Consumer services

AI sales agent for Auto Repair Shop — sells over chat 24/7

Triages the symptoms and books the diagnostic.

  • ✓ One-time · no subscription fees
  • ✓ Pay-as-you-go AI usage
  • ✓ Ready in an hour
  • ✓ 14-day money-back guarantee

conversation → qualification → objection handling → deal · 24/7 in every channel

AI sales agent for Auto Repair Shop — Triages the symptoms and books the diagnostic.

Your service advisor is writing up a customer at the counter, both techs are under lifts, and the phone rings for the fourth time in ten minutes. The caller wants to know what a knocking suspension costs to fix. Nobody picks up — so they call the next shop on the Google Maps list. SL-CLAW is an AI receptionist for auto repair shops that catches every one of those conversations on your website chat, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram, day or night. It asks the year, make, model, mileage, and symptom, explains why a lift diagnostic beats guessing over the phone, agrees on a drop-off time right in the chat, and can send a written estimate or invoice before the conversation ends. One-time $300, roughly $0.50 per dialog, no monthly subscription.

Where sales usually get lost in this industry

  • Calls go to voicemail while the advisor is at the counter — the caller just dials the next shop on the Google Maps list.
  • "How much to fix a knocking noise?" price-shoppers eat up phone time the advisor doesn't have — and rarely book without seeing the car on a lift.
  • Check-engine panic messages arrive at 9 p.m. and on weekends — by Monday morning the customer has already found another shop.
  • Instagram and WhatsApp DMs land on someone's personal phone and get answered whenever a tech has a free hand.
  • Drop-off times get agreed verbally and forgotten — mornings turn into a pile-up of unannounced walk-ins.
  • Estimates promised "by end of day" get written up after closing, when the customer has already gone cold.

What the bot does in this industry

AI sales agent for Auto Repair Shop: asks the make and symptoms, outlines the likely work (no online diagnosis) and books the service appointment. It doesn't just log inquiries — it runs the conversation, qualifies the buyer, handles objections, and drives the deal to close.

  • Asks the make and symptoms
  • Outlines the likely work (no online diagnosis)
  • Books the service appointment
Sales skills and industry expertise come built in. You upload your catalog, prices, and company details — and the bot gets to work right away.

Who is this for?

A car owner with a symptom (knock, warning light, scheduled maintenance) choosing a shop on trust and price. Wants a ballpark scope and a booking without long phone calls.

Market at a glance

  • ~$828B — Global auto repair services market (2025) (Grand View Research, Automotive Repair & Maintenance)
  • ~70% (US, 2019) — Independent shops' share of the market (Auto Care Association Factbook)
  • ~2.5 visits (2023) — Average shop visits per car owner per year (Cox Automotive Service Industry Study 2023)

The math, honestly

  • Example inputs — swap in your own numbers: 300 total dialogs a month (price-shoppers, quick questions, and bookings alike) × ~$0.50 average = about $150/month in AI usage. No subscription on top.
  • We count every dialog in that cost, not just the "saved" ones — tire-kickers and one-line questions spend tokens too.
  • If 1 dialog in 10 ends with an agreed diagnostic drop-off (an example close rate — plug in your own), that's 30 cars a month funneled in through chat. At a $400 average repair order (also an example input), that's $12,000 of work the phone never had to catch.
  • One-time cost to start: $300 for the agent, or $1,000 with guided implementation. $20 of usage credit is included at activation — roughly your first 40 dialogs.

All figures above are example inputs for the arithmetic, not measured client results. Run the same math with your own dialog volume, close rate, and average repair order.

Drives the deal to the money — and doesn't drop it

Not an "inquiry received" auto-responder. It walks the customer from the first question all the way to "book a diagnostic" — and if they go quiet, it follows up on its own.

