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Answer Every Lockout
Before the Next Shop Does

A locked-out caller dials the next locksmith within seconds. Kai answers instantly 24/7, captures the lockout type, exact location, and vehicle or lock detail, and dispatches your on-call tech with an ETA.

Lockout type capture — home, car, or commercial — on every call
Exact address and location capture for fast dispatch
Vehicle make and model or lock-type capture
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Incoming locksmith call

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Ring
Live pickup
Qualify
Issue captured
Route
Area + urgency
Send
Owner note ready
Locksmith caller verified
Urgency and service area tagged
Handoff prepared for the next system
Example owner note

New locksmith call: issue captured, urgency tagged, address verified, caller ready for the next available window.

24/7
lockouts come in nights, weekends, and holidays
$90-$350
value range on a single lockout job
seconds
before a locked-out caller dials the next locksmith
70%
of calls arrive after hours and on weekends
FIELD GUIDE

How Kai Handles Calls for Locksmith

Kai is trained around the actual calls that reach locksmith teams: urgency, qualification, routing, booking, and follow-up.

Lockout Call

Kai Captures the Whole Lockout While Your Hands Are Full

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A locked-out caller is your easiest job. Kai gets every detail so your tech rolls without a callback.

Kai captures the lockout type — home, car, or commercial — the exact location, and the vehicle make and model or the lock type.

It confirms the best callback number and how soon they need someone so dispatch happens while the caller is still on the line.

seconds
before a locked-out caller dials the next locksmith
$90-$350
value range on a single lockout job
Dispatch

Kai Screens Emergencies and Dispatches the On-Call Tech

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An active lockout and a routine rekey should not be treated the same. Kai sorts them on the call.

Kai tells a same-hour lockout apart from a routine rekey or quote and routes emergencies to your on-call tech first.

Every emergency goes out as a dispatch-ready ticket with an ETA so the caller stays your job.

Emergency lockout

Lockout type, exact location, vehicle or lock detail, and contact dispatched to the on-call tech.

Routine rekey

Lock change or quote captured and scheduled without clogging the urgent line.

Dispatch Handoff

Kai Sends Dispatch-Ready Jobs Into Your Workflow

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The goal is not a longer transcript. The goal is a dispatch-ready ticket your tech can run.

Kai can pass jobs to Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, GoHighLevel, Google Calendar, Zapier, or custom workflows.

Each job includes lockout type, location, vehicle or lock detail, urgency, and contact so the tech rolls without a callback.

24/7
lockouts come in nights, weekends, and holidays
70%
of calls arrive after hours and on weekends
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FRONT DESK CALL MAP // LOCKSMITH

Every call your front desk takes

A locked-out caller dials the next locksmith within seconds. Here is every call your line takes — and the ones Kai answers and dispatches before the next shop picks up.

Kai, from the first call
Your team (Kai takes the first touch)
7 of 9 calls covered from minute one

Answer & qualify the call

Answer the lockout and capture the type

Greets with your company name, gets whether it is a home, car, or commercial lockout, the exact location, and how urgent it is.

Capture the details into the record

Get the vehicle or lock detail and contact into the system

Vehicle make and model or the lock type, callback number, address, and how they heard about you — written to your dispatch software on the call.

Book the appointment

Schedule the rekey or lock change

For non-urgent work, offers an arrival window, books the visit, and sends a confirmation text and email.

Triage & route

Screen emergency lockout vs. routine work

Tells an active same-hour lockout apart from a routine rekey or quote request.

Dispatch the emergency to the on-call tech

Sends a dispatch-ready ticket with location and detail to the on-call tech with an ETA instead of dropping it in voicemail.

Outbound follow-up

Follow up on the quote you sent

Calls back high-intent rekey and lock-change quotes so the job does not go to a faster shop.

Cancellations & gap-fill

Re-dispatch on cancellations and overruns

Reshuffles the day and offers freed-up windows to waiting customers so the schedule stays full.

Money & resolution

Past-due invoice callsStays with your team

Working out terms on an unpaid job is a human conversation.

Kai sends the first courtesy reminder and logs the reply.

Resolve a complaintStays with your team

The callback and the make-good stay with your team.

Kai answers, documents the complaint, and flags it to you immediately.

Kai owns the front-office call — answer, qualify, capture, book, remind, and the first-touch follow-up. The judgment calls — negotiating money, resolving a complaint — stay with your team, and Kai still answers, documents, and hands them straight to you.

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Missed-call risks

Fix the calls that make customers call someone else

Kai is built for the messy, high-intent moments where speed, context, and calm follow-through decide who gets the job.

Locked-Out Callers Will Not Wait

What breaks

Someone stuck on the curb or beside their car dials three locksmiths at once and goes with whoever picks up first. A voicemail loses the job before you ever hear it.

