AGX Agents

Agents for workflows where leakage is measurable and painful.

AGX Agents focus on operational domains where broken execution becomes revenue loss, margin erosion, cash delay, forecast surprise, or control risk.

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AGX Agent

Billing Readiness Agent

The Billing Readiness Agent runs on AGX OS and records intervention history: billing situation, recommended review action, finance decision, and measured revenue outcome.

Revenue operations Delivery-to-cash intervention history 10,000 historical cases 2,000 validation cases Human approval preserved Audit chain sealed
Intervention history

Customer, project, contract, worklog, invoice, approval, recommendation, decision, and outcome are connected as one operating record.

Agent role

The agent prepares exception packets, owner questions, evidence gaps, and permitted next steps. It does not send invoices or change financial records.

Governed action

Finance keeps approval authority. AGX OS checks policy before any action leaves the permitted boundary.

$2.16M recoverable leakage validated in replay
38% eligible-case leakage reduction
7 ranked actions prepared for review
100% approved controls tied to evidence
Generated rule AGX proved

Billing readiness gate

Completed work cannot be treated as invoice-ready when billing evidence is missing, rate terms conflict, or scope recovery is unresolved.

Trigger
Missing approval evidence, stale billed rate, completed unbilled work, or out-of-scope delivery without recovery approval.
Effect
Create a finance review requirement before invoice release.
Boundary
The agent cannot send invoices, change contract terms, book revenue, or bypass finance approval.
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Rate variance clearance gate

If the billed rate is more than 3% below the contracted rate, the invoice cannot be released until the account owner attaches approved discount evidence.

Trigger
Billed rate below contract rate by more than the customer-approved tolerance.
Effect
Hold the invoice candidate for owner clearance or correction.
Boundary
The agent cannot change the invoice amount or approve the discount itself.
The proof What the pilot tested and measured
World

We generated 10,000 historical cases and 2,000 validation cases containing delivered work, approved hours, contract rates, billed rates, approvals, signoff, scope changes, invoice delay, rework, and leakage.

Mechanism

Leakage came from three mechanisms: completed work left unbilled, stale rate-card underbilling, and scope creep without approved recovery.

Control

The agent prepares review packets that collect missing evidence, flag rate mismatches, surface scope recovery gaps, and ask owners for clarification before finance review.

Result

Baseline leakage was $5.68M. The controlled path reduced eligible leakage by 38%, producing $2.16M recoverable leakage in replay.

Boundary

The agent never sends invoices, recognizes revenue, changes contract terms, waives approvals, or overrides finance policy.

Composed control Billing Readiness Gate is a composed operational control.

AGX combines narrow checks into one finance-safe review path. Each component has one job, and the composed gate is still bounded by finance approval.

  • Delivery evidence check

    Confirms completed work has the worklog, milestone, and delivery proof needed for billing review.

  • Contract-rate reconciliation

    Compares billed rates against contract terms before the invoice candidate is treated as ready.

  • Scope recovery check

    Finds completed out-of-scope work that lacks approved recovery evidence.

  • Approval signoff request

    Creates a specific owner request when manager approval or client signoff evidence is missing.

  • Invoice-readiness packet

    Combines the evidence, exceptions, and owner questions into a finance review packet.

The composed control can prepare evidence and require review. It cannot release invoices, change contract terms, book revenue, or bypass approval.

Operating record How the five layers show up in this agent
  1. Source evidence

    The generated run used 10,000 historical delivery-to-billing cases and 2,000 held-out validation cases with worklogs, invoices, approvals, contract terms, and outcome fields.

  2. Shared meaning

    AGX translated those records into billing objects and metrics: invoice readiness, approval evidence, rate variance, scope recovery, realization leakage, and finance rework.

  3. Evidence graph

    Each case became a connected situation: the work performed, evidence available before review, the billing-readiness decision, the recommended review action, and the measured result.

  4. Replay proof

    AGX tested the control path on past cases before rollout and validated $2.16M recoverable leakage with a 38% eligible-case leakage reduction in replay.

  5. Agent work

    The Billing Readiness Agent prepares review packets, asks owners for missing evidence, waits for finance input, and keeps invoice release outside its authority.

Authority and audit What the agent can do and what stays protected
Agent work

What the agent applies

  • Prepare billing review packet Collects missing worklog, approval, contract, and invoice evidence for finance review before close.
  • Rate mismatch review Flags billed-rate and contract-rate variance and routes it to the owner with the source evidence attached.
  • Scope recovery review Identifies completed out-of-scope work without approved recovery evidence.
  • Approval evidence request Prepares owner questions when manager approval, client signoff, or milestone evidence is missing.
  • Revalidation on drift Downgrades stale evidence and prepares a narrower control when the operating mix changes.
Protected authority

What stays protected

  • No auto-invoice path
  • Finance approval preserved
  • Contract terms authoritative
  • Revenue-recognition policy unchanged
  • Evidence quality computed before recommendation
  • Availability timestamps checked before replay
  • Drift triggers revalidation
  • Audit snapshot sealed
Intervention history

Every run leaves a usable operating memory.

Claim linked to source evidence Recommendation linked to invoice-readiness decision Action checked against finance policy Outcome measured against leakage and rework Audit chain sealed
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AGX Agent

Vendor Cost Drift Agent

The Vendor Cost Drift Agent turns staffing, vendor-cost, utilization, and forecast evidence into a governed margin-readiness control. It records the situation, required owner clearance, decision, and measured margin outcome.

