Describe the work
Open any estimate and type what the job is: "180 feet of 5 inch K-style seamless in white, six downspouts, guards on the back". Short notes work. So does the voicemail the homeowner left you, typed out.
AI Assist: describe the job, get the estimate lines
A panel inside the Gutter IQ estimate builder. Say what the house needs in plain words and it proposes the line items, priced from your own price list or the regional catalog. You tick the lines you want. Nothing lands on the estimate without you.
Pick where the prices come from
Before it builds anything it asks which prices to use: your price list, the regional catalog, or leave them blank. The model never writes a price of its own. Every priced line points at a row it showed you in that reply.
Tick the lines, apply
Proposals arrive as cards: add this line, change that quantity, remove this one. Tick what is right, press Apply selected, and only those land on the estimate. A line that changed after it looked is skipped and reported, not overwritten.
What AI Assist can read
- Your price list. The items and unit prices you keep in Settings, so a proposed line is priced the way you price it.
- The regional catalog. Benchmark line items by metro, state or national, for the jobs you have not priced yourself yet.
- Your estimate templates. It can start from a template you saved, so a job you quote every week comes out the way you already quote it.
- The estimate in front of you. It sees the current lines, which is how it can update a quantity or remove a line rather than only add.
What it will not do
- Invent a price. If no row matches, the line comes through with the price blank for you to fill in.
- Touch your section headers, terms, or anything outside the line items.
- Apply anything you did not tick.
What it costs
Included with every paid plan, no per-estimate charge. A free trial gets one session to try it, then the panel shows an upgrade prompt. See pricing for the plans.
AI Assist sits next to the other ways Gutter IQ fills an estimate: satellite gutter measurement for the linear feet, estimate templates for the structure, and the AI connector if you would rather work from Claude or ChatGPT. See the full feature list.
Questions contractors ask about AI Assist
Short answers, including what it will not do.
What is AI Assist in the estimate builder?
AI Assist is a panel inside the Gutter IQ estimate builder. You describe the job in plain words, for example "180 feet of 5 inch K-style seamless gutter in white, six downspouts, leaf guards on the back of the house", and it proposes the line items. Each proposal is a card you tick or leave alone, then you apply the ones you want.
Does AI Assist set my prices?
No. The model never writes a price. Before it builds anything it asks which prices to use: your own price list, the regional catalog, or leave prices blank for you to fill in. Every price on a proposed line comes from a row it showed you in that reply, so there is no made-up number on an estimate.
Can it use my estimate templates?
Yes. AI Assist can read the estimate templates you have saved and start from one, so a job you quote every week comes out the way you already quote it.
Can it change an estimate I already started?
Yes. It proposes three kinds of change: add a line, update a line, or remove a line. Updates and removals are checked against the line it saw, so if you edited that line in the meantime the change is skipped and reported rather than applied blind.
What does AI Assist cost?
It is included with every paid Gutter IQ plan with no per-estimate charge. A free trial gets one session to try it, then the panel shows an upgrade prompt.
Which apps have it?
Gutter IQ, Gutter IQ and ClaimZilla, on the web and in the iOS apps, anywhere the estimate builder appears.
Does it replace my judgment on scope?
No. Nothing lands on the estimate until you tick it. AI Assist never touches section headers, never invents prices, and skips any line that changed after it looked. You stay the estimator; it does the typing.
Try it on your next estimate
Free trial, one AI Assist session included.
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