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ShieldSilver caps AC refrigerant at $10 per pound; ShieldPlatinum offers unlimited AC refrigerant ."},{"fit":"not_best_suited","scenario":"Buyers wanting roof leak coverage. ShieldSilver does not include roof leak repair; ShieldPlatinum advertises up to $1,000 ."},{"fit":"not_best_suited","scenario":"Buyers wanting a free HVAC tune-up. 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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Home Services Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30 20:59:19.894068+00","research_date":"2026-09-30","source_snapshot_sha256":"2e67c9027050f76624b34d6c8f3fc6c8fe7233f5d6b1ae0a6a7a268d49a53444","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":20,"qualified_finalists":9,"ranking_unit":"Home warranty company or plan brand"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"American Home Shield is a good fit for systems-only coverage plans, according to all seven platforms that named it during the ranking stage. Its ShieldSilver plan covers heating and air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing systems without adding appliance coverage, which matches a homeowner who recently replaced appliances but still has original systems. The strongest reason to consider it is the published $5,000 per covered HVAC system limit paired with a $50,000 aggregate limit per agreement term. 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