Grommetbook — sign shop software

Grommetbook

Grommetbook is sign shop software your AI assistant runs: a Price Book, Quotes your customers approve online, and a Job board for sign shops of 1–10 people.

Grommetbook is a remote MCP server. You add one address to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any assistant that supports remote MCP servers, sign in once with an emailed link, and then ask in plain English. There is nothing to install.

• Website: https://grommetbook.smallwright.com/
• MCP server: https://grommetbook.smallwright.com/mcp (streamable HTTP, OAuth sign-in)
• Price: $49 a month per shop, unlimited users, 14-day free trial with no card (as of November 2026).
• Made by Smallwright, a small software studio (VINNYROO LLC). Support: [email protected]

Connect it

Claude (claude.ai, desktop, mobile): Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the address → Connect, then sign in with the emailed link.

ChatGPT: Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings → turn on Developer mode → Create → paste the address, choose OAuth → sign in.

Cursor / VS Code / other MCP clients: add a remote server, for example in mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grommetbook": {
      "url": "https://grommetbook.smallwright.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Step by step: https://grommetbook.smallwright.com/connect/

Things to ask

• "Set up my price book from this supplier list."
• "Quote 2 coroplast yard signs, 18×24, double-sided, for Rivera Landscaping."
• "Send it and tell me when they approve."
• "What jobs are due this week?"

FAQ

What is Grommetbook?

Grommetbook is sign shop software your AI assistant runs: a Price Book, Quotes your customers approve online, and a Job board for shops of 1–10 people, $49/month. You connect it to Claude, ChatGPT or another AI assistant and tell it what you want; there are no settings pages.

Does the AI make up prices?

No. Every price is worked out by Grommetbook from your own Materials, Rates, markups and minimums, and each Quote line shows the arithmetic step by step. The AI only passes along what Grommetbook computed.

I don't use AI. Can I still use it?

You need an AI assistant that can add a connector. A free Claude account works (one custom connector); ChatGPT needs a Business, Enterprise or Edu plan for full use. See the plan table at https://grommetbook.smallwright.com/. If you'd rather click through screens, a traditional suite like shopVOX or SignTracker fits you better.

My pricing is weird. Will it fit?

Products can be priced per square foot, per linear foot, each, or at a fixed price, with options (grommets, hems, install hours, rush %) and a minimum. If something doesn't fit, your assistant files a feature request with us instead of guessing.

Can I get my data out?

Yes. Ask your assistant to export your shop: you get a JSON file of your Price Book, Customers, Quotes, Jobs and history, and a CSV of finished Jobs in QuickBooks invoice-import layout.

Is there a free trial?

Yes: 14 days, every feature, no card. When it ends, reading keeps working and your data stays; changes pause until someone at the shop subscribes.

Do I pay per user or per AI request?

No. One price per shop covers everyone at the shop and every AI assistant you connect: the owner adds staff by email and each connects their own assistant. You bring your own AI (Claude, ChatGPT, …), so we don't cap requests beyond a fair-use limit of 5,000 changes a day.

How do I pay or cancel?

Payment is by card through Stripe, started from the link in your viewer's Billing page. Cancel any time from Billing; you keep access to the end of the paid period, and you can export all your data.

Who is the seller?

VINNYROO LLC, which runs the Smallwright studio. Prices are in US dollars; sales tax is not included.

