Project: Paint a bedroom
You'll need: primer, paint, roller kit, tape, drop cloth, tray, sandpaper
In stock here: 8 recommended items
Next step: choose room size and finish
Home improvement
AI project advisor kiosks for home improvement stores
Help shoppers turn "I want to fix this" into the right materials, tools, steps, and store path.
Biscuit gives the aisle a helpful project guide. Customers explain the goal in plain language, and the kiosk asks the right follow-ups, checks what is available, builds a practical list, and brings in staff when the project needs expert help.
- Project planning
- Materials and tools
- In-stock guidance
- Staff handoff
Project advisor
What are you working on today?
I'm painting a bedroom.I need to fix a leaky faucet.I want shelves for a garage wall.What do I need for a tile backsplash?
- Describe
- Plan
- Build list
- Find aisle
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Shoppers bring projects, not product names
Most home improvement shoppers do not walk in with a perfect SKU list. They walk in with a project.
"I'm painting a nursery." "I need to patch drywall." "I want to organize my garage." "My faucet is leaking." "I'm not sure which tool I need."
That creates a gap between the shopper's goal and the store's catalog. Biscuit closes that gap with a guided conversation.
What the kiosk helps shoppers do
Biscuit acts like a first-stop project guide. It helps customers get oriented before they search shelves or wait for an associate.
Scope the project
Ask about the room, surface, size, material, budget, skill level, timeline, and desired result.
Build the materials list
Turn the project into a practical list of products, tools, accessories, and prep items.
Recommend in-stock products
Prioritize items available at the current store, with substitutions when the first choice is not available.
Explain the tradeoffs
Compare options in plain language: finish, durability, size, compatibility, price, effort, or use case.
Send shoppers to the shelf
Show aisle, bay, shelf, QR list, cart handoff, or pickup path depending on the store setup.
Bring in staff at the right moment
Route complex, risky, high-value, or uncertain projects to an associate with useful context.
How the project workflow works
A good project advisor should not dump a long checklist on the shopper. It should ask just enough to make the next step obvious.
- 01
The shopper describes the project
Examples include paint a bedroom, install shelves, fix a leak, start a small herb garden, or replace a light fixture.
- 02
Biscuit asks practical follow-ups
The kiosk checks size, surface, material, skill level, tools already owned, timing, budget, style preferences, and safety considerations.
- 03
The kiosk builds a plan
Biscuit maps the goal to approved project guidance, product categories, compatibility rules, inventory, and store layout.
- 04
The shopper gets a useful list
The output can include materials, tools, quantities, accessories, prep steps, aisle locations, and a QR code to save the list.
- 05
Staff step in when needed
When the project needs judgment, code knowledge, cutting, mixing, tool rental, or specialist help, the kiosk sends the shopper to the right person.
Project categories
The same project-advisor model can support many home improvement moments.
Paint and surface prep
Help shoppers choose paint type, finish, primer, brushes, rollers, tape, drop cloths, sanding, and cleanup items.
Repairs and maintenance
Guide basic repair projects, parts lookup, compatibility questions, and staff handoff for anything uncertain.
Storage and organization
Turn room goals into shelving, bins, hooks, fasteners, labels, rails, and install guidance.
Garden and outdoor
Support soil, plants, planters, irrigation basics, seasonal care, tools, and outdoor project lists.
Flooring and tile
Help shoppers understand materials, quantities, underlayment, adhesive, grout, trim, tools, and specialist handoff.
Smart home and lighting
Compare products, compatibility, accessories, setup needs, and when an electrician or specialist should help.
Plumbing and fixtures
Guide simple fixture and parts questions, then route leaks, unknown parts, and safety concerns to staff.
Tool rental and services
Help shoppers understand which tool or service may fit the project, then send them to the right counter.
A useful project guide for every stakeholder
The kiosk helps shoppers get moving, but the value reaches the aisle, the associate team, and the merchandising team.
Shoppers
A clearer plan, fewer forgotten items, and more confidence before buying.
Retailers
Better assisted selling in high-consideration aisles, even when associates are busy.
Store staff
Fewer repetitive where-do-I-start questions and better handoffs when expertise matters.
Brands and merchants
A better way to explain product fit, bundles, compatibility, and project use cases near the shelf.
Operations teams
Interaction data shows which projects drive demand, which products are hard to understand, and where shoppers get stuck.
Clients
Deployment model
A project advisor works best when the AI, product data, inventory, store layout, and staff model are designed together.
Placement
Put the kiosk where shoppers pause: paint desk, tool rental, plumbing aisle, electrical aisle, garden center, lumber, flooring, endcaps, or project displays.
Product and project data
Connect product descriptions, attributes, compatibility rules, project guides, buying guides, dimensions, safety notes, reviews, FAQs, and approved brand content.
Inventory and location
Use store-level availability, aisle and bay data, substitutions, bundle logic, and fallback rules so recommendations are useful in that store.
Interface
Support touchscreen, voice, QR list, comparison cards, project checklists, material calculators, shopping lists, and staff alerts.
Integrations
Connect catalogs, inventory, store maps, pickup or cart flows, appointment tools, tool rental, services desks, CRM, analytics, and associate notifications where approved.
Operations
Review failed intents, update project content, monitor kiosk uptime, tune recommendations, and train staff on handoff paths.
Designed to help without pretending to be the contractor
Home improvement advice needs clear limits. Biscuit should guide, explain, compare, prepare, and route. It should not replace licensed trades, building-code decisions, structural engineering, or safety-critical judgment.
For electrical, gas, structural, plumbing, chemical, ladder, cutting, load-bearing, or permit-related questions, the kiosk should use conservative language and hand off to staff, a licensed professional, or official guidance.
That boundary protects the shopper and makes the kiosk more useful. It gives people a better first step without overpromising.
What to measure
The kiosk should show which projects shoppers are trying to solve and where the store experience needs help.
- Sessions by location
- Top project intents
- Product categories explored
- Recommended item clicks or saves
- Project lists created
- QR list sends
- Out-of-stock recommendation attempts
- Substitution rate
- Staff handoff rate
- Average session length
- Languages selected
- Abandoned sessions
- Failed or unsupported intents
- Missing-product questions
- Customer satisfaction
- Basket attach opportunities
Why Biscuit AI
Biscuit AI is built for customer-facing AI in physical places: aisles, counters, lobbies, and service points where people need help now.
For home improvement, Biscuit adds the layer a shelf tag cannot provide: plain-language project understanding, inventory-aware recommendations, guided lists, staff handoff, multilingual support, and analytics from real shopper questions.
Project-aware
Understands goals, constraints, materials, tools, and practical next steps.
Physical-first
Designed for real aisles, signage, store layout, staff handoff, and customer flow.
Improves over time
Shows what shoppers ask, where they stall, and which project journeys need better content or merchandising.
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Help shoppers start the project with confidence
Biscuit AI can help map your project journeys, connect product and inventory data, design the kiosk experience, define staff handoffs, and measure what shoppers need in the aisle.