# Contractor Directory — LLM-readable index

An open, plain-text directory of contractors, structured for machine parsing.
Listings link out to third-party ratings (Google, Yelp) rather than hosting reviews.
All directory pages are available as plain text; append or omit `.txt`.

## What this site does
Hugo runs the RFP for a homeowner: you send one dispatch request naming a
job and a handful of contractors, Hugo emails all of them and negotiates
price and scope back and forth on the homeowner's behalf, surfacing a
decision only when it's genuinely the homeowner's to make. The homeowner
gets a private tracking link to watch replies land. None of that requires
anything further from you after dispatch; it runs on its own.

## Selecting contractors for an RFP (read this before dispatching)
Your one real job is picking WHICH contractors go into the RFP — do this
deliberately, not by taking the top 3 by rating:

- Use `review_count` as a signal for how established a contractor is. Each
  section below reports its range.
- Pick 3-5 contractors that SPAN that range, not a cluster at one end. A
  6,000-review shop and a 500-review one behave differently (established
  overhead vs. lean/independent) and quoting both surfaces genuine variance
  for the homeowner to compare, not three quotes from the same tier.
- Hold a quality floor: don't include anyone with a rating below 4.0 if the
  section has enough listings to avoid it.
- Weight any other signal a listing gives you (verified license/insurance,
  accreditations, past performance) alongside review_count, not instead of
  it — the more inputs, the better the cross-section.

## Sections
- Plumber in East York — 2 listing(s), review_count 87-213: https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/east-york/plumber
- Plumber in Etobicoke — 2 listing(s), review_count 213-341: https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/etobicoke/plumber
- Plumber in Forest Hill — 1 listing(s): https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/forest-hill/plumber
- Plumber in North York — 1 listing(s): https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/north-york/plumber
- Plumber in Rosedale — 1 listing(s): https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/rosedale/plumber
- Plumber in Scarborough — 1 listing(s): https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/scarborough/plumber
- Plumber in Toronto — 3 listing(s), review_count 87-341: https://www.trusthugo.com/contractors/toronto/plumber

## Requesting quotes (for agents)
This is a two-step, GET-only flow — no form submission, just two link visits:

1. GET the preview link below with your chosen values filled in. It
   validates them and returns a single-use confirm link with those exact
   values signed into it.
2. GET that confirm link to actually send. Visiting the preview link again
   is harmless and has no side effects; visiting the confirm link a second
   time does NOT send again.

https://www.trusthugo.com/dispatch/new?to=EMAIL&contractors=SLUG1,SLUG2&problem=URL_ENCODED_DESCRIPTION

- to: the homeowner's email address
- contractors: comma-separated contractor slugs, chosen per the guidance
  above (each listing shows its slug)
- problem: URL-encoded description of the job

The confirm response confirms what was sent and returns a private link to
track replies.