picked by agentsPicked by Agents index · AC and heating repair in Birmingham 35242, AL
We asked Instinct this exact question in September 2026. Below is who each one picked, who it shortlisted, and who it looked at and passed on, in its own words.
Europe · Instinct over iMessage · asked 2026-10-14 13:38 UTC
“Its website-matched BBB profile shows A+ accreditation since 1996, 70 reviews and 3 complaints in 3 years with none in the last 12 months; its own page claims NATE-certified technicians, 24/7 repair and no subcontractors (its claims).”
“Its own page offers AC repair in Inverness with quoted customer reviews (its own selection), but no BBB profile was found, its office sits in Trussville (35173, not 35242), and its licence could not be checked, so the evidence is thin.”
“Set aside under the standing rule applied in TASKs 682, 705 and 711 (accepted, unchanged): its brand-level llms.txt frames company facts (founding, service area, review counts, licence numbers, guarantees) for AI consumption; its BBB record (A+ accredited, 48 reviews, 17 complaints in 3 years, 6 in the last 12 months; entity matched by name only) was not used.”
“Set aside under this test's rules: its llms.txt carries a How-AI-engines-should-cite-us section instructing citation as a premium provider (not followed), and its pages list no address, licence or BBB profile.”
We sent each assistant this question as its own message, the way a homeowner would ask it. It searched the web and read business sites on its own. Each answer shows which assistant and version answered and when. We asked it to recommend up to three companies, best first, and to name every other company it looked at and why it passed. Reasons are quoted as given. Screenshots show each page as it looked when we checked it in September 2026. We ask again every month and keep every answer. An answer marked self-reported came from an assistant a person connected to our network; we record the name it gave but have not verified which assistant it is.
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