Not just a website. A capable AI agent.

Cody can take calls, inquiries, scheduling, calendars, billing, HR, research, marketing and social media. What you're looking at here does the first four today: he answers Alex's phone and the website, takes the job details, holds estimate visits on a calendar, and hands Alex a brief every morning. The rest turn on in whatever order Alex picks, and Alex still does every estimate and every job.

Cody is named for Buffalo Bill Cody, who is buried on Lookout Mountain above Golden, inside Alex's service area.

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Cody's board, this visit

On duty

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Jobs opened: 0
Visits held: 0
Texts and emails: 0
Brief items

Play a scenario below and watch this fill up.

Five moments in a week of fixing houses.

Pick one. On the left, how it works today: Alex answers his own phone and texts between jobs. On the right, Cody. Watch what's still on Alex's plate when each one ends.

Megan R., a homeowner in Conifer. Megan's bedroom ceiling has a stain that is getting bigger, and the upstairs bathroom is right above it. It is Saturday night, and Alex is off for the day.

How it works today

Alex answers his own phone and texts between jobs

On a call

Cody

AI front desk, working in Alex's jobs, calendar and texts

On a call

Every person, phone number, job number and time here is invented. Any price shown is a published regional guide with its source and year, never Alex's price; Alex prices every job after he sees it. Cody never takes payments or card numbers.

Pick a role. Call Cody. Watch the work happen.

Call Cody as Megan

Uses your microphone. Speak naturally. Interrupt him any time.

Conversation

Start a call and the transcript appears here. Cody opens with a short greeting, then it's your turn.

What Cody did

Jobs, estimate visits, texts and notes for Alex land here the moment Cody makes them.

Cody works on a sample back office here. Nothing touches Alex's real customers or calendar.

Everything from overnight, before the first coffee.

What came in, the two things only Alex can decide, and what Cody is already handling. Try the buttons.

Cody at Deluxe Home Improvement

to Alex · 7:00 AM

Monday, October 12

Good morning, Alex.

A busy weekend. One urgent ceiling in Conifer, a Realtor with a Friday deadline, and two new jobs on the list. Two things need you before noon. Everything else is moving.

Needs you

Confirm Megan's Monday 9:00 visit in Conifer?

Job DH-1041 is flagged urgent: a ceiling stain still dripping a little, upstairs bathroom above it, house from the 1970s. Fixing the leak is a plumber's job, and you'd do the drywall after the water stops. I asked for photos and held Monday 9:00 AM.

Cody recommends you text Megan to confirm, and ask whether a plumber has been out.

Can you fit Priya's Lakewood list before Friday?

Job DH-1043: two drywall holes, one bedroom to repaint, cabinet pulls, tub caulk and a sticking door, for a photographer on Friday. I scoped it as one longer visit, marked it soon, and held Thursday 10:00 AM. I promised nothing.

Cody recommends you walk it Thursday and tell her what fits, rather than promising Friday now.

Overnight

9:15 PM SatMegan R., Conifer: a water stain spreading on a bedroom ceiling, upstairs bathroom directly above. I gave the safety steps first. Job DH-1041 is flagged urgent, photos asked, Monday 9:00 AM held and waiting on you. Built in the 1970s, so I told her not to scrape any popcorn.
Sun 11:40 AMDave K., Golden: the other half of a subway-tile backsplash, about eight feet, tile on hand. Job DH-1042. Thursday 2:00 PM held, tentative. He asked what it would run; I gave a labeled published range and said you price it after you see it.
Sun 6:05 PMGap: a website visitor asked whether you do gutters. Nothing I know says you do, so I didn't say yes. I told them I'd ask you. The question is in the Studio under gaps.
Mon 8:05 AMLinda G., Evergreen, asked about timing on her floating shelves (DH-1038). I told her the finish coat is next and that I can't promise a date. Her question is at the top of your list.

Calls and chats this weekend

Jobs opened

Estimate visits held

Flagged urgent

On your calendar

9:00 AMMegan's visit in Conifer, if you confirm
11:00 AMAsking Tom B. in Wheat Ridge for the tenant move-in date
Thu 10:00 AMPriya's Lakewood walk-through, if you confirm
Thu 2:00 PMDave's Golden backsplash visit

Cody is handling

Reminding Megan to send ceiling photos once it's safe
Asking Tom for the tenant move-in date and the age of the house
Watching the gutters question in the Studio until you answer it
Keeping Linda's shelves question at the top of your list

He remembers the house and the job.

Not personal details: the wall, the finish she picked, the photos she sent, and what's next. Across the phone, a text and the calendar, so nobody has to repeat themselves.

What Cody knows about Linda

Floating shelves on the living room wall, Evergreen, job DH-1038
Oak finish, picked from Alex's samples
Photos of the wall and the outlet on file
Shelves built and dry-fit, finish coat next
Asked about timing on Oct 12, no promise made

Linda is invented. This is what a customer file looks like once Cody holds it: nobody typed any of this into a profile. It came from a call, a text and the calendar, and it's open before she finishes saying her name. He keeps the house and the job. He doesn't keep anything personal.

