The October 2026 Picks Index is live. See who Grok, Meta Muse, Instinct, Kat and Fo named across 195 cities and 22 trades.
picked by agents

For HVAC, plumbing and dental

Get picked by AI assistants.

Your customers are starting to let AI assistants book for them. We make sure they book you.

Named by the assistants in 90 days or we work free

Your siteCompetitor
yourcompany.com
Your Company HVAC(972) 555 0142

Comfort you can count on since 1987

★★★★★ 1,800 reviews

Schedule online today!

Repair
Install
Tune up

Call for a free quote

Mon to Fri, 8 to 5

agent run · illustration
  1. 00:00 open yourcompany.com

Who is shopping

These are your new customers.

We run real customer requests through Muse, Grok Bot and Instinct today, and add the others as we connect them.

  • Muse character

    Muse

    from Meta

    Navigates sites, fills forms, books appointments

  • Dots logo

    Dots

    from OpenAI

    An always-on agent with its own computer and browser

  • Grok Bot character

    Grok Bot

    from xAI

    An always-on agent that gets tasks done across the web

  • Claude logo

    Claude

    from Anthropic · coming soon

    Researches, compares and works in a browser for you

  • Instinct character

    Instinct

    by text or call

    Finds, compares and requests quotes for you

Names and characters belong to their owners. Picked by Agents is independent and not affiliated with them.

See it happen

One request. One business picked.

A customer asks for a plumber. The assistant reads six sites in seconds and picks the one that answered its questions.

The new front door

Your customer sees one answer.

An assistant does not hand them ten blue links. It reads your site, compares you with the shop down the road, and names one business.

  • 01Reviews get you considered.
  • 02A price, open times and a way to book get you picked.
  • 03We show you exactly where the assistant stopped.
See who the assistants picked in your marketHVAC: one assistant tested in 2,000+ cities, with a page per company

My AC stopped cooling. Can someone come out this week? I'm in 75034.

I compared three companies near you. I'd go with Competitor Heating & Air. They list a diagnostic price and have Tuesday 9:00 open, so I can request it now.

  • Competitor Heating & Air

    Price from $89 · Tue 9:00 open · books online

    Picked
  • Another Air Co

    Price listed · no open times shown

    Shortlisted
  • Your Company HVAC

    ★ 4.9 from 1,800 reviews · no price, no way to book

    Passed
Illustration · fictional businesses

Why this is different

AI assistants are weird shoppers.

We have been sending assistants out to find and book local businesses, then asking them why they picked who they picked. They do not shop the way people do.

Same search · “AC not cooling, book someone this week”

A person
  1. AdPremier Comfort Air

    ★ 4.6 · 2,140 reviews

    Clicked the ad first
  2. BigState Heating & Air

    ★ 4.8 · 6,500 reviews

    Picked · most reviews
  3. Northside Cooling

    ★ 4.9 · 1,800 reviews

    Glanced
  4. Lakeview Air

    ★ 4.7 · 310 reviews

  5. Corner Air Co

    ★ 4.8 · 120 reviews

  6. Quick Cool Pros

    ★ 4.1 · 38 reviews

  7. Never scrolled this far

An AI assistant
  1. AdPremier Comfort Air

    ★ 4.6 · 2,140 reviews

    ✕ Price✕ Books✓ Details match

    Sponsored. Passed.

  2. BigState Heating & Air

    ★ 4.8 · 6,500 reviews

    ✕ Price✕ Books✓ Details match

    Book online is a callback form

  3. Northside Cooling

    ★ 4.9 · 1,800 reviews

    ✕ Price✓ Books✕ Details match

    Two different phone numbers

  4. Lakeview Air

    ★ 4.7 · 310 reviews

    ✓ Price✕ Books✓ Details match

    Price, but no open times

  5. Corner Air Co

    ★ 4.8 · 120 reviews

    ✓ Price✓ Books✓ Details match

    Picked · $95 visit, Tue 9:00 open

  6. Quick Cool Pros

    ★ 4.1 · 38 reviews

    ✓ Price✕ Books✓ Details match

    Too few reviews. Passed.

  • Reads everything

    Ten to fifteen businesses in minutes, fine print included.

  • Ignores the ads

    Sponsored slots and badges carry no weight.

  • Trusts consistency

    Site, Maps and booking page must agree. Design barely counts.

  • Likes a clear no

    Saying what you don't do makes it trust the rest.

How it says it weighs a pick

Points out of 100, in its own words.

