AI AGENTS

RFQ Blast and Bid Ranker

When a new sourcing request lands in a Coda row, an agent emails the listed suppliers a structured RFQ, then parses each reply and ranks the bids back into the tracker by price.

CategoryAI Agents
Enginepaperclip
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerNew sourcing row added in CodaCodaCoda
  • ActionAgent drafts and emails RFQ to each supplierGmailGmail
  • ActionParse supplier replies into structured fieldsOpenAI
  • LogicNormalize units/currency and score each bid
  • OutputWrite ranked bid table back to CodaCodaCoda

What it does

Turns a single Coda sourcing row into a full request-for-quote (RFQ) cycle. The agent drafts and sends a clear RFQ email to every supplier on the row, watches the inbox for replies, extracts the numbers from each one, and writes a ranked bid table back to Coda so the buyer sees the best offer at a glance.

When to use it

Use it when your procurement team kicks off sourcing from a Coda doc and you want the back-and-forth of soliciting and comparing quotes handled automatically instead of by hand in a spreadsheet.

How it works

  1. 1A new or flagged row in the Coda sourcing table fires the trigger, carrying the item spec, target quantity, and supplier contact list.
  2. 2An agent composes a structured RFQ (spec, quantity, required-by date, response format) and sends it to each supplier via Gmail.
  3. 3As replies arrive, the agent reads each email and uses OpenAI to pull out unit price, lead time, MOQ, and payment terms into clean fields.
  4. 4Logic normalizes currencies and units, then scores every bid on a weighted rubric.
  5. 5The ranked bids are written back as child rows in Coda, top offer first.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect CodaDocs, packs, automations.
  2. 2
    Connect GmailRead, draft, send, label.
  3. 3
    Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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