Shop Detect
Shop Detect is a Chrome plugin that runs right on top of your Tekmetric repair order. It reads the vehicle, odometer, service history, and inspection, then surfaces the maintenance that is actually due, turns your techs' shorthand into clean customer-ready findings, and writes them straight back into Tekmetric. One tool, no extra logins, no per-seat fees, branded as your shop. We will help you build it for your bays.
Run a shop or a group of shops? Book a Shop Detect walkthrough and we will show you how the inspection flows to the repair order.
Why DVI software adds up
One tool that reads the repair order you already have open, not four subscriptions that never talk.
Value
The maintenance that is actually due, inspection findings in plain language, and previously declined work, all in a side panel while the customer is still in the bay.
Action
Request early access, review the fit for your shop, and we build it around the way you run your bays.
How it works
The workflow is lean: Shop Detect reads the repair order you already have open, surfaces what is due and writes the findings, and sends the result straight back to Tekmetric where the work gets approved.
Step 1
Shop Detect runs as a Chrome plugin on top of Tekmetric and reads the vehicle, odometer, service history, inspection findings, and previously declined jobs automatically. There is no new platform to roll out and nothing new for the bay to learn.
Step 2
Worst first, it flags the maintenance a vehicle is actually overdue for, and AI turns each tech's shorthand into a clean, customer-ready finding while keeping the tech's own words. Your team stops doing data entry between every job.
Step 3
Findings save through Tekmetric's own editor, with a confirm step and one-click undo, so more recommendations turn into approved work instead of getting lost in the shuffle.
Features
Shop Detect reads the repair order you already have open and surfaces the same intelligence a service writer would have to assemble by hand: what is due, findings in plain language, declined work to re-sell, and a branded report, all under your shop's control.
Shop Detect compares the vehicle's odometer and service history against an OEM-tuned maintenance schedule and marks every service overdue, due soon, or up to date, worst first, with a live count. It reads the car's real drivetrain and transmission, so it never recommends a service the vehicle does not have.
It reads the inspection's flagged items and expands a tech's short note into a clear, customer-ready finding that keeps the tech's own words. One click writes it back into Tekmetric through Tekmetric's own editor, with a confirm step, a write-all option, and one-click undo.
The warmest re-sell is the job a customer already turned down. Shop Detect lists previously declined work with the price, date, mileage, and repair order, so nothing stays buried in past tickets.
One click produces a print-ready report in your shop's brand, with the vehicle, odometer, drivetrain, and a color-coded due-now, due-soon, and up-to-date table. Print it or save it as a PDF to hand or email to the customer.
A settings panel lets each shop turn features on or off, set the finding sort order, and override maintenance intervals per service. Change a setting and the recommendations recompute right away.
Shop Detect carries your shop's own brand, so running it on the repair order in front of a customer makes your shop look established, not like it is renting someone else's software. Recommendations are computed right in the browser, and the only thing that leaves is the inspection note sent for AI rewriting, through a secure proxy that keeps the key server-side.
Demo CTA
Book a conversation through the contact page and use that time to review your current inspection workflow, your software stack, and the next step to get Shop Detect running in your bays.
Why we call it Shop Detect
In most of the world, a business with a physical location is simply called a shop. And the RO, the repair order, is where every inspection becomes approved work. Shop Detect is built to take the digital inspection straight to the place that pays the bills, fast, branded as yours, and connected to the tools you already run.
FAQ
These answers stay tied to what Shop Detect does today and the current scope of this rollout.
Shop Detect is a Chrome plugin that runs on top of your Tekmetric repair order. It reads the vehicle, odometer, service history, and inspection, then surfaces the maintenance that is actually due, turns your techs' shorthand into clean customer-ready findings, lists previously declined work, and generates a branded maintenance report. One tool, no extra logins, no per-seat fees.
It compares the vehicle's odometer and service history against an OEM-tuned maintenance schedule and marks each service overdue, due soon, or up to date, worst first. It reads the car's real drivetrain and transmission, so it skips services the vehicle does not have, and shop upsell services are kept separate from OEM-scheduled maintenance.
Yes. Shop Detect expands a tech's short note into a clear, customer-ready finding and writes it back through Tekmetric's own inspection editor, so there is no separate data entry. There is a confirm-before-write step, a write-all option to handle every flagged item in one pass, and one-click undo to restore the originals.
Shop Detect runs in Chrome on top of Tekmetric and reads the repair order you already have open, so your team keeps the workflow they already know. Use the contact page to confirm fit for your specific setup.
Yes. Shop Detect carries your shop's brand, including the printable maintenance report. When a shop manager runs a company-branded plugin on the repair order, it builds credibility with the customer and makes the shop look more established than one using off-the-shelf software.
Shop Detect is rolling out to shops now. Use the contact page to request early access and book a walkthrough, and the Next Level Marketing team will help build it around the way your shop runs its bays.