Track materials from purchase order through delivery through spec verification. Use when the user mentions "material tracking", "procurement", "delivery", "long lead", "order status", "PO", "purchase order", "material status", "vendor", "supplier", "sourcing", "find a vendor", "who sells", "where to get", "cert tracking", "mill certs", "material certs".
The material-tracker skill provides full lifecycle material management for construction projects — from identifying what needs to be ordered, through PO tracking, delivery logging, spec verification, and certification tracking. It also maintains a vendor database for sourcing decisions.
Key capabilities:
What it does: Creates a new tracking record for a material that needs to be procured. Automatically populates details from schedule long-lead items and spec sections when matches exist.
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Auto-population rules:
What it does: Displays current status of all procurement items with filtering, color-coding, and alerts.
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What it does: Records the arrival of materials, capturing date, quantity received, condition, and cross-checking against PO.
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What it does: Compares delivered material properties, documentation, and certifications against specification requirements. Uses submittal-intelligence compliance checking methodology.
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What it does: Identifies vendors and suppliers for materials. Checks internal vendor database first, then offers web search. Saves results for future reference.
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The material-tracker skill integrates with:
When Add action creates a new procurement item:
Match to key_materials: If material name matches entry in key_materials, auto-fill:
Match to schedule.long_lead_items: If material is in schedule long-lead list, auto-fill:
Match to submittal: If material has associated submittal in submittal_log, auto-fill:
Vendor assignment: Assign responsible party from subcontractors list:
The system flags items for superintendent attention:
Critical (red):
Warning (yellow):
Information (blue):
Typical material procurement workflow:
Many GCs maintain an Excel-based SC/PO log for subcontract and purchase order tracking. The material-tracker can read from this spreadsheet to auto-populate procurement data.
/set-project (Step 1C), the plugin scans folder_mapping.spreadsheets for files matching *SC*PO*Log*.xlsx or *SC-PO*.xlsxfolder_mapping.sc_po_log/material-tracker status is run and sc_po_log is set, the skill reads the spreadsheet to sync datalast_sync_date in config so the user knows when data was last refreshedProcurement data feeds into daily reports:
material-tracker/
├── SKILL.md (this file)
└── references/
├── delivery-verification.md
└── cert-tracking.md