AI Assistant

The AI Assistant is a chat interface available at Step 5 of the workflow, and throughout the entire process in Verbal Mode. It has full access to your BOQ and can answer questions, make edits, and generate new sections.

What you can ask it to do

Querying your BOQ

• "What is the total cost for tiling work?"
• "Show me all items with a zero quantity"
• "Which items have no price?"
• "Summarise the plumbing section"
• "How many square metres of flooring are there in total?"

Editing the BOQ

• "Update the quantity for item 3.4.2 to 45 m²"
• "Delete all items in the provisional sums section"
• "Change the unit rate for painted walls to 85"
• "Rename section 4 to External Works"

Generating content (Verbal Mode)

• "Add a new section for external works with basic landscaping items"
• "Generate a preliminaries section for a 6-month project"
• "Create a mechanical and electrical section for a standard office fit-out"

Using the AI Assistant in Verbal Mode

In Verbal Mode, the AI Assistant is your primary tool for building the BOQ from scratch. Describe the project — building type, size, number of floors, specification level — and the assistant will propose sections, work items, and quantities. You can refine through conversation until the BOQ reflects what you need.

What the AI Assistant cannot do

• Search the internet or access external price databases beyond your element library
• Modify the original uploaded PDF blueprints or Excel files
• Undo changes made outside the current session

All edits made through the assistant apply to the BOQ data and are reflected immediately in the BOQ table.

Tips for effective use

• Reference sections specifically when editing (e.g. "in section 3 — masonry")
• If a generated quantity looks wrong, ask "why did you use that quantity?" to see the reasoning
• To undo a recent change, ask "undo the last edit"
• Use the assistant to explain flagged items from the Final Audit