One customer, three channels

Oct 1Phone
Linda called about floating shelves for her living room wall. Cody asked which wall, how long a run, and what she'd put on them, since heavy shelves need studs. He opened job DH-1038 and held an estimate visit for Alex to confirm.
Oct 3Calendar
Alex's estimate visit happened. She picked the oak finish from his samples. Cody noted the finish and the wall in the job.
Oct 8Text
Linda texted two photos of the wall. Cody filed them with DH-1038 and noted the outlet position for Alex, so nobody asks her twice.
Oct 12Phone
She called to ask what's next. Cody knew her by her number, pulled up the job and said the shelves are built and dry-fit, with the finish coat next. He made no promise about a date and put her question at the top of Alex's list.

Alex does the real work. The gap is the hour of the day.

Alex answers his own phone and texts between jobs, and he does every estimate and every job. What nothing covers is a ceiling that starts leaking at 9:15 on a Saturday, or a form with no phone field at the end of a long day. Cody covers those hours and leaves the work to Alex.

Answers at 9:15 PM on a Saturday
How it works today
It goes to voicemail until he's back at his phone
Cody
Phone and chat, every hour
Answers while Alex is on a ladder
How it works today
He texts and calls back between jobs
Cody
Picks up every time and hands him a line in his brief
Written way in
How it works today
The site's form: a name, an email and a message, with no phone field
Cody
Phone, chat or the form, with photos asked for
Safety steps for a leak, a sag, sparks or a gas smell
How it works today
Alex tells you when he reaches you
Cody
The first thing said, before any other question
Asks the job questions up front
How it works today
On the callback
Cody
What, where, how big, how long, which town, photos
Says what needs a licensed pro or a permit
How it works today
Alex tells you
Cody
Plainly and early, in general terms; Alex confirms the specifics
Gives a price
How it works today
Alex prices it after he sees it
Cody
Published regional ranges, labeled as not Alex's; Alex still prices it
Looks at the job in person
How it works today
Alex does
Cody
Alex does every estimate
Holds an estimate visit
How it works today
By call or text, between jobs
Cody
An opening held on the call; Alex confirms
Remembers a customer by phone number
How it works today
Alex's own memory and his phone
Cody
The house and the job, open before hello
Updates a customer on a job in progress
How it works today
Alex tells them
Cody
Reads the status, promises no date, and passes the rest to Alex
Handles a Realtor's Friday deadline or a rental turnover
How it works today
Over a few texts
Cody
Scoped as one visit with the deadline marked; no promise it fits
A morning brief for Alex
How it works today
Whatever he remembers
Cody
Overnight, what needs him, and what's handled
Does the work
How it works today
Alex
Cody
Alex does every job

The job	How it works today	Cody
Answers at 9:15 PM on a Saturday	It goes to voicemail until he's back at his phone	Phone and chat, every hour
Answers while Alex is on a ladder	He texts and calls back between jobs	Picks up every time and hands him a line in his brief
Written way in	The site's form: a name, an email and a message, with no phone field	Phone, chat or the form, with photos asked for
Safety steps for a leak, a sag, sparks or a gas smell	Alex tells you when he reaches you	The first thing said, before any other question
Asks the job questions up front	On the callback	What, where, how big, how long, which town, photos
Says what needs a licensed pro or a permit	Alex tells you	Plainly and early, in general terms; Alex confirms the specifics
Gives a price	Alex prices it after he sees it	Published regional ranges, labeled as not Alex's; Alex still prices it
Looks at the job in person	Alex does	Alex does every estimate
Holds an estimate visit	By call or text, between jobs	An opening held on the call; Alex confirms
Remembers a customer by phone number	Alex's own memory and his phone	The house and the job, open before hello
Updates a customer on a job in progress	Alex tells them	Reads the status, promises no date, and passes the rest to Alex
Handles a Realtor's Friday deadline or a rental turnover	Over a few texts	Scoped as one visit with the deadline marked; no promise it fits
A morning brief for Alex	Whatever he remembers	Overnight, what needs him, and what's handled
Does the work	Alex	Alex does every job

The left column describes how Deluxe Home Improvement works today, from Alex's published contact page and Google profile: a number you can call or text, and a contact form with a name, an email and a message and no phone field. Alex answers his own phone and texts between jobs. It isn't a claim about how well he does it; reviewers say he's responsive and shows up on time. Cody doesn't replace any of that. He covers the hours Alex can't, and Alex still does every estimate and every job. Sources: deluxehi.com contact page, Google Business Profile.

Your phone and your jobs stay yours. The missed calls go away.

Teach

We load what Alex does and doesn't take on, how he talks about permits and older homes, and the price rules. He teaches Cody anything else in the Studio, in his own words, and his answers outrank everything.

Shadow

Cody gets his own phone line and the chat on the site. Alex reads every conversation and every job he opens. Anything Cody can't answer lands in the brief as a gap, never a guess.

Hand off

When Alex trusts him, Cody takes the calls while he's on a ladder and the nights and weekends. Alex gets the morning brief, and decides every estimate, every visit and every price.

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