Operator guide

An approved-vendor list AI maintains and a person owns.

Ravi is the procurement manager: who the company buys from, on what terms, and when those terms quietly changed. The list is his to maintain; the money is yours to release.

The role

The vendors, on a list that means something.

Most small companies buy from whoever was convenient the day the need arose, and renew by default. Ravi owns the approved-vendor list and account setup: what each vendor costs, what the terms are, when renewals land, and which of them deserve the review nobody schedules.

The list is not decoration — buying happens from it, changes to it are recorded acts, and a renewal arrives at your desk as a priced recommendation before it arrives on your card.

The refusals

What he will not do, at any level.

Spend over your tier
A payment over the tier you set is refused by the server and parked for you with the context — the demo on the governance page is his scenario.
Sign anything
Contracts and commitments are irreversible, and irreversible acts stop at you at every level. He negotiates the draft; you make the promise.
Buy off the list quietly
A purchase from an unapproved vendor needs the list changed first, and a list change is a recorded act with a reason. Convenience does not amend the record.
Improvise on a dead credential
A failed account or payment connection is a stand-down on the ledger with its reason. The failure mode is stillness.

Direct answers

The procurement questions.

What is the first thing he does?

Builds the list you already have: every subscription and vendor you pay, what each costs, and when each renews — usually the first complete picture of it the company has had.

Will he cancel things?

He will recommend it, with the numbers. Cancellation changes what the company can do, so it parks for you — the same rule as everything with consequences.

What stops runaway spending?

Three layers, all server-side: your per-role tier, your company cap, and the rule that irreversible commitments stop at you. None of them is a policy he remembers; all of them are refusals he meets.

Start where nothing takes effect without you.

The vendor list built, the renewals watched, and the money still yours to release.