Why We Let AI Write Our Engineering Templates Now
- Patrick Law
- Aug 19
- 2 min read

The Problem Every Engineer Knows
Building a new equipment template often starts like this:
Open the spec sheet
Guess what needs to be calculated
Track down inputs
Rebuild old formulas
Cross your fingers you didn’t miss anything
It’s slow. It’s manual. And the bigger the job, the more painful it gets.
Instead of starting with an empty spreadsheet, we now begin with a single AI prompt.
This prompt reads the data sheet and returns the entire calculation plan:
Lists the final outputs (the results we’re solving for)
Identifies all required inputs with units
Maps out intermediate steps and formulas
Flags anything too complex for a single-step calculation
The best part? It returns everything in a structured table — perfect for Excel, LLM automation, or deeper workflow use.
We gave the AI a basic pump data sheet. It instantly responded with:
A breakdown of all performance targets
A table of required inputs like flow rate, head, and efficiency
Several flagged formulas that needed their own sheet
This used to take two to three hours with back-and-forth review. Now it takes under 10 minutes, with human checks only at the end.
You might be wondering: why not just copy/paste the full prompt?
Because the real value isn’t in one line of text. It’s how the prompt:
Interacts with your LLM setup
Connects to the data sheet formatting
Handles edge cases (like missing values or complex dependencies)
Supports our six-column calculation system
We’ve refined it across hundreds of workflows, and it’s baked into our system.
Want the exact prompt we use here at Singularity?
Take our AI for Engineers Course👉 Get the Prompt + Walkthrough on Udemy
Or, send us an email at singularityprocessengineering@gmail.com to book a consultation with our team.
Don’t build calculations from scratch. Let the AI lay out the full architecture first — so your work is faster, cleaner, and easier to trust.

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