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04Custom AI Agents

AI agents that prepare the work. You approve it.

Custom agents that read your documents and emails, pull out the details, draft quotes from your price list and chase the ones you’ve sent, inside the tools you already use. Your team reviews and approves anything that matters.

Agent run · Quote requests · Summit Solar Installers
New request
Inputquotes@ inbox
Daniel Reyes
Email · 10:31

Quote for rooftop solar

Hi, we'd like a quote for solar on our home in Mesa. Latest utility bill attached, plus a few roof photos.

utility-bill-aug.pdf2 pagesroof-photos.zip3 photos
StepsRun #2184
  1. Read email and 2 attachments
    pending
  2. Extract details from utility bill
    pending
  3. Check price list and service area
    pending
  4. Draft quotation Q-2026-0418
    pending
  5. Request approval
    pending
  6. Send quote and update CRM
    pending
Rule: every quote needs a person's approval before it is sent.
Customer
Site
Annual usage
Avg. bill
Roof
System size
Trigger · New email
Illustrative demo

The problem

Skilled people, stuck retyping.

In most businesses the slow part isn’t the decision. It’s everything around it: opening attachments, copying numbers between systems, building the same quote again and remembering who to chase.

  1. 01

    Documents retyped by hand

    Invoices, order forms and applications arrive as PDFs and emails. Someone reads each one and types the same details into two or three systems.

  2. 02

    Quotes wait in a queue

    Every quote means finding the right prices, checking the rules and formatting a document. Requests pile up while the customer waits.

  3. 03

    Sent quotes go quiet

    Once a quote is out, nobody owns the follow-up. Unopened quotes and open questions sit in inboxes until the customer moves on.

Key features

Four jobs an agent can take off your desk.

Each agent is built around one of your real processes, your documents, your price list and your approval rules. Start with one, then connect more.

01Document processing

Reads documents so your team doesn’t retype them

Invoices, purchase orders, forms and contracts are read the moment they arrive. The agent extracts the fields you need, checks them against your records and flags anything it isn’t sure about for a person to confirm.

  • PDFs, scans, emails and spreadsheets
  • Checks against POs and records
  • Unclear fields flagged, never guessed
  • Saves to the right system and folder
Supplier invoices · Document agent
New document
invoice-88213.pdf · from accounts@gulfmed
Gulf Medical Supplies
Riyadh · VAT 3001••••••0003
INVOICE
Invoice no.INV-88213Date14/09/2026Your POPO-774?
Nitrile gloves, box of 100 × 1507,500.00
Sterile gauze pads × 4005,200.00
Disposable syringes 5 ml × 603,800.00
VAT 15% · 2,475.00Total SAR 18,975.00
Extracted fields
Supplier
Invoice no.
Invoice date
PO number
VAT (15%)
Total
  • Supplier found in accounting
  • Line items add up to the total
  • PO-7741 not found · sent to Layla Hassan
Al Waha Medical Center · RiyadhIllustrative demo

02Quotation generation

Draft quotes from your own price list

A quote request comes in by email or form. The agent matches each item to your price list, applies your volume tiers and discount limits, and prepares a formatted draft in your template, ready for someone to review and send.

  • Uses your price list and tiers
  • Respects your discount limits
  • Your branded quote template
  • Nothing sent without approval
Wholesale quotes · Quote agent
New request
Priya Nair · Trailhead Supply

Could you quote 40 Ridge 4P tents, 120 Trail 28L daypacks and 60 camp stove kits for delivery to Dubai?

price-list-2026.xlsx · WholesaleUSD / unit
Item1–4950–99100+
Ridge 4P tent189172159
Trail 28L daypack544944
Camp stove kit393532
Draft Q-NOC-2291Draft · for human review
  • —
  • —
  • —
Subtotal · freight to Dubai TBC—
Nomad Outdoor Co. · WholesaleIllustrative demo

03Automated follow-up

No sent quote left unanswered

The agent keeps track of every quote you’ve sent. When one goes unopened or quiet, it drafts a relevant follow-up and sends it on the schedule and in the wording you’ve approved. Replies and acceptances go straight to your team.

