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Axel AI

Ask Axel. Find any job, invoice or MOT history in seconds.

Axel is the AI assistant built into AutoChain. Ask a question in plain English and it finds jobs and invoices, pulls a vehicle's MOT history, checks who's free and opens prefilled booking, estimate and customer forms, so your team spends less time clicking through screens.

Every garage loses time hunting through screens: which invoice was that, when did this car last have its brakes done, who's free at two o'clock? Axel answers those questions for you. It's an AI assistant built into AutoChain that understands plain English and works with your own garage data. Ask it to find a job by registration, pull up an invoice by customer name, check a vehicle's official MOT history or tell you which technicians are free tomorrow morning, and the answer comes back as a card you can click straight into. When you want to act, Axel opens a prefilled booking, estimate or customer form so you can check the details and confirm. With a HaynesPro subscription it can also answer technical questions, from repair times to fault codes, by registration.

  • First month free on the core plan
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  • Set up in about 10 minutes
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What's included

Every capability, at a glance

Everything on this page is in the core plan (£69.99/mo + VAT) unless it's marked as an add-on. SMS (£15/mo, 200 credits included) and HaynesPro (£49.99/mo per site) are optional add-ons. Prices exclude VAT.

  • Find jobs and invoices by reg, customer name or postcode
  • Official DVSA MOT history for any vehicle, including tests done elsewhere
  • When did this car last have an MOT, service or brake work?
  • Latest vehicle health check as a traffic-light summary
  • Check which technicians are free at a given time
  • Opens prefilled booking, estimate and customer forms for you to confirm
  • HaynesPro answers on repair times, service schedules and fault codes (HaynesPro add-on)
  • Open it from the sidebar, the search bar or with Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac)
  • Runs on pay-as-you-go AI credits (AI credits add-on), with free starter credits to try it
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How it works

Simple from day one

Setup takes about 10 minutes and there's no training course to sit through. Built for busy garages.

  1. Open Axel from anywhere

    Click Axel AI in the sidebar, use the "Search or ask Axel" bar, or press Ctrl+K (⌘K on a Mac). On a desktop Axel docks beside the page you are on; on a phone it opens full screen.

  2. Ask in plain English

    Type a question the way you would ask a colleague, such as "When did this vehicle last have an MOT?" or "What jobs are scheduled for next week?". Suggested prompts help you get started.

  3. Get answers you can click into

    Axel replies with cards for the jobs, invoices, MOT history or health checks it found. Click one to open it, or print an invoice straight from the card.

  4. Confirm anything that changes your data

    Axel never changes your records on its own. When you ask it to book a job or add a customer, it opens the form with the details filled in and you check and save it.

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Why it matters

The real impact on your garage

  1. Answers in seconds, not screens

    Instead of searching the jobs list, then the invoices, then the vehicle record, ask one question and get the answer with a link straight to it.

  2. MOT history on demand

    Axel pulls the official DVSA MOT history for any registration, including tests done at other garages, so you can answer a customer's question while they are still on the phone.

  3. You stay in control

    Axel only reads your data and opens forms. Nothing is booked, created or changed until someone on your team confirms it.

  4. Technical answers with HaynesPro

    With a HaynesPro subscription, Axel can look up repair times, service schedules, timing belt information, recalls, fault codes and warning lights for a vehicle by registration.

  5. Built for the whole team

    Managers, site managers, service advisors and technicians can all use Axel, and each person only sees their own conversation history.

  6. Pay only for what you use

    Axel runs on AI credits. Every business gets free starter credits, then you top up from inside Axel when you need more. There is no monthly AI fee.

FAQ

Axel AI: common questions

Straight answers to what garages ask us about this feature.

What is Axel AI?

Axel is the AI assistant built into AutoChain. You ask it questions in plain English and it searches your garage's own jobs, invoices, vehicles and bookings, pulls DVSA MOT history, and opens prefilled forms for bookings, estimates and customers.

Can Axel make changes to my data?

No. Axel only reads data and opens screens. When you ask it to create a booking, estimate or customer, it opens the form with the details filled in and a member of your team checks and saves it.

How much does Axel AI cost?

Axel uses pay-as-you-go AI credits, where one credit is 1p. Each reply uses credits based on how much work it takes, every business gets free starter credits, and you top up from inside Axel. There is no monthly AI subscription.

Can Axel answer technical questions about a car?

Yes, if your garage has a HaynesPro subscription. Axel can then look up repair times, service schedules, timing belt information, recalls and bulletins, fault codes, warning lights, fuses and repair manuals for a vehicle by registration.

Who can see my conversations with Axel?

Only you. Conversation history is private to the user who started it, and Axel only works with data from your own business. You can delete a single chat or your whole history at any time.

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