01
Texts each student
About 28 short questions across 8 steps, with a progress bar. Students text STATUS anytime to see how far they've come.
For California contractor license schools
CSLB applications, finished by text.
An assistant under your school's name walks each student through CSLB's application, prepares their work-experience forms, follows up when they go quiet, and only pulls your staff in when a person is needed.
001See it work
One student, start to finish
What your student sees by text, and what your team sees, side by side.
An illustration of the assistant: a student texts through their CSLB application step by step while the school's staff view updates. Chapters: Your school enrolls a student; Work history, with CSLB's 4-year math; The student goes quiet. The assistant doesn't.; Private details stay off text; Every box checked, then confirmed; Signed, mailed, done.
Illustration with made-up data. Messages use the assistant's real wording.
002The problem
The problem
CSLBsaysnearlyhalfofallapplicationscomebackinaccurateorincomplete.Eachreturncostsyourstudentweeks,andthechasinglandsonyourstaff.
Nearly half
of applications are returned for correction
Source: CSLB application packet (13A-1, rev. 01/2026)90 days
to fix a returned application, or it's void and the $450 fee is lost
Source: CSLB application packet (13A-1, rev. 01/2026)
003What it handles
The paperwork, one text at a time
Built around CSLB's actual application, not a generic form or chatbot.
- 02
Does the 4-year math
Collects work history place by place and keeps a running journey-level estimate against CSLB's 4 years. Short histories are flagged to your staff.
- 03
Prepares certifier forms
Offers to text each certifier a link to the work-experience form with the student's part already filled in.
- 04
Keeps private details off text
Addresses and CSLB's yes/no questions go on a private page behind a one-time code. Social Security numbers are never taken by text.
- 05
Fills in CSLB's own form
Every box filled or marked N/A. The student reviews and confirms a numbered version, then gets the official PDF to sign and mail.
- 06
Follows up on its own
If a student goes quiet, reminders showing their progress go out over the following weeks (up to four), only between 9am and 8pm and never on Sundays.
004How it works
How it works
Your team enrolls students. The assistant does the back-and-forth.
- 01
You enroll students
Send us the names and mobile numbers of students who agreed to texts on your school's form. We set everything up under your school's name.
- 02
They text back
The first text comes from your school's application assistant. It says plainly that it's automated and not CSLB.
- 03
It checks as it goes
Classification, experience, business name rules, every box CSLB asks for. Each question comes with a plain explanation if the student asks why.
- 04
The student confirms and mails
They review every box, reply CONFIRM, download the filled-in CSLB PDF, sign in ink and mail it with their check. A checklist walks them through it.
- 05
Your staff step in only when needed
Short experience, a disclosure answer that needs a statement, a company application, a question it can't answer reliably: those come to you.
005Your team's view
Know who's stuck without chasing anyone
A simple view of every student's step, progress and last activity, with flags for the things that need a person. Your staff never see Social Security numbers or other private details.
- Each student's step out of 8, and when they were last active
- Flags that need a person, with the reason
- Mark a flag resolved, or suggest a correction the student accepts by text
- Private details stay private: staff see “not shown to staff”
Example of the staff view: a table of applications with reference, progress, path, whether help is needed, and last activity, plus an open alert about an experience estimate under 4 years.
006Careful by design
Built to stay accurate
What it never does
- Tell a student they qualify. CSLB decides, and it says so.
- Accept a Social Security number by text.
- Sign, pay or file anything for a student.
- Quote a fee or deadline that isn't in CSLB's published material.
- Pretend to be a person or CSLB.
What it covers today
- Sole owners applying for their first California license
- One classification per application
- Filing by mail with CSLB's official paper form
Handed to your staff
- LLC, corporation and partnership applications
- Adding a classification, exam waivers
- Students who need help in Spanish
007Pilot
We're onboarding our first schools
We're looking for a few California contractor schools to run a short pilot with a small group of students. We set it up and run it, and we measure the results with you.
- 6–8 weeks with 10–20 students
- Set up under your school's name
- We track how many reach “mailed”, staff time per application, and any CSLB returns
008FAQs
Common questions
Have another question?
Ask us
Book a 20-minute demo
See the assistant with a real application,
and how it would fit your school.