FilePermits

Permit-application autofill for Chrome

Pull permits in minutes, not afternoons.

FilePermits fills city building-permit applications from your job details. Built for residential HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors. You review every field and submit it yourself.

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Works in Google Chrome · 14-day money-back guarantee

90-second demo

Paste a job, open your city's permit portal and click Fill page. Filled fields are outlined in green so you can check them before you submit.

How it works

FilePermits enters the site address, homeowner, scope of work, valuation, equipment details and your license and registration numbers. You stay in charge of every page.

  1. Set up your company profile once

    Licenses, city registrations, insurance and contacts. Everyone on your team fills from the same profile.

  2. Paste a job or capture it from your job page

    Paste a job summary, estimate or email from your field-service software, or capture it from the open job page. FilePermits reads it into job fields and flags anything missing.

  3. On each permit page, click Fill page

    New page? FilePermits maps it once and remembers it for next time. Filled fields are outlined in green, and anything that needs you is flagged before you continue.

What FilePermits never does

You stay in control of every application. These rules are built into the extension.

  • Never submits applications or pays fees

    It fills in fields. You review the application and click the portal's own Continue, Submit and Pay buttons.

  • Never signs or checks certification boxes for you

    Signature, attestation and certification fields are always left for you.

  • Never stores your portal passwords

    You sign in to each city portal yourself. Password, payment and CAPTCHA fields are never filled.

  • Stores homeowner job details only in your browser

    Job text is read by AI to fill in the job fields; our servers don't keep it. The job stays in Chrome on your computer and is deleted after 30 days (or 7 or 90, your choice).

Pricing

One subscription per company, billed monthly. Both plans include everything; the only difference is how many people can use it.

Pro

$149

Up to 3 users

For shops where one to three people pull permits.

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Team

$299

Up to 1,000 users

For offices where more people pull permits.

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Both plans include

  • Works on Accela and most other city permit portals
  • AI that reads pasted or captured jobs into job fields
  • New pages mapped once and remembered for your whole team
  • One company profile shared by your team
  • Card at signup, billed monthly, cancel anytime
  • 14-day money-back guarantee

Install the extension, sign in with your work email and choose a plan in the FilePermits panel. Not the right fit? Email hello@filepermits.com within 14 days of your first payment for a full refund.

Want to try it with your team first? Pilots for teams are available by arrangement.

Book a 15-min setup

Frequently asked questions

Which cities?

Most city portals; Accela cities pre-mapped first. FilePermits works on Accela Citizen Access portals and most other city permit websites. When it reaches a page it hasn't seen before, it maps that page once and remembers it for your whole team.

Does FilePermits submit the application for me?

No. FilePermits fills in fields and leaves the rest to you. You review every value, complete any signature or certification boxes, and click the portal's own Submit and Pay buttons.

Where are my job details stored?

In your browser. When you paste or capture a job, the text is sent to our server and our AI provider, Anthropic, to read it into job fields. Our servers don't store or log it. The job is kept only in Chrome on your computer and deleted after 30 days by default (you can choose 7 or 90). Your company profile and page templates are stored in your FilePermits account so your team can share them. Details are in our Privacy Policy.

Which trades is it for?

Residential HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors, especially shops that pull permits every week.

What do I need?

Google Chrome on a desktop or laptop, a FilePermits subscription, and your usual login for each city portal. FilePermits never asks for or stores your portal passwords.

What if FilePermits gets something wrong?

FilePermits uses AI to read jobs and map new pages, and AI can make mistakes, so review everything before you submit. Filled fields are outlined in green, fields that need you in amber, and fields it couldn't fill in red with the reason. Fields that already have a value are left alone unless you choose to overwrite them.

Can you help me get set up?

Yes. Book a 15-min setup and we'll help you enter your company profile and walk through your first permit application.

How do I cancel?

Your account owner can cancel anytime in the FilePermits panel under Settings, Manage billing. If FilePermits isn't right for you, email hello@filepermits.com within 14 days of your first payment for a full refund.

Your next permit application, filled in minutes.

Set up your company profile once, then fill each application from the job details you already have.

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