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Hand the agent a measurement. Get back a priced estimate with the math shown.

Your estimator drops the roof report for Oak Street into the file. A few minutes later there's a priced estimate, and every line shows how it got its number.

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The short version

  1. You hand the agent the measurement report. It doesn't appear on its own.
  2. The estimate comes back priced, with the math on every line.
  3. A Kestrel credit is a dollar. Unused credits roll over.
  4. Credits pay for measurements. Fuel pays for thinking. Separate bills.

Someone hands it over

Measurements don't appear on their own. Somebody in your office still gets the report into the file, the same way you'd hand it to a new estimator. That's on purpose. It's also the moment a bad square count gets caught, because a person looked at the report before anything got priced from it.

What comes back

The agent prices the roof from that measurement using your pricing, and the estimate shows the math. Squares, waste, the line items, and where each number came from. If a number looks wrong, you can see why it's wrong instead of guessing which cell to fix.

How it's billed

Measurements are billed in Kestrel credits, and a credit is a dollar. Fifteen credits is fifteen dollars. What you don't use rolls over, with no cap. That's a separate bill from the thinking the agents use. Fuel and Your AI Plan pay for thinking. Kestrel credits pay for measurements. We keep them apart so the measurement bill never surprises you inside a Fuel number.

What we don't claim

We don't own a measurement service and we don't pretend to. You hand the agent the report from whoever you already use. The agent prices it.

Questions

Do measurements flow into Bench by themselves?

No. Someone hands the report to the agent. The agent prices it and shows the math.

Is a Kestrel credit the same as Fuel?

No. A credit is a dollar for measurements. Fuel is thinking. They're separate bills.

Do you replace my measurement vendor?

No. Keep the one you use. You hand the agent the report and get a priced estimate back.

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