Buildern's AI Assistant helps you streamline everyday workflows and get project information faster without manually navigating through different areas of your account.

With the AI Assistant, you can perform tasks such as:

This article explains how to activate the AI Assistant, purchase and manage AI seats and credits, and control which users have access.

To get started, log in to your Buildern account.

From the top menu, click AI Assistant in the upper-right corner.

The AI Assistant chat panel will open on the right side of your screen. Click Activate AI to begin the setup.

A new window will open where you can configure your AI Assistant subscription.

During activation, Buildern will automatically display your General Admin users.

Select the users you want to give access to the AI Assistant. You can keep access limited to one user or select additional users depending on your team's needs.

Each selected user requires an AI seat at $50 USD per month. For example, if you select four users, your monthly AI seat cost will be $200 USD.

Your initial AI charge is calculated according to your existing Buildern billing date.

For example, if you activate the AI Assistant on the 15th and your regular billing date is the 17th, you will initially be charged only for the two days remaining until your billing date.

On the 17th, your regular billing cycle begins, and you will be charged the full monthly amount for the next billing period.

This keeps your AI Assistant billing aligned with your existing Buildern billing cycle.

Your AI Assistant subscription automatically includes 500 AI credits.

If you need more credits, you can purchase additional credits during activation. Use the dropdown menu to select the number of additional credits you want to purchase. The corresponding price will be displayed based on your selection.

You can enable Auto-reload credits if you want Buildern to automatically purchase additional credits for you.

First, select the number of credits you want to purchase from the dropdown. For example, you can select 10,000 credits.

Then, enable Auto-reload credits and choose the balance at which the reload should occur.

For example, you can configure Buildern to automatically purchase another 10,000 credits when your balance reaches:

Once your available credit balance reaches the selected threshold, Buildern will automatically reload the configured number of credits.

After activating the AI Assistant, you can manage your seats and credits at any time.

Click your profile icon and navigate to Subscription and Billing.

Here, you can review your AI-related subscription information, including your billing cycle, AI seats, additional credits, and upcoming charges.

Under your AI subscription details, you will see the monthly billing cycle and the $50 USD per seat charge.

Click the + icon to purchase an additional AI seat.

After selecting the number of seats you want to add, click Confirm and Pay.

You will then be prompted to assign the newly purchased seat to a user.

If you do not want to assign the seat immediately, click Cancel. The seat will remain available in your account, and you can assign it to a user later.

If you no longer need a seat, go to your AI subscription settings and click the – icon to reduce the number of seats.

Confirm the change.

Buildern will display a Next period total, showing the amount you will be charged on your next billing date based on the updated number of seats.

You can also manage and purchase additional AI credits from this section.

You can control which team members have access to the AI Assistant without changing your subscription each time.

Navigate to People → Users.

A new AI Enabled column shows the AI access status for each user. Users who currently have access will be marked as AI Available.

To remove AI access from a user:

Disabling AI for a user makes that AI seat available to be assigned to someone else.

To give another user access:

You can enable AI for the user as long as you have an available AI seat.

Once the AI Assistant has been activated, users with AI access can start using it directly from their Buildern account.

Click AI Assistant from the top menu to open the AI chat.

The AI Assistant includes several controls to help you manage your conversations:

At the bottom of the AI Assistant, Buildern provides a selection of commonly used questions and actions to help you get started.

Click Show more questions to view additional suggestions.

These suggestions are designed to cover common workflows, but you are not limited to the questions displayed. You can also type your own request into the chat. If your request falls within the capabilities of the Buildern AI Assistant, it will process the request and guide you through the next steps.

Depending on your request, the AI Assistant may need additional information to complete the task.

For example, if you want to create a new estimate version, you can select the corresponding suggested question or enter the request manually.

You can then provide the necessary context, such as:

You can also attach files or record a voice message to provide additional information.

Once you have provided the necessary details, click Send.

For actions that make changes to your Buildern data, the AI Assistant can first generate a draft for you to review.

For example, when creating an estimate version, the AI Assistant will generate the estimate as a draft. It will not automatically apply the generated estimate to your project.

Review the generated information and, when you are ready, click Apply to Project.

You can then choose whether you want to:

This gives you the opportunity to review AI-generated results before applying them to your project.