Tools

Tool	Kind	What it does
get_started	read	Returns the shop's setup state (is the Price Book empty? any Customers or Quotes?) and the next three things to ask the owner for.
update_shop	change	Change the shop profile shown on Quotes (name, logo, terms) and defaults (sales tax %, deposit %, quote expiry, auto-create Jobs, timezone).
list_team	read	Lists the people on the shop (owner and staff, by email) and pending invites.
invite_teammate	change	Adds a person (by email) to this shop's team; owner only.
remove_teammate	change	Removes a person or a pending invite from the team; owner only.
export_shop_data	read	Exports everything the shop owns (Materials, Rates, Products, Customers, Quotes, Jobs, requests, history) as one JSON file and returns a download link.
import_price_book	change	Set up or bulk-update the Price Book from the owner's spreadsheet or supplier list in one batch (Materials, Rates and Products; Products refer to Materials and Rates by name, including ones in the same batch).
upsert_materials	change	Add Materials or change existing ones (matched by name).
upsert_rates	change	Add labour or machine Rates ($/hour) or change existing ones (matched by name).
upsert_products	change	Add Products (pricing recipes) or change existing ones by name — also for a flat price ("banners are $6 a sq ft, $35 minimum": price_per_unit + minimum).
reprice_materials	change	When a supplier raises or cuts prices: change the cost of every matching Material by a percent.
price_product	read	Price one Product at a size and quantity with options, with the step-by-step arithmetic (materials incl.
list_price_book	read	List Materials, Rates and/or Products with key numbers (costs, markups, options; per Product a sample price at its sample size with no options, its cost and margin = (price − cost) ÷ price).
retire_item	change	Hide a Material, Rate or Product from new Quotes (kept in history; never deleted).
upsert_customer	change	Add a Customer or update one (matched by name or email).
find_customers	read	Find Customers by name or email.
draft_quote	change	Draft a Quote for a Customer: each line names a Product, size, quantity and options; Grommetbook prices every line from the Price Book (computed, not estimated).
revise_quote	change	Change a draft or sent Quote (lines, customer, notes, deposit, expiry).
send_quote	change	Mark a draft Quote as sent and get the customer approval link.
list_quotes	read	List Quotes with number, customer, total, status, age and last activity (what last happened and when).
get_quote	read	Full detail of one Quote: lines with the pricing arithmetic, totals, status, approval record, and the approval link if sent.
record_approval	change	When the customer says yes to a draft or sent Quote by phone, text, email or at the counter ("Dave texted: go ahead"), not on the approval link: mark it approved and, with auto_job on, create its Job.
create_job	change	Create the Job for an approved Quote (usually automatic on approval).
move_job	change	Move a Job to to_do, in_production, ready or done (installed / picked up), e.g.
update_job	change	Change a Job's due date, title or notes.
list_jobs	read	List Jobs with stage and due date (sorted by due date).
export_invoices_csv	read	CSV of finished Jobs' invoice lines in a QuickBooks import layout — for shops without a connected accounting system.
request_feature	change	Files a request when the owner asks for something none of the other tools can do.
list_my_requests	read	The shop's feature requests and their status (open, planned, shipped, declined).
whats_new	read	Recently shipped features, including this shop's requests that shipped.

Guides and comparisons

• Banner Price Calculator: How Much to Charge for a Sign
• shopVOX vs SignTracker vs Grommetbook: Sign Shop Software
• Connect Grommetbook to Claude or ChatGPT
• CoreBridge Alternative for Small Sign Shops (No Onboarding Fee)
• Grommetbook docs — tools, concepts, data and limits
• How to Price Coroplast Yard Signs (Worked Example)
• How to Price Vinyl Banners per Square Foot (Worked Example)
• How to Stop Underquoting Sign Jobs
• Grommetbook pricing — $49/month per shop, unlimited users
• Sign Shop Software That Works with QuickBooks | Grommetbook
• shopVOX Alternative for a Small Sign Shop | Grommetbook
• Sign Estimating Software for Small Shops (2026 Prices)
• Sign Shop Markup and Margin Calculator
• Free Sign Quote Template (Printable, With Line Items)
• How Should a Sign Shop Mark Up Materials? Markup vs Margin
• SignShop Profit Alternative: Flat Price, Run by Your AI
• SignTracker Alternative: Flat Price, Unlimited Users
• Can ChatGPT Write Quotes for My Sign Shop? | Grommetbook
• Can Claude Write Quotes for My Sign Shop? | Grommetbook

About this repository

This repository is the public home of Grommetbook on GitHub: documentation and issue tracking. The service itself is hosted; its source code is not published here. Questions, bugs and feature requests: open an issue or email [email protected]. You can also ask your assistant to file a request; Grommetbook has a request_feature tool.