AI agent for innovation strategists
Emerging Technology Fit Assessment Agent
A reasoned recommendation to pilot, wait or reject a technology based on company fit.
What it does
A hot technology gets a pilot because the CEO read an article, and months later nobody can say what problem it solved. This agent takes a technology, finds use cases, checks maturity, cost and risk, and tests fit against company needs. It drafts a pilot proposal or a reject note and rechecks its assumptions. It lists what must be true for the technology to work, such as data, skills or budget, and checks each one with sources. A pilot proposal includes a small scope, a success measure and a stop rule, so the team can try it without a large commitment. Edge case: a technology is promising but needs data the company lacks, so the agent notes the prerequisite. The strategist approves recommendations.
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
- Technology proposed for review
- Research the technology, vendors and use cases
- Check maturity, cost and risk
- Test fit against company needs
- Does the technology meet at least two needs at acceptable cost and maturity?If not: test other use cases or lower the scope. Back to step 3.
- Check assumptions against sources
- Do all assumptions hold?If not: revise the conclusions. Back to step 4.
- Draft a pilot proposal or a reject note
- Strategist approves the recommendationThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Technology fit memo
How it decides
It tests the technology against stated company needs and recommends a pilot only when fit, maturity and cost pass.
- Pilot only if it meets at least two stated needs.
- Immature technology with no vendor support waits.
- Show costs with sources.
- List prerequisites such as data or skills.
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Needs list
- Maturity criteria
- Cost thresholds
- Pilot size
- Memo format
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- The final recommendation
Hard limits
- Do not buy or sign anything.
- Do not cite vendor claims as facts.
It stops when
- Done: memo approved
- Stop: not enough reliable information, so the agent recommends waiting
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
