Context Layer
Clients cannot tell a routine finding from a serious one. Context Layer answers that inside the report, on every defect, with nothing extra for you to type.
What is the Context Layer?
The Context Layer is a feature in Hive, the AI home inspection software, that adds market context to each defect in an inspection report. Next to the finding, the client sees roughly what share of homes have the same issue nationally and in that state, plus a short read on how involved the repair usually is. It appears in a separate box labelled Hive Context and marked as an AI Market Insight, so it is clearly Hive analysis rather than the inspector's own observation.
- What it does
- Adds market context to each defect in the report
- What it shows
- Share of homes with the issue nationally and in the state, plus ease of repair
- How it is labelled
- A separate Hive Context box, marked AI Market Insight
- Generated
- On publish, or when you generate a PDF beforehand
- Availability
- On request, for members on a recurring subscription
- Can be switched off
- Per report, from the three dot menu, then publish again
What it adds to every defect
- How often the issue turns up in homes across the United States or Canada
- How often it turns up in the state the property is in, so the number means something locally
- A two line read on how involved the repair usually is
- A separate box, labelled Hive Context and marked AI Market Insight
- All of it inline with the finding, where the client is already reading
How the Context Layer works
You ask for it once. After that it runs on its own, and you can pull it from any single report.
Ask us to switch it on
Context Layer is turned on by request, for subscribers on a recurring plan. Message us on the chat bubble with the templates you want it running on and we enable it for your account.
Inspect the way you already do
Nothing changes on site. You do not write the context, tag anything for it or answer extra questions. Your findings are your findings.
The context is generated with the report
Hive produces it when you publish the report, or when you generate a PDF ahead of publishing. Either works from the web editor or the mobile app.
Pull it from a report whenever you want
If a client would rather read the report without it, open the report in the web editor, use the three dot menu to switch Context Layer off, and publish again.
Why inspectors turn it on
Reports stop reading as alarmist
Some red defects, like a missing smoke detector, frighten clients even though they are not deal-killers. With the context in place your reports do not read as alarmist, which matters most for first-time buyers.
Fewer calls after delivery
Context Layer is expected to reduce the follow-up calls you get after releasing a report.
Expectations set before the contractor
The ease of repair line gives clients a sense of the work involved before they start ringing around for quotes.
Worth knowing
Enabled on request
It is not a switch in settings. Ask us on chat, name the templates, and we enable it for your account. Recurring subscription only.
The data is ours
The numbers come from a proprietary AI model Hive developed in house, and we keep improving it.
The format is fixed for now
The box looks the same on every report. More configuration may follow once we have heard what inspectors want from it.
Labelled so nobody confuses it with your findings
It sits in its own Hive Context box, marked as an AI Market Insight, so a client can see it comes from Hive rather than from your inspection. Look it over on your own reports before you ask us to turn it on.
Context Layer questions, answered
More background on how the AI works is on the AI home inspection software page, or email us at [email protected].
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