  • Tracks opened, viewed and accepted
  • Follow-up timing you choose
  • Only pre-approved templates auto-send
  • Acceptances routed to your team
Sent quotes · Follow-up agent
Watching 4 quotes
QuoteCustomerAmountStatus
Q-1175Fatima Al Mansoori$8,900Accepted
Q-1182Mike Johnson$6,480Viewed 2×
Q-1187James Carter$3,950Not opened
Q-1190Ahmed Rahman$1,240Opened
Rule

If a quote isn't opened within 3 days, send the “Quote check-in” template. Anything else goes to the office team.

CoolAir HVAC · PhoenixIllustrative demo

04Custom workflow integration

Connects the systems you already use

Most of the work is moving information between tools: inbox to drive, drive to accounting, accounting to CRM. The agent carries each item through the whole path and asks a person for approval at the steps you choose.

  • Email, drive, accounting and CRM
  • Approval steps where you want them
  • Full activity log for every item
  • Built on each tool’s official API
Workflow · Supplier invoices
Running
Email inbox
Shared drive
AI agent
Approval
Accounting
CRM
Activity log0/6
  1. Waiting for a new invoice…
Al Waha Medical Center · ProcurementIllustrative demo

Human in the loop

The agent prepares. Your team decides.

Custom agents are built to take on the repetitive part of a process, not the judgment. You decide which steps run on their own and which always wait for a person.

What the agent does

  • 01Reads incoming emails, documents and forms
  • 02Extracts details and checks them against your records
  • 03Drafts quotes, replies and records in your templates
  • 04Sends reminders you’ve already approved
  • 05Logs every action it takes, with the source

What your team approves

  • Prices, discounts and anything outside your rules
  • Quotes and messages to new customers
  • Any field the agent flagged as uncertain
  • Payments, contracts and commitments
  • Changes to the rules the agent follows

Approval rules are agreed with you during setup and can be tightened at any time. Anything the agent can’t handle confidently goes to a person, not to the customer.

How it works

From incoming request to approved output.

Every task an agent handles follows the same visible path, with a person at the checkpoints you choose.

  1. 01Trigger

    Work arrives

    An email, an uploaded document, a form or a scheduled check starts a new run.

  2. 02AI

    Read and extract

    The agent reads the content and attachments and pulls out the details your process needs.

  3. 03AI

    Check against your rules

    It looks up your price list, records and policies, and flags anything unclear or out of range.

  4. 04Action

    Prepare the output

    A draft quote, a reply, an updated record or a filed document, ready in the right system.

  5. 05Handoff

    A person approves

    Your team reviews what matters and approves with one click. Everything is logged.

Business applications

Wherever the same work repeats every day.

A few examples of processes a custom agent could take on. Yours will be built around how your team actually works.

Home services

Quotes from site details

Turn job requests, measurements and photos into draft quotes using your service price list.

Wholesale & distribution

Order emails to quotes

Read product requests from buyer emails, apply volume tiers and prepare a quote for approval.

Clinics

Supplier invoices and referrals

Extract invoice details, match them to purchase orders and route referral forms to the right team.

Real estate

Tenancy and listing documents

Pull key terms from tenancy contracts and IDs into your records and flag missing items.

Professional services

Client intake and engagement letters

Collect intake details from forms and emails and draft engagement letters for a partner to review.

Logistics

Shipping documents and updates

Read bills of lading and delivery notes, update your system and draft status emails to customers.

Potential applications shown for illustration. They describe how the system could be configured, not results from specific clients.

Where to start

Which tasks are worth automating?

Tick the tasks your team does every week. Good candidates repeat often, follow clear rules and use the same few systems. Bring your list to a discovery call and we’ll tell you honestly which ones make sense.

Tasks your team does every week

Documents

Quotes & sales

Admin & reporting

Your shortlist0 tasks

Tick the tasks that sound familiar. Your shortlist appears here, ready to bring to a discovery call.

Integrations

Works across the tools you already use.

Agents connect to your inbox, documents, accounting and CRM through their official APIs, so information moves between them without anyone copying it.

Email & documents

  • Gmail
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Google Drive
  • SharePoint / OneDrive
  • Dropbox

Accounting & ERP

  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • Zoho Books
  • Odoo

CRM

  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Pipedrive
  • Zoho CRM

Approvals & team

  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Email approvals
  • WhatsApp Business Platform

Data

  • Google Sheets
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Airtable
  • Custom databases and APIs

Integrations depend on each tool's available API or connector access. We confirm what's feasible for your stack during discovery.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly.

Next step

Show us the task that eats your week.

In a discovery call we’ll walk through one of your processes, what an agent could take on and where a person should stay in control.