	Price	Turnaround
SOP Sprint — 8–10 core processes, interview-led	$1,250	7 business days
Role Training Manual — e.g. new-tech onboarding, structured 30-60-90	$3,500	2 weeks
Employee Handbook Draft — attorney-ready, core + state addenda	$2,500 +$400/extra state	2 weeks
Safety Manual — OSHA / insurance-driven, your approved content	$2,000	2 weeks
Franchise Operations Manual — FDD Item 24 ready	$9,500	4–6 weeks
"Stays True" Retainer — reviews, updates, new processes	$350/mo	ongoing

Not sure where to start? Most owners begin with the SOP Sprint. Book a call and we'll point you to the right one.

Not ready to talk? Prove it to yourself first.

Pick one process you're tired of explaining. We'll document it into a one-page SOP — free, yours to keep, whether or not we ever work together. See the quality before you spend a dollar.

Get one process documented — free

Why this exists

A note from the founder

I kept meeting owners with the same problem. The business only ran because they were standing in the middle of it. Everything important lived in their head or in one veteran tech's head — and everybody knew it was a risk, but nobody had time to fix it.

The options were bad. Software sold them an empty account and a login. Consultants quoted $15,000 and three months. So the SOPs never got written, the good people left with the knowledge, and the owner stayed stuck being the manual.

I don't think documenting your business should cost a fortune or take a season. So we built a way to do it fast, from your actual process, at a price you can see up front.

Here's the honest part: we're not a software company, and we're not going to sell you a template with your logo slapped on it. We sit down with you, get what's in your head onto the page, and a real person checks it against the standards your trade actually uses. That's the whole thing.

— Jordan · Founder, SOP Foundry

Questions owners ask

FAQ

Is this just ChatGPT?

No. ChatGPT can't see what's in your head — it writes a generic version of your trade. We interview you, pull out how you actually run the job, and a real person checks every step against trade-documentation standards. We don't sell you a template. We document your business.

How is this different from the software I already bought?

Software gives you an empty account and expects you to fill it in — that's the part nobody ever gets to. We're the ones who fill it in, then hand it back populated in your own Trainual or Google Drive. You keep the software; we do the writing.

How long does it take?

Core SOP work lands in 3–7 business days. Bigger deliverables — full training manuals, franchise operations manuals — take a few weeks. Never months, and never a same-day dump that reads like a template.

How much of my time does this take?

About 90 minutes of interviews per process area — a typical SOP Sprint is two to three sittings, three to four hours of your time total. You talk; we write. We come to you with questions — you never sit down to a blank page.

What if my crew won't follow it?

That's the whole point of how we build: phone-first checklists at a 6th–8th-grade reading level, in English and Spanish, so the crew actually uses them. And we stand behind it — if your crew can't run a process from one of our SOPs, we'll rewrite that SOP free (one rewrite per SOP, within 30 days of delivery). Every deliverable includes two revision rounds.

Do you know my trade?

We build for cleaning and janitorial, HVAC, restoration and multi-trade contractors, and franchises. The interview is how we learn your specifics — we document your way of working, not a textbook version of the trade.

Who owns the documents?

You do. They're yours to keep, edit, and use — whether or not we ever work together again. No lock-in, no hostage files.

What about keeping them current?

Docs rot the moment your business changes. Our "Stays True" retainer keeps them updated, adds new processes as you grow, and can even track whether your crew is actually checking them off. It's the piece every owner skips — and the piece every buyer of a business checks.

Get it out of your head.

Book a 15-minute call, or let us document one of your processes free — so you can see the quality before you spend a dollar.

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