PunchLink
USER GUIDE V3

Everything to get started with PunchLink

From the field to the boardroom, your AI-native Completion Management platform. This guide covers complete onboarding in 30 minutes.

Available in: Francais | English | Deutsch | Italiano | Espanol | Polski

1. What is PunchLink?

PunchLink is the first French Completion Management platform dedicated to industrial projects (SMEs and mid-market). Construction, revamping, decarbonation, maintenance: PunchLink centralizes progress, orders, payments, punch lists, EHS, As-Built dossier, meeting minutes, and documentation in a single tool.

Built by an industrial veteran for industrial users (20+ years of field experience), PunchLink replaces project Excel files, scanned Word meeting minutes, and manual As-Built compilation. It complements (without replacing) your existing tools: office Excel, Outlook, MS Project, Autodesk ACC, SAP, your corporate DMS.

Three things that set PunchLink apart

  • Industry-specialized: neither a generic DMS, nor US mega-project Procore. Built for European industrial SMEs.
  • AI-native: first French professional tool connected to AI (Claude, Copilot, Cowork, ChatGPT) via the MCP standard.
  • Monthly, no commitment: from EUR 99/month, EU hosting (GDPR), data kept for life.

2. V3 Plans

PunchLink V3 offers 4 simple plans + an optional add-on. You can upgrade or downgrade at any time via Settings > My subscription.

PlanPriceUsersTarget
SOLO SoloEUR 99/month1Small business, solo consultant, freelance PM
SOLO TeamEUR 199/month2 to 5SME core team (most popular)
BUILDEUR 149/user/month1 to 50Structured SME, multi-tenant contractors
EnterpriseQuote (50k+/year)50+Large accounts, AI included, SSO, SAP/Maximo

PunchLink AI add-on

EUR 49/user/month. Opt-in per user. Pilot your projects in natural language via Claude Desktop, Cowork, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT or any MCP-compatible client. Included with Enterprise.

BUILD plan: pick the exact number of users (1, 3, 12, 50...). No minimum. Annual commitment = -15%.

3. First login and onboarding

On first login, an onboarding assistant guides you through 3 to 4 steps (depending on your plan):

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Step 1
Your role
Owner, Owner's Engineer, PM, Purchasing or Discover. The wizard adapts visible modules to your profile.
2
Step 2
Your company
Name, registration #, role, logo. Used for meeting minute signatures, Word exports, invoices.
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Step 3
Your first project
Name, type (construction, revamping, decarbonation...), sector, location, budget. Creates an operational project immediately.
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Step 4 (BUILD)
Your team
Batch invite Owner's Engineer, PM, Purchasing, EHS, contractors. Automatic emails in 6 languages.

You can skip onboarding (Later button) and relaunch it from Settings > Redo onboarding. A demo project can be auto-generated if you choose Discover.

4. The 10 integrated modules

All modules are included in all plans. Here's what they do:

Project
Overview + Executive View. Dashboard of finances, progress, risks, milestones.
Lots and phases
Lot breakdown, 10 weighted default phases, billing milestones per phase. Zero-redundancy progress model.
Punch list
Unlimited punch items, kanban, photos, voice in 6 languages, offline mode. Blocking items hold payment.
Orders and change orders
Main orders + N change orders per lot. Direct SAP MM link (PDF import). Owner/Engineer/PM validation flow.
Progress claims and payments
Auto-generated after phase validation. % / EUR conversion. Paid status shown on project banner and Executive View.
EHS / HSE
Permits (8 categories), incidents, near-miss, qualifications (73 catalog codes), document requests, sanctions. Certified Word export.
Meeting minutes
Reserve, delivery, acceptance MoM. Glossary in 6 languages. Word export with signatures, branding, photos.
As-Built dossier
As-Built file. 17 document types in 6 languages. Daily reminder cron. AI suggestions for gaps.
Documents
Project DMS: contracts, drawings, certificates, letters. WYSIWYG branding, auto-archive at project end.
Planning
Gantt phases + Excel import + delay alerts. For critical-path detailed planning: stay on MS Project / Primavera.

5. Typical project workflow

Here's how a project typically runs in PunchLink:

D0
Project creation
Onboarding wizard or New project button. Auto-generated code, team invited, branding uploaded.
D+1
Lot breakdown
Create lots (e.g. Civil, Piping, Electrical). Assign contractors. Auto phases.
D+3
Orders
PDF SAP import or manual entry. Budget validation. Lots activated, billing milestones visible.
Execution
Daily progress
Each contractor records % progress per phase. Punch items raised from field via voice/photo.
Weekly
Auto exec report
Executive View aggregates finances, EHS risks, delays. Exec report exportable via PunchLink AI.
Milestones
Auto progress claim
Phase validation = automatic progress claim. Sent to Purchasing for payment.
Acceptance
Acceptance MoM
Punch item closure, electronic MoM signing, final As-Built generation.
Closure
Full As-Built + archive
Automatic As-Built compilation. Financial closure (savings, overruns, redistribution).

6. PunchLink AI (Claude / Copilot / Cowork)

PunchLink AI lets you pilot your projects in natural language from your preferred AI assistant. Optional add-on at EUR 49/user/month.

Concretely, you can ask:

> Give me a full audit of project REVAMP-2026
> What's my EHS situation this week?
> Create a punch item: corrosion mark on bend 12 line EP-401
> Compile my weekly exec report
> Which orders are pending payment from contractor X?
> Generate the final As-Built for the Piping lot

AI never invents: it queries PunchLink's database and cites its sources (table, row_id, timestamp). Full audit trail. Data hosted in Ireland (EU), full GDPR compliance.

3-minute setup for Claude Desktop, Cowork, GitHub Copilot or Cursor. Full guide: https://www.punchlink.app/ai-guide.html

7. Configuration and settings

The Settings menu (bottom-left) includes:

My profile
Name, photo, role, interface language (6 languages).
My subscription
Current plan, seat count, billing. Change plan button.
My company
Logo, registration #, MoM signature, branding templates.
My team
User list, invitations, roles, N+1 organization chart.
Email notifications
Granular opt-in per channel (7 types). GDPR compliance.
PunchLink AI
Add-on subscription, API key generation, 3-client quickstart.
Redo onboarding
Relaunch the wizard if you want to see a demo project again.

Project configuration

Each project has its own Configuration page (gear icon top-right of project) with 6 sections: General, Team, Lots, Zones and rooms, Branding, Import/Export.

8. Security and compliance

PunchLink applies 5 security pillars:

Postgres multi-tenant RLS
Every database row is filtered by project and role. A contractor only sees their lots, their orders.
EU hosting
Supabase Frankfurt + Ireland. No data transfer outside EU. Full GDPR compliance.
Full audit trail
All actions logged (who, when, what). Viewable by L2V Admins and exportable.
Daily backups
Automatic backups every 24h. 30-day retention. Restoration on request.
Kill-switches
In case of incident, L2V can cut AI access or suspend an account in 1 click.

Detailed AI policy: https://www.punchlink.app/ai-policy.html

Full security page: https://www.punchlink.app/securite.html

9. Support and resources

Help center : https://www.punchlink.app/ai-guide.html - PunchLink AI guide
AI use cases : https://www.punchlink.app/ai-cas-usage.html - 10 concrete prompts
Persona pages : For Owners, Owner's Engineers, Contractors, EHS - see landing
Comparisons : vs Excel, vs Procore, vs Aconex, vs DMS - see landing
AI policy : https://www.punchlink.app/ai-policy.html
Security : https://www.punchlink.app/securite.html
Support email : contact@punchlink.app
Publisher : L2V SASU - SIREN 100 651 868 - Made in France