vendor RFP suggestion)¶

Stage	Building
Status	Partial
Design status	In review
Estimate	4w (L+)
Confidence	Low
Linear	PIN-264 ↗ PIN-162 ↗
Linear status	Done · +1 backlog
Design	Design ↗
Linear epic	Cara AI & Automation
Module	Cara ↗

Priority: Medium

Scope¶

AI detects drawing revisions on active projects, overlays base vs. revised drawings, and maps changed scope to affected vendors — with a PM confirm-and-send gate before any RFP goes out, plus vendor-response tracking on the Change Order. Separately, AI suggests vendors and quote data to estimators during takeoff, in a suggest-then-approve model. (Source: PIN-264, PIN-162.)

Acceptance criteria¶

AI overlays base vs. revised drawings and flags changed scope items with confidence scores
PM confirms project + drawing titles before any RFP is drafted — no auto-fire (human-confirm gate)
AI drafts RFP scope + vendor list; PM edits and sends
Confirmed changes auto-create a Change Order record; vendor quotes feed CO pricing
Vendor-response tracking (not sent / sent / pending / responded / declined) on the CO row
Estimator gets AI-suggested vendors during takeoff based on trade + scope history
Vendor quote PDFs parsed into line items with CSI mapping to pre-fill the estimate
Audit log on every AI-driven step

Conor's comments¶

This is a feature built into Cara, not necessaryily a separate workspace. This also ties into tasks.

Notes¶

Four "specified-unbuilt" AI capabilities (R-8); depends on Action gate + Takeoff; ex old "AI layer" row; noted from Conor email

Open question for Conor¶

Foundations first - confirm which R-8 AI commitments are in launch scope