Quotation
⚪ Planned (Phase 3) — markup version 🔵 Future (Phase 5) — pricing intelligence The quotation workflow turns an approved true cost into a client-facing quotation. It ships in two levels: a simple markup version first, then a pricing intelligence layer once the data exists to drive it.Level 1 — Simple markup quotation
The first version is the simplest possible. The merchandiser selects or types a markup, and Brain calculates the selling price. User input:
This is a Tier 1 skill — small, deterministic, easy to debug. See Tiers.
Level 2 — Pricing intelligence
Once we have enough historical data, Brain helps recommend a price using multiple sources of signal. This is Phase 5 — we don’t build it until the data substrate exists.External comparable styles
Brain searches for similar retail products and estimates wholesale feasibility:User-provided comparable styles
The user may paste:- A product link
- Competitor price
- Target retail price
- Buyer price expectation
- A similar past quote
Historical VinMake data
Brain analyzes:- Past quotations to the same client
- Accepted margin by client
- Rejected quote history
- Negotiation patterns
- Final confirmed price vs. originally submitted price
- Margin erosion after negotiation
- Style-category margin range
Client-specific margin profile
Different clients have different pricing behavior. Brain derives this from history (it does not invent it):
The intelligence layer recommends a quote range with rationale that links to the
underlying data. The merchandiser picks the actual number.
Approval gate
The merchandiser reviews the recommended quote, edits if needed, and approves. Approval generates the quotation PDF and triggers the quotation email draft.Output
- Quotation PDF generated from the approved price and quote terms
- Quotation record written to the Brain database with reference to the style and client
- Trigger for Quotation Email
Related
- True Cost — upstream
- Quotation Email — downstream
- Oversight Agent — tracks what happens after the quote goes out