  • Follows up to close: handles the last objections and calmly walks the customer to payment
  • Comes back to cold leads — reminds without pressure until the customer buys or clearly declines
  • Remembers the customer and chat history — recognizes them by name, budget, and past interests instead of starting from scratch
  • Invoices, quotes, contracts, CRM or 1C integration — available as a separate implementation for your business

What else the AI sales agent can do

  • Works in Telegram, WhatsApp, Instagram, and the website chat widget — text and voice
  • Understands voice messages and replies with voice — speech recognition and synthesis
  • Detects the deal stage on its own and moves it forward — 7 stages to close
  • Uncovers customer needs with the SPIN technique — asks the right questions
  • Answers from your knowledge base — catalog, price list, PDFs, website
  • Hands hot leads and tasks to your sales rep, alerts on "hot" stages
  • Logs the lead in your CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive), creates tasks, and books meetings
  • Understands English, Ukrainian, and Russian
  • Picks the right AI "power" for the conversation complexity — cheaper on simple ones

FAQ

What if it doesn't work out — can I get a refund?

Yes — a 14-day money-back guarantee from the payment date. Not a fit? Contact support and we'll process the refund within 24 hours. Details are in the Terms of Service.

Will a subscription fee creep in over time?

There is no subscription fee at all. The agent is a one-time purchase ($300, one plan with everything included). After that you only pay for AI usage via the token. If the bot isn't talking, nothing is charged.

What if I can't set it up myself?

Self-service with the step-by-step guide works for most people — it deploys in about an hour. If you'd rather not deal with it, there's a Custom build from $2200: we tailor it to your business, set up integrations (CRM, 1C), load the knowledge base, and train your team.

How to set up the bot for Auto Repair Shop so it actually sells

  • Point the agent at booking a diagnostic — never "diagnosing" from a description without an inspection.
  • Make the diagnostic booking the first step of the conversation — the agent locks in the customer instead of losing them over abstract prices.
  • Connect the agent to your bay and mechanic schedule — bookings won't overlap.

Which systems can the bot connect to?

  • HubSpot — leads and conversations sync out of the box (webhook/API)
  • Pipedrive — out-of-the-box CRM sync (webhook/API)
  • ShopMonkey, Tekmetric, Mitchell 1 — lead handoff via webhook/API, configured during the $1,000 implementation; compatibility confirmed with your setup before payment
  • WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram — native messaging channels, voice notes included
  • Website chat widget — one script tag on your shop's site

Will the AI diagnose my customers' cars in chat?

No — and that's deliberate. It triages: year, make, model, mileage, symptom. Then it explains why a knock or a warning light needs a diagnostic on the lift, not a guess over the phone — and, if that's your shop's policy, positions the diagnostic fee as credited toward the repair. It follows the rules you load during setup. That's how it converts price-shoppers into drop-offs instead of losing them on a number it can't honestly give.

Does it book appointments directly into my shop management system?

It agrees on a drop-off time with the customer right in the chat and hands the confirmed request to your service advisor. A direct push into systems like ShopMonkey, Tekmetric, or Mitchell 1 is a webhook/API handoff we configure during the $1,000 implementation — and we confirm compatibility with your exact setup before you pay.

Can it quote prices?

For menu work — oil changes, brake pads, alignments — yes, if you load your price list. For symptom-based repairs it quotes the diagnostic and explains that the written estimate comes after inspection. It can also generate and send an invoice or written quote right in the conversation.

My customers send voice messages. Can it handle them?

Yes. It understands voice notes and can reply with voice in the messengers — useful when a customer records the actual noise the car is making from the driver's seat instead of trying to describe it.

What does it cost to run?

About $0.50 per dialog on average (real range $0.10–$1.00 depending on length), pay-as-you-go with no monthly subscription. $20 of credit is included at activation, which covers roughly the first 40 dialogs.

How long does setup take, and what if it doesn't fit my shop?

The agent deploys in about an hour. There's a 14-day money-back guarantee, you own the full code, and you keep receiving core updates going forward.

Which channels does it cover?

Website chat widget, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram — the same agent with the same triage logic in every channel. Leads sync to HubSpot or Pipedrive out of the box.

Does it send scheduled reminders before the appointment?

No — it doesn't run scheduled reminder campaigns. It works in live conversation: answering, triaging symptoms, agreeing on drop-off times, and sending estimates. Follow-up reminders stay with your advisor or the tools you already use.

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Under the hood

Anthropic OpenAI Google Gemini GitHub