picked by agentsPicked by Agents index · AC and heating repair in McKinney, TX
We asked Grok 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.
United States · xAI Grok Bot, a cloud agent with its own browser · asked 2026-09-28 14:59 UTC
“Its own site shows a McKinney office (301 E. Midway St.) with 24/7 emergency service and TACLA27091C, TACLA69075C and TACLA00149132C, its customer reviews describe techs arriving in 1 to 2 hours on holidays, and ServiceAgent lists it as open 24 hours on Monday with 4.9 stars from 3,580 Google reviews.”
“It has a McKinney location (701 S Kentucky St), says it offers same-day and 24/7 emergency AC repair with hours of 'Open: 24 Hours', shows license TACLA76759C on its homepage, and ServiceAgent lists it at 5.0 stars from 1,770 Google reviews.”
“It is based in McKinney (311 Industrial Blvd, Ste B), says it offers 24-hour emergency service every day of the year and same-day service, shows contractor license TACLB27812E, and ServiceAgent lists it at 4.9 stars from 1,078 Google reviews.”
“A close fourth: it is based in McKinney, lists hours as open 24 hours 7 days a week, moves no-cooling calls to the front of the line, charges $129 for a diagnostic for non-members, and ServiceAgent shows 4.9 stars from 1,163 reviews, but the page I read showed no license number (it also warns about scammers spoofing its phone number).”
“It is based in Plano, not McKinney, and the page I fetched gave conflicting response times (25-35, 30-40 and 35-50 minutes, and one box said 'Argyle'), which differ from the 15-20 minutes in the search snippet, so it read less reliable even though it advertises same-day and 24/7 service.”
“Its prices are clear and it shows license TACLA126718E, but it runs out of Farmers Branch about 35-50 minutes away, quotes 2-3 hours for non-member emergencies, and has fewer reviews (143 Google reviews at 4.9 by its own count).”
“It advertises 24/7 service with a 2-hour response, but it has a Plano suite address and a 940 phone number, showed no license number, and its 4.9-star badge had no source, so its local presence and reputation were hard to verify.”
“The search snippet shows it is a national referral service that passes calls to other contractors rather than an HVAC company itself; I did not open the page.”
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.
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