AI agent for financial advisors
Education Savings Funding Agent
Keep each child's education fund on track with allowed, affordable contributions
What it does
A family opened a 529 plan when their daughter was born and has contributed whenever they remembered. This agent reads each child's age, account balance and target cost, and projects the gap at enrollment. It checks contribution limits, gift tax rules and state deduction limits so that its suggested amounts are allowed. It proposes a monthly amount that closes the gap under a reasonable return assumption and checks that it fits the family's cash flow. If it does not fit, it tests a longer timeline, a lower cost target or a different mix of accounts, and reruns. It repeats the review each year with the new balance. The advisor approves client recommendations. Edge case: grandparent contributions are included in the gift tax check.
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
- Annual review or goal change
- Read each child's age, balance and target cost
- Project the funding gap at enrollment
- Check contribution limits, gift tax and state deduction rules
- Calculate the monthly amount needed
- Is the amount within limits and the family's cash flow?If not: Test a longer timeline, a lower target or another account mix. Back to step 4.
- Draft the recommendation with assumptions
- Advisor approves the client recommendationThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Recheck balances and contributions at the next review
- Is the fund still on track within 10 percent of plan?If not: Recalculate the gap and adjust the monthly amount. Back to step 3.
- Funding plan and review date
How it decides
It selects the lowest monthly contribution that reaches the target at a conservative return and stays within limits and cash flow.
- Use a conservative return assumption set by the advisor
- Keep contributions under annual gift and plan limits
- Count grandparent gifts in the gift check
- Treat a gap over 10 percent as off track
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Return assumption (default conservative 5 percent)
- Cost target source (default advisor's estimate)
- Review frequency (default annual)
- Off-track threshold (default 10 percent)
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Advisor approves each client recommendation
Hard limits
- Never move money or open accounts
- Never guarantee returns
- State all assumptions
It stops when
- Done: Plan on track and next review set
- Stop: Family goals change, so hand to the advisor
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