Built around your shop — not bolted on

By the time they hang up, the cedar swing set bolts is quoted, booked, and on the tech's phone.

Not an AI receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. DispatchNode prices from your playground installation catalog and rules, books the job on the board, collects Stripe, and the tech sees it on their phone.

14-daytrialCrews using GPS-verified site surveys reduce installation rework by 34% compared to phone-only estimatesAvg ticket: $850 average installation
Playground Installation industry scene

Anatomy of a Lost Job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

Birthday party in 3 weeks — parents want the backyard playset assembled and ready.

7:25 PM — No Answer

"Please leave a message or press 1 for..."

7:18 PM - Lead Hangs Up

Searches Google, hires a competitor who answers.

Bottom Line

-$3,200

Estimated Opportunity Lost

The Old Way:
Losing Installs to Voicemail.

A 3-man crew arrives at a property with a 15-degree slope behind the patio. They spend 4 hours hand-digging and grading dirt before they can even unbolt the first cedar crossbeam—burning $600 in labor that was never quoted.

The homeowner measured their yard from the fence to the patio but forgot the mandatory 6-foot safety perimeter on all four sides. The crew stands idle staring at a fence line 4 feet from the proposed swing arc, unable to legally install.

An HOA sends back the approval letter 3 weeks late, freezing a $1,000 deposit and leaving a Tuesday and Wednesday crew slot completely empty on the calendar.

Quote, book, collect, and dispatch — on one call

Quotes from your catalog

Live catalog and rules — not a script that says someone will call you back.

Books it on the board

Confirmed job, not a voicemail. Rhys holds the slot, then writes it onto the board.

Collects, then dispatches

Stripe before hang-up. The tech sees the job, the map, and the notes on their phone.

Anatomy of a booked job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

Birthday party in 3 weeks — parents want the backyard playset assembled and ready.

7:15 PM - Instant Answer

Rhys answers instantly and qualifies the lead.

7:17 PM - Job Booked

Install consultation booked. Site prep checklist sent via SMS. Build crew reserved.

Bottom Line

+$3,200

Revenue Captured While You Slept

Configured to your trade

Call → quote → book → deposit → dispatch

Not a receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. One agent, your rules — on the phone and the widget — and the job lands on the tech's phone.

  1. 01

    Call

    Twilio number or the website widget

  2. 02

    Answer

    Rhys · 29+ languages · first ring

  3. 03

    Quote

    Live catalog and rules

  4. 04

    Book

    Confirmed on the board

  5. 05

    Deposit

    Stripe before hang-up

  6. 06

    Dispatch

    Map + tech's phone

Your playground installation operation — not just the phone

Intake, catalog, and dispatch in your terms. The same person on the call and the widget. Unlimited techs and office.

Your agent, your voice

  • You pick Rhys and the speaking voice — or clone yours
  • Callers hear your shop, not a generic receptionist
  • Knowledge base, pronunciation, and playground installation intake in your language

Dispatch & calendar

  • Live map, travel buffers, recurring routes
  • Time clock with GPS; availability on the call
  • Holds a slot, then books it onto the board

CRM, quotes & jobs

  • Intake and catalog and rules the way your shop already talks
  • Estimates the customer approves by text
  • Jobs created from the call transcript

Get paid

  • Invoices + Stripe links, including mid-call deposits
  • A/R dunning, job costing, 1099 contractor payouts
  • QuickBooks Online & Xero on Starter+

In the field

  • Native iOS & Android — no per-tech fee
  • photos, signatures, and checklists
  • Before/after PDFs and on-my-way ETAs

The customer

  • No-login portal from an SMS link
  • Pay, approve quotes, reschedule, see ETA
  • Reminders, review asks, agreement renewals

Contracts & cadence

  • Service agreements with e-sign review
  • Recurring jobs generated on a cadence
  • 60 / 30 / 7-day renewal reminders

Shop, parts & fleet

  • Pricebook, inventory, vendors, serialized assets
  • Bay, counter, or warehouse when you need them
  • Vehicles, equipment, optional telematics

Office, team & growth

  • 11 roles, audit log, website & campaigns
  • Google + Outlook calendars; Gusto time sync
  • REST + MCP API on Starter — your catalog, your terms

Live today Stripe · Twilio · QuickBooks Online · Xero · Gusto · Google Calendar · Outlook · Slack · CallRail · Lob · Mapbox / Google Maps · REST + MCP

Playground Installation markets

Local AI dispatch pages for top metros — same shop OS, city-specific operating context.

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Rhys - Your AI Voice Agent for Playground Installation

Meet Rhys

Your AI Voice Agent for Playground Installation

Answers the phone, asks for their street address, texts them a deposit link, and drops the confirmed job into your schedule.

Playground Installation — why missed calls hurt

Market reality

A parent stands in their backyard holding a 47-page cedar swing-set manual, staring at a slope they never measured and a fence line that might violate the 6-foot fall-zone clearance. Installations run $500 to $2,500, and every day they delay past April means another week deeper into the summer backlog.

How Rhys wins the job

A parent buys a 3-tier cedar playset online and calls for installation at 7:30 PM on a Sunday. The AI agent answers immediately, texts a link prompting them to upload a photo of the yard slope and measure the distance from the nearest fence to the proposed install spot. It cross-references those dimensions against the 6-foot fall-zone code, confirms clearance, and books the 3-man crew for Thursday at 8:00 AM. A 50% deposit of $625 is collected through a secure payment link—turning a Sunday evening browser into a confirmed job in under 4 minutes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the system verify fall-zone clearance before the crew arrives?

The AI agent texts the homeowner a measurement prompt asking for the distance from each property boundary to the center of the proposed install location. Those four distances are checked against the 6-foot ASTM F1487 clearance requirement stored in the compliance matrix. If any measurement falls short, the system flags the job, suggests repositioning, and recalculates the quote with a leveling surcharge before anyone loads a truck.

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