AI agents for construction contractors

A contractor's website has one main job: turn a homeowner's or property manager's idea into a site visit with someone who can price it. The questions before that visit are predictable. Do you do this kind of work, in my area, roughly what does it cost, how soon can you start, are you licensed and insured. An AI agent can answer them from your own pages at any hour and book the visit, so your estimators spend their time on projects that fit. Its limits are price promises and anything that sounds like a safety problem.

Who visits a contractor's website

• Homeowners planning a project. Kitchens, bathrooms, additions, decks, roofs. They want to know whether you take projects of their size, a price range, your lead time and what working with you is like.
• Homeowners with a problem. A leak, a crack, storm damage. Some of these are urgent, and some are safety issues.
• Property managers and businesses. Tenant improvements, maintenance contracts, multi-unit work; they ask about bonding, insurance certificates and commercial experience.
• Architects, designers and other trades. Whether you bid on plans, your typical project size, how to send drawings.
• Current clients. Schedule questions and change orders, which belong with their project manager.

Which ASDK agents fit a contractor

ASDK is in early access. All agents answer from one knowledge base built from your website: services, service areas, project pages and policies.

Sales: estimate requests that are worth a visit

Example flow: "Do you do kitchen remodels in Oak Park, and how soon could you start?" Sales confirms from your service-area and kitchen pages, then asks what your estimator asks on the phone: scope (layout change or replacing finishes), approximate size, timeline, budget range, whether there are plans, and the age of the house. A project inside your area and range gets a site visit booked through Cal.com, Calendly or Google Calendar, and the lead goes to your team with the answers, by email or Slack, and to your CRM through webhooks and Zapier or Make. A project outside your area or below your minimum gets a polite no and, if you publish one, a referral. Sales is included from the Pro plan.

Chat: services, areas, licenses and process

Example flow: "Are you licensed and insured, and do you pull permits?" Chat answers from your about and process pages: license numbers by state, insurance coverage you describe, and how you handle permits, with links. Asked "can I send photos for a rough estimate?", it explains your process as published, for example an email address for photos and a call within two business days.

Forms: structured project details (coming soon)

When Forms ships, it will walk visitors through the details of a project type (dimensions, materials, finish level) and show a ballpark range based on rules you set, the approach covered in the guide to interactive quote calculators.

Agent-Ready: readable for AI assistants

Agent-Ready hosts an llms.txt file that tells AI systems what you build, where, at what size, and how to request an estimate.

Guardrails for contractors

Ranges, not quotes. The agent repeats published price ranges and explains what moves a project up or down. It never gives a firm number, and it says the estimate follows a site visit.

License numbers, exactly as issued. Licensing is state and local, and some states regulate how contractors advertise. California, for example, requires every licensed contractor to include the license number in all forms of advertising (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 7030.5), and the state's license board counts electronic transmissions as advertising (CSLB). Publish your license numbers on the site so the agent quotes them correctly, and instruct it not to describe work you are not licensed for.

Lead-safe work in older homes. Under the EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule, firms paid to disturb paint in housing and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 must be certified, and cannot advertise or perform that work without certification (EPA). Visitors with older homes ask about this. The agent answers only from what you publish about your certification.

Safety problems go to a person. Foundation cracks, sagging ceilings, water near electrical panels, gas smells: the agent does not assess them. It shows your urgent contact, says to call emergency services or the utility when there is immediate danger, and books an inspection.

Contracts and change orders stay with people. Payment schedules, change orders and warranty claims go to the project manager or office. The agent explains your published warranty, nothing more.

Say it is AI. ASDK always tells visitors they are talking to an AI, and a handoff to your office is one step away.

How AI assistants research contractors

A homeowner may ask an assistant for "a licensed remodeler near Evanston who does kitchens and can start in the spring". The assistant can only shortlist you on what your site states plainly. Make these explicit, as text:

• Services by project type, and what you do not take on.
• Service area by town or ZIP code, and minimum project size.
• License numbers by state, insurance and bonding, and certifications such as lead-safe status.
• Typical price ranges and current lead times.
• Warranty terms, financing options and how estimates work.
• Project pages with written descriptions: scope, size, location and timeline.

GeneralContractor structured data can describe your business, service area and contact details. The free Agent Readiness Checker shows what AI agents read on your site today, and Agent-Ready keeps llms.txt current.

Where to start

Publish service areas, license numbers, price ranges and lead times first; the agent cannot answer what your site does not say. Then start Sales on your service pages, where estimate requests begin, and read the first week of conversations. Pricing shows which plan includes each agent.