AI receptionist for heating and air conditioning services in Almaty
In Almaty in summer an air-conditioning technician spends as much time in traffic as on jobs, while messages pile up in WhatsApp. The agent answers each one at once: it gets the address and the model, asks for a photo and books the visit into a free slot.
Good evening! The air conditioner is running but blowing warm air, and it’s nearly 30 degrees in the flat. Can a technician come tomorrow?
Good evening! Please send a photo of the indoor unit and the remote, and your address. And when was the air conditioner last cleaned?
Photo sent. It hasn’t been cleaned for about two years. Address: 27 Seifullin Street, flat 64.
Thank you, I’ve passed the photo to the technician. An air-conditioner service starts at 15,000 tenge, and Daniyar will tell you on site if anything else is needed. Tomorrow he is free at 10:00 and 16:30. Which time suits you?
16:30, I won’t be home before then.
Booked: tomorrow at 16:30 with Daniyar. I’ll send a reminder in the morning, and if your plans change, write here and I’ll move it.
When customers write in Almaty
In Almaty the air-conditioning season is long, May to September, and messages come all day: offices and shops in the daytime, flats in the evening. In winter they come from private houses in the foothills and on the outskirts, which run their own gas boilers.
Busiest hours: 12:00 to 14:00 and 19:00 to 23:00
In autumn a private house wants the gas boiler checked before the cold. The agent books the technician on a convenient day.
After work: can the air conditioner be moved to another room? The agent books the technician to take a look on site.
Evening: the air conditioner blows warm air and the flat is hot. The agent asks for a photo, quotes the service price and books a technician for tomorrow.
Answers in Kazakh and Russian
The agent writes in the customer’s language: if someone starts in Kazakh, the answer comes in Kazakh. Here is the same reply in both languages.
If a customer writes in English, the agent answers in English.
Сәлеметсіз бе! Сізді ертеңге, сағат 10:00-ге жазып қойдым. Жылыту қазанындағы жапсырманың суретін жіберіңізші.
Здравствуйте! Записала вас на завтра, 10:00. Пришлите, пожалуйста, фото наклейки на котле.
What the agent takes off your hands
Gets the job details before the visit
Checks what equipment is installed: a gas, electric or solid-fuel boiler, a wall or floor air conditioner. Together with the photo and address this goes straight into the request, so the technician does not need to phone the customer back.
Books the visit into the schedule
Offers the customer your technicians’ free slots, books the one they choose, confirms it and sends a reminder the day before. If the customer wants to move the visit, the agent does it in the same chat.
Never queues a house going cold
You decide what counts as urgent: say, a house without heat in winter or an air conditioner that fails in a child’s room in the heat. The agent hands those to the on-call technician at once and books the rest into the schedule.
Puts gas safety first
If a customer says they can smell gas, the agent does not book them for tomorrow: it asks them to leave the house and call the gas emergency line on 104, and passes the chat to you at once.
Quotes only “from” prices
Asked “how much will it cost”, it answers with the call-out or air-conditioner cleaning price from your list. It never promises the final cost of a repair: the technician names it once he has seen the equipment.
Almaty: local context
The largest city and main business centre of Kazakhstan; it was the capital until the government moved to Astana and is still called the southern capital.
The city lies at the foot of the Trans-Ili Alatau, and Medeu, Shymbulak and Big Almaty Lake are a short drive away.
Mornings and evenings the main avenues are jammed, and many people book straight from the car or the bus.
At weekends people head for the mountains and their dachas, so convenient Saturday slots are usually gone by midweek.
In Almaty the city stretches from the foothills to the steppe edge, and at rush hour the drive between jobs can take longer than the work itself. The agent asks for the exact address and a landmark in the chat, so visits can be grouped by district instead of crossing the whole city.
In summer air conditioners here run from morning to night, and in winter gas boilers keep private houses warm in the upper part of the city and on the outskirts. So a service hears from customers all year, and the season makes no difference to the agent: every message gets an answer at once.
Areas and landmarks customers mention
Bostandyk District, Samal-2, Orbita-1, Koktem-1, Aksai-4, Mamyr-4, the Green Bazaar, Kok-Tobe
- Where
- city of national significance
- Population
- over 2 million
- Customer languages
- Russian, Kazakh, English
- Where they write
- WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram
Works with your systems
The agent books and saves customers where you already work. If you have no system yet, everything lives in the built-in Solwees CRM.
- Bitrix24
amoCRM / Kommo
Google Calendar- Solwees CRM
Frequently asked questions
Does the agent understand Kazakh?
Yes. A customer writes in Kazakh, Russian or English, and the agent answers in the same language. If someone switches from Russian to Kazakh mid-chat, the agent carries on in Kazakh.
What will the agent do if a boiler stops in the middle of the night?
It will not wait for morning. The agent asks about any smell of gas, asks for a photo and the address and passes the request straight to the on-call technician, then tells the customer the technician will call. Everything the customer said is there in the request.
Can the agent say what a repair will cost?
No: the technician prices a repair after the diagnosis. The agent gives the customer the call-out and service prices from your list as “from” prices and explains that the rest becomes clear on site.
Where do the requests end up?
In the CRM you already use, or in the built-in Solwees CRM. Both the technician and whoever assigns the jobs see the request, with the photos and the chat.
Can customers be booked for air-conditioner cleaning ahead of time?
Yes. In spring the agent books cleaning on free days and sends a reminder the day before. That way requests are spread across the schedule before the heat instead of landing on your technicians in the first hot week.
How many chats can the agent handle at once?
As many as come in. In the evening dozens of customers write in Almaty at once, and each gets an answer straight away rather than waiting in a queue. If a person is needed, the agent hands the chat over with its history.
Where do we start?
Connect WhatsApp, add your services with “from” prices and your technicians’ schedule. The first 7 days are free, no card needed, and the agent starts answering your customers on day one.
Put the agent to work in Almaty
Connect Instagram, WhatsApp or Telegram, add your services and prices, and the agent starts answering the same day.