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How to Create an Invoice with the AI Invoice Generator

Learn how to use Invoicer's AI invoice generator to create and edit invoices

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Written by Invoicer
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Invoicer.ai offers an AI invoice generator that allows you to create invoices and estimates by chatting (prompting) with it. Read on to learn how.

Enabling the chat interface

The first thing you need to do to get started is to click the AI Assistant icon in the header to open the chat interface:

Invoicer.ai AI Assistant

When you do this you will see the chat interface slide out from the left, on large screens, or from the bottom if you are on a mobile device.

Chatting with the AI Assistant

From the chat interface you can type into the chat box to ask it questions or tell it to perform actions.

In the screenshot below you can see the prompts that were entered and the responses from the AI:
1. Create an invoice for the client

2. Add line items for different services and costs with rates, hours, and taxes

3. Add descriptions to the line items

Invoicer.ai AI chat interface

What can the AI Assistant do?

Actions

You might be wondering what the AI Assistant can do. Right now, the assistant can perform the following actions:

  • Create and edit clients

  • Pick existing clients

  • Update your account information

  • Create and edit line items

  • Pick existing items

  • Edit issued and due dates

  • Edit the currency

  • Edit the PDF language

  • Edit the invoice number

  • Edit the reference number

  • Add discounts

  • Add deposits

  • Add payments

  • Add and edit tax

  • Pick existing tax

  • Add and edit shipping cost

  • Edit notes

  • Edit terms

  • Edit color

Information

In addition to the actions above, the AI Assistant can also query your account data to provide useful information, like "Which clients have outstanding invoices?"

What can't the AI Assistant do?

There are limitations to what the assistant can do. At this time, the assistant can't perform the following actions:

  • Send documents

  • Create documents from an uploaded document

  • Enable and edit reminders

  • Add attachments to documents

  • Change the PDF template

Example prompts

Below are some example prompts you can ask the AI:

Invoice creation

  • “Create a new invoice for Susan White.”

  • “Add a 10% discount and $25 shipping.”

  • “Change the due date to October 15.”

Clients and items

  • “Add a new client called Apex Builders.”

  • “Add an existing item called Website Hosting.”

  • "Add line items for interior painting $50/hour for 10 hours and exterior painting $50/hour for 15 hours."

Payments and tax

  • “Add a $250 payment to invoice INV-101.”

  • “Add 5% GST to the current invoice.”

Information and summaries

  • “Which clients haven’t paid yet?”

  • “Show me invoices due this week.”

  • “What’s my total revenue this month?”

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