What Kai does

Kai answers every call instantly, captures the lockout type, exact location, and vehicle or lock detail, and dispatches your on-call tech with an ETA while the caller is still on the line

You Are Already On a Job

What breaks

You are picking a lock or cutting a key when the next lockout calls. It rings out, and that easy $180 job goes to the shop down the road.

What Kai does

Kai answers while your hands are full, screens emergency from routine, and sends a dispatch-ready ticket so you finish the current job without losing the next one

After-Hours Calls Are the Bread and Butter

What breaks

Most lockouts happen nights and weekends when no one is at a desk. Those after-hours calls are your highest-margin work — and a dead voicemail throws them away.

What Kai does

Kai answers 24/7, captures every detail, flags emergencies, and gets the on-call tech moving so no late-night lockout ever hits a dead line

Included setup

Everything your locksmith line needs

The first version is not a blank bot. It starts with the call handling, routing, and follow-up patterns this vertical already needs.

Lockout type capture — home, car, or commercial — on every call
Exact address and location capture for fast dispatch
Vehicle make and model or lock-type capture
Emergency vs. routine screening on the call
Best callback number and ETA confirmation
On-call tech dispatch with a ready-to-go ticket
Job logged to your dispatch software within minutes
After-hours and weekend call capture with full notes
Routine rekey and lock-change scheduling
On-call tech alerts on every emergency lockout
Compatible systems

Works with the tools you already use

No rip-and-replace. Kai plugs into calendars, CRMs, and field-service systems so the phone line can become useful quickly.

Jobber
Creates dispatch-ready jobs in real-time
Housecall Pro
Books and dispatches automatically
ServiceTitan
Writes new jobs to your board
Google Calendar
Schedules rekeys and lock changes
GoHighLevel
Triggers follow-up automations
Zapier
Connects to 5,000+ apps
Your CRM
Custom integration in 48 hours
Custom Integration
Any dispatch software you run
ROI analysis

Calculate the missed-call impact

See the direct financial impact of installing Kai as your primary intake line.

Current line

Without Locksmith AI

  • ×120 monthly calls
  • ×70% arrive after hours / weekends
  • ×Locked-out callers dial the next shop in seconds
  • ×$180 average lockout job
Monthly leakage
$8,000+/month in lost lockouts
With Kai

Answered and routed

  • ✓Every call answered + fully captured
  • ✓Emergencies dispatched to the on-call tech with an ETA
  • ✓Routine rekeys and lock changes scheduled
  • ✓$180 average lockout job
Monthly recovered value
$12,000+/month in protected jobs

ROI: A handful of saved lockouts pays for the year

Base framework: $69/month flat — no per-call fees

FAQs

Common questions

01What details does Kai capture on a lockout call?

Kai captures the lockout type — home, car, or commercial — the exact address or location, the vehicle make and model or the type of lock, and whether it is an emergency. It confirms the best callback number and how soon someone needs to be there, then hands your on-call tech a dispatch-ready ticket instead of a half-finished voicemail.

02Can Kai handle after-hours and weekend lockouts?

Yes — that is the bread and butter. Most locksmith calls come in nights, weekends, and holidays, exactly when no one is at a desk. Kai answers instantly 24/7, captures the lockout details, and dispatches the on-call tech with an ETA so the locked-out caller is not left on the curb dialing the next shop.

03A caller is locked out of their car in a parking lot. What does Kai do?

Kai stays calm, confirms it is an auto lockout, gets the vehicle make and model, the exact parking-lot address or cross streets, and whether anyone or a pet is inside. It marks the call an emergency, alerts your on-call tech, and gives the caller a realistic ETA so they stay on your job instead of calling the next locksmith.

04Which scheduling and CRM tools does Kai integrate with?

Kai passes jobs into Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, GoHighLevel, Google Calendar, and Zapier (5,000+ apps), and supports custom integrations for whatever dispatch software you run — typically built within 48 hours. Each job includes lockout type, location, vehicle or lock detail, urgency, and contact.

05How much does a missed lockout call cost me?

A single lockout job is worth $90–$350, and a locked-out caller dials the next locksmith within seconds when no one answers. With most calls arriving after hours and on weekends, the jobs you miss are the easy money. Kai answers all of them for a flat monthly price — a couple of saved lockouts cover it for the whole month.

06Can Kai tell an emergency lockout from a routine rekey?

Yes. Kai screens the call to separate an active lockout that needs someone same-hour from a routine rekey, lock change, or quote request. Emergencies get routed to your on-call tech right away with a dispatch ticket; routine work gets captured and scheduled so nothing clogs the urgent line.

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