Every call answered. Your bays, full.
Curly IQ's AI receptionist picks up every call to your shop, captures the vehicle and the problem, and books the job straight into your calendar, so your mechanics stay under the hood and the phone never rings out.
- 2 sec
- to pick up
- 3.4×
- more booked jobs
- 24/7
- calls answered
Incoming call
Answered on the first ring, day, night or mid-repair
AI takes the details
Vehicle, problem and urgency captured in a natural conversation
Job booked
Confirmed slot lands straight in your shop's calendar
The problem
Every unanswered call is a repair job going to the shop down the road.
Missed calls are missed jobs
When your techs have their hands in an engine, the phone goes to voicemail. Most callers won't leave a message, they simply call the next shop on the list.
The front desk is stretched thin
Answering the same questions about hours, pricing and availability while customers wait at the counter. Hours disappear into calls that a system could handle.
After hours, the phones go dark
Warning lights and breakdowns don't keep shop hours. If nobody picks up evenings and weekends, those bookings go to whoever answers first.
How it works
From first ring to confirmed repair booking, handled.
One AI receptionist, set up around how auto repair shops actually run, not a generic call-answering service reading from a script.
- 01
Answers every call, instantly
Curly IQ's AI receptionist picks up on the first ring, greets callers with your shop's name, and never leaves anyone on hold or sent to voicemail.
- 02
Takes the details like a service advisor
It captures the caller's name, the vehicle's make, model and year, the symptoms or service needed, and how urgent it is, asking the same questions your front desk would.
- 03
Answers the common questions
Hours, location, services and pricing guidance, using only the information you approve. Anything it isn't sure about goes to your team by text.
- 04
Books straight into the calendar
Callers are offered live availability and booked directly into your shop's calendar, then confirmed and reminded by text to cut down on no-shows.
Results
Built to move the numbers that matter to an auto repair shop.
Illustrative benchmarks for the Curly IQ AI receptionist across independent repair shops and mechanics.
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Average time to pick up a call, even when every bay is busy
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More booked repair jobs from the same call volume
24/7
Coverage on nights, weekends and while your techs are under a car
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Lower cost than staffing a full-time front desk for the same hours
About Curly IQ
Business automation, built on real industry experience.
Curly IQ is a business automation company that pairs decades of hands-on experience in operations and sales with intelligent systems that work around the clock. Today we're focused on one job: an AI receptionist that keeps auto repair shops' phones answered and their calendars full.
Rebecca Faulkner
Co-Founder
Rebecca brings 25+ years in mortgage banking and financial services, with deep expertise in underwriting, credit risk, operations, leadership and process improvement. She applies that same discipline to Curly IQ, designing the call handling and escalation logic so every call follows a clear, reliable process.
Katy Faulkner
Co-Founder
Katy's background is in insurance sales, CRM and customer relationship management, lead engagement, follow-up and customer acquisition. She shapes how the AI receptionist talks to callers, captures their details and follows up, so every enquiry feels personal and turns into a booking.
What shop owners say
“We used to lose calls every time we were all busy in the bays. Now every caller gets answered and the jobs are in the calendar when we look up.”
“It asks what our service advisor would: the vehicle, the symptoms, how urgent. By the time the car arrives, we already know what we're dealing with.”
Questions
Common questions from auto shop owners
Get started
Hear your shop's AI receptionist answer its first call.
Book a short strategy call with the Curly IQ team. We'll look at how many calls your shop misses today and show you exactly how the AI receptionist would handle them.
- No long-term lock-in
- Set up around your services, hours and pricing
- Live within two to three weeks
Pick a time that works for you
Grab a slot directly on our calendar. We'll ask a few questions about your shop and call volume, then let you hear the AI receptionist live before you commit to anything.
- 20 minutes, no prep needed
- Video call, link sent instantly
- Free walkthrough, zero obligation
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