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Ask your book. Get a straight answer. Scout Chat, the AI assistant for HVAC office work in ServiceTitan and Housecall Pro

Scout Chat is an AI assistant for HVAC office work: ask about customers, jobs, estimates and unpaid invoices in ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro. With the actions enabled for your shop, Scout can book or move jobs, draft quotes and invoices for you to check, and text your techs.

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What owners ask

What owners ask Scout

Pick the job you need done. Each example shows what to ask and what Scout does.

Ask by voice or text, or add a photo or parts list. Actions such as booking, rescheduling and updating records must be enabled for your shop. These are example requests; replace the names, amounts, dates and [brackets] with your own details.

Customers and jobs

  • “Pull up [Sarah Miller].”Opens her customer record.
  • “What's the gate code on the [Henderson] account?”Finds the access note on the account.
  • “When were we last at the [Millers']?”Checks their job history for the last visit.
  • “Find jobs mentioning a cracked heat exchanger this year.”Searches this year's jobs for it.
  • “Who's calling from [512-555-0142]?”Looks the number up in your customers.
  • “What equipment do we have on file for [Acme]?”Lists the equipment on file.
  • “Add a new customer: [name, address, phone].”Creates the customer.
  • “Change [Miller]'s main phone to this number.”Updates the phone on the account.

Today's board and tech schedules

  • “What's on the board tomorrow?”Lists tomorrow's jobs.
  • “What's [Alex] doing tomorrow?”Shows one tech's day.
  • “Who has room Friday afternoon?”Finds techs with open time.
  • “Where do we have gaps next week?”Finds the open stretches in next week's schedule.

Book, move and cancel

In ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro, with job changes enabled for your shop.

  • “Book [Miller] for a repair Tuesday 10 to noon.”Books the job in your CRM.
  • “Move the [Miller] job to Friday, 1 to 3.”Moves the job to the requested day and time.
  • “Put [Luke] on that visit instead of [Alex].”Swaps the tech on the visit.
  • “Cancel the [Watson] visit, they hired someone else.”Cancels the visit.
  • “Add a return visit to the [Miller] job Friday morning.”Adds a visit to the same job.
  • “Block [Alex] off for training Friday 8 to 10.”Blocks the time on his schedule.

Estimates and your price book

Quote drafts stay with your office to check and send.

  • “What's in our open estimate pipeline?”Lists your open estimates.
  • “Which quotes over $10,000 did we write last month?”Filters last month's estimates by amount.
  • “Which estimates are more than 30 days old?”Finds the older open ones.
  • “Draft a quote for a capacitor replacement using our price book.”Drafts it from your price book and holds it for your review.
  • “Mark quote [2207] accepted and book it for Friday.”Marks it accepted and books the job in ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro.
  • “What do we charge for a blower motor?”Looks it up in your price book.
  • “What have we charged lately for a compressor replacement?”Checks your recent prices for that work.

Invoices and getting paid

Scout Chat drafts invoices for a person to check; it does not send them to customers.

  • “Who owes us money?”Lists unpaid invoices.
  • “How much is more than 60 days late?”Totals what's past 60 days.
  • “Pull up invoice [2478].”Shows the invoice.
  • “Draft an invoice for this job with these lines.”Prepares an invoice draft for your office to check.
  • “[Miller] paid by check, mark it settled.”Marks it paid in Scout.
  • “What has Scout collected this month?”Reports the month's collected dollars.

Campaigns and outreach

Text campaigns start after you approve the list and messages.

