The phone rings while you're in an attic. Someone should pick it up.

We answer calls for heating and cooling contractors: evenings, weekends, and the overflow when every tech is on a job. The caller talks to a voice agent set up for HVAC work. You get a text with the job details right after the call.

Run it for 14 days with your after-hours line forwarded. If fewer than 5 qualified job requests come in, we refund the setup fee (conditions).

Job requestSample
Type
No heat
Priority
Urgent
Address
1412 Ridge Road
Note
38 degrees inside, baby in the house
Action
Transferred to on-call phone
Illustration built from the sample call below, not a real customer.

A no-heat call, start to finish

This is the sample call we use to set up every agent. Read it, or start a live call from your browser and play the homeowner yourself.

  1. AgentThis is the after-hours AI assistant for this company, and the call is recorded. What's going on?
  2. CallerOur furnace quit and it's 38 degrees in the house. We have a baby.
  3. AgentThat's a no-heat call, so I'm treating it as urgent. What's the service address?
  4. Caller1412 Ridge Road.
  5. AgentGot it. I'm connecting you to the on-call technician now. If nobody picks up, they get your address and number by text.

Sample script. Each contractor's agent uses their own business name, service area, hours and on-call number.

Live demo line

Uses your microphone. Nothing is sent until you press the button.

Ready

Things to try: "My AC quit and it's 97 out." "The furnace is making a banging noise, can someone come Thursday?" "I smell gas in the basement."

After you hang up, the agent writes the recap a contractor would get: name, callback number, address, problem, urgency.

What happens to each kind of call

The agent asks the questions a dispatcher would, then routes by urgency.

Gas smell, carbon monoxide alarm
Told to leave the house and call 911 or the gas utility first. You get an immediate text.
No heat, no AC in extreme weather
Live transfer to your on-call phone. If nobody answers, a text with the address and call-back number.
Repair that can wait, tune-up, thermostat
Name, address, equipment and preferred time, booked into your calendar or texted to you.
Quote for a new system
Square footage, age of the current system and timeline, flagged as a sales lead.
Spanish speaker
Handled in Spanish on the Pro plan.

The 14-day pilot

  1. A 15-minute call.Your hours, service area, on-call number, and what counts as urgent.
  2. We set up the agent.We forward your after-hours line to it. You call it yourself before anything goes live.
  3. You watch it work.For 14 days you see every call in your texts.
  4. You decide.Keep it, or cancel by email before the first monthly charge.

Refund rule

If fewer than 5 qualified job requests come in during the 14 days, we refund the setup fee, provided your line was forwarded to the agent for those 14 days. Ask by email within 7 days after the pilot ends.

Qualified means a caller asking for service, repair, installation or a quote who leaves a name and a callback number. Spam and sales calls don't count.

Email us about a pilot

Include your company name and city. We answer within one business day.

Pick by crew size

Both start with the same 14-day pilot. The difference is hours covered, booking and Spanish.

After-hours

$197 /month

$297 setup, 300 minutes included

  • Nights, weekends, daytime overflow
  • Text summary of every call, live transfer of urgent ones

For a small shop with one to three techs that mostly loses nights and weekends.

Start the pilot, $297 setup due today

Pro

$397 /month

$497 setup, 800 minutes included

  • 24 hours a day
  • Booking into Google Calendar, Housecall Pro or Jobber
  • English and Spanish

For shops with four or more techs, or any shop that wants every hour covered.

Start the Pro pilot, $497 setup due today

Checkout runs on Stripe. The setup fee is charged at signup; the first monthly charge comes after the 14-day pilot. Extra minutes: $0.45. No contract, cancel at the end of any month (terms and refunds). Several locations: ask for a quote.

What these calls cost elsewhere

Smith.ai prices copied from the linked pages on 2026-11-03. They change; read their site before comparing.
OptionPriceHVAC triage
VoicemailFreeNo. The caller leaves a message or dials the next listing.
Smith.ai human receptionists$300/month for 30 calls, $11.50 per extra call (source)Depends on the script you give them
Smith.ai AI receptionistFrom $1.60 per call (source)Depends on the script you give them
This serviceFrom $197/month plus $297 setup, 300 minutes includedBuilt in: gas smell, no heat, quote requests

Before you forward your line

Do callers know it's an AI?

Yes. It says it is an AI assistant as soon as it picks up, and it never claims to be a technician.

Will I lose my number?

No. You keep your number and forward calls only during the hours you choose.

Does it make outbound calls?

No. It only answers calls that come in.

What about recordings?

Callers are told the call is recorded. Recordings and transcripts are kept for your records and deleted on request.