  1. A real way to book online30
  2. A posted price15
  3. Rating and number of reviews15
  4. Truly local10
  5. Same details everywhere10
  6. Same day or 24/78
  7. Clear hours5
  8. Clear service area4
  9. How good the website looks3
One assistant's own estimate after a week of test runs for us, September 2026. Approximate, and it varies by assistant.

“Humans respond to vibes. I respond to facts I can verify.”

An AI assistant, asked how it chooses a local business.

Reviews get you considered. A price and a way to book get you picked.

Field notes

What we saw when real assistants went shopping

  • 0 of 4

    dental practices in one Ohio town could be booked by an AI assistant. The best reviewed one listed two different sets of office hours.

  • 15 min

    of site errors cost an HVAC company with 1,800 five star reviews the job. The assistant gave up and moved on to a competitor.

  • 100 vs 3,000

    reviews, and the smaller company won. It was the only one that published a starting price and named its financing.

The checklist

Six things it checks before it moves on

Miss one and the assistant tries the next business on its list. Every one of them is on your side to fix.

  1. Service area

    01

    Can it tell you serve the customer's ZIP code?

  2. Price

    02

    Can it find a price, a starting price, or how you quote?

  3. Availability

    03

    Can it see when you are available without calling?

  4. Booking

    04

    Can it request or book a visit without a phone tree?

  5. Consistency

    05

    Do your hours and phone number agree everywhere?

  6. Access

    06

    Does your site stay up and work without a login wall?

Pricing

Pick a program. Every one is guaranteed.

Your free report comes first, so you know where you stand before you spend anything. Then we fix it and keep measuring.

  • Named

    $2,997/month

    Month to month · first 60 days is the fix sprint

    One business, one market, one customer journey. We find where the assistants stop on you, fix it, and measure it every month.

    • Your customers' real questions run through the assistants they use, every month, against the businesses that beat you
    • The fact that decides the pick, your price, availability or service area, published and kept current on your site
    • Google Business Profile and the directories the assistants cite, fixed and consistent
    • Every failure that blocks a recommendation repaired by us, not handed to you as a to-do
    • A monthly pick report with who got named and why

    Named by the assistants in 90 days or we work free

    Start Named
  • Picked

    Most popular

    $4,997/month

    Month to month · first 60 days is the fix sprint

    One business, every journey that ends in a booked customer. Booking rebuilt for assistants and tracking that shows picks turning into jobs.

    • Everything in Named, across every customer journey that ends in a booked job
    • Your booking and quote path rebuilt so an assistant can complete it end to end
    • Call and form tracking that tags AI-sourced inquiries, so you see picks become customers in your own numbers
    • New failures found and fixed every month as the assistants change
    • A named account lead and a strategy call every month

    Named by the assistants in 90 days or we work free

    Start Picked
  • Portfolio

    From $9,997/month

    Scoped after a 90 day pilot on up to three locations

    For groups and multi-location operators. A senior led program across every location, quoted on evidence from the pilot.

    • Senior strategy from the founders across every location
    • Every location measured monthly against its own competitors
    • Effort moved each month to the locations losing the most picks
    • Central data and listings kept consistent across the whole footprint
    • A 90 day pilot on up to three locations first, so the full portfolio is quoted on what moved

    Named by the assistants in 90 days or we work free

    Apply for Portfolio

Six guarantees, on every program

  1. 01

    The pick guarantee

    You are named in your customers' questions within 90 days or we keep working free until you are. Measured on prompts, locations and a baseline we agree in writing before we start, run repeatedly, so one lucky mention never counts.

  2. 02

    The 30 day fix guarantee

    Every agreed fix ships within 30 days or that month is free.

  3. 03

    Keep everything

    Every page, listing, fix and tracking setup is yours. Leave any time and it all stays.

  4. 04

    See before you spend

    Your first pick report is free. You see exactly where you are losing before you pay a dollar.

  5. 05

    Three honest numbers

    We report the AI referrals we observed, the customers who told you an assistant sent them, and our estimate of new business, always separately. Never one inflated figure.

  6. 06

    Month to month

    No contract. Stop the month we stop earning it.

The pick guarantee needs your side too. We get access to your site and listings, and you approve changes within five business days. The 90 day clock pauses while we wait. We guarantee being named, and we report customers. We never promise revenue.

Your free report

See how the assistants see you.

  1. 01We read your site and work out what your customers ask an assistant for.
  2. 02We run the top assistants on those requests in your area.
  3. 03You get where you rank, whether they would book you and why, and what to change first.

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