Supplier Price Increase Validation Agent

Suppliers often ask for higher prices citing material or labor costs, and accepting without checking adds up fast. This agent reads the request, the supplier's cost breakdown and the contract's price adjustment clause. It first checks that the breakdown shows each cost driver and its share of the price. If it does not, it drafts a request for one and waits. It then pulls published index data for each driver and region and calculates what increase the data supports, counting only each driver's share and staying within any contract cap. It drafts a counter proposal with negotiation notes that show the math. The manager approves any response before it goes to the supplier, and the final decision stays with them. Edge case: if the index has already fallen since the request was sent, the agent uses the latest data, which can support a smaller increase or none.