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How Handy works

Handy builds and edits estimates and runs parts of your business from chat. See where to open it and how it uses your data and credits.

Written by Handoff Support

Handy (Handoff's AI assistant) is the assistant you chat with to create estimates, change them, and handle other work in Handoff. You open it from the Ask Handy button, describe what you want in plain language, and it acts on your jobs, clients, and documents.

Available on all plans. Works on desktop and in the mobile app.

What Handy does

Handy works across your account, not only inside estimates. It can:

  • Create an estimate from a job description, files, or photos.

  • Edit an existing estimate, such as reorganizing sections, changing markup, or adding line items.

  • Answer questions about an estimate, such as why a line is priced the way it is.

  • Create and update projects, clients, proposals, and invoices.

  • Draft documents and generate images.

Handy's shortcuts: Daily brief, Estimate, AI Takeoff, Insights, AI documents, Generate images, and Create schedule.

For the full list, see What you can ask Handy to do.

Some tools depend on your plan, so Handy only offers what your plan includes. It also follows your role. If your role can't edit estimates, Handy tells you that instead of changing one.

Where you talk to Handy

Select Ask Handy to open the chat. For where it sits on each platform and a full tour, see How to use the Handy chat.

How Handy uses your data

Your current chat wins over your presets and catalogs, and both win over memory. For the full order, see How Handoff prices an estimate. For saved rules, see How to teach Handoff your estimating preferences (AI instructions).

Before it builds an estimate, Handy can also look at your past work. See How Handy researches your past work and How Handy learns your preferences.

AI credits

Each message you send to Handy uses 1 AI credit on the Flex plan. Pro, Scale, and trial accounts have no limit. See How AI credits work for limits, resets, and Live Mode.

You can also connect Claude or ChatGPT to your account. See How to connect your AI assistant to Handoff (MCP).

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