AGENTIC PROCUREMENT

Put a deterministic gate in front of procurement-agent actions.

Check budget, requester authority, vendor approval, contract context, restricted categories, and approval thresholds before a separate agent invokes a procurement system.

THE PROBLEM

Give the workflow a safe stop point.

A model can draft a purchase request or choose a tool call, but it should not infer authorization, budget availability, or supplier approval from conversational context.

Procurement Agent Safety returns CLEAR, REVIEW_REQUIRED, or BLOCKED with the exact policy evidence and next action before the customer's authorized connector runs.

THE WORKFLOW

  1. Have the agent assemble the proposed action and customer-authorized policy evidence.
  2. Call the read-only preflight before invoking a procurement or vendor-management connector.
  3. Permit, stop, or review the separate downstream action according to the returned evidence and the customer's policy.

COMPOSED FROM

Use the controls that match the job.

Procurement Agent SafetyProduct contract →Quote CompareProduct contract →Vendor Onboarding CheckProduct contract →Contract Obligation ExtractProduct contract →

BOUNDARIES YOU CAN EXPLAIN

  • The control never creates a requisition, purchase order, vendor, or payment.
  • A CLEAR result is control evidence, not a delegated approval.
  • Restricted categories and thresholds come from customer-supplied policy context.
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