---
title: "Create and configure a service"
description: "Use the seven-step Interlinked service wizard to define an outcome, price, payment, scheduling, questions, details, image, and activation choice."
section: "Services"
url: https://interlinked-ai.com/en/resources/docs/create-and-configure-a-service
lang: en
lastUpdated: 2026-08-13
reviewedAt: 2026-08-13
---

# Create and configure a service

## Open the service wizard

Open **Services** and select **New service**, or open an existing service to edit it. The wizard has seven steps:

1. **Outcome**
2. **Price and payment**
3. **How it works**
4. **Questions**
5. **Details**
6. **Image**
7. **Review**

The wizard saves changes when you finish. You can select **Save draft** or **Save and activate** from the review step.

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  <p class="mono-label">Screenshot: Configure service wizard showing the seven-step rail and the Review action</p>
</div>

## 1. Choose the outcome

Answer **What should the customer accomplish?** with one of these options:

- **Book an appointment**;
- **Request a quote**;
- **Buy directly**; or
- **Talk to your team**.

The choice adapts the following steps. A quote can use a human quote, a calculation that needs approval, or an automatic quote when the panel allows it. A direct purchase requires a known fixed price.

## 2. Set price and payment

Choose a pricing model such as **Fixed price**, **Starting at**, **Range**, **Human quote**, **Free**, or **Private price**. Select the currency and enter only the fields shown for that model.

For a fixed-price appointment, you can turn on **Collect payment before confirming**. Choose full payment or **Collect a deposit only**, then select the accepted **Card** or **Bank transfer** methods shown. A variable or quote-based appointment is booked without upfront payment in the current flow.

Direct purchase services require a fixed price and at least one available payment method. Final availability also depends on the payment methods connected to the workspace.

## 3. Define how it works

For appointments, set the duration and any preparation or after buffer. Choose one or more attendance options: **In person**, **Google Meet**, **Phone**, or **External video**. An external video option requires an HTTPS video-call URL.

Select **Calendars and resources** so availability is checked against the correct calendar. For in-person appointments, select an **In-person location** with an address and business hours.

You can also turn on **Manual confirmation** or **Ask for customer address**. Manual confirmation leaves the booking pending until your team approves it.

For quote, purchase, or handoff outcomes, the panel explains how the agent will collect information or pass the request to your team.

## 4. Add questions

Add only the questions required to qualify, quote, or book the service. For each question, enter the customer-facing question, mark it **Required** when necessary, choose its type, and add comma-separated options for selection fields.

Use a clear **AI key** and optional hint when the panel provides those fields. Keep questions in customer language and order them from essential identity or eligibility information to secondary details.

## 5–6. Add details and an image

In **Details**, enter the service name, short description, full description, category, tags, and whether it is **Available to AI**. Clear descriptions help the agent recommend the correct service without guessing.

The **Image** step is optional. Add a representative PNG, JPEG, or WebP cover image when the service will appear in a catalog or public page.

## 7. Review and save

Review the service outcome, price, payment, calendar, questions, details, and image. Select **Save draft** if more setup is needed. Select **Save and activate** only when the readiness checks are complete. Continue with [Service readiness and activation](/en/resources/docs/service-readiness-and-activation).