AI agent for diplomats
Commercial Advocacy Case Agent
Each trade barrier case is documented, matched to the applicable rules, followed up until resolved or closed, with every step approved
What it does
A firm reports that its goods are held at the border, that a license is refused or that a new local rule blocks its product. The commercial officer must find the facts, the rule involved and the right official, and then keep following up for months. This agent opens a case for each report and gathers facts from the firm: shipment details, dates, letters and the rule cited. It looks up the local regulation and any trade agreement commitments that apply, and checks whether the measure looks inconsistent with them. It drafts options for talks with local officials, such as a technical meeting, a letter or a joint approach with other embassies, and tracks responses. After each reply or deadline it rechecks the status and updates the plan. The officer approves each step. Edge case: the firm's facts conflict with the customs record, and the agent asks for documents before any approach.
How it works
Follow the arrows from top to bottom. The orange dashed arrow is the loop: when a check fails, the agent goes back and tries again.
Read the steps as a list
- A firm reports a trade barrier
- Open the case and record the firm's facts and documents
- Do the facts and documents agree with each other and with official records?If not: ask the firm for the missing or conflicting documents and update the case. Back to step 2.
- Look up the local rule and trade agreement commitments involved
- Assess whether the measure appears inconsistent with the commitments
- Draft options for approaching local officials with the supporting points
- Officer approves the chosen stepThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Record the contact and the reply date expected
- Did the official reply by the expected date?If not: propose a stronger step, such as a senior meeting or a joint approach, and redraft. Back to step 6.
- Update the case status and inform the firm
- Case resolved or closed with a record
How it decides
It chooses approach options by how clearly the measure conflicts with a commitment and how urgent the harm is, and escalates when no reply arrives by the set date.
- Ask for documents before any official approach
- Escalate when no reply arrives in 14 days
- Prefer a technical meeting when the rule is unclear
- Close a case only when the firm confirms or after 90 days of no activity with notice
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Reply deadline (default 14 days)
- Case types handled
- Escalation routes
- Update frequency to the firm
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Each step toward local officials
- Each update sent to the firm
Hard limits
- Never contacts officials without approval
- Does not promise outcomes to the firm
- Keeps the firm's business data confidential
It stops when
- Done: barrier lifted or case closed with the firm's agreement
- Stop: the firm cannot document the case
Set it up
We guide you through the set-up, step by step
Members get the full set-up guide for this agent. No technical skills needed: you copy, paste and upload.
- One set of instructions to paste into your AI, with the clicks for ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Gemini and Grok
- The agent then walks you through connecting your own data, one source at a time
- A downloadable copy with the flow chart, the rules and the full guide
