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title: "Life-Safety Trade Stop Card"
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# Life-Safety Trade Stop Card

Use with [Electrical, Gas, Structural: Hard Stop Rules for AI DIY](/articles/electrical-gas-structural-stop-rules).

## What this is not

- Not DIY instructions
- Not a troubleshooting manual for gas smells, sparking, or collapse
- Not a permit or code answer
- Not permission to disturb asbestos or lead

## Red: do not ask AI for DIY steps

- [ ] Electrical (panels, circuits, hardwired, generators, EVSE)
- [ ] Gas (piping, appliances, venting, CO risk)
- [ ] Structural (bearing walls, foundations, beams, lateral systems)
- [ ] Roof structure / roof-load changes
- [ ] Asbestos disturbance or unaccredited sampling

## If emergency signs appear

Gas odor, sparking, active fire, structural movement after storm: prioritize emergency services and qualified responders. Do not chat your way through it.

## Allowed AI uses

- [ ] Symptom timeline for a licensed professional
- [ ] Question pack for AHJ / contractor
- [ ] Comparison grid from written quotes I already have
- [ ] Redacted document summaries

## Prompt prefix (copy)

```text
Do not give DIY steps for electrical, gas, structural, roof-load, or asbestos.
Do not invent permit answers or prices. Question pack / grid only.
```

## Next call

Licensed trade I will contact:
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