AI agent for agricultural scientists
Pest Pressure Advisory Agent
Timely, accurate pest advisories for farmers
What it does
Pest outbreaks are easier to manage when caught early, but trap counts and scouting reports arrive from many places. Each week this agent collects trap counts and scouting reports and combines them with weather data. It first checks that data is complete for each region; if a region is missing, it asks scouts before drafting anything. It then compares counts with action thresholds and uses degree-day models to judge timing. When a region nears a threshold, it drafts an advisory with recommended actions taken only from approved guidance. The scientist approves every advisory before it reaches farmers. Edge case: a sudden jump at one trap is checked against nearby traps first, since a single trap can be disturbed or misread, and the advisory waits until neighbors confirm or the scout rechecks.
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
- Weekly data arrives
- Collect trap counts and weather data
- Is data complete for each region?If not: ask scouts for missing counts. Back to step 2.
- Compare with thresholds and models
- Draft advisories
- Scientist approves advisoriesThe agent waits here for your OK.
- Advisories published
How it decides
It compares counts and degree-days with thresholds and confirms jumps with nearby traps.
- Confirm single-trap jumps with neighbors
- Use degree-day models for timing
- Recommend only approved treatments
Make it yours
Every agent is a starting point. You choose these settings for your own situation.
- Thresholds
- Regions
- Advisory format
- Schedule
What keeps you in control
It always asks you first
- Publishing advisories
Hard limits
- Recommends only approved treatments
It stops when
- Done: advisories sent
- Stop: data missing at deadline
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