AI-assisted reporting, with the surveyor in charge
Report Metric uses AI to draft your snagging and condition reports from site notes, walk-round recordings and photos. You check every item against the source it shows, enter every cost and sign the report off. The AI drafts; the professional decides.
What the AI does, and what you do
Report Metric uses an AI model to turn the evidence from a walk-round into a first draft of your report. It is assisted reporting: the AI drafts, you decide.
| The AI drafts | You decide |
|---|---|
| Items by location or element: what was found, the action, a severity or condition rating and a timescale | Whether each item is right, in the right place and rated as you would rate it. You can change every field. |
| The note line or photo behind each item, quoted on the item | Whether that source really supports what the item says |
| A short summary of what was inspected, with no counts | The summary your client reads, and the opinion in it |
| Nothing about money | Every cost. The software adds up the totals. |
| Nothing is issued by the software | Sign-off, with your name, role and date. Until then every page says DRAFT. |
The checks built around the draft
- Sources on every item. Each item shows the line from your notes or the photo it came from, so checking it takes seconds, not a search.
- Quotes checked against the notes. If a quoted line cannot be found in the notes, the item is flagged for checking with that reason.
- Flags only for real doubt. A vague line, an unclear photo or a location the AI had to infer is flagged. Everything else is plainly a draft to check.
- Summary counts checked. If the summary gives a count that does not match the report, it is flagged before sign-off.
- No money from the AI. A drafted sum of money is flagged. Totals by element and timescale are worked out by the software from your figures.
- A review tick for every item. Sign-off stays closed until every item is ticked reviewed and every flag is dealt with.
- A full history. The draft (which model, when), every edit with the old and new wording, each review, the sign-off, any unlock and every export are recorded on the report.
- DRAFT on every page of an unsigned Word or PDF export, so a draft cannot pass for an issued report.
The RICS standard on responsible use of AI
RICS published Responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice, a professional standard (1st edition, September 2025). It has been in effect since 9 March 2026 and applies to RICS members and regulated firms where AI output has a material impact on the service, such as a draft that goes into a report. Its duties fall on members and firms, not on software. This is how Report Metric helps a firm meet the ones it touches, and what stays with you.
| What the standard asks | How Report Metric helps | What stays with you |
|---|---|---|
| Professional judgement on whether each AI output can be relied on | Every item shows its source; quotes are checked; doubtful items are flagged; every item needs a review tick | The judgement itself, and recording it in the way your firm decides |
| A named, suitably qualified surveyor responsible for the output | Sign-off records the name, role and date and locks the report; an unlock records who and when | Who signs, and that they are competent to |
| Records that show how AI was used | The report's history: the model and time of the draft, every edit with old and new wording, reviews, sign-off, unlocks and exports | Your firm's register of AI systems, its responsible use policy and its risk register |
| Telling clients in writing, before AI is used, when and how it is used | A plain description of how the drafting works and where it can go wrong, on this page and in the questions | Your terms of engagement, including how a client can contest the use of AI or opt out |
| Protecting private and confidential data | Only the notes and photos for that report are sent, in one request, to write the draft; nothing else leaves your workspace | Written client consent before drafting, and leaving out anything the report does not need |
| Due diligence before using an AI system | Send AI Metric your due diligence questions and we answer them in writing | Assessing the answers and deciding whether the tool is right for the job |
| Knowing what AI can and cannot do | The limits below, stated plainly | Your own training and judgement |
This is our summary of the standard, not its wording. Read the standard itself on rics.org. Report Metric is not approved, accredited or endorsed by RICS or any professional body, and using it does not by itself meet the standard.
Where the AI can be wrong
- It only knows what your notes, transcript and photos show. A defect nobody mentioned or photographed will not be in the draft.
- A mis-heard word in a transcript, or handwriting it cannot read, can become a wrong item. The quoted source on the item is how you spot it.
- It can put an item in the wrong location or under the wrong element when the notes are unclear. Those items are flagged as inferred.
- Its rating is a starting point in your firm's scale. The rating that goes to your client is yours.
- There is no accuracy percentage, because the right measure is your review of every item, not a score.
Common questions
Is Report Metric AI-assisted reporting?
Yes. An AI model drafts the items of a snagging or condition report from your site notes, walk-round transcript and photos. A person checks every item against its source, enters every cost and signs the report off before it can be issued.
Does Report Metric meet the RICS standard on responsible use of AI?
No software can meet it for you: the duties sit with RICS members and regulated firms. Report Metric helps a firm meet several of them, with sources shown for every item, a review tick per item, a named sign-off and a full history of the draft and every change. Report Metric is not approved or endorsed by RICS.
Does the AI write the costs?
No. The draft never contains costs. The reviewer types every cost and the software adds up the totals by element and timescale. A sum of money in a draft is flagged for checking.
What happens to client data when a report is drafted?
The notes and photos for that report go to the AI model provider in one request to write the draft. The RICS standard expects written client consent before private or confidential data goes into an AI system, so get it before you draft, and leave out anything the report does not need.
See it on the reports you write
Report Metric is in early access. AI Metric sets up each firm's workspace with its own report types, wording and branding, and shows it working on made-up site notes first.