  • “Pull everyone we haven't been out to in 18 months and get them booked.”Builds the list and writes the texts for you to approve.
  • “Follow up on every open estimate from the last 90 days.”Prepares follow-up texts for unanswered quotes.
  • “Text everyone with an invoice more than 30 days past due.”Prepares reminders that can include a secure link to pay, depending on payment setup.
  • “Find members whose maintenance visit is due in the next 30 days and get them on the schedule.”Builds a visit-due list from ServiceTitan memberships only.
  • “Text members whose plan lapsed in the last two years and offer to get them back on a plan visit.”Prepares outreach to lapsed ServiceTitan members; your office handles renewals.
  • “What could we run to fill next week?”Suggests a campaign from your book.
  • “What campaigns are running?”Lists your campaigns and where each stands.
  • “How many jobs has the fall campaign booked?”Reports the jobs booked so far.
How campaigns work, start to finish

Reports and numbers

  • “How did we do last month?”Sums up last month.
  • “What was our average ticket in October?”Works out October's average ticket.
  • “What's our close rate on estimates?”Shows the share of estimates accepted.
  • “Break October's jobs down by tech.”Splits the month's jobs by tech.
  • “Who are our biggest customers?”Ranks your biggest accounts.
  • “Which parts did we use most this year?”Lists your most-used parts.
  • “How many calls did Scout book this week?”Counts the week's bookings from calls.

Notes and shop memory

  • “Add a private note on this job: bring the tall ladder.”Adds an internal note to the job.
  • “Note that the furnace is through the garage.”Adds the note to the account.
  • “Attach this photo to job [5048].”Adds the photo to the job.
  • “What booking rules have we set?”Lists the rules you've taught it.
  • “What did [Mrs. Miller] say about the noise?”Finds it in her calls and texts and shows where it came from.
  • “What needs my attention today?”Pulls together what's waiting on you.
  • “Keep an eye on [Acme], they're slow to pay.”Watches the account and flags it when payments slip.

Texting your techs

  • “Text [Alex] that his 2 PM was cancelled.”Texts him for you.
  • “Tell [Luke] to bring the recovery machine.”Sends him the message.

The problem

Who called last night? Which quotes went cold?

Answers about your shop are spread across screens, calls and texts, so a simple question means digging, and the office stops what it's doing to look it up.

Scout fixes that.

Scout Chat does the digging, so a simple question gets a simple answer.

Step by step

How Scout does it

  1. Ask

    In plain words, the way you'd ask the office.

  2. Scout checks your book

    Invoices, estimates, past customers, calls and texts.

  3. Act in the same chat

    Update a customer, add a job or set up outreach for you to approve.

Your call

What you control

  • You teach Scout your shop rules in chat by saying "remember that".

Why owners use it

Answers you can check.

  • One memory

    Call, text or chat, with the source.

  • No guessed numbers

    It says “no record” instead.

  • Techs in the field

    Scout updates the job and adds parts from your parts list.

  • Tied to dollars

    It reports what got paid and booked.

Example shop. Scout recalls a customer's call and text with their sources, then remembers a shop rule.

Outreach

Your list. Your words.

You choose who Scout reaches, what it says and when. Outreach goes out after you approve.

Ask and adjust in Scout Chat, then approve on the campaign page.

Example shop. The owner checks the quote follow-up list, message and sending hours before approving.

Proof

How Breezy Air Services uses Scout Chat

Breezy Air Services runs ServiceTitan, and its owner runs the shop through Scout's main chat: invoicing, rescheduling and customer outreach. By the shop's count, that's 400+ hours working in Scout and nearly 150 hours saved.

Results vary by shop.

Read Breezy's story

FAQ

Using Scout in the office.

More questions: Scout Chat and reporting questions

Is there an AI assistant that works with ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro?

Yes. Scout Chat works from the records in your ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro account. Reading records is on by default, while actions that change them are enabled shop by shop. That lets your team ask questions before turning on tasks such as scheduling.

Can Scout Chat send quotes or invoices to my customers?

No. Scout Chat prepares quote and invoice drafts, but your office checks them and sends them to the customer. Asking for a draft does not send a bill or an offer.

Can my office staff use Scout Chat too?

Yes. Scout Chat is for your team as well as the owner, including CSRs who need customer information or help with scheduling. Staff can ask for work in the same chat, with changes limited to the actions enabled for your shop.

Can I ask Scout to run a campaign from the chat?

Yes. Tell Scout which past customers or unanswered quotes you want to follow up with, then check the proposed recipients and messages. Outreach waits for your approval, and campaign booking must be enabled before Scout can turn a response into a scheduled job.

From a chat request to a text campaign

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