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Custom Playbooks

The rubric every
call is graded against.

Playbooks are versioned, customizable sales-process rubrics that define how AdaptClose grades a recorded call. Build one in minutes, from a default, a known framework, or your own training PDF.

Start a free trial → See a sample rubric

Why playbooks

Turn a manager’s standard
into a gradeable rubric.

Consistency

Every call is scored against the same named dimensions, not a reviewer’s mood that day.

Built around you

Start from a balanced default, apply a known framework, or upload your own training PDF and let AI extract the dimensions.

Coaching that points

Dimensions are written as coaching rubrics, so a low score tells a rep exactly what to fix.

Provenance that holds

Playbooks are versioned. Every recording stays anchored to the exact rubric that graded it, even after the playbook changes.

How you build one

Three paths. One editor.

Path 1

Start from a default or framework

One click applies a starter and publishes it. Pick the balanced AdaptClose Standard, or a framework inspired by SPIN, MEDDIC, Challenger, or Sandler.

Fastest to live

Path 2

Add from defaults, dimension by dimension

Mix and match from a shared library of universal and trade-specific dimensions, then tune each weight to match how your team actually sells.

Most control

Path 3

Upload your own training document

Drop in a PDF or docx (up to 25 MB) of your existing playbook. Claude reads it and proposes 4 to 12 dimensions, each with a name, a coaching description, a cited page, and a confidence score. Review, weight, publish.

Your process, graded

Out of the box

The AdaptClose
Standard.

Every account starts here: seven balanced, all-purpose dimensions spanning discovery through close. A safe starting point you can tailor later.

Each dimension carries a weight from 1 to 10 that sets how much it moves the overall grade. Reserve 9 and 10 for what matters most, here, asking for the business.

Weight 9 to 10 Weight 7 to 8 Weight 5 to 6

AdaptClose Standard

v1 · 7 dimensions
DiscoveryAdaptClose default

Ask about the homeowner's needs before pitching.

8
Pitch fundamentalsAdaptClose default

Cover product, warranty, and crew clearly.

9
Price anchorAdaptClose default

Frame price against value before naming the number.

7
Objection handlingAdaptClose default

Surface and resolve real objections.

8
UrgencyAdaptClose default

Give a concrete reason to act today.

6
Close attemptAdaptClose default

Ask for the business directly.

10
Next stepAdaptClose default

Lock in a follow-up if no close.

5

Starter frameworks

Know a methodology?
Start there.

Four framework starter playbooks inspired by the methods your team already knows. One click to apply, then tune from there.

Inspired by SPIN

Discovery Framework

A questioning sequence where each dimension is a question type that builds on the last.

Situation questions

Establish the facts (current setup, what they have now) without dwelling too long.

5
Problem questions

Surface dissatisfaction. Get them to name what isn't working.

8
Implication questions

Develop the cost of the problem. Make the pain bigger before pitching.

9
Need-payoff questions

Get the buyer to say out loud what solving it is worth to them.

9
Active listening

Restate and confirm before moving on. Let answers steer the next question.

7
Discovery

Ask about the homeowner's needs before pitching.

8

Inspired by MEDDIC

Enterprise Qualification

A qualification checklist that scores how completely the rep mapped the deal.

Metrics

Quantify the economic impact. Tie the solution to a number they care about.

8
Economic buyer

Identify and reach whoever controls the budget.

9
Decision criteria

Uncover how they'll judge the options, both technical and business.

7
Decision process

Map the steps, approvals, and timeline to a signed yes.

8
Identify pain

Pin down the compelling reason to act now, not later.

9
Champion

Develop an internal advocate who sells when you're not in the room.

8
Paper process

Confirm legal/procurement steps before they stall the close.

5
Competition

Know who else they're considering and why you win.

6

Inspired by Challenger

Insight Selling

Teach → Tailor → Take Control, plus the tension that makes it work.

Commercial teaching

Bring a new insight that reframes how they see their problem.

9
Reframe

Challenge the status quo. Show them the cost of doing nothing.

8
Tailor

Connect the insight to their specific role, crew, or business.

7
Constructive tension

Push back respectfully. Don't just agree; drive urgency.

8
Take control

Guide the process and talk money with confidence.

7
Lead to your solution

Land the insight on why you are the answer.

8

Inspired by Sandler

Consultative Selling

Mutual agreements and pain-first, with the low-pressure posture Sandler is known for.

Bonding & rapport

Open warm. Earn the right to ask hard questions.

7
Up-front contract

Set the agenda and expected outcome of the visit before pitching.

8
Pain funnel

Dig past the surface complaint with layered follow-ups.

9
Budget conversation

Talk money openly and early. Confirm they can afford a yes.

8
Decision process

Clarify who decides, how, and by when.

7
No-pressure posture

Let the prospect qualify themselves. Don't chase or push.

6

No rubric? Start here

Don’t have a rubric yet?
Generate one in 30 seconds.

Pick your industry and the Playbook Generator drafts a starter coaching rubric on the spot: named dimensions, coaching cues, and weights tuned to how your trade sells. Free, no signup.

Roofing Windows & Doors Solar HVAC Flooring Pest Control

Roofing · starter rubric

Generated in 30s

Discovery

Ask about the homeowner’s needs before pitching.

8

Storm damage walk

Walk the perimeter. Photograph hits. Show the homeowner what the adjuster will see.

8

Objection handling

Surface and resolve real objections.

8

Close attempt

Ask for the business directly.

10
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Versioning & provenance

Every call, anchored to
the rubric that graded it.

Draft

Edit freely

Manual edits and AI-extracted candidates live in an autosaved draft. Discard it anytime to snap back to the published state.

Publish

Snapshot a version

Publishing freezes the current dimensions into a new immutable version and bumps the playbook’s current version.

Version history

Restore any version

Browse every past version and restore one as a new draft, a clean undo for a regretful publish.

Republish all you want.
Old grades never drift.

Every recording stores the exact (playbook, version) it was graded against. Change the playbook later and the recording stays frozen on its original version.

The UI surfaces “Graded against Playbook v2” and flags an OLDER badge when the playbook has moved on, so you can always drill into the precise rubric snapshot that scored that call.

A

Closed · $14,200

Jake M. · Roofing · 38 min

Graded against Playbook v2 OLDER

Playbook version history

v4 · Roofing Current
v3 · Roofing
v2 · Roofing Graded here
v1 · Roofing

For larger orgs

One account default.
Team overrides when you need them.

Account

One per company

Every company gets an account playbook automatically at signup, seeded with the AdaptClose Standard. Owned by the account owner, always exactly one, never deleted.

Team

An optional override

When the owner enables per-team playbooks, a team manager can create their own. A team without one inherits the account playbook. Archive the override and it reverts, while recordings keep their original version attribution.

Playbooks

Account playbook

Acme Exteriors · default

DEFAULT

Northeast crew

Custom playbook

CUSTOM

Miami

Custom playbook

CUSTOM

Tampa

Inherits account

INHERITS

Build your rubric.
Grade your next call against it.

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