AI AGENTS

Vendor Sanctions and Risk Screening Agent

Before approval, an agent researches a new vendor against sanctions and adverse-media sources, scores the risk.

CategoryAI Agents
Enginepaperclip
Difficultyadvanced
Triggerevent
Steps5
Setup~25 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerVendor reaches Pending Screening in NotionNotionNotion
  • ActionSearch sanctions and adverse-media sourcesExa
  • LogicSynthesize findings into a cited risk score
  • ActionAuto-advance low-risk vendors to Cleared in NotionNotionNotion
  • OutputRoute flagged vendors to compliance Slack with evidenceSlack

What it does

Adds a compliance gate to onboarding. The agent takes a vendor's legal name and address, searches sanctions lists and recent news, weighs what it finds, and produces a risk decision with supporting links rather than a raw dump.

When to use it

When you must screen vendors for sanctions and reputational risk before paying them, and manual due diligence is the bottleneck holding up approvals.

How it works

  1. 1A new vendor reaching "Pending Screening" in Notion fires the trigger.
  2. 2The agent runs targeted searches across sanctions and adverse-media sources for the vendor's name and principals.
  3. 3It synthesizes findings into a risk score with cited evidence.
  4. 4A logic branch routes the result: low risk auto-advances to "Cleared"; medium or high risk does not.
  5. 5Flagged vendors generate a compliance review summary posted to Slack with the agent's evidence attached.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect NotionPages, databases, comments.
  2. 2
    Connect ExaNeural search across the web.
  3. 3
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  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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