Suggesting Rates for BoQ Items

1. 1

   Pick the item

   Use the suggest action on a BoQ row for an inline suggestion, or open the row's edit dialog to see the fuller card.

2. 2

   Let it read the context

   The suggestion uses the item's description, quantity, unit, category, and notes, plus the quote's trade and market, so a well-described row gets a better rate than 'Item 4'.

3. 3

   Read the basis

   Every suggestion carries a one-line cost basis, a plain-language explanation, the assumptions it made, the market it priced for, and a confidence level of low, medium, or high.

4. 4

   Apply or ignore

   Apply the rate to the row if it is sound, or dismiss it and type your own. Nothing changes until you accept it.

Low confidence usually means the item description was thin or the work is unusual for the trade. Check the assumptions list before applying any suggestion: it states what the rate does and does not cover, which is where most disagreements with a suggested price actually sit.

Suggested rates are generated, not sourced from a live price book for your suppliers. Your own recent rates, subcontractor prices, and local conditions beat any suggestion. Treat the number as a sanity check on an unfamiliar item, and price the job yourself before it goes to a client.

Suggestions use the same agent credits as AI chat, so they draw on the allowance shown in Settings > Usage. If credits have run out, the rest of the Bill of Quantities keeps working and only the suggestion is unavailable.