Proof hub / Workflow sample
Turn Outlook product inquiries into quote drafts and review-ready replies.
Goal: every product inquiry should become one clean quote record, one filled quotation
document, and one Outlook draft that a human can review before sending.
1. Lock the quote contract
The first pass defines the inquiry inbox, accepted product fields, required customer
details, quotation template fields, missing-field rules, folder structure, duplicate key,
draft reply template, and review states. That keeps the system useful even when the email
is messy or incomplete.
2. Use one canonical inquiry shape
{
"event_id": "quote_20260523_001",
"mailbox": "sales@sample-company.test",
"subject": "Quote request for industrial filters",
"company": "Sample Manufacturing",
"contact_name": "Jordan Lee",
"contact_email": "buyer@example.com",
"product_name": "Industrial filter cartridge",
"quantity": 120,
"delivery_date": "2026-06-14",
"missing_fields": [],
"quote_status": "ready_for_review"
}
3. Build the first paid slice
- Read one approved Outlook folder and create a quote record per inquiry.
- Extract product, quantity, contact, due date, and specification fields into a stable schema.
- Fill a Word or PDF quotation template using only accepted fields.
- Create an Outlook draft reply with the quotation attached and the source email linked.
- Route uncertain or missing fields to review instead of guessing.
- Write a run-log row for success, duplicate, missing-field, and failed states.
4. Acceptance checks
- The same inquiry updates the same quote record instead of creating duplicates.
- The quote template receives the correct product, quantity, contact, and delivery fields.
- Missing fields create a review item and do not produce a send-ready reply.
- The Outlook draft stays in Drafts until the buyer's team presses Send.
- The run log can be filtered by status, product, owner, and failure reason.
5. Buyer route
A narrow first milestone can be funded when the mailbox, quote template, review rules,
and sample inquiry emails are clear. The first deliverable is the working path, quote
record schema, run log, and handoff note.