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AI agents for customer support teams at auto dealers
Actionist is an AI automation tool whose agents operate the apps your service and customer support team already uses, from texting status updates car by car to drafts and bay slots waiting for an advisor's approval.
Dealership customer support teams get back the hours lost to booking, status updates and estimate chasing.
AI Employees for Auto Dealer Customer Support in 4 simple steps
Manual Time
We'll go over where you currently waste your time doing manual tasks.
Actionist Automations
We'll show you exactly how Actionist can automate these manual tasks.
Your Benefits
How much time and money you'll save by onboarding AI agents.
Easy to use
We'll show you how easy it is to enable AI across your business.
Where you spend your time
We know how your week actually goes
- Every service request matched to a bayWeb, text and email requests are matched to open bay time and technician skill, then drafted back to the customer.
- Due dates and recalls reach the right ownerMaintenance due and open recalls are worked vehicle by vehicle, in plain English, not left in the DMS list.
- Customers know where their car isStatus updates, slipping promise times and ready-for-pickup messages are drafted from each open repair order.
- Estimates answered before the lift sits idleInspection findings go out with photos for approval, and unanswered ones are chased the next morning.
- Delays and complaints handled with careParts slips and coverage questions are prepared for the manager, and low survey scores get a fast follow-up.
- Built around how your service drive worksThese are examples of what a dealership support agent can do. Build a custom agent for any job you repeat.
And hundreds of other tasks you do manually..
An agent can take a lot off your team's plate. Take a look below to see the time and cost you could save by adding AI agents to your Auto Dealer Customer Support team's day.
Where the hours go
The advisor is writing up one customer while three text messages and a web booking request wait, so slots get fixed late and a customer asking is my car ready is answered after they have already driven over.
An agent reads each service request, matches it to open bay time and technician skill, drafts the confirmation, and keeps status answers ready from the open repair orders for the advisor to approve.
Maintenance-due lists and recall matches sit in the DMS because nobody has an hour to check mileage vehicle by vehicle, so owners learn about an open recall from a letter or not at all.
An agent works down the due list by vehicle, matches customer VINs to the manufacturer's open recalls, and drafts a plain-English reminder with two open slots for the advisor to approve.
An inspection finds extra work, the estimate goes out in the afternoon, and by next morning the car is still on the lift because the customer never saw it.
An agent writes up the findings with photos, drafts the estimate from the labour guide and parts quote, and chases the unanswered ones, while the advisor decides what goes to the customer.
A parts delay, a warranty question and an unhappy survey score all land on the same overloaded desk, and the complaint that mattered is the one nobody read until the manager heard about it from the manufacturer.
An agent flags slipping promise times, looks up coverage by VIN, and sorts low survey scores so the service manager sees the complaint, the history and a draft reply together.
Actionist Will Automate
What one automation looks like
A week with your Auto Dealer Customer Support agents
Some of the apps for your Auto Dealer Customer Support team
Some of the scheduling, messaging and helpdesk apps your service drive agent operates for you. Hundreds more are in the Actionist App Store.
Your Agent wakes up Automatically whenever something happens
Your agents watch the apps you already use and act the moment something happens, usually within about a minute, handle it based on your instructions, 24/7.
Use cases for this team
Your benefits
Where the time goes back
What you do manually today
What your agent runs for you
- Booking240 min / weekMatching requests to bay slots by hand
The advisor reads each web, text and email request, checks the diary and the technician's skills, and writes back a slot, between customers standing at the desk.
Booking Agent0 minAgent matches and drafts the confirmationAn agent matches each request to open bay time and technician skill, checks the VIN for recalls, and queues a drafted confirmation for the advisor to approve.
- Reminders and recalls200 min / weekWorking the due list vehicle by vehicle
Someone checks mileage and last-service dates in the DMS and cross-checks the manufacturer's recall list in a separate screen, usually when the shop is quiet, which is rarely.
Reminders and recalls Agent0 minAgent drafts personalised remindersAn agent builds the due list and matches customer VINs to open recalls, then drafts a plain-English reminder with two open slots for the advisor's approval.
- Status updates260 min / weekAnswering is my car ready yet
While writing up a new customer the advisor also answers status messages, walks to the bay for an update, and retypes the same few sentences all day.
Status updates Agent0 minAgent drafts updates from the open orderAn agent reads each open repair order, drafts a short status for waiting customers and a ready-for-pickup note, and holds them for the advisor to approve.
- Estimates220 min / weekWriting up findings and chasing replies
Inspection findings are retyped into customer words, estimates are keyed in by hand, and unanswered ones are chased by the next free person, often the day after.
Estimates Agent0 minAgent writes findings and chases the repliesAn agent writes each finding with its photo, drafts the estimate from the labour guide and parts quote, and nudges unanswered ones, while the advisor decides what the customer receives.
- Delays and complaints150 min / weekHearing about problems too late
A parts slip, a coverage question or an unhappy survey reaches the manager through a customer's call or the manufacturer's report, weeks after it could have been fixed.
Delays and complaints Agent0 minAgent flags and prepares each caseAn agent compares parts ETAs with promise times, looks up coverage by VIN, and sorts low survey scores, then preps a draft reply and the history for the service manager.
What that's worth
Calculate what your team saves
Based on typical team usage: the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~8 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.
How easy it is to use
We'll do all the heavy lifting for you.
From entering your website address to having a working AI team, no effort from you.
- Step 1
Enter your website
- We'll research your business
- Automatically configure everything for you
- Step 2
Actionist Auto
Optional- Watches you work
- Creates your agents, workflows and schedules
- Step 3
Marketplace
- Hundreds of apps, plus agents and workflows
- Pre-configured by other users
- Step 4
Invite your team
- We'll automatically onboard them too
- Focus on the things that matter
Enter your website URL for a personalised demo
See exactly what Actionist would automate for your business.
You stay in control
A support agent that sees your customers, repair orders and estimates only earns its place if you stay in control. Actionist is built so you see everything it touched, approve whatever reaches a customer, and keep the calls that belong to your people.
A confirmation, a status update, an estimate or a recall notice is drafted and queued for an advisor to approve. Nothing goes to a customer unless you widen that autonomy yourself through Approval Modes.
The agent drafts the estimate and gathers the coverage and history. The advisor decides what the customer is quoted, and the service manager decides any warranty or goodwill request.
Each message drafted, ticket created or order note changed by the agent is logged with a timestamp, so a manager can see what happened and when.
Customer details, repair histories and inspection photos are encrypted and are not used to train any model. If it must stay on your own infrastructure, you can self-host Actionist on a VPS.
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Frequently asked questions
Does my service and customer support team need to be technical to use Actionist?
How do I get started with an agent for our service drive?
How do I make customised AI agents for how our service department works?
How quickly can I set up a dealership customer support agent?
Will it text a customer without an advisor seeing it first?
Our DMS and scheduler are old and have no API, can it still work?
Can it decide whether a repair is covered, approve an estimate or grant goodwill?
Is our customer and repair data safe, and is it used to train AI models?
What happens when a customer phones or leaves a voicemail?
See an agent book the bay and draft tomorrow's confirmations
Book a free demo and watch an Actionist agent read a service request, match it to a bay, check for recalls, and draft the confirmation, all waiting for an advisor's approval.