Finance and delivery operations Margin intervention history 12,000 historical cases 2,500 validation cases Forecast ownership preserved Audit chain sealed
Intervention history

Project, resource plan, worklog, vendor cost, forecast snapshot, recommendation, decision, and outcome are connected before claims are made.

Agent role

The agent applies the margin-readiness gate: eligible projects must clear owner review or remediation before forecast-ready status is trusted. It does not approve contractors, change forecasts, or alter staffing.

Governed action

Finance and delivery owners remain authoritative. AGX OS checks policy and records measured outcomes before controls are trusted.

$6.77M margin recovery validated in replay
22% validation-set leakage reduction
1,868 eligible cases routed before forecast lock
$16.26M forecast variance reduction measured separately
Generated rule AGX proved

Staffing drift margin-readiness gate

Before forecast lock, any project with a resource plan and material staffing or cost drift must clear a margin-readiness gate before its forecast is accepted as ready.

Trigger
Senior mix more than 10% above plan, offshore mix more than 10% below plan, contractor hours, bench hours, or fixed-fee rework.
Effect
Require evidence, finance and delivery owner clearance, or remediation before forecast-ready status.
Boundary
The agent cannot change staffing, approve contractors, update forecasts, alter contracts, or write to financial systems.
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Contractor substitution cost gate

If contractor usage exceeds 15% of actual delivery hours and contractor cost is more than 10% above the planned role cost, the project cannot be treated as forecast-ready until the rationale and finance clearance are attached.

Trigger
Contractor hours above customer tolerance and cost above planned role cost.
Effect
Hold forecast readiness until delivery rationale and finance clearance exist.
Boundary
The agent cannot approve contractor spend, update the forecast, change staffing, or write financial records.
The proof What the pilot tested and measured
World

We generated 12,000 historical cases and 2,500 validation cases containing planned hours, actual hours, staffing mix, offshore mix, contractor usage, bench time, rework, forecast variance, and margin leakage.

Mechanism

Margin leakage came from higher-than-planned senior staffing cost, lost offshore delivery mix, unplanned contractor cost, bench-time cost, and delivery rework cost.

Control

The control requires eligible projects to clear a margin-readiness gate: explain the cost driver, attach staffing and forecast evidence, obtain owner clearance, or remediate the drift before the forecast is treated as ready.

Result

The validation set contained $30.75M simulated margin leakage. AGX selected the staffing-drift margin-readiness gate, routed 1,868 eligible cases, validated $6.77M margin recovery, and measured $16.26M forecast variance reduction separately.

Boundary

The agent never updates forecasts, approves contractors, changes staffing plans, alters contracts, or writes to financial systems.

Composed control Staffing Drift Margin-Readiness Gate is a composed operational control.

AGX combines several bounded checks into one margin-readiness gate. The agent can require evidence and clearance, but authority stays with finance and delivery owners.

  • Role-mix variance check

    Detects when senior staffing or offshore mix moves materially away from the approved delivery plan.

  • Contractor substitution cost check

    Flags unplanned contractor usage when it changes cost-to-serve before forecast lock.

  • Fixed-fee margin-risk router

    Routes fixed-fee projects with unresolved rework or cost drift for owner clearance.

  • Bench leakage reconciliation

    Requires utilization evidence when bench time is distorting project margin.

  • Margin-readiness packet

    Combines the cost driver, evidence gaps, owner questions, and required clearance into one review packet.

The composed control can mark a case as requiring clearance. It cannot change staffing, approve contractors, update forecasts, alter contracts, or write financial records.

Operating record How the five layers show up in this agent
  1. Source evidence

    The generated run used 12,000 historical delivery-cost cases and 2,500 validation cases with resource plans, actual hours, contractor usage, bench time, forecast variance, and margin outcomes.

  2. Shared meaning

    AGX separated margin recovery from forecast variance and normalized staffing mix, contractor substitution, fixed-fee rework, bench leakage, and finance rework.

  3. Evidence graph

    Each case linked the project, staffing plan, cost signal, forecast-lock decision, evidence quality, recommended margin review, owner decision, and measured outcome.

  4. Replay proof

    AGX tested margin-risk controls before rollout and validated $6.77M margin recovery while measuring $16.26M forecast variance reduction as a separate operational metric.

  5. Agent work

    The Vendor Cost Drift Agent applies the margin-readiness gate, requests staffing or forecast evidence, waits for owner clearance, and cannot update forecasts or approve contractor spend.

Authority and audit What the agent can do and what stays protected
Agent work

What the agent applies

  • Staffing drift readiness gate Requires finance and delivery clearance when actual staffing mix moves away from the approved plan before margin loss is accepted.
  • Contractor cost exception Requires owner clearance for unplanned contractor usage that changes cost-to-serve before forecast lock.
  • Fixed-fee margin review Prevents fixed-fee projects with unresolved cost drift from being treated as forecast-ready.
  • Bench leakage reconciliation Requires utilization evidence when bench time is distorting project margin and forecast variance.
  • Revalidation on mix shift Downgrades old evidence when contractor-heavy or fixed-fee populations become more common.
Protected authority

What stays protected

  • Forecast owner approval preserved
  • Delivery owner approval preserved
  • Staffing authority unchanged
  • Client contract terms unchanged
  • Margin and forecast metrics separated
  • Availability timestamps checked before replay
  • Drift triggers revalidation
  • Audit snapshot sealed
Intervention history

Every run leaves a usable operating memory.

Claim linked to source evidence Recommendation linked to forecast-lock decision Action checked against finance and delivery policy Outcome measured against margin and forecast variance Audit chain sealed
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