Answer renter questions and schedule tours
From the linked report, zillow Rentals embeds an EliseAI-powered agent called AI Assist in its listings. It replies to renter inquiries from the first message, schedules tours, and follows up after tours, around the clock. From October 2025 to April 2026, renters who engaged with AI Assist were 43% more likely to apply, 19% more likely to book a tour and 24% more likely to sign a lease.
- Agent or tool
- Custom agent
- Topic
- Productivity
- Reported on
- X
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Small, repetitive tasks eat more of the week than anyone likes to admit. Cases like this show an agent taking a chore off someone's plate end to end, not just suggesting what to do. It is one of 196 sightings filed under Productivity on Agent Sightings (number 179 by interest), and one of 182 involving Custom agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into your own agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Help me answer renter questions and schedule tours. Break it into steps, show your work, and wait for confirmation before anything irreversible, paid, or outbound.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/vibegoat. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.