# AI Concierge for engineers Ask who does anodising, or who you met at the show that made enclosures, and get an answer from your own notes instead of scrolling a contact list. > The AI Concierge answers questions about an engineer's own network in plain language. Ask who does a given process, who you met at a particular show, or who solved a similar problem before, and it answers from the contacts and notes you recorded, with names and the context attached. You rarely open a contact list to browse. You open it because a design changed, a supplier fell through, or a problem you have seen before has come back, and you need a specific person today. The AI Concierge sits on top of the contacts and notes you already recorded and answers that kind of question the way you would ask a colleague across the desk. ## The question is never "show me my contacts" An alphabetical list answers "what was their name", which is the one thing you have already forgotten. The questions that actually come up are about capability and context. - Who do I know that does anodising? - Who was the contract manufacturer with the six-week tooling? - Who did I meet at the show that made machined enclosures? - Who helped with the thermal issue on the last project? ## Ask in ordinary words Type the question the way you would say it. The Concierge reads across your contacts, tags, and notes and answers with names and the context you recorded. 1. Record notes as you go: what they make, their constraints, where you met. 2. Open the Concierge and ask a plain-language question. 3. Get an answer with the specific contacts and the notes behind them. 4. Follow up in the same thread to narrow it down. ## It is only as good as your notes The Concierge does not know anything you did not tell it. It reads what you recorded, which is why the habit of adding a line at the booth is what makes it work later. A contact noted "injection moulding, ABS and PC, six-week tooling, tight tolerances" is answerable. A contact with a name and a company is not. ## Before the show, not just after The obvious use is finding a supplier under deadline. The quieter one is preparation: before a show or a review, ask what you already know about the companies you are about to see. Walking into a booth already knowing what they quoted last year changes the conversation. ## Your notes stay yours The Concierge answers over your own private data. Notes on suppliers, pricing, and constraints are not published, not shared with the company you recorded them about, and not visible to anyone you have not chosen to share with. ## Where it fits alongside the rest Scanning gets people into the list, notes give them context, and the Concierge is how you get them back out. Skipping the notes is what breaks the loop. ## Frequently asked questions ### What can I ask the AI Concierge? Anything your notes could answer: who does a given process, who you met at an event, what a supplier quoted, who to call about a recurring problem. It answers with names and the recorded context. ### Does it work without notes? Only partially. It can find people by name, company, and tag, but the useful answers come from notes, so a line per contact is what makes it work. ### Can I ask about a particular trade show? Yes, if you tagged contacts with the show when you added them. The answer comes back scoped to that event. ### Is my data private? Yes. Contacts and notes are private to you and are not published. The Privacy Policy sets out exactly what is collected and how long it is kept. ### Is it in the free plan? The AI Concierge is a paid feature. Card sharing, a limited number of scans, and CSV export are free. ### Does it replace a supplier database? No. It is a personal network layer over the people you have met. For formal supplier management, export to CSV or sync to your company's system on a paid plan. ## Getting started with the AI Concierge Add a line to the twenty suppliers and peers you deal with most, then ask it something you would otherwise have asked around the office for. ## Get started Ask your own network instead of trying to remember it. [Create your engineer card free](https://www.connectmachine.ai/download-app/) ## More for Engineers - [AI Meeting Notes](https://www.connectmachine.ai/use-case/ai-meeting-notes.md): AI meeting notes free you from scribbling while someone is talking. - [Business card scanning for engineers](https://www.connectmachine.ai/for/engineers/business-card-scanning.md): ConnectMachine's AI scanner turns an engineer's collected business cards into clean contacts. - [Contact management for engineers](https://www.connectmachine.ai/for/engineers/contact-management.md): ConnectMachine keeps an engineer's professional contacts in one private, searchable place. - [Lead capture for engineers](https://www.connectmachine.ai/for/engineers/lead-capture.md): ConnectMachine turns trade shows and technical conferences into captured contacts. - [Digital business cards for engineers](https://www.connectmachine.ai/for/engineers.md): ConnectMachine gives engineers a digital business card that shares discipline, title, and technical profile by QR or link, an AI scanner that turns conference and site-visit cards into clean contacts, and a note on each person recording what they build.