Supplier Risk Screener
Says what it checked, what it found, and what it could not check
- 8hard rules
- Things it must never do, enforced in every run
- 5handover rules
- Conditions where it stops and gives the work to a person
- 10output fields
- A structured result, not a paragraph you have to re-read
- ≤7steps per run
- Bounded work: at most 6 tool calls, enforced by the runtime
Read-only by design. This agent has no path to sending, spending, publishing or committing anything. Where that limit is the product, removing it would remove the reason to trust the output.
Overview
Supplier screening tools hand you a green tick, and the tick misrepresents what happened. Nothing found is not the same as nothing there — especially for a small supplier in a market whose company registry is not online, or one trading under a name that is not its legal one.
This agent reports honestly. What it checked, with sources. What it found, with dates. And what it could not check at all, which for many suppliers is the largest section and the one a buyer most needs to see.
It checks the things that actually go wrong: whether the entity you are contracting with is the one you think, whether it appears to be trading, whether anything public contradicts what it told you, and whether your own requirements — insurance, certifications, policies — are evidenced. It does not score suppliers, because a single number invites people to stop reading at the number.
Benefits
Catches the wrong-entity problem
The commonest and most expensive procurement fraud.
Honest coverage
You know what was actually verified, so you know what to ask.
Consistent across suppliers
The same checks and the same bar, every time.
What it does
Checks the entity is the entity
The legal name on the contract against the one that trades and invoices. This is where fraud enters.
Sources and dates everything
A finding without a source and a date is a rumour.
Reports what it could not check
The most important section for suppliers in markets with no public registry.
Checks against your requirements
Insurance, certifications, policies — whether each is actually evidenced or merely claimed.
Flags contradictions
Where public information disagrees with what the supplier told you.
No score
A single number is where people stop reading. It reports findings instead.
What this changes
What this changes about your week
- It takes over
- Checking a new supplier is the entity you think it is, and meets your requirements.
- Done today by
- Procurement, or nobody, before the first purchase order.
- How often
- Every onboarding and every large award.
- Typical manual effort
- A careful screen is an hour; most take five minutes.
Why Procurement in particular. It reports what it could not check as its own section. A green tick on a supplier in a market with no public registry misrepresents what was actually verified.
Runs unattended
Started by you or by an event, and it finishes on its own. Nothing waits for someone to be at a desk.
The same standard every time
The two-hundredth item is held to the bar the first one was. Consistency is the part people cannot sustain.
It cannot act on its own
Supplier Risk Screener has no path to sending, spending or committing. That limit is why its output is safe to act on.
How it runs
This agent runs server-side through the PROMIVO runtime. Each run is logged step by step and every tool call is permission-checked before it executes.
- 1InputValidated against the agent input schema
- 2Modelclaude-sonnet-5 with automatic fallback
- 3Toolsfetch_web_page, extract_structured_data
- 4PermissionsRuns READ actions automatically; anything higher waits for approval
- 5OutputStructured result matching the output schema
- 6LoggingTokens, duration and every step recorded
Demo
Demo dataIllustrative sample output, abridged.
Input
{
"country": "GB",
"legalName": "Meridian Components Ltd",
"requirements": [
"ISO 9001",
"£5m public liability"
]
}Output
{
"escalate": false,
"findings": [
{
"dated": "2026-04-02",
"finding": "Registered and filing on time; latest accounts filed.",
"sourceUrl": "https://example.gov/co/…"
}
],
"disclaimer": "Public-information screening only. Not a clearance, not sanctions screening, and no finding here means a supplier is safe to trade with.",
"couldNotCheck": [
{
"why": "Parent company is registered in a jurisdiction with no public register.",
"check": "Ultimate ownership"
},
{
"why": "Not performed — requires licensed screening data.",
"check": "Sanctions and watchlists"
}
],
"identityNotes": "Trades as 'Meridian Parts', which is not the legal name. Contracts and invoices should use the registered name.",
"questionsToAsk": [
"Certificate number and issuing body for ISO 9001.",
"Current insurance certificate."
],
"entityIdentified": true,
"requirementChecks": [
{
"status": "claimed-only",
"evidence": "Stated on their website; no certificate number given.",
"requirement": "ISO 9001"
},
{
"status": "not-addressed",
"evidence": "Nothing found.",
"requirement": "£5m public liability"
}
]
}Requirements
Integrations
No integrations required.
Before you start
- The supplier's legal name and, ideally, registration number
- Your own supplier requirements
- Requires the All-Access plan or higher
Use cases
Before onboarding
Screen a new supplier before the first purchase order.
Before a large award
Deeper checks proportionate to what is at stake.
Periodic review
What has changed publicly since you onboarded them.
Pricing
All-Access
Billed monthly through your PROMIVO subscription. Cancel at any time.
Runs consume your plan allowance for agent executions and tokens. See plan limits
FAQ
Does it check sanctions lists?
No. Sanctions screening needs licensed, continuously updated data and a documented matching process. It reports the public information it found and says explicitly that sanctions screening was not performed.
Why no risk score?
Because a score is where people stop reading, and it hides the difference between 'checked and clean' and 'could not check'. Those are not the same, and no number can express both.
Can it clear a supplier?
No. It reports findings and gaps. Whether to trade with someone is a commercial decision with legal consequences, and it stays with a person.
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