Chapter 03

The build process: agents shipped inside your stack

Five operations agents deployed across IT, procurement, legal, and HR. Each one tied to audit baselines and tracked against cycle time, SLA health, and control coverage.

Full production trace

Contract intake + redline agent

One complete agent path with inputs, policy checks, reviewer gates, and write-back logic visible.

Time
460 hrs/wk
Impact
$13.6M/yr
Control
Audit log
Parses incoming contract and classifies clause blocksAutomated
Legal and procurement review high-risk clausesReviewer input

Approves fallback language before send-out

Compares terms to policy matrix and drafts redlinesAutomated
Routes final packet and syncs status to CLM and procurement systemsAutomated
Connected to source systems
Human gates only on risk
Final write-back logged
Aggregate outcomes
Time returned
~290K hrs/yr
capacity moved to higher-value work
Operating complexity
9-day contract cycle to 1-day
core workflow simplified
Run-rate impact
$42M/yr
modeled from audit baseline