Asking Scout the right questions
Scout reads your live, scored territory. Phrase prompts so it returns a permit table you can act on — not a paragraph.
Scout is the AI wired into your scored territory, your pipeline, and your contacts. It's not a general chatbot — ask it operational questions and it answers with live permit tables, ranked shortlists, and drafted emails.
- 1Lead with the job"Show roofing-heavy permits filed in Burnaby this week" returns a ranked table; "any leads?" returns prose. Name the trade, the place, and the timeframe and Scout has everything it needs.
- 2Constrain by value or typeAdd a floor or ceiling ("over $1M", "SFR only", "multifamily") and Scout filters the live permit set on the fly — no menus.
- 3Work one market at a time"SFR permits in North Van, last 30 days" gets a ranked table for that market. Follow with "same for West Van" and weigh the two lists — Scout keeps the filter in context, so the second ask is four words.
- 4Chain your follow-upsScout keeps your last filter in context. Follow up with "now just the multifamily ones" or "draft an intro to the top three" without restating everything.
Two places to ask
The Scout tab keeps your full chat history; the same assistant rides along in a side panel on the map (reopen it from the green tab on the right edge). Tap the mic for voice, or use the starter chips if you're not sure where to begin.
Let it write the email too
From any lead, Draft email opens Scout's drafter with six templates matched to where the deal is — first contact, booking a meeting, following up on a quote, project start, check-in, and thank-you. Steer it with a line of context ("mention we did their neighbour's re-roof") and it works it in. Every draft is logged against the lead's activity.