{
  "@type": "agent",
  "id": "proposal-research",
  "name": "Proposal Research",
  "label": "Proposal research",
  "description": "Researches a prospect + their competitors (crawls the site + competitive landscape) to arm the proposal builder: positioning, current-site gaps, opportunities, a 'why now' angle, and talking points. Emits structured JSON persisted to clients/<id>/proposal-research.json; draft_proposal auto-loads it. Does NOT write the proposal or compute pricing.",
  "summary": "Prospect and competitor research that feeds a priced, branded proposal.",
  "deliverable": "Prospect positioning, competitor gaps, why-now and talking points, ready for a priced proposal.",
  "discipline": "strategy",
  "for": [
    "agency"
  ],
  "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
  "tier": "reasoning",
  "maxUsd": 3,
  "maxToolCalls": 60,
  "deliveryFormat": "docx",
  "requiredConnectors": [
    "web_crawl",
    "aeo_probes"
  ],
  "optionalConnectors": [],
  "prerequisites": [],
  "dashboards": [],
  "edges": {
    "out": [
      {
        "from": "agent:proposal-research",
        "to": "discipline:strategy",
        "kind": "agent_discipline"
      },
      {
        "from": "agent:proposal-research",
        "to": "connector:web_crawl",
        "kind": "agent_requires"
      },
      {
        "from": "agent:proposal-research",
        "to": "connector:aeo_probes",
        "kind": "agent_requires"
      },
      {
        "from": "agent:proposal-research",
        "to": "deliverable:docx",
        "kind": "agent_deliverable"
      }
    ],
    "in": []
  },
  "evidence": {
    "samples": [],
    "shipped": [
      {
        "date": "2026-09-17",
        "title": "A handoff is verified before Nexus acts on it",
        "summary": "Sending an evaluation emails a single-use link. Only after the click does Nexus open a prospect from the evaluation, start positioning research, and stage a CRM record for a human to approve.",
        "entity": "agents/proposal-research"
      }
    ]
  },
  "page": "https://nexus.effiqs.com/agents/proposal-research"
}